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  1. Epson Printers

    We've had a s80600 for about 16 months now, it's been pretty much flawless. The colour is amazing, the best I've seen on a printer for signage. The maintenance is pretty much non existent, about 10 minutes a month. The 2 cons I can think of are: 1 smell, I find the smell quite strong if...
  2. Can I print in a 8.5x11 sheet of paper on my Roland by 540?

    I don't think the eco sol sol ink will work well on normal paper
  3. How do you update your customers on order status?

    We have the last person in the production process email or call the client, also in QuickBooks we set up a email template that's goes with the invoice saying if you are getting this your order is ready for pickup. Works for us most of the time, we still get people either calling every day or...
  4. Onyx postershop unable to read size from printer

    Onyx 18 was supposed to solve the bugs from onyx 12, who's to say if 19 will solve this bug. I'm blown away by how many massive bugs are in such an expensive piece of software, and the solution is always to upgrade to the latest version, which costs thousands.
  5. Onyx postershop unable to read size from printer

    Mine won't update unless I manually hit the refresh button, then it gives me an error message about not being able to get the info from the printer, but it actually does, very strange. However it's not a huge issue for us, most of out vinyl and banner we print using the same profile anyway, we...
  6. BusMark 5800 for mural-seaming question

    care to elaborate? is the designer worried that the client will see the overlap and not be happy? If so I would agree with him, the busmark is a thick vinyl, the thicker the vinyl the more obvious the overlap is, but it is needed with that material. you can give him 2 options: 1- use a...
  7. BusMark 5800 for mural-seaming question

    my understanding is that Busmark is a thick calendared vinyl, and while I have never used it, I have had similar materials shrink back up to 0.25" after being installed, so I would say an overlap is needed. what is the issue with using an overlap?
  8. Lead times

    I'm curious what the average lead time is for basic signs, we are fairly busy right now, and had a client contact us for a 10'x16' print on ACM, installed on the side of a building, and a few.odds and ends such as sandwich board signs, hours on door etc. I told them they are looking at about 3...
  9. Best Ways to Advertise or Marketing Online

    If you are looking to market a single product, I would put some money into SEO on your website, find out what terms people use when searching for that item and tune your site to cater to those terms. AdWords have their place, but most people skip right over the AdWords results in a search...
  10. Best Ways to Advertise or Marketing Online

    It depends on what you are trying to sell and to whom. We created a website and found completely by accident that one of our products is a bit of a niche market, and we get 6-8 quote requests a day for it without spending a cent in marketing. However, be warned, selling custom products online...
  11. No, your sign isn't done yet.

    I would change your hours to "Open by appointment or by chance" I have done this for a few clients and it seems to work for them.
  12. Spot the problem

    HonoUr
  13. Need Help Solution Needed for Bus Signage

    One of the Maria's with the dot pattern adhesive is perfect for this application, very easy to apply and remove by the client, it's sticky enough to stay put while the bus is driving, and the client can reuse it multiple times before it needs to be replaced.
  14. Auto-Rotate / Nest in Onyx Thrive?

    I would also like to know this, it's something that seems so simple, but onyx has real issues with it sometimes, it only works about 50% of the time for me.
  15. Arlon vinyls

    We use the 510mt as our basic vinyl and are very happy with it.
  16. Anyone having a problem with bad customers bringing up race/racism?

    The fact that they bring race into a review should give you a good idea of their mentality, unless you brought it up during the interaction. Luckily I've only had to deal with 2 bad reviews in all my years, 1 was for a client who we were making a new sign for, I emailed her a proof and didn;t...
  17. Question Epson 60600 leaves an emboss effect on double sided banners.

    I thought this was one of the applications where the latex was superior, it has some type of sensor on the underside that reads the printed edge of the banner and aligns them up. I'm not a fan of the latex machines, but this seems to be the most effective way. Also, what kind of quality do you...
  18. Need Help Is coro-platics sign profitable?

    If the clients wants less than 24 pcs, we will print to vinyl, mount to a 4x8 sheet and trim, anything over 24 pcs we would send out to 4over and mark them up.
  19. Suggestions Wall Graphics- Design, Material, Install Discussion

    We just recently used the opaque version of phototex on a wall and it worked really well, no more zebra stripes on the overlaps! however we have always had issues with the ink not curing 100% on phototex, at times you can go back months later and leave a big white fingerprint in the graphic...
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