[Gary Barker]

Grant, is the Mimaki UV still for sale?
If so, what is the Reference number for it, please?

[Gary Barker]

if it helps we have version 21 for sale, with grand format for printing and cutting on flatbeds £1200

[Gary Barker]

We Use Coloured Screws from here http://www.colouredscrews.co.uk

[Gary Barker]

https://www.4x4wheelcover.com

[Gary Barker]

We have not long ago installed some built-ups aluminium letters, they have 19mm back trays, and they were fixed with long tech screws through the face of the foamex to cladding, then the letters were fixed through the returns with small screws into the 19mm, worked well.

[Gary Barker]

if you just want to mount prints on to boards you can do this on a standard laminator, I did it for years before I bought a bubble free machine, you just need a table to catch the boards as they come out.

[Gary Barker]

I use it all the time, its a pain, One chance film, there is a 5600 air release version but its expensive.

[Gary Barker]

Ive tried a them all, we now use http://www.123telecom.co.uk Gareth, they took my ported numbers, BT Numbers, 3 different company numbers (different Areas) and set them all to ring in my office, and at my home if not in the office, there very good and very competitive.

[Gary Barker]

Its just got vinyl applied to it. with 60mm returns.

[Gary Barker]

more waste material that cant be recycled 🙁

[Gary Barker]

thanks all I’m going to stay away from them, I had colour solve in my old mimaki with no problems, I thought I would ask what peoples thoughts on them.

[Gary Barker]

quote Alex Crosbie:

I run mine day in day out at 800mm/s on a mix of Oracal 751 and oracal 3651 with laminate.

The printed media I tend to try and avoid going over 3m in length, it maintains excellent accuracy.

It never skips a beat and never slips. (Probably cursed it now!)

Alex I’m going to speed mine up tomorrow and try it, I never speed it up, I slow it down on small letters 12mm high stuff.

do you use the media flanges ?

[Gary Barker]

quote Luke Culpin:

I’ve actually been having a nightmare with mine as of late. When cutting vinyl lettering, we have a repeat job of logos in sheet sizes of around 1800mm. It’s gradually got worse and worse at not closing off the letters correctly and can sometimes be around 7mm out of place. We’ve found out today that by manually pre winding enough material through for the job gets rid of the issue, but don’t feel I should need to do this! Back onto engineers tomorrow I think!

Luke that could be either rollers are slipping, try cleaning them, there is also a length calibration you can do, do you use media flanges, I find them good on long runs, I also turn off panelling on cut vinyls unless its like 4 or 5 mtrs long.

[Gary Barker]

an Idea just turn up the speed? mine runs at VELOCITY: 200 mm/s on laminated print and cut jobs

[Gary Barker]

These are our racks they have been up for years, the ends are cut from dibond

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[Gary Barker]

Thank you.

[Gary Barker]

Whats it called Dave ?

[Gary Barker]

its because of VAT Fraud, in time they will be able to see the invoices, so they can check your invoice (vat number) against the one your claiming it back from, but yes I agree its just another tax we have to pay. :bangshead:

[Gary Barker]

Ive been told that sage cloud version isn’t compatible with the desktop version, so you have to start from fresh on cloud, I’m not 100% this is correct.

[Gary Barker]

http://www.applied-image.com Roger / Mark

if you know what parts and your fitting them yourself
http://www.digiprint-supplies.com

[Gary Barker]

Hi Dan, the problems I’m getting might not be the same for everyone, I don’t want to cause people unnecessary headaches, I was just giving my "Honest latex opinions" once I’ve had HP on-site at the beginning of July, I will give you all an update from a 21 years in signmaker 🙂

Started 1997 with one month’s wage of £500.00
First Printer Encad Pro 36" with Go Outdoor Inks with a Vivid RIP (2005 ish)
Mutoh SC650 610 plotter (1998 ish)
First Wrapping course (2005) Spandex (totally dynamic)

lol how things have changed.

[Gary Barker]

Tennants UK for Ofafol (Emma)
The Arlon is not repositionable if it touches the panel its stuck, unbelievably sticky, one chance film, we use it for sticking to plastic dashboards it’s the only thing that will stick to them, we have tried them all.

[Gary Barker]

Try W Smiths, arlon DPF 8000 will stick to most things.

[Gary Barker]

Hi Andrew fingers crossed they can fix my problems.

It would still be a good idea to do the blue test, so they know they don’t have the same problems, as you are The HP importer I think you are biased towards HP more than me 🙂

Gary

[Gary Barker]

Hi all, I’ve been told the by the UK importer of HP Latex printers, there are only a few cases in the UK with this problem.

