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  1. Is there a way to change the orientation of the nozzle checker?

    If you're loading new material, you've already contaminated those areas by touching them so they would have printed with fingerprints anyways. If the printer has been sitting idle run a nozzle check if you have frequent drop-outs. Otherwise you could just roll without them if you think you can...
  2. Reverse Barcodes In Onyx?

    It may be a setting somewhere in the RIP? I cannot recall as a tech came in and set up our Onyx/Graphtec configuration originally and I don't remember ever seeing it. Maybe call Onyx with your subscription and ask them about it? Every print here gets laminated and cut by barcode and we do not...
  3. Need some help with an FC9000 Graphtec

    If the plotter is having troubles just reading the barcodes, and you are doing everything manually correct as far as loading the vinyl and positioning the head, then the fix is to adjust the scan mode for that condition so that it can read it easier. I know we use a different scan mode for...
  4. Need some help with an FC9000 Graphtec

    We use Onyx with our three Graphtec FC9000 plotters here. As far as Onyx/Graptec knows, we're the first ones using multiple FC9000 plotters with Onyx... To get everything "happy" for the most part, required a fresh install of Windows 11+ on the RIP computer, newest Onyx version and a couple...
  5. Multi color vinyl production

    Print/cut them on a Gerber Edge. Use the correct green (apple?) and print the white and black foil onto them. This will get them nice solid colors with a good bright green, in a single layer. Wide format printing is the best/cheapest/easiest way to do these, but some customers want a brighter...
  6. Sp-300i Bad Quality

    You definitely have some minor head issues, but you can still print ok as-is. Every older Roland I've ever seen in-person prints very similar to this. You're never going to get the same quality out of this machine as the newer model printer heads produce. You might get a bit smoother print on...
  7. Software Suggestions

    We use Onyx with our printers and our Graphtec FC9000 plotters. As long as the cut files are set up correctly so that Onyx interprets the Spot color "CutContour" the prints/cuts are perfect and the barcode server works great. You will have to have your RIP computer running the latest version of...
  8. Sp-300i Bad Quality

    To be certain, try the exact same print on a couple other different medias. If that print is only 4cm across, that's not that bad of a print. It is a wide format printer made for large prints to be viewed from a distance, not a "photo quality" printer.
  9. 5x10 Mirrored Acrylic

    It looks like you CAN custom order sheets of Plaskolite's product for larger sizes. https://plaskolite.com/products-services/product-brands/fabback ePlastics says they stock a 72"x96"...
  10. Choosing a RIP

    I would recommend sticking with Onyx, getting some training and getting a couple GOOD profiles set up for each machine. FWIW, if you didn't know this already, color consistency out of the HP machines is always going to be a hassle.
  11. Pre press artificial intelligence

    I can't see it being implemented into the RIP software like a few are discussing above, but on the "design" end of prepress it is coming soon. Just looking through and using Adobe Stock images, I am getting a lot of nice AI-generated images in my search results and using some of them on projects...
  12. ? printing direct on magnetics

    Add another vote for printing to another product and laminating, then laminating it to the magnetic stock. The strain on the printer pulling the heavy material will wear the feed motors out if you're printing large rolls, and that is if it doesn't stick to your platen. Then you have the risk of...
  13. Question Wholesale Printer for Window Perf

    Window perf is a mess currently. 3M isn't making any and doesn't have hardly any in stock, and if you can find any perf it is usually only 54" widths. The other options are mainly short term films. Be sure of whoever you find to print it for you, that the film they're using has a "somewhat...
  14. Question Edit Text from Within Onyx (Postershop)?

    Not sure what your original file is set up in, but I agree with the ability to edit/resave the print artwork easily in Adobe Acrobat as a PDF file.
  15. Banner Hemming Machines?

    We've been sending out our banners to be hemmed at another local company for years, and are looking at bringing this process in-house. What do you recommend we purchase? A sewing machine or a seam welder? What brand & who to buy it from? Also, a non-hand grommet machine brand to look into?
  16. Hello from Ohio

    Welcome, from Ohio, still nearby in NKY. Lots to learn here.
  17. Stand offs

    Buy different colored standoffs? Black ones? MBS Standoffs sells a wide range.
  18. condensed sans font

    https://www.myfonts.com/products/semibold-kenyan-coffee-238248
  19. cheetah wrap

    We've tried it; requires lots of post heating as it is very low tack, but seems to be holding up well.
  20. 3M IJ280?

    They brought us a test roll. Our installers all tried it with the rep here watching. Their response was that it wasn't any better/quicker than 180, and definitely not worth the price difference.
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