Shelf Life of sub-printed sheets?

[FutureProject]

OK let me set the scene

I'm using a 311dn with sawgrass inks and trupix paper

Let's assume I've stored the printed paper in a plastic box so it's not getting grimey, How long can I keep a print before I have to press it? am I looking at hours / days / weeks / years?

The reason I ask is I take a press events so can press items to order, but I don't take a pc/printer, so I want to print a bunch of designs and take some blanks as it's the difference between an transit van full of high risk slow moving printed stock and an astra van full of low risk, quick moving blank stock.

sorry if this has been asked before (I couldn't find it with a search)

[James990]

When I did a show last year, which I will be repeating again this year, I printed stuff on the Wednesday and Thursday and set up on the Fridays, and was there Saturday, Sunday and the Monday, and used the stuff i had printed and they all turned out alright. But having said that, I have noticed stuff I printed a couple of days ago, which I had run a few extra of had turned a funny colour. Mind you they had just been left out and not covered!

James

[FlyingAl]

I've had no problems with transfers I printed months ago, stored away from sunlight of course.

Alan

[pisquee]

We run off transfer from the wideformat printer in batches, and leave the transfers in piles/sets draped over the printer itself - these can be left for months before they finally all get used (depending on the design/product) and have had no problems with doing this for a while now. The room has a blackout blind, as I can't see the computer monitor properly with sunlight streaming in, so not much chance of them getting sun-bleached.
This is using InkTec inks, and sublimation papers from Coldenhove and InkTec. I cannot comment specifically on Sawgrass inks and papers.

[John G]

On our Ricoh prints left for a few months get as yellow halo around them and make them unusable.
Cheers John

[NikGrey]

I have 'Pauls Mug Test Image' on the wall, it's been there for months and has faded a bit - there is also signs of this 'yellow Halo'. It is not in Sun light but is in the general air of the room (often the air in here is Blue from swearing) - I also have this image printed in a Mug for comparison (I think that is what it was intended for).

For my Sub printer I have pre-cut Mug Paper from Marvelpress and I notice that the sides of the 'Stack' are 'Yellowing' and certainly the bottom sheets are also yellowing but I put that all down to the fan inside the printer drawing air through and past the paper.

In the early days I remember watching a sort of Tutorial video by a big bloke from somewhere near Essex who said they used to pre-print (and store) their Mug images but no longer do it due to them degrading - I would start testing now as it probably largely depends on the paper being used.

Personally I would have thought you would be ok for a week or so with these.

[FutureProject]

thanks folks, I'll admit I wanted to hear "yeah they'll last for years" as I can go to one show and sell loads of design x so take more to the next show and sell none, predicting these things seems impossible

[logobear]

months....

[James990]

Even if they did last for years, there is no guarantee that the punters will want to buy last years offerings anyway!

I try to take at least half of my offerings different from last year.

[FutureProject]

with my product range, some items never date, retro never gets old