"He who marches out of step hears another drum." ~ Ken Kesey
now that a couple of people have these, what is the correct way to tape up roller frames in order to use this? I thought we had it all set, but the way we currently have it taped, means un-tapeing the whole screen just to re-tension the mesh!
Danny,When you are ganging screens do you print one complete job/seps (Like the back) then reload each screen and print the next job/seps (Like the front), etc Or can you go back and forth between jobs and complete one screen? Also what locks the screen into the machine at the tri-loc points? Why can't you make the opposite corner similar so both sides register accurately?Just to make a fair comparison, we have always used tri-loc but have never used a single carrier sheet. Nothing on our glass and we can tape films accurately in seconds.
Gilligan,I understand all that, but can't it be made where a mechanism locks the screen in to print one side of the screen then it locks in the other direction to print the opposite side of the screen? I haven't seen one up close but seems pretty doable. Some electronic solinoids could push the screen in one direction against one set of stops, print, another set pushes against another set of stops, print, expose.
If you have a chance Gil, visit someone with one, you will see how much of a non-issue it is to gang images. I do it all the time on small sized graphics....
Quote from: Lizard on September 08, 2014, 05:01:46 AMGilligan,I understand all that, but can't it be made where a mechanism locks the screen in to print one side of the screen then it locks in the other direction to print the opposite side of the screen? I haven't seen one up close but seems pretty doable. Some electronic solinoids could push the screen in one direction against one set of stops, print, another set pushes against another set of stops, print, expose.Could it be done I suppose by why? It takes almost no time and the cost would not justify the results compared to just flipping the screen. Anyone who has one would agree.
I'm talking about flipping the screen so that I am assured that my top 2 corners are in the stop blocks proper along with the bottom side. It's still more efficient than using another screen frame throughout the day and by flipping the frame, I know for sure I am pre-reg'd perfect. I guess you could work it up to print it all at once, but for me, the flip doesn't really kill much time and as fast as they print, boom boom it's done. I now will give the print at once a try and see the accuracy on press, maybe it's just as accurate, just really haven't tried it yet since the flip method works and is fast.