"Good point, I neglected to mention in my last post on this that we unroll a bunch to floor leaving slack which also takes off the tension. Have to remember to keep the process going or leave it long on the floor. We choose the stopping at floor…"
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Banner Rule of Thumb
Started this discussion. Last reply by Richard Ledenican Aug 5, 2012. 12 Replies 0 Likes
Hello All,Having trouble with banners/banner material printing correctly. The material is awful, getting sucked up basically on the edges causing head strikes, the cutter falling, cartridge…Continue
Basketball Printing
Started this discussion. Last reply by Richard Ledenican Jun 26, 2012. 1 Reply 0 Likes
I had a request to put some lettering on a basketball and was looking in the forum for discussions regarding this. I did find a great discussion a couple years ago but wondered if anyone had tried…Continue
Color Managment and Illustrator 5.5
Started Oct 18, 2011 0 Replies 0 Likes
Hello All,We have recently updated our software from Corel X4 to Illustrator 5.5. We are having issues with color management as well as contour cut.How do we get the colors to work together? We want…Continue
Quick Print Issues
Started this discussion. Last reply by Butch Oct 17, 2011. 15 Replies 0 Likes
Hello All,For a while now we have had some issues with Quickprint. When we press the design there is always a small white edge around the design. We have put a bleed on the designs hoping that would…Continue
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Jason Fought replied to Heather White's discussion Banner Rule of Thumb"here is an easy way to be trouble free printing. take one of your media bars ( the ones you media lay on behind your machine) and put the bar through the core of the banner roll and let the whole roll hang. it provides no tension on the machine. you…"
Dennis Dunning replied to Heather White's discussion Banner Rule of Thumb"The person I spoke with at Catalina said that his company couldn't compete with the prices of banner material imported, I believe from China."
Teresa martin replied to Heather White's discussion Banner Rule of Thumb"what is the reason for getting rid of a product that everyone loves:) seems to happen a lot and I guess I just cannot figure out why.
On a different note if anyone has answer to my question on eco print in the graphic section i would love to hear…"
Richard Ledenican replied to Heather White's discussion Banner Rule of Thumb"Give Lexjet super smooth double sided banner material. Lexjet sells short rolls of usually 20 feet in most all thier materials for tests and small runs where you don't need to over kill by bying more than you need. We use that service constantly"
Dennis Dunning replied to Heather White's discussion Banner Rule of Thumb"I still have a 54" roll of the Mojave supersmooth but used up our 30" roll . Several months ago I was given a lead by Catalina for a few of the reminaing rolls of 30" material that were listed as available. …"
Richard Ledenican replied to Heather White's discussion Basketball Printing"The best way is to pad print. there are 3 materials b-balls are made of rubber, synthetic leather, and leather. It is difficult to get any type of vinyl to stick to rubber balls with pebbles. Your best bet is to use a high tack vinyl on a…"
CYW replied to Heather White's discussion Banner Rule of Thumb"My most favorite banner material too, Dennis...............but it's gone!
Yesterday I called Mojave (GMI, Catalina) or whoever they are now and they confirmed that that absolutely WONDERFUL banner material is no longer being…"
Dennis Dunning replied to Heather White's discussion Banner Rule of Thumb"Yes. We have had success with Mojave Supersmooth from Imprintables."
Heather White replied to Heather White's discussion Banner Rule of Thumb"I agree with all the suggestions. Banners are profitable but when they don't run correctly the profit is out the window. Extra pinch rollers might help for sure. Does anyone print double sided banners on the same piece of media?
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Dennis Dunning replied to Heather White's discussion Banner Rule of Thumb"You could also try adding additional pinch rollers. That helps reduce puckering in the middle of the banner material."
Richard Ledenican replied to Heather White's discussion Banner Rule of Thumb"I 2nd both pointers. Some banner materials are worse than others. We waste about a foot or more material sometimes letting it hang over rhe front for some added weight and turn the vaccuum down some. With blockout material we babysit the print to…"
Jennifer Jackson replied to Heather White's discussion Banner Rule of Thumb"Always roll your banner out before printing....If you don't the banner roll is so heavy it tends to "chug" on the full roll causing the issues you mention. We also add in all of the rollers for a more balanced feed....we typically…"
Heather White posted a discussionBanner Rule of Thumb
Hello All,Having trouble with banners/banner material printing correctly. The material is awful, getting sucked up basically on the edges causing head strikes, the cutter falling, cartridge seperation, etc. Banners are so easy and a great money maker but when we get repeated issues while printing the profit it out the window. Anyone have good rules of thumb regarding clamping, weights possibly to hold the material down, heat etc while running banners? It seems to be the material because we…See More
Steven Jackson - Admin replied to Heather White's discussion Dye Migration"Vicki - you picked some up from me on Saturday :-) "
Eric Adler replied to Heather White's discussion Dye Migration"I am also excited to see this new product. I am not a big fan of Sublock sine it is basically Opaque material on top of Metallic. I prefer to work with one layor or material. I usually will go right to 100% cotton for t-shirts and I try to look…"
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- At 10:39am on June 22, 2010,
William Desrochers said… - Heather, shoot me an email at info@excaliburcreations.com
- At 2:50pm on April 7, 2010,
Kevin Hirata said… - Hi Heather,
Welcome to Myversacamm. I encourage you to actively use this site as a resource to learn more about the Versacamm and some of the neat and fun things it can produce. Let me know if you may have any questions, or post your questions on one of our forums.
Thanks for joinig us!
Kevin
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