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Being that we were already experienced auto printers we did not want to bother with a simple one color. We were looking for a six color spot on light to test the machines registration. We did not get one but we did run a 4 color job and verified the machine was tight. Frog funny you mentioned the advertised print area, just this Friday I once again tried to print 18" in lenght and could not pull it off I had to walk away from the thing before I had a nervous break down, but what am I whinning about, 18 is only two less than the advertised 20 lol.
Quote from: Inkman996 on December 12, 2011, 09:09:35 AMBeing that we were already experienced auto printers we did not want to bother with a simple one color. We were looking for a six color spot on light to test the machines registration. We did not get one but we did run a 4 color job and verified the machine was tight. Frog funny you mentioned the advertised print area, just this Friday I once again tried to print 18" in lenght and could not pull it off I had to walk away from the thing before I had a nervous break down, but what am I whinning about, 18 is only two less than the advertised 20 lol.speaking of stroke length . . . the E-type is also advertised as having a 20" long print area, but we could not get past 17". It turns out it will do 21", but not on the regular auto sized screens (23x31). We had to order a longer size to be able to print full length.pierre
Quote from: blue moon on December 12, 2011, 10:18:16 AMQuote from: Inkman996 on December 12, 2011, 09:09:35 AMBeing that we were already experienced auto printers we did not want to bother with a simple one color. We were looking for a six color spot on light to test the machines registration. We did not get one but we did run a 4 color job and verified the machine was tight. Frog funny you mentioned the advertised print area, just this Friday I once again tried to print 18" in lenght and could not pull it off I had to walk away from the thing before I had a nervous break down, but what am I whinning about, 18 is only two less than the advertised 20 lol.speaking of stroke length . . . the E-type is also advertised as having a 20" long print area, but we could not get past 17". It turns out it will do 21", but not on the regular auto sized screens (23x31). We had to order a longer size to be able to print full length.pierreYea Pierre I understand except I am using the max screen size of 35" length.One of the things I was excited about with the new press was the ability to print 20" down pant legs it is something we do tons of (pants legs) but I always hated being limited in length. 17" is my safe length now, gee I had that on the Javelin.
Quote from: Inkman996 on December 12, 2011, 10:36:57 AMQuote from: blue moon on December 12, 2011, 10:18:16 AMQuote from: Inkman996 on December 12, 2011, 09:09:35 AMBeing that we were already experienced auto printers we did not want to bother with a simple one color. We were looking for a six color spot on light to test the machines registration. We did not get one but we did run a 4 color job and verified the machine was tight. Frog funny you mentioned the advertised print area, just this Friday I once again tried to print 18" in lenght and could not pull it off I had to walk away from the thing before I had a nervous break down, but what am I whinning about, 18 is only two less than the advertised 20 lol.speaking of stroke length . . . the E-type is also advertised as having a 20" long print area, but we could not get past 17". It turns out it will do 21", but not on the regular auto sized screens (23x31). We had to order a longer size to be able to print full length.pierreYea Pierre I understand except I am using the max screen size of 35" length.One of the things I was excited about with the new press was the ability to print 20" down pant legs it is something we do tons of (pants legs) but I always hated being limited in length. 17" is my safe length now, gee I had that on the Javelin.Did you have to have custom 35 inch screens made? 36 is the normal. Never seen a 35.
Quote from: GraphicDisorder on December 12, 2011, 10:51:29 AMQuote from: Inkman996 on December 12, 2011, 10:36:57 AMQuote from: blue moon on December 12, 2011, 10:18:16 AMQuote from: Inkman996 on December 12, 2011, 09:09:35 AMBeing that we were already experienced auto printers we did not want to bother with a simple one color. We were looking for a six color spot on light to test the machines registration. We did not get one but we did run a 4 color job and verified the machine was tight. Frog funny you mentioned the advertised print area, just this Friday I once again tried to print 18" in lenght and could not pull it off I had to walk away from the thing before I had a nervous break down, but what am I whinning about, 18 is only two less than the advertised 20 lol.speaking of stroke length . . . the E-type is also advertised as having a 20" long print area, but we could not get past 17". It turns out it will do 21", but not on the regular auto sized screens (23x31). We had to order a longer size to be able to print full length.pierreYea Pierre I understand except I am using the max screen size of 35" length.One of the things I was excited about with the new press was the ability to print 20" down pant legs it is something we do tons of (pants legs) but I always hated being limited in length. 17" is my safe length now, gee I had that on the Javelin.Did you have to have custom 35 inch screens made? 36 is the normal. Never seen a 35.I actually did have the 35" screens made. 36" supposedly does not fit. So if there is a downfall to this press, it is a shorter stroke length and need for the custom screens to get to the advertised size. On the other hand, with custom screens and oversized plattens, we can go to almost 28" wide. Now that's WIDE!pierrepierre
Brandt 35" is the max screen I can get in it. And i had to order them custom. I have a 36 already and it does not fit period. Regardless with a lot of tweaking and headaches and some press modifications you can get 18" but quality suffers so I am now sticking to 17".
Pierre,We get 20" long prints from our E-types without a problem, 23 x 31 frames.