gabagoo
New Member
I purchased this new material from a banner supplier a few weeks back and it is almost like a plastic. It is supposed to be non curling and good for banner stands. I printed 4 banners last week and it prints exceptionally well although I have to admit it is quite difficult to cut up afterwards as it does not have the softness of regular banner material. In any case I printed to retractables Saturday morning and they have sat on the roll until today. I unrolled the second one and it looks perfect. The first one has some strange markings through the print in one area and almost looks like it got rubbed by something. It's garbage now but I know it was not wet when it rolled up and I even had an extra fan in front of the printer to increase the drying speed. I curled back the banner and looked at the underside and I can see the ink transfered to the back side I guess as it rolled up. I can only think there must have been some form of contaminate on the back of the banner that could have made that occur. It is only in about a 16" area on one side. What a pissoff as they were due today. What options do we really have on things like this when it happens? I naturally left them on the roll for protection and to outgas until they were ready to be fabricated. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
