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Is there anyone out there using KIP Color KC 80, a digital wide format color printer? We would like to hear your experience. Thanks a million.

Hi, We are looking for a "Tuffcoat" type substrate, synthetic, non-tear, high opacity substrate that can be used on wide format KIP Color KC 80. This is to print wide format posters for gorcery stores. The problem with the "Tuffcoat" is that it melts due to the high heat produces by KIP 80. If...

Hi, We are looking for a "Tuffcoat" type substrate, synthetic, non-tear, high opacity substrate that can be used on wide format KIP Color KC 80. This is to print wide format posters for gorcery stores. The problem with the "Tuffcoat" is that it melts due to the high heat produces by KIP 80...

George John, "It is not a calcium carbonate problem. I have religiously cleaned the rollers with sulphamic acid phosphoric acid , hydrochloric acid," Hydrochloric acid????

I was surprised that no one mentioned about Calcium Carbonate leeching out of paper, perhaps is one of the causes. Papers that are coming from overseas and some domestic papers contain a ton of Calcium carbonate. If the pH of the fount is too low (more acidic) it can break it down...

I have to disagree with your statement that this site has more slander than help. It has helped me and I know many others will agree with me. It has some very good information about digital printing and issues and solutions.

I have noticed that when you use some self adhesive gloss and matte vinyls on any wide format ink jet printers, you will experience scuffing. But there are some polypropylene substrates that can alleviate this problem.

I have to agree 100% with Dave-nhprinter. Those shops without a digital press is farming out their work and when their volume goes up, they will lease a digital machine and do it inhouse. The commercial sheetfed work is 20-30% down in the USA and it is not coming back. I also see that the...

We do have an HP solvent printer in house. I have asked for more details and will post as soon as I get it. Where are you located?

Bob, The Konica Minolta C6000, 60 PPM Production machine, or C7000, 70 PPM Production machine, configured with a Document handler, large paper supply (7500 sheets), 100 sheet stapler stacker, and Fiery external controller with the spectrophotometer is perhaps a good start. If you need more...

The UV coating has to be wax-free, like the foil stampable UV coating, to be laminable in my humble opinion. Tell your UV coating manufacturer about your special requirements and request lab. work to prove their claim before you spent many hours on your expensive press. They wil have to use...

Make sure that the UV coating is not over cured.

Please PM me for a quote.

Why Indigo press? I think a Xerox 700 can do this.

Price Price PM me for a price with your location. Thanks