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  1. 70/30 Perf/vision print Curling on R-1000 - Help

    We are running econoview 70/30 Perf (vision print) on our HP Latex R-1000. For the life of me i can not get the vinyl to stop curling up BAD on the edges as it comes out. Bad enough that when i stop and it returns the vinyl back to the starting spot it is curled up enough to trip the head crash...
  2. R1000 & Mirrored vinyl

    Just got our R1000 Last week and still learning. How do you load and print on mirrored chrome & Gold? we load the vinyl like we have with other rolls and the R1 doesn't detect it and when we manually tell it the measurements and print it starts inching it back out like its searching and then it...
  3. UCJV300-130 Error

    Our UCJV300-130 gave us a msg on the screen the other day and now its back and we cant get it to go away or even run the printer. has anyone ever had any experience with this msg on the screen? F/W updating *Transmit start* (see photo)
  4. HP Scitex FB550 UV Lt Cyan ink not curing

    We are trying to print on corrugated plastic using our HP FB550 flatbed and the print has a large area of light cyan. When we print it (high quality, low quality, Head raised, heads lowered) no mater what we have tried so far the ink is tacky to the touch and if try can be rubbed off. Our bulbs...
  5. HP R-1000 dimension question.

    Hello, I been looking on line and cant seem to get a measurement for the HP R-1000 (64") . The measurement I need is the total length if it has 2 extension tables on each side. see attached photo. If someone out there that has this setup could send me the measurement that would be great. Trying...
  6. Need Help HP Scitex FB500 Shutter calibration

    we recently had to replace a lamp unit on our FB500 and everything is working but we are getting an error message W-UV-10 shutter calibration. On the screen it tells us to run the shutter calibration from the service menu. Yet we cant find it in the service menu for the life of us. Anyone know...
  7. Need Help HP Scitex Fb550 margin issues

    Why would our FB550 flatbed automatically set margins (seems random) when I send a file to it from Onyx? (see attached photo) I've looked through media settings in onyx and cant find anything that might explain it. I've looked back through some of the stored files in the 550 and the phantom...
  8. Need Help HP Scitex FB500 Black dropout and over spray Help

    Our HP Scitex FB500 is suddenly having troubles with its black printing. It's most notifiable in our labels and registration marks (created by ONYX) but also noticing it in the prints as well. (See attached photos) When we notice it doing this we will have the printer do some air purges and...
  9. Need Help UV color profiling

    Hello, I have been working on building color profiles for our HP Scitex FB500 and FB550 (also a Mimaki UCJV 300-130) using Onyx 19. After building the profile i scan an IDEALAlliance color wedge 12647-7 and compare it to GRACoL2006 using SPOTON software and the results are very poor visual...
  10. Need Help FB 500 yellow ink profile chip not reading

    Recently our hp FB 500 was running low on yellow ink, as we always do we went to swap the ink and profile chip. when we did the yellow registered full and then a few moments later it it registered as empty. we tried a different box of ink and profiler and same results. we also tried pulling a...
  11. Need Help Latex 370 reds fading in and out.

    Any ideas or suggestions to fix. Our HP latex 370 seems to fade in and out when we printing reds. see attached photo (edited to view beer on screen)
  12. Need Help HP Latex 335 not calibrating well

    We recently acquired a fairly new Hp Latex 335. after replacing the heads and giving it a clean/tuneup we build a few profiles for it. We measure to GRACoL and compared to our 370 it wasn't calibrating as high. I have since pulled the heads and checked them, run multiple head cleans. Attempted...
  13. Discussion Color Gamut/Profile

    Question, for all you large format Digital printers. (Specifically ones using ONYX with HP Latex and UV printers) What color gamut/Profile do you print to? and why? Just curious, We have ours set to print to GRACoL 2006 Coated.
  14. Suggestions Color Management Education

    Having only been in the print industry about a year and a half I'm still learning almost daily. What id like is to get some info and suggestions on digital print Color management. Preferably focused on UV, Latex and Onyx RIP. I have tried to get my manager to send me to the Onyx classes they...
  15. Question How often do you rebuild your color profiles?

    We have 2 HP latex 370's and we use ONYX for our RIP. we have a total of 5 media profiles for them that we monitor the color on. We print and measure to GRACoL. My question is how often do you rebuild your profiles? We rebuilt them all last October and by the first part of November we...
  16. Need Help FB550 Magenta Dropout every morning

    Every morning after our FB550 has been setting all night, the first print of the morning about 6-8 inches in the magenta drops out. After a jet health check and 2-3 standard air purges it usually comes back. We have checked the Thermisters for buildup or defects and all looks good. Any other...
  17. Need Help Clear and White ink in same file

    we have a new UCJV300-130 with CMYK ,clear,clear, white white ink setup. what im trying to figure out is how to print a white base, then a color image and then a gloss clear on top. is 2 diferant specialty inks possible on the same print file? when i set it up in rasterlink6 it tries to only...
  18. Need Help Exporting Multiple cut files in Onyx RIP from same file?

    When printing a file with a cut path in Onyx RIP we specify Summa or I-cut for our cutting department. once we specify what one then it has to be cut on that machine. My question is there a way to print the file and have Onyx setup and export BOTH cut files so that when the print gets over to...
  19. Need Help Onyx not printing

    We recently purchased a Mimaki UCJV300-130 and can run it with no problem using their Rasterlink software over our network. We have since installed the Mimaki on our Onyx Trive RIP (that we use for all our other printers) When we RIP a job and send it to the Mimaki it gets to 100% in Onyx like...
  20. Need Help Vertical Banding on FB500

    We have been noticing a vertical banding on our printing lately on our HP FB500. Specifically on large darker colored sections. (see attached photos) We have tried re-leveling the printer (at the advice of an HP tech) we have tried checking the belt fans and cleaning the belt thinking its not...
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