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Looked at doing these too way back when. Then we discovered there are people selling the graphics with the plastics with copyrighted logos for like $50. Not sure how they get away with selling copyrighted logos on ebay..... wait... yes I do.... they sell a bunch and eBay is making so much money...

If we decide to go with cast material, what do you guys think of the Arlon 4600? We need air release. Like to find something around a $1-1.50 a sqft for material and lam combined. Appreciate the advice.

Just wanted to share a couple photos. The Black and Purple was printed Monday and the Silver was printed in December. Same material. The thing that is frustrating is seeing it done, therefore knowing it can be done, and not being able to do it here. Our tension is set almost to a...

Again, please understand that it HAS been done before, for over 2 years, with no issues, with calendered material. The only thing that has changed is we moved production in house.

Also should mention we sell sheets of graphics to be applied by the purchaser. They get bagged and tagged for resale by our distributor. So shelf life is paramount. As it is now, the longer it sits, the more it shrinks. Up to 1/16th. :banghead:

Thanks for the quick responses all. I should have emphasized the main point that, using the material listed, my vendor was able to successfully print, lam and cut without any noticeable shrink. So this proves that it can be done with the 35C and BeLam. With repeatability. We have been unable...

Hoping one of the experts can help out here. We are getting shrinkage after printing and laminating. We produce small items, many designed for precise fit and losing up to 1/16th of an inch is unacceptable. Equipment: Roland VSi printer, Seal 54EL Laminator, Summa Cutter. Material: 3M IJ35C...

Excellent service, pricing and after sale support for a new user! Just wanted to say a special thanks for the deal and for all the help to make our new equipment purchase go smoothly. A true pleasure. THANK YOU GSG! gogsg.com

Hi all. Thanks in advance for the help! Getting ready to do an equipment purchase. I want the best tool for the job. Comparing Seal vs DryTac. We are a specialty shop, not a sign shop, although our products may include signs occasionally. First question: Do I need the heat assist top roller...

Thanks for the info. I think I should probably clarify a couple things. Everything we do is in Adobe Illustrator on the Mac. Mixed media, vector and raster. Normally saved as a tiff. We then bring the tiff back into illustrator and add the cut lines on a separate layer. We then layout all the...

Hi all, thanks for your help. I am looking at the 540i and a Summa cutter but, from what I see from searching here, VersaWorks will not work with the Summa? My only experience was with a Mutoh into Flexi and a Graphtec that I had some very brief hands on with (until now we outsourced all our...

Thanks so much for all your replies. Some great info here. Nice to see others have had similar issues and worked through it. I like the idea of the gradual evolution along with the mention of the previous name. I'll make sure to post here as the evolution begins. Thx all!

I probably should have mentioned that our name is well established, as is our site and Facebook page. Some sort of a gradual change over is my only guess so far.... thx!

Thanks so much for the reply. I was considering a separate cutter based mostly on reading threads here from people that have Roland's and preferred a separate cutter. Second was a need to cut some thick laminate from time to time that may be trouble for the Roland - 12mil Convex. thx again!

Hi all, new guy here. After seeing all the quality work of a bunch of people here, I have a question. I got into the vinyl business virtually by accident and sort of got a nickname that stuck as a company name. It was based off of a forum nickname that is hard to spell and hard to pronounce. At...