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Hey all, My job wants to start pulling our stickers in house and I was chosen to be the man to figure everything out. Someone bought us a Roland LEF2-300 for doing our polycarbonate second surface stickers which I think I have decently figured out over the last year of messing with it. The next...

I've done what I feel like is a lot of research because I hate asking a question that is answered by a simple google search so hopefully I've learned enough where I'm not wasting anyone's time. Hopefully I don't ramble too much lol and hopefully this will help someone else because I had to do a...

Hello all. Last year I purchased a Mutoh 426uf. Owning an engraving business, I wanted to introduce color graphics to my inventory. The training was brief and after a week I noticed my ink levels were surprisingly low. I brought this to the attention of my mutoh rep and he said the initial...

After looking through some of the welcome threads here, I'm just gonna be honest.........Im extremely nervous for even asking a question here because I feel like im gonna get my head bit off for asking probably an idiotic question. But I've tried to do my very best in researching as much as I...

Hello potential salesman or woman, I recently was told by a client that I would get all of their work if I got my own printer. This would triple my biz. Only problem is I know nothing about large format printing. Regardless, I am buying my own printer.. new. I am keen on the signwarehouse...

I've tossed the idea around for awhile and have decided its something I would like to fully pursue. There is so much I have to learn etc. So any helpful advice and suggestions are greatly appreciated. I am wanting to get started with car wraps. Regular vehicle wraps and also dirt tracks race car...

We have a potential customer that wants a quote on 24x36" banners for a local volleyball team, has anyone made these before? They want to hand them from the gym ceiling so we would also need some type of weight and the bottom of each banner. Any suggestions on what we could use?

I have recently started work at a local sign shop as the production manager. I am familiar with most of the equipment that this shop uses, as it is similar to other shops I have worked at over the years. The one main piece of equipment that i have found that we have all set up and ready to go is...

I'm just starting working with HDU to produce a few signs, I made this sign for a customer which is my first real dimensional sign. Size is 84"x32" with MDO and combination of 1" 15 lb HDU and 2" 18 lb HDU, I don't have the remote idea how much to charge the customer, just to clarify I have a...

You will have to excuse me if this seems like a dumb question, I am a newbie. I am really stuck making a simple cut line around a circle sticker. I have been using the same process as I would when doing a contour cut line but its not working when doing a simple circle cut line. I have the...

Hello, This may not be the best write out there well because I'm on my iPhone but I'm getting into vinyl work and looking for some help!! I need to know what software works best but doesn't break the bank! What makes the best money? How do you guys charge? By size? Color? Type of vinyl? Also...

Hello I'm looking for a starter program. I currently use sure cuts a lot 3 ( it came with my cutter). I have used vinyl master before as well in college ( they provided a demo version for me in one of my classes. I mainly do small decals for 1/10 scale rc cars and a few banners and bumper...

Hey everyone. I'm Trevor and I've been hired on to a marketing firm to set up their large-format printing department in the Austin, TX area. I've worked for 3 years at a small startup sign & print shop in Dallas, where I worked my way up to the store manager. My experience is mostly in vinyl...

This is my first post on a forum so please bare with me; I've just taken over the family business and I'm having a lot of trouble planning (and pricing) this job: My client wants a 38"x66" directory sign to be installed between two stone pillars. It's replacing a light box that's installed...

Hello out there to those who choose to see this post. So I'm sorta new to the Sign business. I say sort off because as a kid I helped my father every summer since i was 8 yrs old. out of high school i went off to do my own thing in life until 3 years ago. My father retired and asked me...

Hi there, Not too sure that we fit into any category here on Signs101aswe are not a traditional sign maker. Basically we are a kit car assembler based in Spain. We have just taken over the running of another company and have inherited a Vinyl cutter setup. What we have is an ageing PC (about...

I'm a new business, and I am needing to order a sign (a type that I am not specializing in). What is the actual sign that slides inside of a lightbox (the fluorescent outdoor kind) called, and where can I have them ordered/printed? I am wanting to design and order a new insert for another...

Hello All - I am new to the forum. Thanks to all for some helpful reading and insight from the forums. I own a small custom printing company which mainly focuses on offset printing, design, digital printing and direct mailing services. We currently have 9 employees and are focused on growing...

Newbie here with 20+ years of digital sheetfed experience, 6 months General Sign/Wide Format. I have been elected to start up the Wide Format Division. What is the best logic/math to use while I layout a banner in Illustrator (any CS Program)? I want to avoid having to visit my stitching partner...

Hello everyone! My name is Nick. I am currently a senior at Dixie State University in St. George, UT. I am located in the southern region just north of Las Vegas about an hour and a half. I am humbled and so excited to start reading on the forums here on this site, there are so many...