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  • How to improve these lines I get on solid colours when printing pull up banner?

    Posted by Pane Talev on August 30, 2022 at 8:55 am

    Good day folks

    How to improve these printing lines / shades that I get on solid colours when printing pull up banner material?


    Where to look? What to change?

    Pane Talev replied 2 years, 1 month ago 5 Members · 8 Replies
  • 8 Replies
  • Jamie Wood

    Member
    August 30, 2022 at 10:45 am

    I would try uni-directional, with higher passes, or high quailty mode if you have it.

  • Pane Talev

    Member
    August 30, 2022 at 11:51 am

    That’s exactly what I did Jamie. 1440 dpi. 46min = 1 roll up. Crazy slow. But glad job is done.

    I wonder what is the problem:

    Media?

    Profile?

    File?

  • Peter Cassidy

    Member
    August 30, 2022 at 12:11 pm

    i had this when i was printing a vector colour blend.
    i changed it to a .jpg file and it printed fine.

  • Simon Worrall

    Member
    September 6, 2022 at 1:28 am

    Most probably static. Imho.

    • Pane Talev

      Member
      September 13, 2022 at 8:15 pm

      The rest of the print is perfect. Only the green has this shade / banding. Bizarre.

    • Simon Worrall

      Member
      October 12, 2022 at 12:01 am

      Another thing to check is the vacuum on the print bed. if its too strong, it may “hold back” the vinyl on the printer from flowing through at an even pace, resulting in some ugly uneven print lines.
      Ive certainly made that mistake in the past.
      Yes I know its only on the green for you, but its something to bear in mind.

  • Chris Wilson

    Member
    October 12, 2022 at 5:58 pm

    Could be the machine trying to hit the colour and it’s not. Change to a spot colour that’s the closest shade of purple you can find and it should come out a lot better if not perfect

  • Pane Talev

    Member
    October 26, 2022 at 7:18 pm

    This turned out to be the material.

    When no solid colour background is printed, print quality is spot on.

    When background is printed, because of statics, the banding / lines appear.

    Looking for new roll up media.

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