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With all the 3D printers out there, there's a reason no one is doing this. Other methods are more efficient, less costly, and way faster.

He's never encountered those exact ones before, but similar ones. Most of those long obsolete, and no longer available. He said best option is to install a Retro Frame kit, they're made to convert std frames to flex face, and update old ones. They completely replace the old extrusions, and use...

And of course they don't sue the guy who beat em' senseless, but the sign company who put the logo on the ring? Why not :roflmao: That's a specialty thing anyway, I'd sub it out or give them the names of companies and be done. I do know if it's actual canvas, they're usually painted on.

You have the profile drawings and dimensions... If they'll only accept a match, is it something you could have 3D printed?

Yup, it's mostly all Gerber. They released their first sprocket fed plotter in the early 80's, back when dot matrix printers used the same technology (there are still corporations who use sprocket fed printers too). There have been a few other brands to release models, but Gerber was the big...

Not familiar with that one, but it's an old syle, hopefully not obsolete. Might check with Signcomp for a match. If no one figures it out by Monday when I go in I'll ask the boss. He's pretty good with the old stuff.

Check the cap adjustment first since parts were just replaced, but I'm kinda on the same page as teampix, way too odd to have the same issue happen to two printers at the same time. A while back, can't for the life of me remember which brand, may have even been Mimaki, one batch of ink, one...

Not sure if I'd want it... I'd think you'd almost have to use vinyl with a black adhesive (grey might work) in order for it to be kind of like perf, and allow you to see out the best (and maybe without getting dizzy?). I'd experiment with that a little. Other than that I'm not sure about that...

Affinity Publisher has a preflight tool. I don't use Publisher very often, I could get by with just Designer for my workflow, but when I do use it, preflight pops up every time I export anything. Don't know how in depth it is, or if there's any automation, because I just don't use it that...

The only issue you'd have with Inkscape is it doesn't support CMYK. The fact that it has CMYK color sliders is deceiving, everything it does/ saves/ exports is RGB. If Scribusbor Pitstop doesn't fit the bill, look into Affinity, yes it's pay, but the cost is reasonable, it's powerful, and...

If you want, need, or are set up to do the little one off stuff from walk-in's, more power to ya'. We're all business to business, located in an off the beaten path industrial area, so walk-in's are pretty rare, and it's great for us.

If you don't have/ didn't use the Peck tool for all your settings and paramiters, you'll have to do it all manually. Again, if you have the service manual for it, under parts replacement/ main board it'll have a list of what you need to do. This is for an XC, but it'll be similar... Since it's a...

Yes, dip switches must be set in a specific order. Some of the same boards are used in different printers, and those need to be set right order for each model. That's probably your issue. Do you have the original board yet to compare the settings to? If you have a service manual it should...

That's a fact. First things to fail on most wraps are roofs & hoods, especially with tricky profiles. Sun alone is a killer, add a hot engine and with some of the profiles and stamped lettering today... Worst are vans with ribs on the roof with the sun beating on it all day, anywhere there's...

Can't think of a single one of our customers who would spend that kind of money on it. It's not really that special, it's a design that's been used forever, is still in use, so it's not really even retro. Only thing that really sets it apart is the weathered finish, which just makes it look old.

Can't you, or don't you have a designer who can just re-draw it? I'm sure most here can either recreate it, or have a designer on the payroll who can. Designing is a pretty big part of the sign & print industries, and logo vectorizing, recreating, re-drawing is a common part of the job. Kind...

We use Green Bay Packaging. You'd have to contact them to see if there's a minimum quantity, but they do the retail type folding cartons you're looking for. https://gbp.com/#

Average lifespan of a print head is around 5 years, more or less, depending on use. If it was me, I'd probably opt for a new head at this point.

That's my thought too. My hunch is the original designer won't give it up because they probably can't provide a better file than that... If people are gonna use clipart for stuff like this, they should at least use ones from the same creator so the styles match, and use vector clipart over...

Fails like that are operator error. With laminators, the rule is always "less is better" with tension & pressure, and you control that by how you run your machine. Heat assist machines just add enough heat to wet the adhesive out for a better bond to the vinyl, and less chance for silvering. You...