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Recent content by ADuke

  1. Gaming Trailer Graphics

    I have a customer that is looking to wrap a Gaming Trailer. They have playstation, xbox, Nintendo switch and virtual reality gaming in the trailer and travel to events and birthday parties for people to play games in the trailer. They want a wrap with video game characters on the outside and I...
  2. Gaming Trailer Graphics

    I have a customer that is looking to wrap a Gaming Trailer. They have playstation, xbox, Nintendo switch and virtual reality gaming in the trailer and travel to events and birthday parties for people to play games in the trailer. They want a wrap with video game characters on the outside and I...
  3. Question How to Design for Stair Risers

    I am a graphic designer being asked to design graphics for a bunch of stair risers. How do I design an produce print/cut ready artwork so that the image looks correct and not distorted or elongated when being viewed from the bottom of the staircase? I thought I remembered there being a program...
  4. What is This?

    I have a customer who is looking for this material. They sent the photos, I am not seeing anything that is recognizable as a brand. Thinking its either clear engravers stock, PETG, lexan, polycarb...anyone recognize it? Thank you!
  5. ICC Profiles for 3M 50/50 Perforated Window Film

    So, It ended up not being the profile. I have the settings at 35 (vacuum), the heat at 196 and it is now printing perfectly. The difference being "Output Platen Protector" Kit. I spoke with someone on the phone and they recommended using these. I have never used them before but it seems to...
  6. ICC Profiles for 3M 50/50 Perforated Window Film

    Do you know what the vacuum pressure is set to for that profile? I bumped the vacuum all the way up to 50 and the heat settings are set at 195. The original settings were 237 degrees and 35 vacuum and still isn't working....
  7. ICC Profiles for 3M 50/50 Perforated Window Film

    Hello, We are trying to print a solid black on perforated window film and it is printing about 10" of media and then head strikes appear. We are thinking the heat settings are too high but can not find a profile for this media or one similar that works. What profile do you use (we are...
  8. Question What causes this? I think I know the answer but....

    I've had this happen before as well. Sometimes if you select one of the .pdf chunks and unmask it (alt+ctrl+7), the complete image will appear or unmask all the chunks to layer and make the lines disappear. Also, when I open a .pdf in illustrator, the image is fine but the text isn't. Here is...
  9. Graphtec cutting diagonal line through entire print!!! WTF!

    It just said "error: printing". so not sure what that means. I'm trying to cut the same file again today and it keeps doing the same thing. It's cutting off by at lease an 1/8". Is there a way to manually adjust it? if only I could just use the arrow and move it down slightly while it's...
  10. Graphtec cutting diagonal line through entire print!!! WTF!

    That's good to know. I was thinking it was something maybe I had to do regularly, our plotter is only 3 years old so we probably have the right firmware.
  11. Graphtec cutting diagonal line through entire print!!! WTF!

    I went to the graphtec site, downloaded the firmware file and followed the instructions. When I hit "print" it keeps giving me an error message. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong...
  12. Graphtec cutting diagonal line through entire print!!! WTF!

    um...never. I was never shown how. How often are you supposed to update it?
  13. Graphtec cutting diagonal line through entire print!!! WTF!

    I printed some decals that I want to contour cut. My Graphtec is reading all the registration marks, then starting to cut, but the cut is off. I stopped the machine, and pressed the cancel job button. When it "Canceled" it starting cutting a diagonal line from the place I had stopped it all...
  14. PVC Cut Letters - Non Stock Colors

    There are also local Sherwin Williams paint stores that will match and mix paints for you. They also carry the Preval Spray cans (or guns) that will hold up to 16 oz of paint (Gino mentioned previous post).
  15. Vehicle Wrap DPI, how to manage customer expectations

    Thank you. I like that idea of having them look at other trailers with large images on them. We have not done any (this job would be our first) so we do not have anything we can direct them to that we have done...
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