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  1. Hello, New here. Just getting into large format printing.

    Welcome! Lots of great people and info here. I started with an Epson S40600 a couple of years ago and I absolutely love it! I've had zero issues since my install, machines are rock solid.
  2. General Formulations Holographic

    Seems like it's the same as Britelines holo material. Both are 6mil in 30" rolls. I'd try the yellow filter over your sensor, that seems to help. I think I had my sensor set to around 30 for reading that material on my Summa.
  3. Where to offer my printer for sale

    I just sold my SP-540V on Craigslist in 1 day. Just disregard any offfers that seem too good to be true. Take cash or bank check only on pick up. Good luck!
  4. Need Help Onyx 19 Freezing on Startup

    From the Work folder. I didn't restart initially, that's probably why I was getting the ~1 even though nothing was showing in the queue or in the Work folder. Just not sure what caused it, I set this small file approx 3" x 3" to 120 copies and it took about 3mins for it to populate the sheet in...
  5. Need Help Onyx 19 Freezing on Startup

    Working again. Even though I cleared them from the Work folder, when I imported the file, it acted like there was a copy in there already and added ~1 to the name. It's acting very strange, taking a lot of time to update when I change the copies on the file. It may have been the last windows...
  6. Need Help Onyx 19 Freezing on Startup

    Loaded up a few files I've printed before. I changed one to 120 copies, it's a 3" x 3" sticker, and it just got stuck on processing. I've restarted, cleared all the jobs from the work folder and it's still freezing. The console is stuck on Server Starting... I'm dead in the water any help would...
  7. Need Help Summa D140 - Stopping Mid Cut

    I can't recall this happening before and I've been using the same cable. Only thing I could think of doing is a reset of the cutter possibly. Other than that it must be something with communication and not the files themselves.
  8. Need Help Summa D140 - Stopping Mid Cut

    Actually it's not shielded (UTP)
  9. Need Help Summa D140 - Stopping Mid Cut

    Had this happen a few times yesterday. Have a roll printed, I used barcode to cut printed sections, and it cut through 95% of the sheet, stopped and cut straight across the sheet through work. Another sheet stopped about 50% through, paused for a minute and then went on to look for the next...
  10. Metallic gold vinyl

    Yeah, some had said to let it dry longer or use a different laminate, but it never worked they all eventually curled. The only one I've had success with is the Briteline when printing full bleeds. Otherwise it's always best to stick to no bleeds or pulling the artwork away from the cut to avoid...
  11. Metallic gold vinyl

    I've tried RTape metallics and also I tried some sign vinyl by Griff and they all curled when I printed to the edges and cut. The only vinyl I have had luck with is the Briteline holo vinyl. It's a 6mil so it's a bit on the thick side but I've had no problems with that curling at all. I'll...
  12. One man shop growing pains

    Nope. Caught a second wind. :)
  13. One man shop growing pains

    I've been doing 60hrs+ , 7 days a week for the last 2.5yrs. I take a half a day off every few months. Rest and time off is overrated imo.
  14. What kind of computer do you guys run for a RIP?

    I'm running my Epson 40600, Graphtec and Summa cutter off my laptop. I could use a bit more power for handling larger files but it's served me well for the last couple years. My Lenovo P50 with an Intel Core I7-6700HQ (2.6GHZ) and 16GB Ram.
  15. Summa S2 T140 oposX cut on holographic vinyl???

    I'm not sure if you've tried the filter over the OPOS sensor, but it's worth a shot. I've had decent success cutting Briteline holographic vinyl and some other metallic material. I've found that making the print setup with the least amount of reg marks for it to read, Summa will put one about...
  16. Need Help Shifting cuts on stickers

    I'm not sure why either, all I know is that rollers are crowned so the middle is slightly tighter than the outer edges and when I cut those bad sheets the center was way off near the tail end but the other edges were not really affected as much as the center. This is why I point to the laminator...
  17. Need Help Shifting cuts on stickers

    I printed another sheet, but this time I ran it through the laminator slightly different. I pulled the laminate through the back and tacked it to the take-up roll, then placed my sheet into the nip and closed the rollers and fed the sheet through. Put it on the cutter and haven't changed any...
  18. Need Help Shifting cuts on stickers

    No it stays flat. I've never had this bad of an issue cutting, that's why I think it's more of a lamination issue. However only reason I think it's a lamaintion issue is how I do sheet. I will roll my laminate over the top roll about 3/4ths of the way down the roll, tack a piece of backing onto...
  19. Need Help Shifting cuts on stickers

    Same....I just laminated a roll, same materials and same roll of laminate and no issues at all in cutting. It's very odd and yes I'm not quite sure why it is so pronounced either....I was getting better results off my crooked RS laminator. lol I've got no tension on the laminate roll and...
  20. Need Help Shifting cuts on stickers

    Thing is is that it less towards the outer edges of the sheet. It's much worse in the middle of the sheet. I'm not sure sure it's the cutter but my lamination incompetence, if I did these on rolls they'd have almost no variation.
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