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General formulations stuff is unbranded and works well

3m makes an ultra removable clear for applications like this, IJ38 if I remember correctly. Print on it in reverse and laminate with white cut vinyl.

I bought one of the very first Roland VG-640 machines when they were first introduced, I had only ever owned Roland printers before that and they had all been great workhorses. After 6 months we were having issues similar to yours, the tech came out about 10 times with various ideas from...

One word of caution, I made ice rink graphics for a client, I had about 5 yards of old mesh banner on a roll kicking around, I used it and the guy putting them in the ice was ready to kill me! Aparently the curve in the material never went away and every time he tried to stick it down, it...

I'm not sure this would be worth it on a weekly basis, the changeover requires re priming the ink lines and print head, you probally use a few hundred ml just doing the swap over

I would think a vacuum press would help a lot with this, but I would check with a local plastic place about getting a piece cut, there is a plastic place near us that will do that and it's great for this situation.

What software do you currently use to keep track of your sales & expenses?

it gets used up with cleaning just like all the other colours, the machine needs the run a small amount of ink through the heads on a regular basis to keep the ink from drying in the heads and causing the heads to fail, the heads are around $2500 each, so it's in your best interest to keep them...

no, but it does get used up with normal cleaning. if you don;t use it often, you can swap it out with a cleaning cartridge

Yup, as soon as someone brings out the " I found it online but I like to support local" I pretty much shut off and try to get them off the phone as quickly as possible, it never works out in my favour. We have one client who only orders about $200 a year of small stuff from us, everything else...

We have the S80600 and it's great! we also came from a Roland only setup and the Epson blows every roland out of the water in speed and print quality! Ours has the red & orange ink, and while it's nice to have it's not crucial, if I had to replace it now I would get the 60600, it's a bit of a...

If someone with an etsy shop is a direct competitor to you, you need to reevaluate your business model, provide something that they can't. I couldn't tell you the last time I made a banner for this exact reason, there is no money in it and online places like vistaprint have allowed end users to...

I agree, If there are any discounts from these suppliers, it wouldn't be much. I know FS corporate talks about getting preferred pricing from suppliers like Grimco etc. but I know from speaking with sales reps at these companies that the discount is the same as everyone else gets. When you...

It most likely wasn;t a pricing issue, FS has quite a bit of overhead that most shops don't, I know corporate takes 6%-8% of the top each month, plus FS dictates that your shop must be in a high traffic retail area where rent is $$$ The local FS here is clueless, no prior experience before...

Damn you, I need a roll of this as well

Around here most places just roll black paint over the whole thing, or you can flip the acrylic panel around and turn off the lights

I agree, don;t wear your work boots, put on some clean shoes, do your work and clean the counter after you are done.

I've never heard of this before. usually samples & proofs are pretty small, like 24"x24" or so, if you are printing off rolls to use as proofs and colour swatches it sounds like a waste of material, but you know your business better than I do.

I'm not clear what you are asking, what kinds of samples do you do? When you say samples,.do you mean physical proofs,colour swatches etc? How long do you keep them after a job is complete?

We are over 500K with 2 full time employees, a semi-retired employee who comes in and lends a hand when needed, and a few outsourced installers.