Trying to print onto dayglo paper

[Peter Yip]

different media absorbe ink differently, such as canvas.

other than getting a colour profile that matches the yellow poster paper, i would suggest also calibrating ink limit carefully too.

depends on what software you are using to print, most RIP will let you set ink limit, or alternatively calibrate a ICC profile with linerzation.

hope this helps

regards
Peter

[Mike Grant]

quote Peter Yip:

i would suggest also calibrating ink limit carefully too.

depends on what software you are using to print, most RIP will let you set ink limit, or alternatively calibrate a ICC profile with linerzation.

hope this helps

regards
Peter

Thanks Pete.
This is my problem you see, the english language fails me past this point! 😥
Software is Colorip on SP300

[Peter Yip]

i have not tried Colorip myself so i cant comment.

we use Color Choice and Flexisign.

i know flexisign does comes with its own function where you can calibrate a profile with ink limit for each media.

from what i could remember, if you go to Setup/Edit/Color Transforms in Colorip, there you can adjusted the Ink Limit Total (Total Percentage). This will allow you to increase or decreas the total amount of ink that is layed down during printing.

you will have to keep trying until you get to a point where the ink doesnt saturate too much on the media while remain good color density.

otherwise you will probably need someone to calibrate a profile.

once you got the ink limit problem solve then i guess color profile will be your next problem as i would imagine some color will not be printed correctly on a yellow paper.

hope this helps

regards
Peter

[Chris Wool]

mike i have tried this several times with only limited success the ink is just not dense enough.
if you lighten the ink load so it does not have to much dot gain then its a Grey on the yellow or mud orange.

euro points plotting paper (white) prints low on quality but may be just good enough for what you want. printed at 360 x450 ? 2 pass.

chris

[Mike Grant]

Thanks guys.
Today I decided to print onto white paper and print the yellow background.
I printed 7 posters 30" x 40" before running out of paper. I went to order more and lo and behold right under my nose and the white paper bit, was Yellow dayglo paper. (hot) (:) (chat.) Don’t you just want to kick yourself 🙄
I have ordered a roll slit down to my machine size and it actually works out cheaper as well. Now I got to dump what I have printed to do them all again onto the dayglo.

I have checked Hexis site for a profile and there don’t seem to be one!!!!

Ah well the weekend is nearly here!!!!! 🙄

[Gert du Preez]

Mike

As a bit of a tail end reply, also print a odd few posters for the local Coke depot. They have pre-printed posters, with white centres for ticket writing. The ink soaks, runs, blotches, and any other kind of funny thing you can think of. i simply spray them VERY LIGHTLY with aerosol clear enamel paint. (I get about 30 A posters on a 250ml can) This prevents most of the nasties, although the quality is still not the same as on vinyl!!

I also use a SP300, and use the generic vinyl profile.