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  1. Problem with matching swatches

    .. Ive had no issues with rasterizing changing colors before.. Roland definately picks up the swatch color when I send it to versaworks.. i even asked a tech. support we use and he didnt even know whats wrong.. Its just so weird that the red swatch printed just fine!!! but not the grey
  2. Problem with matching swatches

    hmm Well I tried printing the same drop shadowed lettering on a red background which is also a roland swatch.. I rasterized it and it came out perfect... Now i know for sure it is something with the grey swatches on the roland XC 540.. all other swatches will print just fine.. I still have no...
  3. Problem with matching swatches

    .. Both adobe illustrator , photoshop and my Versaworks are all set to output CMYK. Illustrator defaults to CMYK Now when i try to print this grey swatch by itself its perfectly fine. We have a color chart to match the roland xc540 swatches to.. When I try to print it with my drop shadows...
  4. Problem with matching swatches

    I am trying to print a sign with a background color that is a ROLAND Swatch for the xc540 . swatch BK-11 No matter what I do the printer will not print the color properly.. I know this has something to do with the drop shadows i have on the text.. I printed a swatch of BK 11 by itself and it was...
  5. Window perf problems..

    Perf printing problem I just printed some window perf and it looks faded.. i used MCVP profile on Roland xc540. Im wondering if maybe the hole sizes are bigger on our new perf material.. any ideas?
  6. Polystyrene on a roland?

    yea i think the stuff i printed on the mimaki was .02 thickness
  7. Polystyrene on a roland?

    .. Ive printed the poly on a Mimaki.. Why wouldnt the roland xc540 do it? Is the solvent not strong enough?
  8. Polystyrene on a roland?

    can the roland xc540 print to polystyrene? and if so what type of poly should we get?
  9. Window perf problems..

    lam we did laminate.
  10. Window perf problems..

    I installed my first window perf.. It didn't go very well. My main problem is trimming around the edges. I had a good amount of bleed and had to trim the edges of the whole back window of the pickup truck. When i tried to shove the edge of the vinyl into the corners between the windows and the...
  11. Vinyl as paint mask?

    How long would the concreet vinyl last for? They want this to be up long term.. Its a concrete wall
  12. Vinyl as paint mask?

    We are doing a wall 55" or so high by 120 Ft long.. The customer would like the lettering painted on, it is an outdoor wall for a school the lettering stretches most of the 120 ft. What material would you guys use for a paint mask? And how would you go about doing it.. any ideas/suggestions...
  13. Wraps in photoshop...

    Do you guys usually design wraps in photoshop? Should I set the DPI to 72dpi? Any other tips would be helpful.. I've printed only one wrap before. I suppose i could use either photoshop or illustrator.. What do you guys prefer for wraps? Any good links to info on creating wraps in photoshop...
  14. Photoshop file too LARGE

    That could be the problem its 300dpi. The other files i did that were over 30" had no problems at 300dpi being too large
  15. Photoshop file too LARGE

    I have a 60 x 36" photoshop file... with a 126kb picture in it that im blowing up to about 3/4 the size of the banner layout. And a few lines of text with layer styles on them. It saves at 2 gigs! Do you guys usually design in half scale when anything in photoshop is over 30" or so?
  16. Illustrator page size?

    Anyway to make illustrator page size larger than 227"? or is this the absolute max size? Flexi goes up to whatever size you want but i dont like using flexi at all.
  17. Double sided banner?

    How do i line up the 2nd side of the banner when printing a double sided banner on the roland xc540? I've never done it before
  18. Printing from PHOTOSHOP files

    I design in photoshop a good amount.. What is the best option for printing to a roland xc540? Should I save the photoshop design as a TIF, EPS , Or PDF? Which format is the best to print from? I've tried them all and they seem to work ok, but im not sure if it makes a difference in the...
  19. Gradient problem

    Ah flatten transparency.. I should've known better. Thanks!
  20. Gradient problem

    Scale... half scale would work but what do i do when i am ready to print the file? Would I rasterize it?
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