I’ve spoken to other sign companies & printer reps, and there are more than a few cases.

The easy way to find out if you have a problem, Print a dark blue sample, the one we used is C100, M90, Y36, K36 its just a dark blue colour.

Laminate it and try the pull test, after leaving it laminated for the correct length of time, lift the graphic from one edge and see if you can pull the laminate off, I cant go into much detail yet as I have HP on-site at the beginning of July, good luck.

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video in drop box

[Gary Barker]

Ive emailed you Iain.

[Gary Barker]

they are changing all their paperwork, the new Gen 3 inks are causing problems, you won’t see paperwork now that says laminate straight away, and profiles are getting removed (certified HP ones)

[Gary Barker]

Ive been told by HP, that all jobs now need to be outgased for 48hrs and laminated 48hrs before use, but this is still ongoing.

[Gary Barker]

Be careful when purchasing latex printers, we have some issues with delamination when using latex Gen 3 Inks.

[Gary Barker]

Im having major problems with my HP 365 Latex, 6 months old, still under warranty.

[Gary Barker]

try william smiths

[Gary Barker]

Hi Hugh, this isnt my video but this is what im getting on different materials, left for 2 hrs before laminating, then left 24hrs after laminated before test.

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[Gary Barker]

quote Hugh Potter:

HI All,
got 5m of the new and very expensive 3m reflective wrap film and lam here, bought 6 weeks ago and was opened to be checked only, then kept in it’s box until 7-10 days ago when it was decanted onto the vinyl stand in protective polythene sleeve and in a warm environment,

Just gone to use it for a paying job and when loading it into the latex printer it immediately cockled up as it fed through.. I took the roll off and then put it through the laminator (about 900mm of it) to lay it back down cleanly on the backing – as I’ve done with chrome etc in the past, in hindsight not the best idea as being such a soft film it’s quite hard to remove the liner without kinking the film.. after numerous attempts it was obvious that it wasn’t going to stay properly on the liner to be fed through.. with a heavy heart I cut off 500mm (over £20 scrap!) to start again…

.. Fed it through the printer (room temp) and it did it again, rolled the film the other way onto a spare core and tried again – same thing.. At around £45 p/m (excluding lam) this is obviously a very big problem to have.. any bright ideas on how to deal with this?

I’ll talk to william Smiths who I bought it from but want to get some feedback first, this could turn into a near £300 loss if I’m unable to use it..

Hi Hugh, a quick question, do you ever get your latex prints de laminating, we also use orafol reflective, that where we first noticed it, we now see on other materials to.

[Gary Barker]

Hi Colin, worked perfect, thanks.

[Gary Barker]

We bonded aluminium angle inside on the returns to face, when we had deep returns, with VHB

[Gary Barker]

quote Martyn Heath:

quote Gary Barker:

we had this problem, you have to balance tension with pressure, also make sure your loading correctly, I think you have the laminate not running parallel to the vinyl, buy some cheap lam and some cheap vinyl and practice, the loading is the most important part getting that right and your good to go.

Yes i think loading could also be part of it. Feeding the vinyl in straight, im guessing if its slightly out it will pull the lam to one side?.

are you loading the laminate with a foamex board?

[Gary Barker]

One thing i did noticle is when the rollers are raised slightly there is 0.5mm-1mm light gap on either end 200mm into the roll but not in the middle. Is this normal/acceptable or could this be the problem?

This is correct

[Gary Barker]

we had this problem, you have to balance tension with pressure, also make sure your loading correctly, I think you have the laminate not running parallel to the vinyl, buy some cheap lam and some cheap vinyl and practice, the loading is the most important part getting that right and your good to go.

[Gary Barker]

Thanks all for your input, I used duct tape, in the end, all worked out fine.

Gary

[Gary Barker]

thanks all

[Gary Barker]

Thanks for all your input, anyone got some contacts for trade fitters (wraps) for Lancashire Area ?

Gary

[Gary Barker]

Hi Gwaredd, no we didnt sort it, if we get the material running perfectly square through the machine its alot better with panelling switched on.

[Gary Barker]

I think it might be heat, we don’t use any heat on laminating.

[Gary Barker]

ok thanks Rob, just been reading other posts, will I have a problem when doing panel printing and contour cutting with a summa cutter, If I buy a Latex machine do you think?

[Gary Barker]

quote Ruairi O’Boyle:

The extra speed was the main reason I went for the 360. But it does double sided printing automatically, can create its own profiles etc. I am really pleased with it and have just added a HP FB550 on the back of how good the latex was.

Thanks Ruairi, once you have created your profiles do you actually need the use of it again ?

[Gary Barker]

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just been reading this post.

[Gary Barker]

thanks all.

