David Rowland
Forum Replies Created
-
thats typical Lambie… it was a Robert Paperlinx Horne reps car
-
interesting comments John… no sleep clean worries me but interested to hear u had no issues. Must be a perfect seal right now.
Its doing the job u got it for thats the main thing but speed… yeah thats typical roland VS series speed if I am not mistaken.
-
[updated the text at the top]
-
Got one and a latex… decided to send it back
prefer matching with the book as its easier
-
the heads block quick on the JV3 if not used/unplugged.
Are you getting huge resistance on the syringe on top of the heads? -
Axyz sell it .. called a mucksucker
-
just got back.. saw some of the suspects.. robs little truck is tucked away at the back of the North hall
We parked at Slough and got the train to Paddington, then did the underground.. u need to review train prices before doing this way.
Parking was a fiver at Slough but dont know what it is at Excel, we used the route to take a break of driving and without going onto the dreaded M25.
-
See you tomorrow – Wednesday!
-
We have moved premises and took our CNC with us, this machine is now needing a new home. It has been a good workhorse and we need to plan a way of buying this as the new one comes in.
The Dust extractor will need discussing, it isn’t that expensive and is efficient but we can use it on the new machine.
Offers in region of £10K
Attachments:
-
make sure heat is very high
-
Windows 8 will drive u nuts!!!
-
I said I was going but I am not sure at the moment. We will see at the top of the week.
-
i buy my HP Ink from Paper Graphics
-
Solvent for banner
Vinyl for HPdont look back
-
memjet is awesome but if a nozzle goes can cause a line…
the big Inca is very similar, rows of heads… 4 pass 8′ 4′ sheet in seconds
-
autogylm tar and glue remover… great stuff for glue
-
UV Printing is an art, however I have such printer but a number of factors to take into account.
Hi volume of static electricity play havoc with printer heads. Anti static bars a must.
White has to be used on the printer weekly or it seizes up (unless u have a flush out method).
Smaller sheets require hold down, hard to do on moving belt printers.
surface prep maybe required for ink adhesion, but can mark marterial.
The head is close to the print, any further away causes static patternsMy advice…. printed clear vinyl applied to sheet and cut by hand.
-
Still for sale, offers considered. Moving the machine can be arranged with ourselves or AXYZ
-
really do regular suppliers have this treatment to buy?
-
on a single core machine, not responding doesn’t really appear just a white screen… on multicore machine not responding appears as the program is busy… near the end of creating a PDF it is messing around with Temp and actually building the file.
Sometimes Waiting helps and then your computer returns.. not all the time
-
does it not "start"? double click icon and nothing?
-
Yeah surprising to see John at our stand that year and then he leaves us.
-
Hayley!!!
Attachments:
-
i had a phone call this year reminding me to go!!!!!! wtf
-
quote Harpreet Sahota:Guys
I will be there this year for all three days. I’m on the Roland stand alongside another couple of guys who have previously done Roland User videos.
Do come up and say Hello it really would nice so meet some of the members on this forum.
You cant miss me I’m the Indian guy with a big beard…..LOL….
Look forward to seeing you guys
James
and in every bloody magazine and online advert1!!!!!
-
Technically EPS and PDF files are made up based on Postscript language, PDF is more fined tuned.
-
we will see.. Fespa indeed but the machinery is pretty much there at the moment
-
many threads on this…. u got to ask yourself the question of "cost saving".. in my opinion costs can be saved if the printer is running all the time with 3rd party ink but original ink can be better for when the machine is idle.
I still regret going away from original inks as it cost me more in the long run with down time
-
he just seeks attention!
-
look forward to seeing more
-
FESPA’s on my list… i doubt i be there for sign uk
-
wasn’t my decision in the end… a few percent difference is fair enough but ‘extreme’ change is not.
-
oh so a few of us fallen for it… thank you for Adobe for messing up the App! we all know that the Apple products have good screens
-
you never guess what I got lol Neolam
I be honest with u staff mate… how the hell do u get spares for it as if I recal ours came from B&P as the price was good.
