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What is the thinnest, might light weight media that's available for printing? Sub 80 or even 60 GSM. Im just trying to look for the most light weight media available.

Im looking for a gamut viewing/mapping software (3D) to compare ICC profile colour gamuts in 3D and other configs. Similar to colorthink pro, but with out all the aditional features which i'll never use. Also has to be something modern, not designed for windows XP. not overly priced either...

So i've known about this for a while, but it never really bothered me until now as now im sending huge files to my printers. Full length rolls etc. Our facility is equipped with a 10gigabit network setup. But my printers (Arizona & Colorado) only have gigabit ethernet. But for some reason...

Using onyx x18 and demo of x21 until my licence comes. Im printing a lot of files at once on the roll-roll. lets say 500 files. I'll use "group jobs together" Onyx will nest the files to the way i've told it to. Onyx will then tell me total length. When i go and sent the files to my printer...

IS anyone able to get me their 1 square meter ink usage? Canon quote ~7ml but that just seems pretty low. Or if someone can just run a saturated / heavy print 1m x 1m and get a figure for me? Curious of "real world" figures vs quotes. Thanks!

What are the real world applications for UV varnish with large/wide format printing. and how popular do you find it? I know you can flood finish media for a gloss finish, or Spot varnish to make parts of an image gloss etc. I have the coke can file and have printed it before with UV. (we...

For those who haven’t been following. I’ve been looking for a UV (has to be uv) roll to roll printer. I need to be able to cover 200 - 500m2 a day The quality has to be good as it’s full ink coverage Images are photographic. Viewed at am arms length away. No banding at all Reliable for...

We've been looking at UV roll-roll printers for a very unique application. Considering the Colorado 1650 for medium - high volume runs. I've been though most of the threads already, but any pros and cons from longer term use? i keep seeing banding issues? Is there an advance media...

we're looking at a new CNC to cut a range of media: Corrugated plastic PVC foam board Aluminium Composite Materia Banners Papers Cardboards Also need roll media attachment. and so on. I have both available to purchase locally. Im not interested in other brands as local support is key, Pros...

We're not a huge shop, just a couple of us. We have been using Asana for a year now, although i don't love it, it has worked for us. I don't feel like it's really for print shop workflows. We went from the list layout to the board layout by moving the jobs to different columns depending on the...

Are here any decent Facebook groups people here are apart of about signs and printing?

The recent thread about aftermarket UV inks got me thinking a little. I have an oce 480XT. and runs well. We use 256 inks. I was looking at the Lilpa inks and conversion from CMYK engineering. For those running it or have actual experience with it, what are the advantages and disadvantages...

what and how are you guys cleaning ACM before printing on it with a UV printer. IF i peel the top film off, it ripples and doesn't come of smoothly. So when printing it leaves streaks. I tried the rolling it off with a cardboard roll but that also ripples off. So i clean it with a generic...

This will sound very newbie... But we've been getting a little more requests to print wallpaper. I have a roll of low tack wallpaper that an easy install. It's thick, so you dont need to overlap them as you can but them together nicely. its roughly 1300mm wide I would generally just pre cut...

Edit: I couldn't connect to Onyx Production manager on my laptop, but could on the RIP PC. Realised that i had to allow port 80 thought the PC firewall. Problem solved

Anyone use workflow/jobs software on ipad? if so what are you using? I dont know much about it, nor am i finding what im looking for in the app store, or using the right keywords. Basically something we can post jobs and info on i.e tasks. Im looking to move away from emails and onto some...

im having someone print a banner for me as i dont have time to do it. i've made the artwork (vector) ect but they've asked to "save it as a PDF to 10%" How do i do this in illustrator? Thanks

Has anyone have any experience on laminating rigid media with UV curable ink? I know normal laminate will not work, but is there any type or brand ect that anyone knows of that will laminate UV inks with out silvering? Im assuming it would have a slightly thicker adhesive to form with the UV...

I currently have Hitachi D50 T8 tubes in my print room, and with in the last few months they're starting to die. I have found out hitachi dont make these specific lights anymore and finding replacements that aren't stupidly priced are getting difficult. Im wondering if there's other solutions...

We mostly outsource the hemming, but manually punch in the eyelets. As we're getting more and more banners ect, we're looking at doing it all in house. Is there any recommendations for banner hemming/welding machines? and also eyeletting? We're doing multiple meter banners, i.e 10-50m...