Latex 315 Perforated vinyl not curing/warping

[Madsigntist]

When trying to print on a 70/30 perforated vinyl it will either not cure completly or if i raise the heat and it does cure, the material warps. It is a dark print and there are only certain spots that don't cure. It is a chinese material with no labeling so I can't look up ICC profiles for it. Could it mean that the material can't handle the heat required to cure the ink?
I also tried raising the passes and lowering the heat but I'm still having the same issues. My settings are at 12 pass, 90% sat, 190 heat (is too low) or 205 heat (is too high). 

Thank you for your help!

[rick-s]

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[skuks]

Hi

you have to make your own profile if possible - lowering ink limit, temp, higher vacuum etc. It's possible to use another profile and change values and then make colour calibration/saturation. These vinils in high temp are always warping or wrinkling (personal experience from different manufacturers). Try using interpass delay in lower temperatures and lower ink limit (if it's 130 - make 100) - imitating higher passes, but substrate is curing longer so result may be the same...you have to try by yourself 🙂

Best regards

Johnny

[Madsigntist · Accepted solution]

Hello,

Thank you for the response; at this point I didn't think anyone would reply.

I did make alot of changes with the color profile but nothing worked. The issue was the material itself. It wasn't compatable with a latex printer (it was chinese and we had NO specs on it) and couldn't handle the heat needed to cure the ink. We got a different perf and it took twice the heat with no issue.