[Gary Barker]

micro mottling :claps:

we noticed with small text weed it straight away don’t leave it, i think the glue try’s to reconnect micro mottling ( made-up description ) back together, also have you tried weeding once you have applied it, sometime this works also.

[Gary Barker]

Hi all it is a scam, I know because its just happened to us 🙁
ok the scam is they pay you direct in to your account, they then tell you they have over paid so they want some of the money back, they then get the first money taken back from your account. how. well, first payment is by a cheque but they pay it direct in to your account from there nearest bank, so it shows up on the statement as a payment, they then give you a different bank account number to pay the other payment back to them, they then bounce the first cheque. BOOOM your scammed,

I rang my bank at first to find out if it was a scam before I paid them back, they said no all looks good, so I paid them back, the following day I got a letter from the bank there cheque had bounced, so after a few heated phone calls with my bank, they have returned my money :smiles: and asked me to tell as many people as possible to stop them doing it.

Barclays Bank are the best 🙂

[Gary Barker]

We bag everything in large industrial bin bags (vinyl, backing sheet), we have a waste transfer licence (FOC if its your own waste) we then take it to a local skip / waste site (not land fill) they weigh us and charge accordingly, we usually do 2 runs, LW Crafter van full to the brim costs us about £70.00 a time thats usually 1/2 tonne per run as it goes off weight, as we know there is not alot of weight its just bulky, to do 2 van loads usually is equal to 4 skips at £140 per skip.

Gary

[Gary Barker]

ok I’ve sent you an email

[Gary Barker]

can you send me the file to look at ?

[Gary Barker]

Not sure why you can’t change it, but find a spot colour in the programme you are using, use that colour for the cutting path outline, thickness I think we have to use 0.001mm then change the name in onyx settings to the same name as the spot colour you are using, make sure it’s the same exact name, see if that helps, I think these settings are in manage cutter setting but I’m on my mobile and not in the office
Gary

[Gary Barker]

Welcome to the mad house 🙂

[Gary Barker]

quote Frank Droog:

Don’t know if this will help.
I downloaded the manual.
There is an option on your plotters menu to reset all values to factory defaults.
The manual is a bit confusing about how you get there.

4.3.1.14 Factory defaults
This option defaults all user parameters to factory default.

Hi Frank we tried that also but ty

Gary

[Gary Barker]

quote Steff Davison:

I would talk to the people you purchased the machine from, I’m sure they would want to help.

I had a problem with the software overriding my machine’s settings and the menu command to turn off this override wasnt as intuitive as it should be within Summa Cutter controls.

Thats the only trouble when your machine turns up in a box with a cd and some allen keys, you cant troubleshoot problems with an engineer etc.

thanks Steff, we have had 3 Engineers out, there all not sure if it can be stopped, thats why I was asking if its on all summa or just mine.

Thanks Gary

[Gary Barker]

Hi Rob, yes its fine when we turn it off, but we bought the machine because of some of the long jobs we run, 6, 8 and 10m long, we were told that the machine is perfect for that, and yes we do have the auto take up, but it needs to have the paneling on for that to work correctly.

Gary

[Gary Barker]

the cutter has it set not the software.

[Gary Barker]

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[Gary Barker]

Hi Iain thanks for the reply, this is half way through the job its not an overlap, there is no joint in it, the image leaves are only about 20mm in size, some times there up to 3mm sometimes there 1mm,

thanks Gary

[Gary Barker]

for the cutter £1500.00

[Gary Barker]

we have a Mimaki CG 160 fx coming up for sale, with finecut plug-in for windows or mac (CorelDRAW and Illustrator) so you add registration marks to your print file, then the cutter will profile cut it.

http://www.mimakieurope.com/products/cu … cg-series/

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[Gary Barker]

we have used these guys http://www.instantawnings.co.uk

[Gary Barker]

* Bubble Free Applicators (Josero – Again no contact from these guys yet)

we use one of these it works great, Josero great company.

[Gary Barker]

quote George Elsmore:

UPDATE : Been and had a look and had a go at pulling some off it came off a doddle with little effort and no residue just got to price up now for removing 600 windows 😮

cheers for everyones input

thats just the first one lol you will get the order then boom they will be a right **** to get off 😉

good luck.

[Gary Barker]

you could try ImagePerfect™ Vinyl Remover Pro I know it works with vinyl graphics can’t see why it might not work for tint films

[Gary Barker]

attached screen shots of our settings CG 160 FX on a mac

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[Gary Barker]

you could just buy a smaller roll to do these say 760 wide and turn them around the other way !

Gary

[Gary Barker]

if you use alot of it you can get rolls slit to the widths you want.

gary

[Gary Barker]

could you not just use clear laminate ?

