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  • Patrick Farrell reacted to Bxtr's post in the thread White Ink Adhesion with Agree Agree.
    I've only used the AP-3155 on acrylics, even then if you aren't printing heavy saturation or solid colors 1st surface you can see they...
  • Patrick Farrell replied to the thread White Ink Adhesion.
    That's where it gets maddening. I printed a job on 12mm Black PVC (stock not digitally rated). Adhesion failed. We turned the lamps down...
  • Patrick Farrell replied to the thread White Ink Adhesion.
    I guess that does make sense. That's how I usually do my Haptic print files. I never made the connection though. Most of my Haptic test...
  • Patrick Farrell replied to the thread White Ink Adhesion.
    We are going to do some tests with the AP3155. Also a good thought on manufacturing changes. That is something that I haven't actually...
  • Patrick Farrell replied to the thread White Ink Adhesion.
    We are looking into the dyne pens. I believe the dyne level of our inks are relatively similar. Unfortunately we only have the setup for...
  • Patrick Farrell replied to the thread White Ink Adhesion.
    Well, that's where it gets infuriating. Initially my lamps were @100%. Had been for some time with little or no issues. We started have...
  • Patrick Farrell replied to the thread White Ink Adhesion.
    Hahaha. Yes it is dry when the printing starts. I actually just did that test friday and let it set over the weekend. I'll be checking...
  • Patrick Farrell reacted to Grizzly's post in the thread White Ink Adhesion with Agree Agree.
    Acrylic is notorious for adhesion issues. We have to use a primer on non-digital acrylic. I'd suggest switching to a Digital Acrylic...
  • Patrick Farrell replied to the thread White Ink Adhesion.
    It is 100% adhesion. The color only peels off if there is white is laid down first. We have used adhesion promoter on ACM. Oddly enough...
  • Patrick Farrell replied to the thread White Ink Adhesion.
    It seems so intermittent. We initially had our lamps @ 100. The issue as it was explained to me then, was that it was curing before it...
  • Patrick Farrell replied to the thread White Ink Adhesion.
    Here is some 1" Acrylic and 3mm Black ACM
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  • Patrick Farrell posted the thread White Ink Adhesion in Digital Printing.
    I run a VK300D-HS. 5-Head setup so only 1 channel of white. I use the Vanguard High Adhesion inks. The issue that I am running into is...
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