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I'd like to replace our XR-640 -- its white ink system leaves a LOT to be desired (plus it's slow as a glacier), but have yet to find which brands/types of printer tech to go with. What say ye?

Are there any guides (official or unofficial) for replacing the internal hard drive for the FB700 series? I'm aware it's not SATA but some kind of IDE mutant. Also, the drive has to be cloned bit-for-bit (I've got the hardware to do this). Is there a thread on here going thru this?

I use Caldera with a Colex SharpCut. When running a job with cutlines, it will turn curves, ellipses and other bezier curves into a LOT of straight lines. Selecting them in Optiscout and reducing nodes helps, but most times we can't do that. This adds considerable time to the Sharpcut's idle...

Stickers slow me down like nothing else. We get a LOT of rush orders for small runs (25-150qty) and YES, our Roland can spit those out in just a few minutes but it takes a while to get it prepped. I have a bad back. Swapping out rolls of vinyl is no picnic. And the amount of waste on the...

Can anyone show me a photo of how the blade sits in the Coro tool's collet? My work forgot they had this tool -- I found it OVERJOYED!!! and I'm trying to put a new blade in it -- but can't figure out how to work it with the collet screw and placement / depth of the blade. It's been years since...

I was talking to someone here a few months back about this (and like a dummy I lost his store links) for bits routing 10mil coro. Running the 5HP router on a 5x10 Colex SharpCut. I have a couple of Gator bits that ::work:: but the edges are a mess. Any suggestions or links I can buy from?

This is for everybody who's gone from a standup roll-to-roll laminator, to a flatbed lam table. Our standup is the only thing that gives me anxiety in my job. I've used a flatbed ONCE, years ago, and I still miss it. How has moving to the flatbed changed your work / improved/hurt things? We're...

At least for us — I’ve battled Oracal’s 3640 rolls and its awful puckering and crinkling for years. The backing liner absorbs humidity like TOILET PAPER. A week ago Grimco substituted a roll of General Formulation’s cheap matte stuff and OH MAH GAWD… no issues. Didn’t have to babysit our...

We rarely print vehicle wraps, so I’m sure there are better substrates— but my goodness! Arlon’s SLX+ material has been the biggest, most pleasant surprise for us. Prints are super smooth and consistent, and their matching 3270 laminate comes out flawless even in our awful roll-fed machine. I...

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We're printing the wraps for a plumber's fleet, and this is the first time I'm doing actual 'wrap' and not just partial/spot decals. We use EcoSol 4 Max inks and I was just given a bunch of Arlon vinyl to print on. Do I need to let these sit up and gas out before laminating? If so, what's the...

When we load items into our hotfolder, Caldera crunches the preview and then it shows up in the main window multiple times. This happens on different file types, singles or multi-page PDFs. Anyone know why this happens? I delete these dupes without problem, but it IS a tad annoying. The...

VersaWorks Dual gives ink level remaining in 25% increments. Is there any way to pull a. more accurate reading from the printer? Like from a network command line/web interface? I've used a Canon printer way back when that had an 'ink check' via a web interface -- it was surprisingly precise...

I can not figure out how to get Overcut Compensation to work right. (See screenshot) No matter what I put in the field, whether negative or positive, tiny or large, the cuts go wild and do not compensate at all — it just makes a mess. My primary blade overcuts by .25”, so entering -0.25” or...

I recall seeing this a looooong time ago, but I cannot remember where this setting is hiding at. It's the 'roost' settings, the place the tool heads and gantry come to rest after a job is completed. Currently, it roosts at 40"X 0"Y and it's annoying. I'd like to set it to roost at 98"X, out of...

I've split work loads between these two printers, and want to match one to the other so the colors are consistent. I know how to match a monitor to a printer, but not match two printers to each other. Is this even possible? How would I do this?

I'm about to reinstall VW Dual (to solve some issues with job preview pane, and other small nags), but not sure if I should remove the existing install beforehand, or just overwrite it with the disc. Suggestions?

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Can’t find much on this error message that we get CONSTANTLY. This will pop up upon first click, then stays away for a bit afterward. We’re still running v8 so our support ran out long ago. We’re on an iMac under x11 environment.

My FB700's media listing is a 5 screen long MESS. Flat materials are scattered among banner and SAVs, and since we don't have color corrections for the different substrates, having all of these is redundant. I'd like to re-organize the list into "Coro/Foam/PVC" for flat, "Banner/SAVs/Films" for...