it did with the clear ink I believe on the 1000 because people complained that the clear is basically useless with one pass
I wouldnt say its the same as thermography
everybody has supplies and parts issue and that will continue for another year
with your volume iridesse is the only way long term unless you get two machines
I have gbc units on versant 180 and 3100's and XLS works just fine
then you need to buy the flatbed kind with auto sheet feeding
like the intec
only way you can do both
and short runs because they are slow
they are designed for digital world which is short run
why dont you run the transfer voltage adjustment
looks like the issue is a transfer problem
is the envelope the only paper you have the issue with
print the same file on color copy paper and see how the quality is