Recent content by RonnyCrack

Does substance have a shim line?

If you plan on printing specialty effects, get it. Don't waste years on a Mimaki trying to get the embossing to look the same. Or if you really need a UV printer with Orange and Red inks. If you just need a workhorse for CMYK prints, get a dual CMYK Mimaki UVJV300 instead. Unfortunate that...

Yeah I've tried messing with UV Adjval unfortunately. Going down to -35% helps, but only for the first couple inches. Lowering to -50% helps a bit more later into the print, but putting it that low introduces it's own problems (slight bubbling toward the beginning of the gloss print before the...

Zone on the lamp unit! At the beginning, only the first (toward the back of the machine) "zone" of the lamps turn on. After about an inch or two, the second (toward the front of the machine) "zone" turns on, and seems to be the cause of the overcuring/orange peel texture. Do you remember what...

I need to know what all machine parameters do - I know somebody has to have it, thought I know Mimaki doesn't really even give this list to their own certified techs.. that being said, if they have a function, somebody has to know it, and I'm hoping they reside here lol. Specifically, I'm...

Sorry, I meant are you able to get one of those in a harder form like LUS-170 equivalent. Marabu/Artix/Sun chemical may be willing to send you a LUS120 ink bottle with a LUS170 chip to trick your machine into using a harder ink.

Are you able to get LUS-120 ink with an LUS-170 chip? I am going to try this next.

Try STS inks LUS-170. I switched months ago and it's been great, non sticky, hard gloss prints. Can even get them smoother than OEM because I can lower the UV light adjustment and still get rock hard 150% gloss prints.

Switch to STS LUS-170 clear ink, no more sticky :)

I just mean, when I compare my Mimaki gloss to Roland gloss, the Roland gloss seems smoother. But your print does look very solid. How many clear overprints?

Do you happen to know of any other operation parameter functions? Specifically, I am looking for a way to lower/disable only the back half of the UV LEDs. When the print starts, only the front half of the LEDs light up, and an inch or two into the print, the back half of the LEDs turn on. I am...

No flushing, and I only switched clear because I have heard their CMYK+W are not much different from oems. And yes LUS170 clear.

Yeah lowering your gloss level will help too, then you can also lower your UV lamp setting. my theory is it's something to do with how the gloss ink + UV lamp reacts to the vinyl that makes it puff like that. Also going back to the STS inks thing - I don't think there's any way for your...

Lexjet has an HP gloss permanent adhesive vinyl I'm pretty happy with, also doing work for cannabis brands and clients seem happy with quality. Also heard General Formulations 216 (which they also carry for cheaper than the HP) is great. Both non-air release. I've always personally found non-air...

Air release vinyl is more susceptible to this. Also, if you lower your UV adjustment it fries it a little less. STS Clear inks has changed the game for me personally. For what it's worth I think the puff effect looks pretty cool lol. More of that Roland, rounded gloss look.