Recent content by Tom Dalton

Fletcher FSC Substrate Cutter, come get it. These are $4,536.89 new (plus shipping). The sliding handle "blade holder" part is wobbly and needs a rebuild. They sell rebuild parts. We attached it to a wall. I don't know if I can locate the 3rd leg needed to do a freestanding installation. It...

Fletcher FSC wall cutter. Well-used. Needs rebuild kit as the head has slop to it. $4000 new. $450. You pick it up though. We're in central Illinois.

We use the head cleaner provided by and sold by Vanguard. Oh well, I can determine what I wanted to... it isn't a common issue. I mostly wondered if I'd get someone right away that reported the same marks on their heads. I didn't. Because it was uncommon, I can blame it on something we did.

Well, the inward dimple lines are NOT directly on the nozzles. The heads still print OK with this defect that only appeared a year after we got the machine. It's like this.... III III III III So, one head would be like above where the grey lines are the rows of nozzles. The black lines are the...

No too hard, but the heads are almost 2 years old and get printed on 12 to 15 hours per day M-Fri. Do your heads have that much use?

Our nozzles are pretty much where those lines are.

Thanks for the input. We're on our second Vanguard. No verdict. The manufacturer kind of just skips over the topic or calls it "head damage" without specifics as to what causes grooves in the opposite direction to groves that a head strike would cause. I wanted to see if anyone else with...

The heads start out flat, then over time they always develop 4 lines of dimpled-in groves over the nozzles. The 4 lines are always spaced perfectly the same (same gaps, same quantities). The yellow line shows what a head strike should look like as it goes the direction of the printing and has a...

Lets say you're printing on highly reflective banner-like material on a UV flatbed. When you look at something printed solid black (over orange reflective) it looks orange-ish black as some of the orange comes through the black. This is when you view it in a darkened room with a flashlight on...

Does anyone know the Vanguard's average cost per square ft for ink usage?

I can get the Oce for pretty much the exact smae price as the Vanguard. Now which one do you like?

I think he meant 10,000... vs maybe 500 on a non LED lamp.

Does anyone have experience with both the Vanguard VK300D flatbeds and the Canon Océ Arizona 2260 XT? I like the idea of the LED lamps on the Vanguard. Looks like the Arizona 2260XT lamps need replaced every year. Then again, I like the fact that the Arizona did not get spun out by people...

Our heads are too expensive to experiment... so, I guess I just don't want to test the theory. I heard a warning about it on our previous flatbed and just kept that on my list of things not to do. Previous machine - Ricoh gen 5 heads $2k to $5k depending on where you source them from Current...

Is anybody flatbed printing with UV lamps turned OFF; then, doing the UV cure as a separate step? They have the UV cure machines that screen printers use. They typically have a Conveyor belt that takes the wet print under the UV dryer to cure the ink. I'm considering this as a way to do lots...