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Cold weather causing printable vinyl to curl up on machine
Hi Guys,
Anyone else ever experienced this….We left a roll of white vinyl sitting in our machine over night….when we came in the morning the edges had all curled up quite alot…..Could this have something to do with the cold weather…..Has anyone else experienced this.
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In your printing room the temprature must stay at a constant level, I used to keep a small heater on 24/7 to stop that happening, its easier to work with all your vinyl if you do so 😀
nik
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Cold weather will cause this, high humidity as well.
It’s worse if it has a kraft liner and not a PE liner. The cheaper/thicker the material, the worse the problem will get too.
Can be a right pain, but the only way I have overcome it is by keeping the room at a constant temp. In my case it is leaving an air conditioner on in our hot weather. We don’t have a lot of cold weather here, but during our winter I’ll put it back in its plastic sleeve and put application tape on the edge to stick it down.
What type of material is it?
edit: Nik beat me to it 😉
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Yes, cold weather will do this. The vinyl on our Versacamm only does this when the weather gets really cold at night.
All we do is chop off the first foot or so of the roll where it has curled before printing. The vinyl still on the roll should be fine to use – a lot cheaper to waste a bit of vinyl ( and more environmentally friendly ) than leaving a heater on all night !
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quote Mike Fear:a lot cheaper to waste a bit of vinyl ( and more environmentally friendly ) than leaving a heater on all night !
dont agree with you mike…..having a workshop at a nice constant temprature makes work so much easier, faster and more comfortable, and i didnt like printing straight onto very cold vinyl either, the heater doesnt need to be turned up sky-high 🙄
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quote Mike Fear:Yes, cold weather will do this. The vinyl on our Versacamm only does this when the weather gets really cold at night.
All we do is chop off the first foot or so of the roll where it has curled before printing. !
no good I guess if you have printing on the bit that has curled overnight. Certainly an option though.
Much better productivity to start work in a pre heated/cooled comfortable work space, rather than waiting for everything to come up to temp before you start IMO. 🙂
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We dont generally leave print on the machine, so it isnt a problem for us.
Also, from absolutely stone cold to printing temp only takes 20 minutes – so get in, turn the heaters on, turn the PC on and have a cuppa, and its ready to go.
The printer is also in a seperate small room, so we dont sit in there while it is printing. The artwork is done on a different PC, then just loaded up on the PC connected to the printer when it is ready to be printed.
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mustn’t let frost get too your medias if you can help it
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