Need Help Printing in Ora lite 5600 with xc-540

[Jharris81]

So I have a customer that wanted some graphics with reflective vinyl. I did some research and got some oralite 5600RA, white. Never have used it or any other reflective vinyl. So I ran a test print which is basically dark red to yellow. Well the red seams to be blocking the reflectiveness but then the yellow seems to work ok. I am using the oralite profile for a Roland xc-540. Is there anything special I need to do to get this to work correctly.

 

[cornholio]

Yellow is the least opaque of the cmyk colors. Red is basically yellow plus Magenta, which is double the coverage. So the light has to travel through 400% of ink...

 

[Tigerquill]

Print it, but make sure you turn out the lights and shine a flashlight on it. Yes the red will block out a bit more light, but its still all reflective. Dont touch the vinyl with your bare hands when you're loading it, the oils from your fingers can leave marks...this is true for all reflective vinyl I've printed..