Recent content by mxbykr99

Ooof. I have alot of experience with head strikes and Styrene on the R2000. I feel your pain. We used a 10 pass, 70% ink density profile with the lowest possible curing and drying temps, Heat Sensitive Substrate turned on, and a 750ms interpass delay (i think). Don't be afraid to drop that ink...

We sold our R2000 8 months ago after switching to a DigiTech. It was a good machine, but we had an early model that was plagued with issues. I think we were down for at least three to 5 days every 6 months or so for service calls. Ink tubes busting, scan-axis motors going out, PCA board...

Once you go linear drive, you'll never go back to a belt driven machine again. We went from an Arizona 550GT, then to an R2000, THEN to a Digitech TruFire and haven't looked back (for the most part). Keep in mind that Vanguard cheapens out their drive system, they use one array of magnets that...

Medium Sized Shop -Digitech TruFire LT/X2 -Canon Colorado M5 -HP Latex 800W -Zund G3-L2500 -Graphtec FC8600 -Kala Arkane 1650 Laminator

That's what I'm worried about. Getting so busy that the quality of work goes down for the sake of making a buck. I understand you gotta do what you gotta do, but from a designers perspective, I don't want to sell myself or a customer short.

I was hired as designer, print shop production manager, and sales (once demand slowed down for our little one-off projects). Lots of hats to wear for someone that just graduated college. Oh, and did I mention I can only put in 40 hours a week?

Hello all! I'm fairly new to the sign/graphics business, but I got hired a while back to make decals for a manufacturing company that makes their own decals for their trailers. I've got some questions on getting my products out there in the public. Ever since I got hired here, my boss and...

I laugh every time I see it. Thank God I never designed that!

Yeezus! That looks great! I never even thought of trying to pull anything like that off.

Unfortunately, I do not at the moment. I'll probably work on it some this weekend.

Tough love is the best kind of love! Not everyone can love it, nor do I want them to. Logo design can be a bear, especially when new concepts are introduced. At least the new one doesn't call for a mullet!

You hit the nail on the head!

I thought the same thing. One does not create a good image on their own by copying another, or by throwing random tachometers in the middle of a logo.

Hello everybody! I know this is my first post, but I would like everyone here to critique my logo for the graphics company that I manage. The only person that has resisted using this logo is the person in charge, who still would rather have the old logo :banghead:. Let me know what you think!