Material shrinks after printing

[Kazz]

Has any one experience media shrinkage? I am using a Roland XJ-640 with Solvent inks on good stock. I have printed a 2m print with rego marks which has a matching cut file which gets cut from ruby on a flat bed and the print is lined up to the cut file rego marks ready for cutting. Over 2m I have a 10% loss so the cut file is out by about 20mm only on the vertical, it's never proportional. I know it's the printer because I've measured the print straight after coming off the printer. Arrr please help!!

 

[Bly]

It's shorter straight out of the pritner before you take it off the backing?

what rip are you using?

 

[Kazz]

That's it. Versa Works.

 

[Bly]

Can't help ya then. I know in Onyx you can compensate for this kind of thing.

Welcome anyways.

 

[Kazz]

Thanks anyway.

 

[radiohead223]

i don't use versa works, rasterlink for ours here. but i've seen our printer and it's media compensation lose up to 10% on long prints. it only takes that little bit of adjustment at the control panel to move it out by a big amount.

so it could be at the control panel and hence why the rip program isn't allowing for it but could be something else in the rip program

 

[bayshorecreations]

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