Recent content by RobGF

Greetings from Nova Scotia.

Ah, but you were commenting on about the size of the smaller display being such that you one might go blind and not about the merits of your computer monitor. I merely pointed out that we have zoom on these devices. Is a 19" monitor a superior viewing tool for signs101. Probably. But it's a...

You can zoom, my friend. These devices were made in the century following the manufacture of your digital printer ))))))))))))))))) Rob

Works well from the apple product... As a matter of fact I am posting from an iPod touch right now.

If the trade show business is really your intended market, I suggest that you don't limit yourself to an eco-solvent printer. The better trade show products are typically made using aqueous ink jet printers. Right now, the HP Z6100 really seems to be popular (but it's not a sign plotter). If...

Like Bigdawg said. Duotones are something which work better in a pre-separated workflow (an older prepress workflow). Being in large format, your workflow is composite. The duotone saves as EPS as its a format complex enough to do what needs to be done: takes one channel of raster data and...

Piezo aqueous heads aren't the same as thermal aqueous heads and while they are a part of the system which will fail, it's not like with an HP or Encad where the heads are considered a consumable. It's entirely realistic that that piezo head will last a few years.

Can you convert the linked pre-separated file (the DCS) to a composite EPS before you attempt to open your main document? It's 2008 and there are very few* reasons your client should be having a DCS file in their original document when almost all professional workflows are composite based. *...

I think the really exciting thing about the Epson isn't speed (because it's not really that impressive) but your colour options. I would think that with good colour management with the additional O and G channels, you'd be able to hit a lot more Pantone colours than with a traditional CMYK (or...

Go right ahead and get it. Be prepared for your decals and truck doors to fail. This is not an outdoor printer. Sure, some might argue that you can buy certain media with it and lamination and you may get a few years. But I doubt it. The media you buy is also going to be "speciality coated" all...

He got the Epson GS6000 solvent. Word on the street is that it is really impressive for solvent technology. The 9880 is a great printer but even more so a niche printer than the Hp5500 and z6100 which have been discussed in this thread. You want to do fine art? Great choice. You want to do...

Word on the street is that new Epson solvent does a very nice job. A competitor of mine just installed one and he's raving about it... and he's a serious player so his evaluation seems valid to me. It's not super fast like the HP Z6100 but the colours should rock for solvent as it's running an...

The Z6100 does have much nicer image quality and is quite a bit faster (read lots faster). Great for trade show applications, posters, etc. You'd be hard pressed to find a UV curable or solvent/ecosolvent that has the same quality level. Yes, aqueous isn't as versatile as UV curable or...

Hi, from the other end of Nova Scotia.

What's a regular computer? Is the question do you need to have something souped up to handle a new printer? Perhaps, perhaps not. Wasatch will have specs on their site as to their minimum requirements on their website and that's perhaps a good start. In my experience, you want a fair amount of...