[Gary Barker]

thanks all, I’m going to make 2 and stick one on each side, I can’t be a**ed to work it out, my customer wasn’t bothered, it was me just trying to give my self more stress 🙂

thanks Gary

[Gary Barker]

I use a http://www.rollepro.com for rivets, the key is to use alot of heat, works very well on cast cut graphics.

[Gary Barker]

time your self then you will know,

[Gary Barker]

I’ve been using a mimaki Jv3 160 sp for 9 years, mimaki run really well id recommend them, not sure if I can post this company but http://www.applied-image.com/for-sale-39-c.asp Roger is the contact name there they do second hand machines to.

[Gary Barker]

thanks for the info everyone, so how do you cost it for liner meters working on the same size as stated ?

Gary

[Gary Barker]

ok I’ve emailed you,

Thanks

[Gary Barker]

I am after a vehicle graphics fitter, near your end of the woods, but its not full time more like flexible hrs and weekend

Gary

[Gary Barker]

Stephen did you find a job ?

Gary

[Gary Barker]

quote Simon Worrall:

Congratulations, Andy. 😀 😀 😀
It takes a special kind of person to start up on their own.
It takes guts, creativity and perseverence.
I hope all works out well for the future.
What you take out will be a direct result of what you put in.

Simon.

It takes guts, creativity and perseverence. and you need to be a bit nuts 🙂

hope it all goes well for you.

[Gary Barker]

quote Matthew Packham:

Have a Roland 540 looking for either Mimaki SUV or Latex to compliment any comments appreciated.

Matt what did you go for in the end ?

[Gary Barker]

Hi All has anyone got one of these printers ? pro’s and con’s pls

Gary

[Gary Barker]

http://www.culzeanengraving.com we used them, but haven’t had any done for 2 years

[Gary Barker]

Hi all Im just about to order a lightbar has anyone used it of printing vehicle wraps, does the ink stretch at all ? I’ve just tried a sample they sent me and it gives no stretch the ink just splintered but it wasn’t on wrapping film, but it should still stretch !

Thanks Gary

[Gary Barker]

I found the best tool for removing graphics

an Apprentice and with out a knife

[Gary Barker]

quote Stephen Morriss:

Had the Lightbar fitted yesterday and some profiles done on my regular materials. Looks good so far but time will tell.

Feels a tiny bit weird rubbing your finger across what looks like wet ink and it’s completely dry.

Steve

On what printer Steve.

[Gary Barker]

just got some of the new ones you guys mentioned so thanks very much your your input.

[Gary Barker]

is it for PC or MAC’s

[Gary Barker]

Thanks Stafford, are you ever up this way ( lancashire ) I need a head alignment doing Mark was meant to sort it but never has, asked roger 6 months ago, customers dont believe me when i tell them that "the blue haze around the graphics is classed as special but we won’t charge you extra for it 🙂 my mobile is 07711 064574

Thanks Gary

[Gary Barker]

quote Stafford Cox:

Hi Gary.

More often than not, that’s because the pump is not locking off and is on its way out.

Stafford

thanks Stafford, its only on one colour, yellow, I thought one pump did 2 colours ?

Thanks Gary

[Gary Barker]

we tried the printable etch its not very good, we just printed the image on to clear, then laminated with etch, it works a treat 🙂

[Gary Barker]

sorry to jump on the back of this, but what do you do if one of the caps won’t hold the cleaning solution anymore ? it just runs straight through.

[Gary Barker]

Hi All Im thinking of getting my old JV3 160sp converted, because you have all had chance to use / test the conversion would you recommend it ???

Thanks Gary

[Gary Barker]

I agree with Rob, get some good footwear for the running 🙂 or get a sign writer if they still around to paint / sign write it

[Gary Barker]

it might be cheaper to replace the panels with new matt ones, panels might not be much cheaper but it might be quicker to install them than messing with all the graphics, if you in doubt about the vinyl sticking, might be worth getting a sample and sticking a small section to the existing panels and see if bonds ok

[Gary Barker]

yes i see your problem, is there composite panels on there already ?

[Gary Barker]

thanks Jeff

[Gary Barker]

thanks Jamie all arrived.

[Gary Barker]

Hi Jamie, Im moving to Caldera so that’s the only one they won’t let me use, but thanks anyway.

[Gary Barker]

To be fair I didn’t look that far into the company.
I just ordered online and they arrived a few days later. Their online chat thingy worked fine for me.

[Gary Barker]

Hi Rob, yes they work just the same, self drilled the profile head is thin so they look very good, they also sold me a magnetic screw holder, never used one before they work really good to.