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180 on alupanel is crazy, Use IJ40C for alupanel...you'll save a ton of money, It's a 7 year vinyl. 180 is a 10 year "unprinted", We've had some Ij40's out for a decade and its held up just fine. We only go 180 for Aluminum...and even then it kind of depends on if its a sign we know will...

If your color matching printer to printer is pretty good... I'd print 1 banner on the Latex and put it up with your solvent prints :roflmao: I'm sure your boss would be ok risking 1 banner prematurely fading, and it'd give you guys the peace of mind whether it will work next time or not. But...

Most signs that look like they caught on fire are because of people using the wrong materials, especially the wrong overlam, usually it has nothing to do with the ink.... Inks fade, not burn. Use this as an opportunity, print the same Banner your printing on latex as well and hang it up on...

I just tried to search and find out. All the latex sellers say latex lasts longer than solvent, all the solvent sellers say solvent lasts longer than latex ... Latex is far more scratch resistant than solvent is on banner though.... We find latex is way better for unlaminated items, working...

Curious what makes you guys think solvent is better? Every printers ink has a different durability rating.... My Epson lists a different expected life then my old Seiko did. We haven't seen a latex print fade at all yet... we have banners that have been printed 7 years ago still hanging on...

Run a force drop detection to see if you have bad heads, I would also try a different material just to rule on it being the material. Sometimes I had can be bad as you put it in, force drop detection usually detects whether it's bad or not... I've only ever done them on the 560 and 700 so I'm...

If you're still under warranty, I'd get a tech out. We only have issues with Traffic materials (Theyre very thick) And cheap, $100 rolls that dont like any heat. Window perf still tunnels once in awhile, but thats understandable. Some reflectives will catch on when it gets sucked back into...

We are using the 700w. We've also have the 516 560 and never had issues with that one. Certain materials are picky, and we extended just past the printing zone... A few materials we stand there and apply a bit of tension until it is taped up to the take-up reel, I don't think we have ever had...

what material are you printing on? We print on 3M 8150 optically clear all the time with no issue.

That was 10 years ago. You no longer need a 100K Durst to print traffic...you can use a 20K Latex printer...

Well, send your traffic materials to both printer manufacturers or sales reps and get a sample printed. I know when we had our Solvent printer it wouldn't print on 3M Reflective vinyls - it'd mist a lot, and getting a headstrike on it was brutal. Then you have Latex - If you print on...

If you're starting a road sign company.... Then you need HP Latex to be Traffic certified on 3M Materials. If you're using Avery materials... you need a Trafficjet. You can't just purchase any printer and print road signs - At least for north America... Maybe brazil has different laws /...

Yes. Call Grimco or any dealer and they'll have a one time purchase price. It's between 3 and $5000 though

Do you guys ask every realtor for a permission slip when they want a sign produced as well? I think if a Dodge dealership is asking for a sign with the dodge logo printed on it .. it's safe to assume they have permission to use the logo. If it's some random dealership, or used car...

Every country, even China talks about climate change. Why everything needs to be political I don't know. You think the scientists, who are much smarter than anyone on here , come up with a conspiracy about global warming to turn people red or blue? You guys should be pissed at the billion...

I usually swap it, let it do the cleaning and start printing then then swap it back in.

We print on our latex all the time... It does a nice opaque black. I wouldn't do a CMYK 4 color screenprint, or anything that requires super tight registration as the films.never perfectly align... But for stuff like traffic / 2-3 colors that can be a mm off, latex works great. We use a film...

You can just swap them. It's easy to remove the bar, when I bought my graphtec I got three extra wheels and added them myself. Not 3 weeks earlier we had a different graph Tech we bought, added two wheels, the tech didit and didn't do any adjustments. The tension on them is adjustable, if it is...

PVC / Sintra is more picky then aluminum, imo. We cut it at a faster spindle / feed rate to get the cleanest cut. So a cheapo $400 CNC that likely uses a handheld router may not do the best work. I'm all for cheapo devices - I just bought a 10k laser, I bought a cheap $250 3d printer.... I've...

3m is in the midst of replacing their liners on a lot of materials. Ij35c is now a blue backer that says scotchcal and looks almost identical to ij40c. We've had some rolls of ij35 that has named backer.... And some that doesn't. It all depends on which factory it was made in - but yes...