Morning guys
I tried printing to some textile vinyl this morning, 2 spot colours and silver. I've done this before to the same vinyl without problems, but this time the output was cr*p
Before printing I cleaned the print head and the path of the vinyl.
Although the picture shows just the silver foil, the same speckles and scratches were evident in the red & blue foils! Also, when the job details are printed, they too are badly formed - this is quite common in most of the stuff I print! It's as if the head hasn't reached full temp before printing is started - just a hunch.
The vinyl is from PrintOne and the brand is Renown. In GSlot I substituted the usual 220 to IP6901 - Imageperfect's textile vinyl.
My only thought is that the vinyl itself might have been dirty/contaminated although it had been stored in a poly bag and box. This is just a guess, I've no idea really.
Any suggestions?
UPDATE:
I just printed to my usual Oracle white vinyl using the 3M Scotchcal Series 220 Premium Film profile and, whilst not perfect, it was a huge improvement. So it seems I need to use another vinyl profile and NOT IP 6901 Heat Transfer Vinyl. So is this a heat issue associated with the vinyl type? Maybe.
Cheers
John
I tried printing to some textile vinyl this morning, 2 spot colours and silver. I've done this before to the same vinyl without problems, but this time the output was cr*p
Before printing I cleaned the print head and the path of the vinyl.
Although the picture shows just the silver foil, the same speckles and scratches were evident in the red & blue foils! Also, when the job details are printed, they too are badly formed - this is quite common in most of the stuff I print! It's as if the head hasn't reached full temp before printing is started - just a hunch.
The vinyl is from PrintOne and the brand is Renown. In GSlot I substituted the usual 220 to IP6901 - Imageperfect's textile vinyl.
My only thought is that the vinyl itself might have been dirty/contaminated although it had been stored in a poly bag and box. This is just a guess, I've no idea really.
Any suggestions?
UPDATE:
I just printed to my usual Oracle white vinyl using the 3M Scotchcal Series 220 Premium Film profile and, whilst not perfect, it was a huge improvement. So it seems I need to use another vinyl profile and NOT IP 6901 Heat Transfer Vinyl. So is this a heat issue associated with the vinyl type? Maybe.
Cheers
John
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