Search results

I was also thinking about a second less costly printer but aren't these Valuejets unbearably slow???? Also, where does one get 51" material? Seems kind of odd to me the machine can't at least load 54" rolls. What's up with that? Would really like another XC-540 but that's $30k.

It adds a little color to my shops crapper.

You ain't kidding. Started looking at a Graphtec cutter but there's a boatload of issues here since I could not use Versaworks to determine the number of decals I want to print. This would have to be done in Illustrator to create a file with 50, 70, 100, etc., pre-spaced decals which is a...

From the horses mouth...me....Randy never "recommended" Nikkalite. He was just nice enough to offer a sample roll to try and I'm very thankful he did since for what I'm using the product for, this material works well and saves me a ton of cash. If Randy never offered the sample, I'd be...

So, I'd like to add a cutter to speed up things....I'm using an XC-540 for printing. Here's the thing....I primarily do small decals and bring 1 single EPS file of the decal into Versaworks then specify how many decals I need, such as 100 decals, 10 across by 10 rows deep within Versaworks...

Those rollers place permanent track marks in the material right from the beginning. Just having those rollers in contact with the material prior to printing is enough to leave grooves which my customers and I don't like. And forget about running pinch rollers within imaged areas when cutting...

Can't turn down the heat as most of the decals can't be laminated due to cost constraints and heat helps. Actually running "LESS" heat is more dangerous with reflective since the high-heat, if used correctly, especially when beginning to print helps the material lay flat. Can't go with a full...

Well, then maybe you've never had a ton of experience with reflective material....that's basically all I print here. When running 48" wide rolls you have to be VERY CAREFUL when initially loading and running the first job since even if its loaded correctly, sometime it has a tendency to "hump...

Just wondering what the general consensus is on the head height setting when printing reflective material such as 3M 680, etc. I've been running the heads at high after getting a few "skim marks" on the material from it occasionally buckling up a bit. Although the print quality, especially on...

Thanks ProImage. Appreciate the reply. Any other thoughts or opinions from all those more knowledgeable than me, LOL! is also very much appreciated. Steve

Okay...I have this nice XC-540 however also using it as the cutter too is taking WAY TOO LONG due to the nature of my jobs (small decals). I figure I could almost double production if I can cut while the printer is printing other jobs, so, the need for an external cutter? Anyhow, since I'm...

This might sound like a stupid question but here goes..............Since I do primarily small reflective decals with my XC-540....(Scotchlite 680 & 3200)....I was wondering if all the intricate cutting involved on thousands and thousands of decals on heavy material like this will prematurely...

Well, if this drop-out continues with a brand new machine with hardly any use...the dealer will be dropping out a tech to make sure this machine is okay. LOL!

No...it started happening on a small run. 72 decals, 12 across 6 deep. All my jobs are like that....nothing long. I'll try a head cleaning, etc. I just found it odd these spots only occur on the extreme left edge and nowhere else?

I have a new XC-540.....only half the original ink has been exhausted. Anyhow, I'm getting somewhat erratic "black specks" along the left edge of my vinyl....only within 1.5 inch or so from the left edge all of a sudden. The size of the specks are about 1 - 2 mm and have kind of a "spit" look...

Prior to laminating, put small post-it notes over the crop marks. After lamination, cut around the post-it notes to remove them which also removes the lamination above them. Your Versacamm should now "see" the crops marks along with no error code. There's an adjustment for this but the...

customsticker: I had a feeling you were using all 7 rollers since you're laminating everything and that does hide the tracks. I might do that down the road on other jobs not so price sensitive. When I ran a test with all rollers engaged, the machine did hit the cut lines. What I'm going to...

Okay...well next time I'll hit Base Point and see what happens as its not too cool to see an extra foot or so of Scotchlite 680 get wasted. With the amount of reflective decal jobs I print I could easily be throwing 10 - 20 feet in the garbage everyday due to this. Well...due to my cut-align...

customsticker: Are you using more than the 2 end pinch rollers when running your jobs on both printing and cutting? Also, when running print/cut, my machine "violently" sucks that material back into the machine then begins cutting. To me, it seems too quick and could be shifting the...

Thanks Kenny...I already received this from my dealer. Their tech went over everything with with me on the phone and did the entire calibration thing and all seems okay. Most likely there's nothing "probably" wrong with the machine since it seems to do okay with 30" material...its primarily...