• 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 ...

Search results

  1. Care to share your Epson experience?

    I've had an Epson s80600 for about 6 years now, we've run a ton of material through it and it's been almost flawless, in 6 years I've replaced 2 Printhead (1 under warranty) at $2500 CAD each, captops once at $600, and a little clear plastic cover over the sensor eye at $6 lol. The printer is...
  2. CNC Engraver in the GTA area

    I may be able to help, we don't generally engrave alupanel, but send over the specs and I can take a look. I'm in Hamilton. I'll pm you my email.
  3. So this was a first ...

    I saw this on FB the other day.
  4. Flat Bed Cutter Recommendations

    Whale oil beef hooked, I didn't know that was there,thanks I'll give it a shot!
  5. Flat Bed Cutter Recommendations

    What options are you able to do in optiscout that you couldn't do in goproduce? There are a few small things that I think could be improved in goproduce, most have to do with the router, I wish there was a way to have the machine pause after it finishes routing, before it advances so you...
  6. Flat Bed Cutter Recommendations

    We have a summa F1612, and as a digital cutter it's pretty good, it doesn't take up a huge amount of space, it's quick and very simple to operate. The only downside is the router leaves much to be desired, the software that runs it is very primitive and you can't use regular CNC router...
  7. Thrive

    We recently upgraded from thrive 12.2, I asked about upgrading to postershop and was told that it was $200 more expensive than thrive, not sure why. The only reason we upgraded is because 12.2 started printing the summa barcode incorrectly for our f series cutter, so it wouldn't reliably read...
  8. Rant Customer Rant

    I've noticed this more and more since COVID, I don't know if it has to do with working from home and not being able to get approvals as quickly. You need to be extra vigilant with your schedule, work backwards from there due date and tell them, "in order to meet your deadline with no additional...
  9. Die cut stickers one or two passes?

    I've never heard of anyone doing multiple passes for decals, sounds like something a government sign shop might do.
  10. Question gloss polystyrene?

    Clear PETG is very glossy and is thin like styrene, not sure if it's available in white, but depending on the application you could apply white vinyl to the back
  11. With a heavy heart!!

    I'm very sorry to hear that, I never met him in person but he helped me out with a few Gerber Edge questions over the years. My condolences to his family.
  12. Suggestions Adhesive for bonding Gator Foam to itself?

    I would try hot glue, it works suprizingly well for things like this and dries in about 5 minutes
  13. Roof decal, to be seen from airplanes/satellite

    I would be concerned that adding something to the roof will give the roofing company an out on the roof warranty. If it's just for a drone shoot, what about a large banner?
  14. Banner Hemming Machines?

    I outsource 99% of my banners now, I honestly don't know how anyone can justify printing them in house when you can order them printed, hemmed and grommetted for so cheap.
  15. Warped PVC Sign

    That was actually fairly tame by Gino's standards, but he is correct, PVC is not an outdoor material, even if some claim to have had no issues. The PVC we get in this industry is "foamed PVC" which has tiny air pockets throughout it to cut down on weight and cost, the air in these pockets...
  16. SAi license scam

    I looked into switching our rip from onyx to Flexi and the thing that really annoyed me is that they advertise the product as a design and rip software in 1 package, however, I can only install the software on 1 PC. I don't design on my rip computer, I have a dedicated PC hooked up to my...
  17. Just In New Coloured Screws For Signage

    Thanks for the heads up, any idea of anyone makes anything similar but with a Robertson head? I can't imagine trying to use a self drilling screw into metal with a Phillips head would be fun, I would end up with a circle of holes around the screw from where the bit slipped off and poked through...
  18. Flatbed vs Roll, hot vs cold, too many options

    The term "flatbed laminator" is an industry term, the correct term is flatbed applicator. We have both a flatbed applicator and a roll laminator, it's a never ending battle to keep dust out of prints done on the flatbed, I think because the print is just sitting there for a few minutes...
  19. Flexi view command shows something I never noticed before in a file

    I get files from designers all the time that have a blue line called dieline, even after I explain to them that the line needs to be called CutContour. Non production designers seem to have a real issue understanding how to set up files for production. I had one recently where the files were...
Top