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  1. Gerber Edge Wont Print

    Ive got a Gerber Edge LE , that says check vinyl, but its loaded properly with vinyl, there must be an issue with the sensors picking up the vinyl, is that known problem or is there another issue I should be looking at
  2. Mimaki CG-160 FX issues

    I have a 10 year old cg-fx 160 with an intermittent issue, sometimes the issue will not show itself for a week or even a month and then boom, error reboots in the middle of a cut, it will show up when jogging the machine, it will show up while reading a crop mark, and when the error shows up it...
  3. What would you do?

    Ill explain We have been doing business with a car dealership for over 20 years, they've bought alot of products from us thru the years and we always bought our vehicles from them, We are in a small town so I don't have a choice really Ive been lately been notified thru them that they had...
  4. JV150 MISSING 2 COLORS ON TEST PRINT

    Good Morning I need a bit of help, my machine(JV150-160 SS21) sat idle doing its cleans and all that since Christmas and yesterday I came back from vacation and decided to do a test print to see how everything is doing, I could see that I was missing most of the yellow color3 and most of the...
  5. Discussion Considering the switch to latex, Who's done it and Whats your thoughts

    Currently running a Mimaki JV150-160, ss21 inks, machine runs perfectly. The only reason why we're considering the switch is to eliminate the outgas wait times of solvent and have the ability to finish jobs faster. Ive been to a demo of a HP 560, looks quite different, but good, salesman is...
  6. Summa S160 Stays on please wait loading screen

    Hi Ive just bought a S160t from a fellow sign 101 patron, machine looks top notch, installed all the drivers and software and so on, did a firmware upgrade and now it just hangs on the please wait loading screen after it reads the media.the firmware upgrade was done right and followed the...
  7. backlit hanging strips

    We recently bought a few brand new backlit signs from sign depot to resell , and Ive noticed he used some type material for his hanging strips, Im fed up of cutting hanging strips it makes a mess and takes more time then making the actually sign. Is there any company that sells hanging strips...
  8. pylon and sign supplier

    I have a customer thats looking for a illuminated double face sign and pylon, nothing too big something around 4x8 with roughly a ten foot pylon, are there any suppliers that sells these as kits It would be a lot easier then getting it done by the local machine shop, they are so busy
  9. looking for a prismatic type reflective vinyl thats solvent printable 54" wide

    looking for a prismatic type reflective vinyl thats solvent printable 54" wide, Ive seen a competitor use it around here it looks like its printing pretty good. the prismatic pattern seems a bit different then anything else Ive ever seen.Its not 3m I know he doesn't use any 3m products Im...
  10. Managing a business thats overloaded with work

    Ive been in business for over 16 years now and for the last 5 years we've been running at 150% capacity, doing the smallest jobs to the bigger ones, we are a husband and wife shop its taken its toll on us we are burnt out, the wife and I have discussed closing the store front and dealing only...
  11. vehicle magnetic circles

    Im looking for someone who could supply me with 400 vehicle magnetic circles of 6", there would be 8 different colors times 50 of each, nothing special just 8 standard colors, how much and how fast I could get them, Im in Ontario canada
  12. can someone convert a cdr. to eps.

    can someone convert a cdr. to eps. for me, my customer sent me what he has. and it won't open with illustrator. let me know I can email it since it won't let me upload it on here
  13. lets play...who's fault is it

    The Story 2 years ago I was approached by a RV dealer to wrap a used but mint Rv for a university promo program, The Rv dealer was leasing this Rv for 2 years to the school, It was finally done by us with 180 cv3 and paid by the Rv dealer but was calculated in the lease and billed out to th...
  14. Running a JV!50 160 for 2 weeks now

    So its been 2 weeks now we've been running our new jv150 160 SS21 inks here's our review compared to our jv33 thats running beside it -speed pretty much the same or slightly faster -control panel is a major improvement -rasterlink 6 is pretty much like 5, some benefits but not much(installing...
  15. mimaki JV150 anyone have one or seen one in operation

    Im seriously thinking about pulling the trigger on one, we are currently running a jv33 which we've been really satisfied with, and pretty much know in and out but we are at a point where we need another printer, a lot of big jobs and we could use the added help and at the same time we would...
  16. switching inks on a jv33

    Im looking to purchase a second jv33 160 , I have access to a jv33 close by but its running ES3 inks is it possible to switch it to ss21 inks, and if so is it an expensive process. thanks
  17. Laminating decals to make tags

    Ive been doing this for years in smaller runs of say 100 or 50 the process involves printing the 2 sides of the tag and then sticking them adhesive side to adhesive then installing a grommet at the top. usually at sizes of around 4"x6" always had success with it, and makes for a long lasting...
  18. panels never seem to line up

    first scenario we do lots of 8'x16' billboards on alupanels, or aluminum we are using a jv33 so we print 4 panels with 1/8 bleed per sheet and install all 4 sheets they rarely line up, sometimes its decent sometimes it way off I know it doesn't need to be perfect cause nobody gets out of...
  19. Rasterlink Pro 5 SG install issue

    I finally splurged and bought a new pc with windows 7 (64bit) also bought a copy of raster link pro 5sg. when i install everything goes perfect, followed the instructions to a T activation goes perfect BUT, stupid But I open the software, it says please register printer at Printer Management...
  20. JV33 PRINT PROBLEMS.. thoughts?

    Been talking to my equipment rep about this they are not totally convinced on the cause, cleaned everything, some dampers are new, cap is new, wiper is new, the only other thing I didnt clean yet is the clear strip that head runs on. Its seems to happen only when the print is black, doesnt...
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