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  1. Magnetic Panels

    Stainless steel is not usually magnetic. You can get ACM with steel faces instead of aluminum, grimco sells it. Cover it with brushed stainless vinyl, collect cheque.
  2. Flatbed cutter users - how do you estimate time?

    We just got our summa f1612 a year ago, one of the first jobs we had for it was routing so.e 0.5" thick black pvc, I learned very quickly to add an hour to the job to account for sweeping and cleaning pvc chips out of every nook and cranny in the shop!
  3. Question Best shop temperature?

    In the winter, during the day it's 21 c, at night we turn it down to 18.5 c
  4. Onyx Conserve media not conserving media

    I've tried rotating them, the "allow rotate" and "best fit" buttons are also checked, should onyx not be able to figure this out and get the best yield? it's not a little bit of waste, sheet 1 os only about 60% used and it wants to put a single 11"x17" print on sheet 4...
  5. Onyx Conserve media not conserving media

    I'm running an Epson S80600 off of Onyx thrive 12.2, i have a job where I'm printing a bunch of individual small files on vinyl, mounting to 4x8 sheets of PVC and then routing them on my summa, In onyx I have the page size set to 48"x96" and when I import all the files, Onyx is wanting to print...
  6. Anybody with DIY media basket or a cheap one for sale?

    Get some electrical conduit and an old banner.
  7. Declining jobs based on moral/ethical grounds

    Yeah The SS bolt pattern is a nazi symbol from the second world war, some biker groups have used it over the years as a sort of "symbol of non-conformance" and to try to look tough, but it's completely a nazi symbol, and seeing as I have grandparents that both fought and died at the hands of the...
  8. Cutting Master 4

    How on earth is cutting master 4 over 1 GB in size?! I went to update it today and it's taking about 20 minutes to download over our fibre optic connection! You would think with how buggy it is it only has 3-4 lines of code in the whole program!
  9. Need Suggestions on upgrading our UV Flatbed Printer and Flatbed Cutter

    You mentioned smells being a concern, I've never seen a UV flatbed printer that didn't stink up the shop! I don't own a flatbed printer, but I do own a summa F1612 and it would be perfect for the applications you listed, but so would the Colex. Our workflow with the F1612 is to print out of...
  10. Discussion I can't stand my accountant...

    Your accountant tells you to accept cash to avoid paying taxes?
  11. Branding companies....just dont!

    I have the exact same experience with Pepsi, they have yet to pay in less than 6 months.
  12. Explaining longer lead times to repeat clients

    i've never had to wait more than 6 hours to offgas, especially if laminating. and no you can't charge your client for drying time any more than a painter can .
  13. Adobe - Changes coming to the Pantone Color Libraries

    I've had a number of clients come to me recently with logo and branding packages off Fiverr, their branding package only specifies RGB, CMYK and LAB values for the colours, they couldn't grasp why I told them I have no way of knowing if I'm printing the correct colour, they brought in some...
  14. Adobe - Changes coming to the Pantone Color Libraries

    I'm unclear as to what this means, will Adobe just remove the swatches from their products but you can still specify specific pantone numbers manually? Or will you need to pay just to be able to use the pantone system?
  15. Summa F1612 Wallpaper

    The summa arrives in a huge crate, it's basically assembled already, you need a forklift with at least 6 foot long forks to get it off the truck! I don't see any way you could tilt it, we had 4 guys just to roll it In to place in movers trollys.
  16. Be careful which company you recommend

    Case in point, last week I quoted a job printed on 10mm black pvc, told the client my supplier only had a few sheets in stock, and I would need a deposit so I can order them in, client waited a week so they could get other quotes, when they got back to me with a deposit, guess what's sold out...
  17. We are about to purchase a Summa f1612 need advice

    there's nothing worse then running a large decal job with the single edge knife and walking away, only to come back and find the tip snapped off 25% through the job... ask me how I know...
  18. We are about to purchase a Summa f1612 need advice

    There are a few options, the heavy duty knife would be my top choice, followed by the double edge knife or the kiss cutting tool. Avoid the single edge knife, the tip snaps far too easily for any real production work.
  19. Summa F1612 Wallpaper

    I agree, I you are just looking at cutting wallpaper into panels, the fotaba makes more sense, the summa will do it fine, but it won't be as fast. However if you have a need for any of the summa other features (routering, kiss cutting decals etc.) It may tilt the scales. How many rolls of wall...
  20. Adobe - Changes coming to the Pantone Color Libraries

    Yes, but they are printed with vanishing ink, every month you need to plug your swatch book into your PC to connect to the cloud to verify you have paid your subscription, if not the fan deck goes blank except for Fuck you in big red letters on the front.
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