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has anyone had any experience printing on some type of fabric on their versacamm.

i am trying to come up with a way to make a 8 x 12 foot flag. 

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Permalink Reply by Bob McGinn on August 9, 2012 at 2:20pm

I contacted Neschen Brands and have samples of Pure Color VersaFabric and Apollo Flag material.  Try their website for a distributor  www.neschenbrands.com

Permalink Reply by Lynn Deno on August 9, 2012 at 2:31pm

Were you happy with the results from the versacamm.

Permalink Reply by DanielTF3 on August 9, 2012 at 6:45pm

Wouldn't sublimation be a better option if you're looking for quality? Anyways, how are you going to deal with the straightness of the media if you're printing directly onto the fabric?

Permalink Reply by Bob McGinn on August 11, 2012 at 9:54am

Based on small test samples, both look good.  Apollo Flag is an open weave fabric and has a carrier so when finished printing the image is visible from front (positive image) and Back (reverse image). 

Permalink Reply by Lynn Deno on August 11, 2012 at 8:45pm

I have contacted Neschen for samples. Thanks for that info.

I do sublimation but not as big as the art reguires.

 

 

Permalink Reply by Bob McGinn on August 12, 2012 at 9:21am

Fellers has 20 inch x 10 ft rolls in their latest catalog (pg 124).

Permalink Reply by Richard Ledenican on August 30, 2012 at 3:52pm

We use several textile products from 3p materials. They have the whitest material we have found so far. Many of their products have backing for use with rolands and eco-sol inks. Takes some testing profiles, heat, etc but comes out looking very good. We get a very good reverse side image with 3p flag materials. We use 100% polyester FR flag so we can sublimate when nesessary or specified. We have a 60" hot oil roll transfer machine for large images and all over shirts. We were #1 on google under all over apparel but that changes from time to time. Heres a shirt featuring my fender Strat

Permalink Reply by Simon Rose on September 9, 2012 at 9:30am
Permalink Reply by CYW on September 9, 2012 at 9:48am

Simon, thanks for the recommendation

 

Is this fabric mounted on some sort of carrier sheet?

Are you hemming the edges?

What printing profiles are you using?

 

Any and all additional information would be very helpful

thanks!!!

 

Di

Permalink Reply by Simon Rose on September 9, 2012 at 9:55am

No carrier sheet... it's stable enough to be fed through the printer on its own. Just run the heads at high in case the material decides to lift slightly. The media is so soft, that a head strike would probably clean them than do any damage.

Very advisable to hem the edges, as it frays easily after trimming.

I initially used BOSB (blockout scrim banner), but I now have an i1Pro2 setup, so I will be making my own profile for it shortly.

I'm slowly making custom profiles for every roll of media variant I own. I'm getting brilliant results so far, even out of 3M IJ1220 which is cheap and nasty, but prints nearly as well as 180C with my profile :)

Permalink Reply by Richard Ledenican on September 9, 2012 at 3:53pm

Here is a couple canvas prints that were printed on our vp-540. The colors are so much more vibrant than shown here pictures taken with my phone.

Permalink Reply by Richard Ledenican on September 10, 2012 at 1:20pm

This is a fabric product we Really Want to Try SOON. Northlightscolor has incredible deals from time to time on a regular basis. 

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