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A while back we were asked to replicate a sign like this for a different property. We used PVC and fabricated the piece at the bottom. They had sent photos with dimensions, etc, so it wasn't too bad to fabricate and paint. When we installed the project, we saw one of them that had been there for...

You know those days when nothing goes the way you planned? Well, that's today. Okay, the past 5 days :) I have a repeat job, saved as a PDF out of Illustrator about 6 months ago. I grab the PDF, drop it in Onyx, print it, it looks bad, printing on IJ-40. Last time I printed, I think it was on...

I have a couple of files on the deck right now, customer supplied vector, and they are a real mess. I need them to stay vector but some changes need to be made (there is too much "construction" geometry behind the scenes) but I'm struggling to figure out how to do that. I thought it would be a...

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I have a customer that we wrapped a vehicle for and they came by to show some minor damage on their door. Apparently they opened the door with something in the way and the door hit one of those spots in it's hinge where it just pops to the next notch and it hit something. I don't know what, but...

There's a couple new videos loaded from Dave Smith. Want a treat? Check out this one. LOVED the round sign. Absolutely stunning. Make sure to maximize it. http://www.isigntube.com/video/1910/The-Making-of-John-Mayers-Born--Raised-Artwork

I know we all deal with these things weekly, if not daily, but this latest one was so puzzling to me I thought I'd share it. Kid brings in a picture frame and wants something engraved on the frame. It's work we do not normally do, but more often than not, we take these jobs mostly because they...

Mike Rowe's new show on CNN tonight has him in a neon sign shop.

Has anyone setup the email notifications on their machines? It's apparently asking for information I don't know. It's asking for proxy servers, IP addresses for the email, etc. I would imagine if we hosted our own email server, those things would be things I would have access to, but when I log...

I had a customer request for some white vinyl put on glass, they wanted it on the inside, reading from the outside. I told them up front that it wasn't going to be as bright of a white done that way and they were okay with it. I installed it, it looked exactly like I thought it would, kind of a...

Can you heat and make IJ-40 conform to rough surfaces at all? I know IJ-180 does good, but I haven't tried IJ-40. Anyone know if it will conform fairly decent when heated. I have a flat panel project on a customer supplied panel that's a lot rougher than I'd like it to be, and they are perfectly...

We've been a long time supporter of the Sign World Convention in Atlantic City. We've seen it do great, and we've seen it not doing so great. With the dates for it almost always in late November, early December, it's always seemed like an odd time for a convention in Atlantic City. This year...

I've been trying to become educated on color by reading as much as I can, and by attending any seminars around by anyone teaching anything about printers and color. Having said that, on a scale of 1-10, 10 being educated, I still think I'm a 1. It's been quite confusing (understatement), as...

In case you haven't seen it, Robin Williams committed suicide. Sad day, that guy was brilliant.

Does anyone know if you can cut thinner width materials on the S140? I have a piece of customer supplied material that's 6" wide and maybe 8-10 ft long. Can I cut that on that machine? If so, how do you get around the rollers, since it's 4 of them and it wants to read all 4? Two rollers is all I...

We have a customer supplied file that has a gradient in it. The base color is red, then they did a layer on top of it that's a black gradient, to give it a fade from black to red. I printed a swatch as a proof and noticed banding in it and thought it was a printer related issue until I looked at...

What do you all do with "vacant" space on prints? For example, if you have 54" wide material and your job is 40" wide, do you just let it go, laminate it and throw it all in the trash? Or do you have a folder of things you can drag and drop into place just to use as fill work for personal or...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7-6nXGflec

http://mashable.com/2014/05/15/adobe-creative-cloud-down/ Yup, it's been down for over 26 hours now. Doesn't stop you from using your applications, but if you want to do some of the cloud based stuff or activate another app, you're out of luck. Of course this is the day I needed to use an app...

Okay, not so much east coast, but North East. We've been going to sign shows for about 7-8 years now fairly steady and it seems there is a huge lack of big sign shows in the area. There is USSC's Signworld in Atlantic City each year, but that's a relatively small show, then there's the NBM...