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Having a problem with Duracoat foils. I was told to reduce the head temperature on the software, but this hasn't helped. When it prints, it sounds like loose bolts are in there and a vertical non printed area is left about every 20mm and the backing plastic looks heat affected. As the book I received with the Edge is very limited with information, I was wondering if there was a heat setting on the hardware. I have spoken to other Edge users and they tell me they have no problem with the foils. Any help would be much appreciated.
------------------ Phil Braham Visual Impact Signs & Grafix Western Australia www.visualimpact.net.au
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I've been using Duracoat foils for some time now. I've had a similar problem occasionally. The problem is normally due to excessive heat from the printhead. It is recommended to adjust the printhead temperature from "normal" to "light" or "lighter."
Meanwhile, I would either call or e-mail Iimak and explain the problem to them. They have just recently changed the liner in their foils which gives the foil a slightly darker appearance while the pigment is on the liner. The new liner has been tinted a light grey color. This does not affect the color of the print in any way. Anyhow, the new liner is suppose to provide for better performance in several ways.
If your current foil stock has a clear liner, contact your distributor and try to get one with the darker liner. See if that will make any difference for you.
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I have had numerous problems with the Duracoat foils; excessive streaking from the process colors and terrible halftoning qualities from the spot colors being the chief complaints.
Add to that the loss of warrantee from Gerber, and the ill-fit of the cartridges into the printer.
I only use them for low-end scutt jobs, never for vehicles or first-quality work.
------------------ Purcell Woodcarving & Signmaking spurcell99@mediaone.net Cape Cod, MA
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For the cheap stuff, like warning decals and such, I will used Duracoat and Oracal vinyl. But, when it matters like lettering someone's vehicle, I don't recommend using anything by Gerber's foils and vinyl. Its just not worth the risk to do otherwise.
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Thanks for the help. Here is a tip for Inspire users (if there are any left) who use it with the edge and cut on a GS15 plus. When cutting you will get an error ram message on the cutter and it will stop. To overcome this, go into control panel-system-ports. Choose your port and select properties-port settings-advanced. Lower the transmit buffer a couple of notches and this will stop the errors.
------------------ Phil Braham Visual Impact Signs & Grafix Western Australia www.visualimpact.net.au
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