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Spot of bother
I’ve come up against something with the PC60 thats got me a bit puzzled. I’m trying to print a sheet of stickers (approx 33mm circular) onto Oracal 751 Yellow with a Kelly Green spot colour cart.
Initially the PC60 wouldn’t recognise the green, so I ripped a bar code off a black cartridge and made the PC60 think it was a printing black. Unfortunately once it did eventually print, the quality is aweful. It looks like I’ve made the stickers with a felt tip pen and a stanley knife. The print is bad, its cutting incorrectly and generally making a mess of the whole job.
Has anyone else come up against this type of problem? I’ve printed/cut stickers of this size before using a black cart onto silver vinyl, no problems at all. I’ve also tried another Kelly Green cart to check whether I have a duff one, but still does the same 🙁 Would it be quicker with a felt tip pen and a stanley knife if all else fails? 😉
Cheers, Dewi
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9 Replies
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Dewi
the colours are mixing to give you a queer colour.
try printing down a white backgroung onto the yellow then print the green on top of the white.
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is it a gen roland cart, or after market. when i had a pc600 some after market carts didn`t work..
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After market cartridges Becky from PrintOne. I’ve had a few hundred pounds worth of cartridges from them and never had a single problem, other than user error, but then I am a bit of a gimp at times 😀
How would I go about printing the white and then the green? Printing the white isn’t a problem but how do I ensure exact registration for the overprint with the green?
Cheers, Dewi
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Dewi
Don’t know what printer u use, I use an edge.
the edge automatically finds the registration for printing in layers,with a little tweeking!.
Can u mark the vinyl (ink pen) print the white , then bring back the vinyl to the original start point then print the other colour!!frank
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dewi
you could tyr printing cyan only on to the yellow that will give you a green
if you want to double print the the dip switch has to be on to bring the vinyl back to the start first print then print and cutchris
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Didn’t think of that Chris, I’ll have a pop with a Cyan cart 😀 Btw, where is this dip switch thingy? I know I’m a dip stick, but I don’t think that counts does it? 😉
I’ve seen the registration thingy on the Gerber, its cool… kind of like the targeting systems on the old B52 bombers :lol1: Not quite as lethal though, which is nice 😀
Cheers, Dewi
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Chris, you’re a star!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Note for future, Cyan printed onto yellow vinyl = perfect match for Kelly Green!!!!!!!!! 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
How many pints do I owe you now Chris? Would it be cheaper if I just bought you a small brewry? 😉 😉 😉 😉
Thank you though mate, I’m well pleased 😀
Cheers, Dewi
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dippy switch no 6 front edge sencer to on form feed in driver to off will take it back to the beginning for a over print. some times this can be used to over print a small mark on a bigger print using brake apart ungroup etc to get to the small area with poor print
chris
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I think your initial problem was caused by using the black bar code. I seem to remember when I had a PC60 this would cause extra thick prints. Try using the yellow bar code and selecting the spot colour in the driver.
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