Head speed when printing small stickers on xc-540

[Jharris81]

So what do people run there printer head speed at for small stickers vs large car wraps or signage? I have an xc-540 and was just wondering if there is a point where you slow it down to where the quality doesn’t get any better and you’re just slowing down production.

 

[Ronda]

I've never "slowed" mine down. We've run 1000's of hard hat stickers. Not had any problems. I'll be curious to see if others have. I don't know how many folks are still running these machines.

 

[Jharris81]

I've never "slowed" mine down. We've run 1000's of hard hat stickers. Not had any problems. I'll be curious to see if others have. I don't know how many folks are still running these machines.

Do you run bi directional or uni directional?

 

[cornholio]

I tell the customers during training, that they can achieve the sharpest small text by using unidirectional printing, head height low, use pure black, set print heater as high as possible, use decent vinyl and reduce head speed, if needed.
At this time, all nozzles print perfectly straight.
But since we talk about an almost 20 year old printer, things may be different.
In case of deflected nozzles, reducing head speed all the way down to 300mm/s can make sense, before investing 4k in new heads...

 

[Jharris81]

I tell the customers during training, that they can achieve the sharpest small text by using unidirectional printing, head height low, use pure black, set print heater as high as possible, use decent vinyl and reduce head speed, if needed.
At this time, all nozzles print perfectly straight.
But since we talk about an almost 20 year old printer, things may be different.
In case of deflected nozzles, reducing head speed all the way down to 300mm/s can make sense, before investing 4k in new heads...

We have for the most part relatively new heads. Within the past year and everything is printing wonderful. I am happy with the out put. I have slowed print down to about 750 for head speed when doing sheets of stickers or smaller detailed graphics. I just figured at some point the quality wouldn’t get any better and you’re just printing slower but I guess if your saying slowing down to 300 in some cases I’m doing pretty good and have quite a buffer still to go.