Tiling in Rasterlink UCJV 300

[Raghaus]

I have to print and tile photographs for a gallery wall & I plan on printing on my UCJV 300. Seven tiles 52" wide x 150" long with a 0.5" overlap or something thereabout. Is there a way of cutting these tiles automatically without resorting to manual layout and cut lines? There's gotta be a way... Would the UCJV cutter track well enough over 150" length? TY

 

[Smoke_Jaguar]

The built in cutter seems to have major tracking issues over about 4' in my experience, but there is some luck involved. Print/cut machines just love drifting.

 

[Raghaus]

yeah. I did some larger packaging comps 6' to 8' tall and it worked out surprisingly well. I also have a Graphtec, but I think running this gig on one machine in one go would just make my life easier.

 

[Smoke_Jaguar]

Use reg marks to help, they are optional but work way better than just counting on the machine to track on its own.

 

[Solventinkjet]

I think the official Mimaki spec is to expect +/- 1/8" over 8 feet.

 

[Smoke_Jaguar]

I gave up on the cutter part of my printer years ago.

 

[Raghaus]

I think the official Mimaki spec is to expect +/- 1/8" over 8 feet.

Definitely good enough in this case. thank you.

 

[Raghaus]

I gave up on the cutter part of my printer years ago.

It does pretty well, except for being relatively slow. Then again, I don't run this thing all day long and do any type of volume printing...

 

[Raghaus]

OK – Rasterlink doesn't have to ability to place intermediate registration marks (WTF) and cutting the first panel failed. I ended up creating marks for the Graphtec and placed intermediate marks every 500mm and cut segment by segment. The cuts are spot on and the whole thing works a treat if anyone ever needs to do this kind of thing.