Roq equipment/plastisol ink

[KevinO]

We have zero issues with pressure/clearing on either our You or Eco. Just recently we ran 6,300 impressions on our Eco on Red Tee's with base white and top white. Also we are just running legacy white which is definitely not a top of the line creamy white. I think we can all agree that there are so many variables that goes into prepress that you can't knock the machines print head for not clearing ink, especially when you're talking about presses in this price range. Our first auto was a 1994 Javelin which sucked at the time, but boy did we learn about variables and printing in general from that thing.

[kevin_eastend]

We only run plastisol on our 2 ROQ presses with no issues at all. In fact we just purchased a 3rd
If anyone is on the East Coast and likes to check ours out as well feel free to drop me a line.



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[inkman996]

We only run plastisol on our 2 ROQ presses with no issues at all. In fact we just purchased a 3rd
If anyone is on the East Coast and likes to check ours out as well feel free to drop me a line.



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Where on the East Coast any where near CT?

[blue moon]

I wonder how much the honeycomb boards impact what both of you are seeing, as far as ink opacity in one stroke.

Pierre is the only one here I remember having run a MHM with similar platens.  Is there any difference between the MHM and ROQ for ink laydown?

Both Pierre and Chris run very similarly, so I am interested....  That coupled with almost zero platen/arm deflection....

All I know for certain is the top of my prints need heavier pressure to fully clear the screen than the bottom of the same print.  14 color Sportman EXG. Mesh counts used 150/48 - 180/48 - 225/40 - 270/34 26-28 newton tension.

Personally, I think the difference between rubber and no rubber is bigger than anything else. Unfortunately, I have no experience to back that up other than my manual press.
As far as the difference between the MHM and ROQ, I am not on the press enough to be able to tell.

pierre

[kevin_eastend]

We only run plastisol on our 2 ROQ presses with no issues at all. In fact we just purchased a 3rd
If anyone is on the East Coast and likes to check ours out as well feel free to drop me a line.



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Where on the East Coast any where near CT?

Yes right across the sound on Long Island.


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[DannyGruninger]

I wonder how much the honeycomb boards impact what both of you are seeing, as far as ink opacity in one stroke.

Pierre is the only one here I remember having run a MHM with similar platens.  Is there any difference between the MHM and ROQ for ink laydown?

Both Pierre and Chris run very similarly, so I am interested....  That coupled with almost zero platen/arm deflection....

All I know for certain is the top of my prints need heavier pressure to fully clear the screen than the bottom of the same print.  14 color Sportman EXG. Mesh counts used 150/48 - 180/48 - 225/40 - 270/34 26-28 newton tension.

Personally, I think the difference between rubber and no rubber is bigger than anything else. Unfortunately, I have no experience to back that up other than my manual press.
As far as the difference between the MHM and ROQ, I am not on the press enough to be able to tell.

pierre

When we went from our m&r to roq we saw approx 8-10% difference in dot gain between rubber and no rubber... Obviously other variables but it was a pretty big difference

[inkman996]

We only run plastisol on our 2 ROQ presses with no issues at all. In fact we just purchased a 3rd
If anyone is on the East Coast and likes to check ours out as well feel free to drop me a line.



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Good to know. Wasn't sure if any Roq's were in our area yet.
Where on the East Coast any where near CT?

Yes right across the sound on Long Island.


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[kevin_eastend]

We only run plastisol on our 2 ROQ presses with no issues at all. In fact we just purchased a 3rd
If anyone is on the East Coast and likes to check ours out as well feel free to drop me a line.



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Good to know. Wasn't sure if any Roq's were in our area yet.
Where on the East Coast any where near CT?

Yes right across the sound on Long Island.


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Yes very close right on Long Island.

If you have any questions or need anything reach out.


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[BRGtshirts]

I wonder how much the honeycomb boards impact what both of you are seeing, as far as ink opacity in one stroke.

Pierre is the only one here I remember having run a MHM with similar platens.  Is there any difference between the MHM and ROQ for ink laydown?

Both Pierre and Chris run very similarly, so I am interested....  That coupled with almost zero platen/arm deflection....

All I know for certain is the top of my prints need heavier pressure to fully clear the screen than the bottom of the same print.  14 color Sportman EXG. Mesh counts used 150/48 - 180/48 - 225/40 - 270/34 26-28 newton tension.

Personally, I think the difference between rubber and no rubber is bigger than anything else. Unfortunately, I have no experience to back that up other than my manual press.
As far as the difference between the MHM and ROQ, I am not on the press enough to be able to tell.

pierre

When we went from our m&r to roq we saw approx 8-10% difference in dot gain between rubber and no rubber... Obviously other variables but it was a pretty big difference

May I ask, did you switch to rubber platens or away from them? And then following that, did you see an increase or decrease in dot gain?  We've never used rubber platens. Not real sure their purpose.

[DannyGruninger]

I wonder how much the honeycomb boards impact what both of you are seeing, as far as ink opacity in one stroke.

Pierre is the only one here I remember having run a MHM with similar platens.  Is there any difference between the MHM and ROQ for ink laydown?

Both Pierre and Chris run very similarly, so I am interested....  That coupled with almost zero platen/arm deflection....

All I know for certain is the top of my prints need heavier pressure to fully clear the screen than the bottom of the same print.  14 color Sportman EXG. Mesh counts used 150/48 - 180/48 - 225/40 - 270/34 26-28 newton tension.

Personally, I think the difference between rubber and no rubber is bigger than anything else. Unfortunately, I have no experience to back that up other than my manual press.
As far as the difference between the MHM and ROQ, I am not on the press enough to be able to tell.

pierre

When we went from our m&r to roq we saw approx 8-10% difference in dot gain between rubber and no rubber... Obviously other variables but it was a pretty big difference

May I ask, did you switch to rubber platens or away from them? And then following that, did you see an increase or decrease in dot gain?  We've never used rubber platens. Not real sure their purpose.

We went from rubber top to no rubber top(honeycomb aluminum)...... We saw less dot gain on the aluminum pallets vs the rubber top pallets. I know roq will make both rubber top and aluminum top depending on the request.