ENWW 25
Foam board
Brand names examples: Fome-Cor
®
, Kapa
®
, MightyCore
®
Preparation
• Store media flat, in a clean environment with the same or similar temperature and
humidity as the printer. Changes in temperature or humidity will cause the material to
warp.
• Clean with a lint-free cloth to remove any dust and debris.
• The material is easily susceptible to dents and damages. Watch for corners and edges
that may strike the carriage.
Recommended print modes
• Depending on application, ink coverage and image content, all print modes may print
acceptably.
Printing
• Select Foam Board when configuring and loading these media.
• Non-white media may not be able to be detected by the onboard camera. If so, create a
copy of the Foam Board media using the Media Wizard and change the Detectable by
Printer option to No.
• Use the lowest possible UV lamp power setting to cure the ink.
• Media is heat-sensitive. It may require a higher vacuum setting, faster print modes,
higher- than-standard head height, and printing delays in some combination to achieve
best output.
• Use a Foam Board media profile from the RIP software.
Output handling
• You can usually recover from heat warp by laying the media flat and allowing it to cool.
• Always use a very sharp blade when trimming.
• Substrate is susceptible to dents and it damages more easily than most media types.
Known incompatibility
• Kapa
®
Color is a series of foam boards with a colored plastic-coated cellucarton covering
layer that is known to interact with the ink and have poor image quality.
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