Recent content by TopFliteGraphics

Got the quote from HP and about fell on the floor. I won't air my grievances in public because I love the printer and it has given me zero problems that past 5 years. Needless to say, I will NOT be using HP to fix it. Thankfully, someone I trust gave the number of a local HP tech. He's coming...

I am pretty handy. Not worried about that. Push come to shove I will do it myself. Where can you buy the parts?

My HP 315 is on the fritz. The cyan ink slot is having issues and I was told by HP it is most likely the PIP sensor. The kicker is, because I don't have a service contract, the minimum cost is $1800! Or if I want to sign a $3143 one year service agreement, they will "discount" that cost to...

If you know each one takes about 50 hours, your shop rate should cover that time regardless of what is being done. If other jobs are more profitable, then you know you are not charging enough for this service. Time to raise your prices with this client. In this "post Covid" economy, everyone...

Still waiting to hear back from HP with a quote to fix the issue :( In the meantime, I am dead in the water and having to outsource my printing which I haven't done in 5 years now. Called Grimco and they haven't gotten back to me either. Going to get grumpy if I don't hear anything soon.

Just had the same thing happen. According to HP customer support, it is most likely a bad switch in the sensor. They are getting me a quote on having it fixed since I am way out of warranty on mine. The CS rep did say that once a cartridge is marked defective by the printer, it will no longer...

Sounds like you've got a good plan there Westbound31. Congrats

I am usually at $6.50 per sq ft on cut vinyl (minimum). For a job like this, I would price that way and offer the client a "large order discount" of about 15%. That way if they come back with another, smaller order (if they screw up installation for example or missed some numbers), they don't...

Yeah, I was thinking about doing overlays instead. Not sure.

The bid package I got said if digitally printed, then lamination must be applied. I am probably overthinking it since we are only talking about a few signs but I want to make sure I provide the best possible product to my customer.

From what seeing, the Avery 6060 only has a 3 year durability rating. Not sure that will be good enough.

I have some street signs I need to make for a builder client that require printed reflective material. Also, the specifications require any digitally printed material to have lamination. The only lamination material that I see specified anywhere is Oralite 5095 but I am having difficulty...

My answer would be GFYS. Plain and simple.

Good point, if not spoken the way people here want to hear things. I tell everyone that comes into my shop looking for something to be designed that I am a sign guy, not an artist. I make signs. I design fleet graphics. But I AM NOT an artist. Too many wraps around town are designed by...

I use the embedded web server all the time for that to make sure I quoted a job correctly. You do have to do some cost assignments first to get your actual costs correct and you also have to make sure you update anytime there is a cost change. Plus, I usually add 10% to the materials cost to...