With regards the printer, i have read about them but never seen one.
-
will this be in your new book?
-
how do u keep it so even ? 😉
-
Hello, I was involved with the BTCC for a few years, good times
-
Any bubbles on the front ?
-
I never liked the Imageperfect "backup and support" when things go wrong, interested to see what comes of this as changing an adhesive to me is like changing the product code!
-
how many years before the vinyl starts to wrinkle?
-
there is a way of adjusting the margins in the hidden menu but I am not really a Mimaki man now, got rid of it and memory is faint. I do know it is a fiddly process
Actually might have not been in the hidden menu, maybe in the "material type" areas… cant remember.. faded
-
antalis mcnorton offered to sell me sheets not packs the other week.. i said really?
-
I had Onyx on trial with William Smith/Art Systems for 30days… you cant download it you have to sort something out and get a dongle.
To be honest, Onyx is heavily profiled for the L25500, the other rips may run it but colours are important on this RIP and Onyx does drive the Spectrophotometer which is used for fine tuning profiles.
-
yes drivers to make NC code…. they work fine… then a tool to send the data which is a replacement for toolpath.
-
I cant remember the version numbers but my CNC is on one of the later firmwares, this allows a program that will send NC files to the CNC.
So then you can use VCarve etc.
-
it’s most certainly worth it…. my old print room was daylight 6.5K i think… looked great.
My new room needs the lights sorting..
-
he got his toy
-
he wrote on FB not long ago its Cancelled lol
-
artsystems will provide a key for tests
-
blimey…. will it last outdoors?
-
I had one of the APA directors in recently, trying to get me to switch product lines. I did explain my connections with this site, so let me point out that the site is "created by sign makers for sign makers" and at times we need to back each other up with issues so we don’t run into financial loss ourselves when failure of products. It is not just Vinyls (although i got stung by Image Perfect advertising claims!), it is Glues that don’t stick (or miss-marketed), LED lights that wont light a sign up, Economy Banner materials that break after 3 years… the purpose of the site is to pass "knowledge" and experience on to other sign makers and for the sake of suppliers.
You have to carefully word your replies, in this case you a replying to the original poster so you can answer his questions without major modification.
-
nice tool simon but requires a metric button!
-
think i make each tile a print, then control them in the queue and put whatever I dont want on Hold.
Dont do a lot with tiling tho
-
i find "paper" works best for UV light 😕
-
How about a clothes line? just a thought lol
-
Standard mains is typically 13amp sockets.. .the latex just needs a touch more for the heaters.. so it has two blue plugs on it
-
i was talking to chris wool over the wekend and yeah its not easy but .. i have to replace the plastic foot… decided that it will take days lol
-
Bargains!
-
Hmmm….. I think I know you?!?!?!
-
Hello from Barnstaple
-
depends on the size of the sign
-
Mattel 19/20
Where’s Jill Score?
-
Ink is another factor, mimaki original ink is fairly quick drying and if you got heaters 40deg + then you will reduce your drying time.
When you unwind your print, you hear sticky noises or print on the back of the backing sheet… your in trouble.
Another factor is how much ink is not touch dry when it reaches the roller, you know from experience that if you can mark it, your not curing right.
Air flow is important, acceleration does help for rush jobs and 70% of our work is within a few days so curing is vital.
The 3rd party inks we was on did a good job as the original, but solid print is now something that even the original Latex printer struggles with, finding the right temp balance for curing.
That lamination failure does sound like rain and wet ink. If I was working in the production and noticed the ink was not touch-cure then it would have to wait. Maybe freezing conditions and water didn’t help either?! list goes on but as u said one side is the main clue if they are all parked in same depot.
Not all jobs need to be treated this way, we rushed and only had one lamination failure over 10years with jv3
-
u did tell me over FB last night but need a list/detail dude.
-
we done it with the jv3 warren… not many problems… only issue i have is dust and wet ink.
However heat settings were reasonable. As always, jobs were left to last minute and laminating happened twenty-sixty minutes after printing… never really got any issues with it.
