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  1. ROLAND VS-540 Profile for 3M 7300 White Reflective

    Hello, has anyone using a Roland VS-540 found a suitable Eco-Solvent ink profile for the 3M 7300 printable reflective vinyl? https://www.3mcanada.ca/3M/en_CA/p/d/b5005047254/
  2. ROLAND VS-540 Profile for 3M 7300 WHITE Printable Reflective

    Hello, has anyone using a Roland VS-540 found a suitable Eco-Solvent ink profile for the 3M 7300 printable reflective vinyl? https://www.3mcanada.ca/3M/en_CA/p/d/b5005047254/
  3. ROLAND VS-540 Profile for 3M 7300 WHITE Printable Reflective

    Hello, has anyone using a Roland VS-540 found a suitable Eco-Solvent ink profile for the 3M 7300 printable reflective vinyl? https://www.3mcanada.ca/3M/en_CA/p/d/b5005047254/
  4. ROLAND VS540 printing random marks in artwork

    Hello, we have ran this file successfully on a few occasions, but last night our Roland kept inserting these random marks in the artwork. Has anyone ever had something like this happen to them before, or what could this be a sign of? We had the head replaced about a year and a half ago and...
  5. Mask for Air Release Film 3M IJ180mC-10LSE

    Does anyone know if we still need to use a special mask for this air-release film. We recently watched (an old YouTube video) that indicates there could be issues :( One supplier has indicated... ... from my experience, you can use something called AirMask 510U Clear Premask for Air Egress...
  6. Sign White on a roll

    Hello, all - we are looking at doing a very large piece of sign white on an existing light box. This sign will be 48" high x 354" wide. We were thinking of using a 51" Duraplex Impact Resistant Acrylic Roll material as we felt it would be easier to work with and transport. Does anyone have...
  7. Rolling up and shipping CAD cut masked vinyl piece

    Hello, I have to ship a masked cad cut graphic piece (unrolled piece is 3' x 4' approximately). Should I roll this piece up with the mask on the inside or the outside to best protect this piece. Thank you in advance for your advice :)
  8. VS540 Heat Settings on Platen uneven on the right and the left sides

    Can anyone tell me if it's normal for the platen on my VS540 to be a different temperature on the left and the right sides? I'm having a lot of problems with skewing when I print, lam and cut decals, and am now wondering if possibly the material is stretching more on one side than the other...
  9. Roland Versacam CAD cutting decals

    We have a 54" Roland Verscam that is about 12 years old. Our problem is when we print, lam and then CAD cut decals, they tend to skew a lot. We are not sure if it's a heat issue from the dryer that may be causing the material to stretch and then shrink (we tried turning the heat down, turning...
  10. Cutting shapes from 4mm Chloroplast

    Can anyone suggest a power hand tool (aside from a CNC) that could be used to easily cut semi-complex shapes out of a sheet of 4mm chloroplast?
  11. CALENDARED VINYL with MATTE OVERLAM for print & cut vehicle decals

    Hello - we need to do a print & cut onto a vehicle grade gloss vinyl which is a calendared product. The client wants this to have a matte finish though. We did this job for them using a printable Hexis vinyl about a year ago, but unfortunately, because both the vinyl and lam were calendared, the...
  12. Artwork for channel letter and other signage projects

    Does anyone know where I can purchase 3D vector artwork to create signage drawings for raceways, channel letters, etc. or if there is software out there to do this? We typically use CorelDraw and Illustrator for our drawings, but was hoping there was something out there pre-made that we could...
  13. Suggestions Dryed out CAD cut / masked decals

    We CAD cut and masked some white vinyl (unprinted) decals about 16 months ago, and the client just contacted me today to say they're not adhering to the mask or surface. They admitted these we not stored in a temperature controlled environment. How would you explain this to the customer?
  14. HP DESIGNJET T2300 problems with Y-MK Head

    We have this unit on our floor primarily to run blueprints, but the damn thing is always giving us issues with the Y-MK head. Does anyone else have this machine and have you had this issue as well? We've replaced the head, taken it back out and cleaned it, sucked ink through the tubing...
  15. HP DESIGNJET T2300

    We have this unit on our floor primarily to run blueprints, but the damn thing is always giving us issues with the Y-MK head. Does anyone else have this machine and have you had this issue as well? We've replaced the head, taken it back out and cleaned it, sucked ink through the tubing...
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