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brandon:
The most important thing with these units is keeping it moving. Weekends off are okay but no more than 3 days. Then always be aware of your environment with regards to humidity and temp. Between 73 and 82 degrees for us is perfect, and humidity around 60 percent. But we are on T6 ink so you will be different. Not sure what ink they are on now.
Dottonedan:
--- Quote from: brandon on December 09, 2023, 12:55:12 AM ---The most important thing with these units is keeping it moving. Weekends off are okay but no more than 3 days. Then always be aware of your environment with regards to humidity and temp. Between 73 and 82 degrees for us is perfect, and humidity around 60 percent. But we are on T6 ink so you will be different. Not sure what ink they are on now.
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That goes to show how different shops can need different settings. I think T6 is where they landed as their go to install ink and continuously sell now. You can get others but have to ask for them. Some are good with what they are using and don’t want to introduce potential change over issues. I’ve seen shops with great results being at 35% RH and some with 60%RH. Room temp is not (as important as is RH. But in general, you want to be at or above 60 degrees and below 90. And I’ve been in some at 90 degrees. You will find a balance and your screen room with benefit overall in other areas of the process for being controlled.
I just changed out a print head last weekend for a shop that had been on their first head all along. I installed it in 2016. Even then, the head was not bad. It was just time to replace. Eventually it would go bad and I was available so we replaced it.
Technically, You can leave the machine on all of the time, night and day and leave for a wk if you want. It does auto spits of ink every so often when idle to keep it primed. Just come back and be sure to do a nozzle check when you come back and clear out any issues.
It’s important to really learn HOW to and be comfortable and confident in doing the flush and purges. Flush ink and cleaning solution and purge air out of the lines if any ever creep in over time. Pretty simple when you learn how. This is key to a long print head life. The same gal ran this shops machine and she does her maintenance on a regularly scheduled basis as is described in the machine’s book.
mk162:
--- Quote from: Homer on December 08, 2023, 05:55:12 PM ---corel here too, I print my seps as a PS file. Go to file, Print - look at your printer options, select "device independent postscript file"....open in your rip, send to DTS...
also - congrats on ditching film. I'd do shady things behind a dumpster at Big Lots before going back to film.....
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Like what kinds of things? Asking for friend.
inkman996:
May not help but I am Corel with an I Image.
I am different than most because I sep everything manually. I do not use any programs or built in settings. Every plate is on its own page and when I want to send to I Image I hit print, select Device Independent Post script File. Make sure print to file is selected and Pages to Separate Files. I choose a shared folder used between my PC and the I Image. This sends individual .ps files to that folder which they are then dropped into the appropriate folder for ripping. I have multiple folders set up for different halftone settings.
blue moon:
--- Quote from: mk162 on December 11, 2023, 09:25:29 AM ---
--- Quote from: Homer on December 08, 2023, 05:55:12 PM ---corel here too, I print my seps as a PS file. Go to file, Print - look at your printer options, select "device independent postscript file"....open in your rip, send to DTS...
also - congrats on ditching film. I'd do shady things behind a dumpster at Big Lots before going back to film.....
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Like what kinds of things? Asking for friend.
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I don't have any friends, but my second cousin wants to know too!
pj
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