However Latex is what we have now, only issue with it is balancing the heat settings, can be too wet if heat is too low
-
I have teh Latex 😎
-
The answer is yes and no!
-
yeah this is awkward… we are so careful with so many companies not honoring their payments. yes 16 years I agree you should be on first name terms by now and be treated well enough.
We also question an account company if they haven’t traded for 3 years and close their account. We decided that as companies do change e.g. ownership etc.
We will not take any chances now… too many taken us for a ride.
-
ignore… automation
-
getting black into to stick to metal foil might be a challenge for silk screen.
Remember at signuk a printer/laser thing that prints onto metals? dont have info to hand
-
Happy New Year 2013
-
well happy new year and it bright blue skys out there. I was on the square in Barnstaple for the new years countdown, bit of rain at 10pm but mainly good for once.
So no fear when you return, flood warnings in place but so far its holding out
-
Aliens will be queuing for a signed copy
-
What Language will this be written in?
-
i been looking for cheap rollers for a while… i mean just the roller, i can make the damn rest of it lol
-
PRS stuff happening here too (AGAIN) and we just moved.
In my old unit (on my own 80% of the time) with just a reasonably noisy printer, i did turn on the vac table and running a radio was more or less impossible. I used wireless headphones but not all the time. I missed out a lot on radio, no idea what some of the hits are so my pub quiz knowledge suffered.
-
i am still on streamline… but dont i remember something about "debit cards" being only a few pence on charges… i cant recal
-
we have 1 car / 2 vans and a small scooter (off road somewhere in the building)… we call it a fleet 😉
-
its popular in the states so i have read
-
PPI does payback… my friend had many loans/credit cards over 10-20 years… had about 5-6 payments… £5000 or so
-
sat at home… decided today was my entire holiday allowance lol
-
-
Jason has both printers and can comment but the durability on banner is something to be closely monitored.
I dont use it for banner only vinyl and that is fine both unlaminated and laminated.
The curing time is right but we just laminate straight away… basically the printer ‘cures’ the ink at high temp.
We just moved our printer from a cold environment to a hot environment, makes a lot of difference to curing especially solid black colours…
The machine is amazing.
-
omg… crazy
we get re-seat cartridge sometimes on Magenta… have found that taking the cart out and putting in another (used/empty?) will re-read it and then put the new one back in.. sometimes takes a number of tries.
HP need to be notified of this event!
-
there is a few jobs that might not happen next week.
-
That BN thing, it is small and new but still costs a pounds to buy
http://www.rolanddg.com/product/color/c … index.html -
quote John Thomson:quote Dave Rowland:Im still trying to work out how to Install Girlfriend.exe and what is the minimum requirements
a lot of patience and deep pockets lol
john
Dont remind me!
-
Time – well it takes minutes to get stuck into communities and come up with something that might be affordable. But when you get it you got to find the time to build it and get it working and hope it is what u want.
Reliable – Big industrial machines fail! i should know so.
Last – Generally if the machine is "solid" then you will have a longer lasting machine.
this is a whole topic… Phill has built something for small jobs, but for large scale stuff it will not cope.
-
Im still trying to work out how to Install Girlfriend.exe and what is the minimum requirements
-
thank you for this… happened to one of our designers today.
i did system restore, problem fixed.
-
well all i can say I hope 2013 brings me what I want…. but sadly 2012 killed my plans lol
-
well done… just make sure you take your OWN measurements before you cut the vinyl! 130mtrs in the wrong scale could be scary expensive.
-
cannot find the registered trademark (r) either
-
i would also be concerned with perspex
-
i agree with Robert.. he is right… Antalis and Robert Horne have paper divisions… check the websites out
-
ok.. i got our Xerox contract copier from Xeretec http://www.xeretec.co.uk
They also take orders for supplies, think my contract allows better pricing but basically they push buttons on the xerox website and we get the xerox supplies.
-
Not a leaky head? the seal inside it?
-
SOLD FINALLY!
-
Awesome Andrew 😀
-
Has Robert ever been on time?