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Humidity Question / Color Shift
- Thread starter jmcnicoll
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Ditto rjssigns.
When we used our flatbed in the winter with humidity around 10-15 percent we had all the static issues:
- ghosting (overspray) on prints
- Color shifts
- board failures (2 the first winter)
Hate to think of all the $$$$$ that went in the dumpster and labor and parts.
Got an industrial humidifier that easily keeps our building at 60 percent. No problems since. Best money I ever spent.
When we used our flatbed in the winter with humidity around 10-15 percent we had all the static issues:
- ghosting (overspray) on prints
- Color shifts
- board failures (2 the first winter)
Hate to think of all the $$$$$ that went in the dumpster and labor and parts.
Got an industrial humidifier that easily keeps our building at 60 percent. No problems since. Best money I ever spent.
our building is 60 x 120 - 7200 sq.ft.
our humidifier is a Fogco. Basically a big mister thas shoots "atomized"' water out of nozzles.
we dont run it at night. in the morning we come in, the humidity is around 10-15%. It runs about 10 minutes and the humidity goes up to what we set it, around 50 or 60%. Once it hits the mark, it runs about 3-4 minutes 2 or 3 times an hour to keep it there.
got it about 5 years ago. was around $5,000 plus another $1,000 to get a purified water system installed.
our humidifier is a Fogco. Basically a big mister thas shoots "atomized"' water out of nozzles.
we dont run it at night. in the morning we come in, the humidity is around 10-15%. It runs about 10 minutes and the humidity goes up to what we set it, around 50 or 60%. Once it hits the mark, it runs about 3-4 minutes 2 or 3 times an hour to keep it there.
got it about 5 years ago. was around $5,000 plus another $1,000 to get a purified water system installed.
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regular profiling or color calibrations should get you pretty close color regardless of the RH changes. You should reprofile or at the very least recalibrate your profiles whenever there is a change in the environment, after you install a new ink, or replace any heads. The more stable your environment, the less you will have to phutz with your color, but you should still recalibrate after you install a new ink etc...