flatbed

Hello everyone, my shop is interested in purchasing a flatbed and we got recommended Vanguard. I am just curious if those are quality machines, and which model would work best for us. We are a medium volume company, we do a lot of foam core signs and corplast signs and Di-bond. We have just...

Technician came to level my printbed. We'd removed the magnetic table top and he spent the better part of a day tweaking the table and measuring with a dial indicator. I went to print the next day and had two adjacent nozzles out on black that cannot be cleared. Technician came and then found...

I am having one heck of a time printing quality prints on styrene .04 with the Scitex FB700. The belt has ink buildup (which I have been working to get it off, it wasn't taken care of before I started this position) I know that could be part of the problem. But even on photo plus and fine text...

Hi all, New, from India with request for help. Am into large format graphic Screen printing and digital vinyl printing. Request your comments on pre-printed, thermoformed outdoor signs, market and possibilities. When thinking green, a shift is must, from temporary signs to lasting signs and...

We took delivery of a new HP550 flatbed printer in December 2018 and were in full production with it a month later. We did a bunch of 24" x 24" ACM signs for a customer in January of 2019. They were black, full bleed signs and we laminated them with a callendered intermediate laminate (GBC...

98" HP Flatbed Printer FB 700 with White Option, Extension Tables, Roll to Roll option Speed up the delivery of orders with a printer that lets you print and load media simultaneously. Target new applications with quality results on virtually any rigid and flexible media. Rely on a dependable...

Hey Guys, We're looking to buy a new flatbed printer (our first one). We'll be primarily printing on PVC/Sintra, Foam Board and corrugated plastic. Currently looking at the EFI 16H and EFI 24F, are these good choices or should I be looking at something else? We currently have a HP 360 Latex...

Mimaki UJF-3042mkII UV flatbed printer for sale. Purchased in mid-2017 for internal production and prototyping, only lightly used. Well maintained and regularly cleaned. Currently using LUS-120 inks. 3-head, 6-color CMYK-WP. Includes: Rasterlink6 RIP software Vacuum Table LUS-120 ink set...

I just purchased the HP FB 500 for printing yard signs/ bandit signs. For those of you that have this printer or a similar printer, what are some of the more profitable items you’re printing for your clients? I plan on doing some custom white boards for clients, custom calendars, and then...

Hello yall, I've been doing research on getting a uv-flatbed for our company for a few weeks now and finally felt it better to ask some people with some real know-how instead. We've been looking into bring printing in-house as we're first, the only ones in our field still outsourcing and second...

We have a SQP ORYX3 printer, 7 months old and nozzle check isn't as perfect as in the beginning anymore. Here are the pictures of nozzle check before and after 7 months. Nozzles are all but don't spray straight anymore. Nozzle checks before 7 months: Nozzle checks now: (Click on image...

I am having issues with a file that was created in InDesign and exported as a PDF 1.4 (see attached pics). The background is a blue gradient that fades from dark to light blue. The gradient was generated in InDesign. No matter how I save the file I am getting the same hard line in the gradient...

2017 Scitex FB550 - $28,500 Highlights: MINT condition. Only used by a person with 10 years of industry experience. Printer was kept in a clean, sealed room. Includes 4 brand new print heads installed by HP technicians on 1/18/19. Printer has been used daily since install in April of...

This is one of my favorite projects so far. It was for internal use, with an idea I found on Instructables.com We printed this on white dibond, and used our Colex cutter to route it to the desired shape. Then we used our Colex to route out the wood frame and we applied color changing LEDs. It...

Hi I'm trying to print a sheet of clear acrylic with a white layer at the bottom, and for some reason, a cloudy print is appearing. I don't know if the same thing is happening in colored substrates, because I can't see anything at all of this, maybe because they are not clear, or are not...

My company is looking to buy a flatbed printer, probably used, and I was wondering if anyone had any pros/cons or personal insight to the Vanguard VK300D? I've been reading through old posts and found some information, but this is completely new territory for me. I will be going to see this in...

Does anyone have any guides or advice on how to clean off and possibly replace the media belt on a H1625 LED Printer? None of the guides provided by EFI have any information about it. we have a lot of ink build up and we are looking for the safest solution to avoid doing any damage to the printer.

Where: PIP Marketing/Signs/Print 8325 N. Allen Road Peoria, IL 61615 Position Overview: This a production position using the latest in printing and CNC router technology. You will be printing, cutting, routing, and installing all kinds of things. No two days will be the same that is for sure...

anyone used this machine before and have any pros and cons to it. wee looking to upgrade to a faster flatbed and have been offered this machine, I'm a bit concerned that its only 4 colour with no light magenta or light cyan. any info about it would be great

Hey All, We've been casually looking at adding a flatbed (FB550) and/or a finishing table (Kongsberg X24) to our lineup for the last year or so but more and more it's feeling like the flatbed at the very least is a necessary investment for us. A little background. Our main bread and butter is...