Double Pass on Digital Print

[EbsWeb5150]

I'm doing a digital print on white translucent printable material that is getting mounted on lexan and then it will be housed in a SignComp type light box.
4ft. x 8ft. My question is: Is it good practice to have the Roland overprint the digital print. (which is of girl staring out the window) because of the vinyl being white printable translucent I've heard its good practice to check overprint in VersaWorks to but I think its throws the colors off to much sometimes. But maybe it looks good lit up at night

 

[Custom_Grafx]

Yeah it looks too dark sometimes in the day, but good when lit up.

The other way some people do it is to do a print on clear in reverse and stick it on the back surface, then a single pass trans print on the front. Best of both worlds.

 

[EbsWeb5150]

Thank you

I like that 2nd tip. Just more time consuming. But I bet cha it does look real nice.

 

[jayhawksigns]

That's how we do our backlit signs. Tried for too long to get the front side only thing with our JV3 before I saw the light and just started doing two prints.

 

[rjssigns]

Our shop does the backlit prints for one of those billboard trucks. We use a matte finished translucent poly at standard res and perceptual with a canned Versa profile. Things turn out great. Look good day or night. Or course we always preflight the client files as some require color tweaking, but by and large they are good to go from their designer.

 

[EbsWeb5150]

I'm using the profile in VersaWorks

The profile is called (RIPC) SFPLF: Front Print back lit film.
Is that the right profile for translucent printable material for the Roland

 

[J Hill Designs]

+1 to reverse print clear 2nd surface, reg. print on trans. first surface.

 

[rjssigns]

Profile on Versaworks: Magic SBL7 (think the wife named it that)
Got the initial profile from IntelliCoat.
Their back-lit works wonderfully with no dinking around or multiple steps to get a good looking print.
Takes a pounding too as there are up to 10 units zippered together on the computerized scrolling mechanism. Only call-backs we've had is a couple zippers popping off. Never a complaint about color day or night.