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New owner of a used Versacamm SP 300V
Let me introduce myself. I am a sign shop owner and do apparel as a side to that. I purchased a used SP 300 V for what I think is a fair price $4500. It has been serviced yearly since original owner purchase in late '07 and did come with the Versaworks software. I have updated to the latest version and have done several prints and print cuts since I purchased it. I have noticed the colors seem to be washed out ( not as brilliant ) when I use Quick Print transfer material from Imprintables compared to regular Oracal sign vinyl. I did add the Quick Print profile to Versaworks. What material could I get that would improve the color for the apparel transfers or are there some settings I could try ? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks , Butch Humphrey - Graphix Magic
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Permalink Reply by dave conti on -
I just received a sample of the new roland material and it printed great. I will find out the name of it tomorrow at work
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Permalink Reply by Steven Jackson on -
Butch - what color settings are you using? I would try max impact if it is a vector design and see if the colors are better for you.
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Permalink Reply by Butch on
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Steven , thanks for your reply . I have used max impact with a little improvement. I quess it is trial and error just like any program until you get used to it. I use SignLab, Flexi, and Corel to do my art depending on what I am working with. I then import into Versaworks as eps. with rgb settings. Could the color spectrum be changing during export and import? I will try ro upload some pics later to give an example. Again thanks for your reply.
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Permalink Reply by Steven Jackson on
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Butch,
Is it a 100% vector or is there a raster image in the design? If it is a raster image, make sure that your export from Corel does not have convert or save bitmaps as cmyk. It will need to say RGB or you will loose color.
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Permalink Reply by Roland R. Irish III on -
I get brilliant and consistant colors with Specialty Materials CPS 2160 and have used it almost since I got my Versacamm since the 'supplied' roll of material did exactly what yours did-washed out colors. It was bad material I found later-the stuff has a SHELF LIFE and then won't hold colors after that.
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Permalink Reply by Steven Jackson on
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Roland - I have tried all of specialty materials products and personally find them thick! The only one that I thought had decent colors or thickness was their metallic print that came out with almost a pearlescent color.I have found that with a proper profile and good colors setup in Corel or Illustrator, that you will get consistent color reproduction on almost any material. Unfortunately I have yet to find any ICC profiles for any specialty materials and their customer support has not been very good.
The bottom line is that everyone should try different materials, try different configurations, and find what works best for them. I think that if you are happy with a material and it results, then it is the material for you!
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Permalink Reply by Butch on
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Roland , Steven - I too believe in trial and error to find what is right for your particular niche. I have done quite a bit in my years as a sign maker. The only problem now is the cost of materials have increased to the point that it is not feasible to buy several rolls of material to try. I do not want a lot of money setting on a shelf that I can't profit from and don't think anyone else does. This site has a lot of useful info and ideas from its members which I will take to heart. I am just trying to make sure my investment gets used to its best ability.
Thanks - Butch
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Permalink Reply by Steven Jackson on
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Butch - Well said! Let your sales guy at Imprintables know what materials you want to try and they can send you small sample rolls to test out. That way there is no or very little cost to you and you can make some display stuff to start the sales going!
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Permalink Reply by Roland R. Irish III on
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That's how I got into the Specialty Materials printable...had been using their metallics and holographics for awhile and terrible results with the print-on sent by my original supplier (dropped him because of failure to supply good stuff!) Called Specialty to ask about print-on and they sent up a short roll free-and been using it ever since. There are 2 'generic' type textile iron on profiles in Versaworks (I don't have it on right now so I can't tell you exactly) and both appear to work fine. During the winter months I override dryer settings and kick that up higher. Yes, I am pretty sure it is thicker material than some, but I have also cut some fine detail and small letters with it and had good luck. I have used their clear on some 'butterfly' images for a special job and the colors held nicely-not too translucent like I was expecting and on white it looked great.
Steven is right-test what you can, stick with what works for you...and if your supplier doesn't want to send out samples, either call the manufacturer directly (like I did) or call another supplier-if they want your business they will chop off a couple feet and send it right out!
We used to come back from the USSC show in Atlantic City loaded with bags of free sample trial rolls, tape, application spray, squeegees....enough supplies that I am still working off some of it from 3 years ago!
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Permalink Reply by Tony Williams on -
I owned a sp 300 V Roland for over 4 years, great machine no problems printed great, just traded it for a new VS 540 with the new metallic inks, just want to be able to do some different thing and print big banners, also got it with the Reel to roll up the large banners we plan to print, love the Roland.......
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