• I want to thank all the members that have upgraded your accounts. I truly appreciate your support of the site monetarily. Supporting the site keeps this site up and running as a lot of work daily goes on behind the scenes. Click to Support Signs101 ...

Recent content by J.D. Iles

  1. Gerber GS15-plus Not working

    Comm ports can be tricky I am going to give you a suggestion that sounds ridiculous, but it actually is what I used to do when I sold and installed Gerber equipment Go to a CompUSA or the like But every comm port card you can lay hands on swap them out until you find the one that...

  2. New Sign Guy!!

    Welcome J.D. Iles The Signs Never Sleep Blog http://www.signsneversleep.com==================================

  3. Open House at Gerber Scientific Products: April 24-25

    Wanted to make sure that everyone knew about this open house http://signsneversleep.typepad.com/signs_never_sleep/2009/04/open-house-at-gerber-scientific-products-see-the-solara-ion-and-omega-30-sign-design-software-in-act.html I am planning on attending along with Christine. Is anyone else...

  4. How many people work at your business?

    Myself and 3 others J.D. Iles http://www.signsneversleep.com ==================================

  5. CNC Software programs

    I would take a serious look at ShopBot. It is the router we have (Lincoln Sign Company) and it is a great balance between a "do-it-yourself" router and a really, really expensive router. If I needed another router, and God came to the door and said I could have any router I wanted for free, I...

  6. Software you love!

    pandora Google docs and spreadsheets gmail (If you aren't using gmail - you are losing out on the best email experience out there) palm desktop (it's free to anyone who wants to use it) J.D. Iles www.signsneversleep.com ====================================

  7. Thinking of upgrading - What's my Gerber Envision 750 worth?

    The Envision 750 is a fantastic plotter, and its biggest PLUS is that it is a 30" sprocket-fed plotter. 30" sprocket-fed is getting very, VERY difficult to find. I would suggest you get as much as you possibly can for it, and you might want to think about contacting Monument Companies, as they...

  8. anyone remember the Gerber 4b

    Here is a post I did back in 2005 about the 4B along with one of the original Gerber ads in SignCraft http://signsneversleep.typepad.com/signs_never_sleep/2005/09/walk_through_ge.html J.D. Iles www.signsneversleep.com ====================================

  9. gerber edge prints horribly when the cold weather comes

    This is a very common issue. If you notice that these "dropouts" are in the first few inches of a print do the following. Print a 3" x 11.8" box before you do a big print. That forces the print head to come up to temperature. You will notice dropout all over the box, but your print will be...
See more
Top