hmk Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 Hi all, i am producing a few images to go onto an illuminated lightbox for a local takeaway and hoping to print onto Spectrajet backlit film on my Epson 7600. If anybody has used this material before I would like to know more and also the potential pitfalls if any.. would I need to have the profiles? etc..etc. I await your responses Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photographis Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 Would be interested to know how you got on with this, we have had a few inquiries about this, but material being the price it is we don't want to stock the 'wrong' material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony.T Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 Funnily enough I was asked this only the other day. I presume you reverse the image (to make a mirror image) then print it so the printed side is inside the light box, so less liable to damage. How rigid is the material? Anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmk Posted April 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 Spectra jet backlit material is available from tetenal (24"x65 ft Art. no 131070) for about 46 quid. so is not that expensive.The media is matt on one side and glossy on the other. I believe you have to reverse the image and print on the matt side to be viewed from the glossy side. The media is 145 microns thick and feels like a thick laminating pouch. ive just done a few samples and they look fine. I am just wiating for the customer to finalise the order and then print them off. I will let you know how I get on. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 Did Tetenal give you the profiles requied to get a good print? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmk Posted April 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 As I use a fUJI rip I used the profiles of the fuji paper. seems to have worked ok. Tetenal have the profiles on their website to download but havent used it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bri Posted April 28, 2009 Report Share Posted April 28, 2009 I am also interested in how this works out. We tried this several years ago with a differant brand of backlit material and just couldn't get that deep rich D-max black needed for our clients. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmk Posted May 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 Hi all, did anybody go to the sign and digital expo at the NEC..I thought it was well worth the visit. Anyways re. the spectra jet backlit transfer I stand corrected..Apparently you print un reversed on to the matt side and put the glossy side against the light box..found that out at the NEC! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photographis Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 Have you printed any up yet, and how does it look? It's allways good to get the media the right way round!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lab monkey Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 Hey, i've used it, got two light boxes on the company. We printed on the canon 6100 large format. The paper itself is matte on the front, and kinda plasticy on the back, i guess heat resistant, I didn't have to reverse the printing at all, just use it as you would a normal paper roll. The results are really good, and not too expensive when you consider how much you would pay to out-source the job... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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