Is there a way when I run out of material to start where the job left off?

[Signguruniagara]

Hi all,

I’m new to the print industry. I’m running Felix complete on an HP 570 latex. Sometimes I get to the end of my roll and I printed half a sign but then run out of material. Instead of wasting that half printed sign does anyone know how to start printing once I have new material loaded in the machine where it last left off?

 

[balstestrat]

No.

 

[Signguruniagara]

No.

Really? That sucks cause I feel like I’ve wasted so much material not being able to restart where the last print job left off.

 

[Signstein]

There will always be some waste. If you're new to the industry, then you're also new to latex printers - they waste media. Some films need to be pre-tensioned on the takeup roller, some require more ink, some require printing uni-directional which wastes more time, etc. There will always be tradeoffs, and you'll learn to minimize waste. Plus you'll get better about gauging how much is left on a given roll

It's fun when you guess perfectly and you finish up a print with inches left on the roll...

 

[victor bogdanov]

If the design/sign allows paneling you could crop out the section that's already printed and print the rest on a new roll. Then you panel/join the two prints.

You learn with experience if you have enough media for a print before starting the print

 

[Stacey K]

You can always measure how much you have left. If you have just enough left but not enough to go through the system then just tape another partial roll to the end of your roll. I do that when I forgot to order material or I'm slow and have time to screw around.