It Works! Test Print GERBER EDGE 2
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- čas přidán 6. 11. 2022
- After a little trial and error, I figured out what my printer issue was. Always double check your connections, remember this printer had both circuit boards and the power supply removed and tested. Lucky for me is was a simple fix and the print head looks great!
mate youre a great guy and i do really love gerber Edge, im happy you can work with it, great machine! you channel is great, keep uploading!!!
That's fantastic that you got the Gerber Edge up and running. I actually learned to cut letters on a Gerber all in one (don't know the model number) machine that had the keyboard, cutter and font cards all in one machine. It used perforated 7" wide rolls of vinyl. I'm looking forward to to seeing what type of printing can be done with the edge. It seems like a good printer to have if you don't do much printing because there is no print head to clog with dried ink.
It was the 4B, it was out a little before I got into sign making 30+ years ago?? I bet to the day they are still out there and will run...
The edge is not the most cost effective printer out there, inkjet has a huge advantage cost wise. But the specialty colors it can print, there might be 1 other comparable that would be the SUMMA DC3/4.
I'm hoping to have the EDGE hooked up and printing this week, fingers crossed!!
Omg I’m a happy you got a gerber! I’ve got one and I still don understand how it works.
I know that it makes high level
Prints, but it’s quite expensive.
I get it to print.. sort of l, but with a lot of text before the print and I can’t seem to get rid of the text in the software
And
The black cutting boxes are very hard to read by the summa for cutting out stickers.
Well, I'm still learning it myself. What software are you using to print with? I seem to remember it prints the file details when it starts up, not sure if that is what you are referring to.
I also know the Gerber 15" plotters are the easiest way to cut the vinyl but I don't have one and going to try it with the Q54.
@@TheSignGuy hi thanks for the quick reply. I use easysign software to make the files and use the omega software to export it to the gerber.
I know ther gerber cutting machine works perfect with the edge, but I don’t have one. So all the cutting is done with the summa. But to get the summa to cut it right is still a mystery to me
@@TheSignGuy yes the file details, but it’s also possible to remove this from being printed. Can’t seem to find out how.
@@theinspiredrebel If I can figure it out I will pass that info along!
@@theinspiredrebel 2 programs I know nothing about. LOL
I have the trunnion model and run it thru flexi 7.6. Works great although the machine I have is quirky as heck!
Awesome! I hope mine is not quirky!
I have a similar issue, that only happens from time to time. And its only with Gerber White. Any other colour prints fine. Its when it does the white underlay that I get some sparse areas, not like yours, but just a bit and when its printing I can hear the white normal than usual. I even opened up a new white foil and it was the same issue. I also had to stop printing using the 300dpi setting because the white was not printing and making loud noises. So I change the print setting to EDGE one, It takes double the time to print. But is a higher resolution and that was the only way white would work. Never had an issue with white since.. Until now its leaving some random fade spots. I tried to and nothing. If I did a whole BLACK foil no issues. Just white is my issue.
What I've tried to narrow it down between a setting, machine or foil is run a foil that I know works. Use the same settings that print perfect but try a different foil, that is how I get my issues sorted out.
@@TheSignGuy I Just use all default settings, Not even sure what to change, Every other colour works perfect. Its always when the white does the full fill. Like if its doing white in the design. No issues, then once it does the whole back fill. Is the issue at the moment. I also have a Gerber Edge FX. Which is the newer of the 2, but that thing has been trouble for ever. I don't even use it anymore. I still prefer the Edge 2. I did notice a setting. Not sure if its going to effect the print. But it was set to ProcessPro, and I just changed it to ColorSet because that's what it says on my Gerber Foil, and I am also printing on Lexan II
Seems to be an overprint issue. Trying to resolve. I set it to Darker, it was slightly better, but I can hear the white, like its making a sticker sound Its weird. So I used to be able to print in 300dpi. I can print ANY colour at 300dpi, but but if I try to print the white at 300dpi, it makes loud noises and sometimes while rip or wreck the foil so I need to stop it. Im not sure what make white so different.
@spAZZZ82 maybe it the caddy?? Has to be something in the foil or caddy if it's only on that color, I would assume...
@@TheSignGuy I have switched white foils to, it just when I do the overprint. Like if I have White print IN my design, no issues. Once it does the final Overprint (which is last) because I print on lexan so the white is last. It just sucks. The GerberEdgeFX printer is 10x worse. It just sits under the counter collecting dust. We tried to fix it before with customer service and they could not find a solution. So been using the Gerber Edge2 which up until this point has been a beast, lol. Also what do you mean by Caddy? See we aren't a printing company like you. We just have the machine because we make remote systems for Trucks, we just happen to print out our own decals that go on the remotes, which is basically labels that says what each button does. So I do not know a whole lot about fixing printers.
you don't need the gerber cable I bought a parallel to isb cable from Amazon works great. I can send you the link
To late, lol 🤣 got the cable today! Although I'm disappointed it's only 5ft and I did have one already. I heard some cables work and some don't, I did not want the cable to be the thing that caused an issue.
@@TheSignGuy I meant to share the info the other day and got busy, but just in case anyone else needs one in the future, I've been using it since Win7 and now on Win10 and Flexi for both my edge and before I sold it my envision plotter. a.co/d/7E1JDt8. I use a 10-meter USB extension a.co/d/9M9q64N with no issues.
@@nimbledecals Hey Buddy, is it a way, I can contact you and ask questions About the Setup?
@@nimbledecals Does these work with the Envison Plotter as well??
What plotter are you cutting your prints with?
Graphtec 8600 for now. I'm looking for a good 15" to maximize the print width.
@@TheSignGuy the most you can go with a 15” is 11.8” I have an envision. How wide can you go with a graphtec?
@@TheSignGuy trying setting your crop marks in Omega to graphtec Type 2 registration. That doesn’t add the targets to the width of the artwork and does it outside of the 11.8” so you can print the max size and still cut with the graphtec.
@@DesignRobot_co It was like 10" something. Really have not had the chance to "push" the limit of how much I can print with the EDGE.
@@DesignRobot_co I'm using Flexi, I almost tried Omega but going to make flexi work for now. Thanks for the tip!
Hey whats your email? Got alot of questions since theres no inbox
Also subscribed!
Thanks!!! Try eyecandysigns@gmail.com