Recent content by animenick65

You really should be using only Nitrile gloves with most printing chemicals, especially solvents.

My company just invested heavily in 6 of these. There is a hefty price tag but the quality and speed are extremely impressive. Our shop has everything from 3.2m Vuteks, 5m Vuteks, various Epsons and HPs and the 1640 has quickly become our favorite printer. When rush jobs come in and I need...

We have a CE6000 that's a few years old. It was cutting fine today, but then all of the sudden the screen went blank. The LCD does power on (gets darker) but doesn't display anything. None of the fans come on. Any thoughts?

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The company I work for goes through tons of material and we end up with a lot of butt rolls of material that are of no use to us and our production volume, but might be useful to you. The following are the materials we have butt rolls for. We generate many of these each month and most of them...

http://www.magnetsource.com/Solutions_Pages/printmagvinyl.html This is great stuff. Is available wide (48") and in various thicknesses.

Check out Hydrosol 385STL. It's very rigid and durable. Unfortunately the others are right in that things just get beat to hell on the show floor, but we've had good luck with this stuff. http://www.kernowcoatings.com/hydrosol.html

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My guess is they build most of it on the ground horizontally and then pull it up? If that's not the case, that's certainly how I would do it.

We've used this and had great results as well. I believe it's the 3268. Comes in large rolls and can be applied with hand pressure. Removes great.

I'd be interested to know which tradeshow you saw these at as I believe the company I work for owns the rights to this design.

We donate our scraps to non-profits and schools. We keep track of the sq. ft. and then write it off at the end of the year as a donation.

I think it is extremely important to reward those who go above and beyond the call of duty. This can be in the form of lunch, gift cards, extra paid time off, things of that nature. Many times, especially in a large company like this, we can't just throw money at good employees. Small rewards...

I'd be very interested to see one of these in action considering the VUTEk higher ups who've started this company. Some of the speed numbers they are mentioning are intense.

Keep in mind that heat associated with curing UV ink on a flatbed can be an issue when printing on cardboard. LED lamp technology is helping to alleviate this.