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Edge FX print problem
A customer wants us to print these for their car wash. We are printing these panels in reverse on LexEdge II material. The regular Silver color is the second to last color printed and when it begins printing (even after each space for a different color) the color doesn’t transfer to the material well. We are using the correct profile in Omega 5 and GspPlot 5.0. These are to be fully backed with Arctic White foil.
You can see what I'm talking about in these pictures. It's hard to show the extent of the problem accurately. It looks worse in person.




If anyone knows what is causing this, or what we can do to fix it, please respond. Thank you.
Comments
There almost appears to be a striped effect through the silver printed area as well as the voids. The same stripe pattern can be seen in the dark blue areas too. Can you supply the lot numbers and part numbers for the materials used?
We are asking for the lot numbers so that we can diagnose properly.
However, testing with fresh Gerber foils and materials could help you identify the issue as well.
I have had similar problems and found that switching the order in which you print the colors can make a huge difference. In general, the lightest colors last seems to work best for me.
You said silver was the second last,.. whatever the last foil was, unroll a little of it and see if some of the silver was picked up by the last foil used.
Also, try playing with the "heat" when you print (GSPlot: print options, settings, darker). I usually keep it at darkest when printing on lexedge.