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Offline blue moon

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Re: Will I have any trouble printing on these bags?
« Reply #15 on: May 10, 2013, 10:37:08 AM »
if I remember correctly, we had to unzip them and load through the opening. Make sure they will fit on your plattens. . .

we used regular ink with nylonbond and keep the temp down.

pierre

Pierre, how low did you go? And, when you say "regular" ink, do you mean not even low bleed? And, did you try it on red by any chance?

our regular ink is low bleed. We might have used poly with nylonbond, but not sure. It could not hurt.
don't remember the color, sorry.
Nylonbond will make the ink cure without reaching full temp. We get the bags to come out at 300 or even lower (depending on material) so they tend to be OK. Having a gas dryer makes it a lot easier to control the temps. We could not do this with electric radiant setup.

pierre
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