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  1. WTF FLEXI?

    So Auto-serialize suddenly doesn't work anymore and crashes the whole program. This is a VERY important tool in Flexi that I use to save time punching in numbers for sequential tags and signs. Anyone else have issues too? I'm beyond irritated right now.
  2. Flexi 21

    Anyone done the update to 21? Anyone having issues? Been on it a couple weeks. So far here the bugs I have encountered: 1) Random shutdowns. This seems to never go away, no matter what version. 2) PDF export. I am having a terrible time exporting to PDF, as certain colors change to completely...
  3. New look

    So I've been off the site for several months (laid off at old job January, started at another company in March - finally have some time to get back on here). I like the new format!
  4. Glass APeel issue

    Has anyone recently bought a roll of Glass APeel and had issues with it? We just got a roll, and I can't even run through our printer. Just unrolling off the roll causes the liner to lift and buckle, and when it feeds through the printer this gets all bunched and causes head strikes, and...
  5. HP 560 Latex vinyl waste

    Did some calculations, and I came to this nauseating conclusion. With this 560, always losing the first 1.5-2' of material that has to be fed out before printing, I estimated throwing away around $7000 worth of vinyl per year (based on our standard intermediate vinyl, 54" - this is likely higher...
  6. Anyone ever notice these?

    Discovered these embedded in the labels inside the tubes from Avery print vinyls. I assume it's some sort of RFID for manufacturing inventory or something? These 2 look indentical, but one is from a roll of 2903 and one from a roll of 1105 EZ.
  7. Color fluctuation - L 560

    Here we go again...inconsistent colors again. Bottom print printed this morning. Top one just a while ago. SAME profile. SAME roll of material. SAME FILE. The blues are more different in person than this photo even depicts. WTF??
  8. Suddenly getting these bands in print - 560

    Having issues suddenly with some bands in my solid colors. First time this has happened. I have cleaned the encoder strip, and I just ran a printhead test plot. All looks good, no dropouts in the nozzles. Any other ideas what is happening? They aren't uniform....intermittent all through this...
  9. HP 560 Skew correction

    Is anyone else with this same bucket of bolts having issues with skew correction? It is getting bad. I bet I spend 45 minutes to an hour every day in total with this thing, adjusting and readjusting the vinyl so it isn't skewed. Isn't one of the wonderful features of this f*&%%ing thing that it...
  10. Summa 160 S2 doesn't start at beginning of roll

    So our 160 S2 does not always scroll the roll to the beginning of the roll. In other words, I load a roll of vinyl to cut, and if I pull out a foot or two to get it straight and tight, and hit the button to load, it doesn't take it up to the beginning, so I have manually roll it back. Is there a...
  11. Sudden 560 Issue

    Fired it up this morning, started printing a job. Looks perfect, solid colors the first 16" exactly, then starts to fade and get blotchy. I've done cleaning, changed 2 heads that were pretty high in usage, and still happens. Checked the file, even changed one color ( a gray that is most obvious...
  12. Anyone seeing any signs of shortages?

    Anyone notice any signs of material shortages yet? I seem to be having a hard time getting some 10mm white coro sheets suddenly. 2 of my usual suppliers are out. I am waiting on a response from a 3rd. I had a feeling we would start to see this, just not this soon. Sucks we rely so much on...
  13. HELP

    Ran it through WTF, no luck.
  14. HP problem or material... IDK

    So I just ran a big job of window perf on our 560. Of course it's one of those "hurry and get it laminated-gotta install in an hour (thanks salesperson)" jobs. Installers call me later to let me know the prints are an inch too short in height. I checked my files, checked the RIP. Nope, all good...
  15. Anyone going to ISA in Orlando in April?

    Anyone going that is starting to get a little concerned about travel/lodging/and the Expo itself with this Coronavirus thing going on? There is usually a very strong Chinese manufacturer presence there. I wonder how many companies have backed out. And how many people have decided not to attend...
  16. My Summa really bugs me...

    Have a Summa S2 160 T series. Don't get me wrong, it's a great plotter, most of the time. But having one issue that annoys me to no end, and sometimes screws up the job at hand. So let's say I have something I'm cutting that's 48" long. When I send the job, it will begin cutting. Somewhere...
  17. Horizontal wall mural panels?

    Has anyone done a wall mural with say, 2 long horizontal panels? I have one I need to print and am thinking of doing this. This one has so much text to line up, but if I do horizontal, I can split with no text to overlap (only some minor background stuff). My only thought is that typically one...
  18. Here's a new one on the 560.

    So suddenly this morning, I loaded a new roll of print vinyl on the 560. Went through the usual steps....when it was initializing, the head carriage moved as it usually does to scan the material for size. Well it returned and threw up a message saying "move the material 586.something mil. to the...
  19. Where to find grommets for thicker material?

    I need to procure some #2 self-piercing grommets (we have Stimpson machines) to use in 3/16" foamcore mainly. We seem to be doing a lot of these, and the standard ones end up crushing the material too much. I know they make them......problem is no one seems to sell them. Anyone have any leads?
  20. HP 560 Update won't download

    Anyone having trouble with this as well? I hit the download button and immediately get an error. I have rebooted the machine and still get the error.
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