what layout can i use for a dedicated print & fnishing r

[David Rowland]

In the future if we do get a 2.6 metre printer how do you load the media? Do you need a forklift etc?

I seen trolleys where you put a wheel each side of the roll and push it in as on the old zund. 2 man job else.

What flooring should I use to reduce any static and make cleaning easy?
We use Wood laminate but dust still gets in.. static is not a worry for us

What lighting is best used to see fairly accurate colour? Mix and match tubes? Run both cool and warm off different circuits so I can check both?
I ordered these bulb after Adrian from UKSB suggested them
http://www.bltdirect.co.uk/cat75_1.htm
Basically 5500K (i think) which is pure daylight… room is lovely but I wouldn’t want to work in it for a long period, also our laws possibly wont allow it.

What kind of heating system and humidity control systems do you currently employ?
I not finished ours… extraction is going on the back of the JV3 to take fumes away but it will take the heat.. humuidity is on the Avery vinyl datasheets, we have roll holders in there to keep the matieral at the same tempreture.

We were supposed to have an air inlet and extraction, the server (which is also our RIP station) is in there, needs a hoovering but generally keeps the room above cool, not much. Stops the frost for us. The air inlet feeds into the server cabinet.

[Jason Xuereb]

Cheers Dave for the feedback.

I’m trying to get access to a few printing companies down here to see what they do.

[David Rowland]

actually thinking back to fespa… i think i took hold of the 2mtr vutek roll, he said lift that and I thought Jes’ thats heavy.

[Robert Lambie]

we have Vinyl cushion flooring. cheap to buy and easy to lay…

this type of flooring is made from a sort of rubber type vinyl, so is ideal for preventing static build-up.

again, because of its make its easy cleaned with a damp sponge/cloth mop in the morning.

we have two approx 12" diameter fans. one on one wall nearest the printer doing the extracting of the fumes. whilst on the far away wall we have a second fan sucking in fresh air from outside.

for drying your prints or storing whilst out-gassing i would suggest a pulley system with sort of bulldog clips/clamps along each bar.
this way when a print comes of you just clip it onto the pulley rail.
each sheet of print is spaced just a couple of inches so you can get rows of the prints in a small space. (hung on their side, because solvent drops out as opposed to evaporating.) so hung on their shortest side allows the solvent to escape quicker.
once your pulley has the prints fastened to it you just pull the rope and the prints rise up level with the ceiling out of the way of damage until ready.