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Gerbers GP BIT P80356A 1/8” Shank 1/16” CD 1/4”CEL 2”OAL works very well for cutting 4mm Coroplast. A good starting point for feed rate is around 240ipm/ 4ips.

The Gerber Edge FX works great for printing on metallics and holographic materials. Here are some examples, no issues with full bleed prints.

Check the floating sproket in the back and verify it moves freely. You should be able to slide it with your pinky finger. If not clean with ipa and try again. I would also check the pressure feet and verify all four feet are still attached. If not it's time to buy new pressure feet.

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For anyone interested in a little more history https://www.courant.com/courant-250/moments-in-history/hc-250-joseph-gerber-scientific-20141227-story.html

Gerber has both FX and Edge 1 gold medal foils in stock and ready to ship. (as of 1:30 on 9-3-21) FX Gold medal P77701A Edge1 Gold Medal P49096A/GCM731 Call your local Gerber distributor. I know Grimco can get them for you. Adam

What USB connector are you using? Are you using the Gerber USB to serial adapter? If not I highly recommend buying one from your local Gerber distributor. Attached are the install instructions for the Gerber USB to serial adapter. Let me know if you need additional help.

Gary Welch what version of Omega are you using? What program are you opening the PDF file in? Can you download and open the attached pdf file and tell me if it has a white outline?

The cobalt blue 50% fill test is to see what's going on with your Edge print head. Using Gerber 220 vinyl or Gerber label stock with cobalt blue gives us a baseline for the test and helps narrow down the problem. In the last couple of months, we had a few customers complain about specific colors...

If you buy Gerber foils from Spandex they are the same Gerber foils they have always been. Nothing has changed with Gerber foils. Now regarding your issue, what specific material are you printing on? What version of Omega do you have? Have you installed the most recent materials update? I...

It is unknown at this time as Windows 11 has not been released as of 7-26-21. I can say that Omega 6.5 was released in 2017 so it's unlikely to get any updates going forward. Omega 7 is now the current Gerber software.

What tipped the scale for you buying Avery vs Gerber?

GS750 is a serial device and can have up to a 100ft serial cable. If it's connected to a Gerber USB to serial adapter the USB side of the cable needs to be 15feet or less.

Glow in the Dark is a novelty-grade Glow in the dark material for Halloween decorations and kids stickers. Gerber Glow for example takes 1hr for it to fully charge and glows for a little over 30 minutes. Gerber Luminous film is a material designed for interior safety signage and identification...

8 out of 10 times the Edge FX stalling is a miss configured network setting or busy network. (its different if you have an edge1 or Edge 2) Check your subnet mask settings on the PC and the Edge FX they should both have the exact same numbers, typically it's 255.255.255.0. If they are not the...

Hi Joe, if you need an additional sample feel free to contact me and I can print something for you.

Omega 7 has new features that also help with this OMEGA 7.0 Persistent Foil Adjust demonstration

Vinyl can cause the print to print registration and is most noticeable when using paper-backed vinyl as the vinyl expands and contracts as the Edge prints on it with heat and pressure and movement. Omega has a ton of features built in to help with print to print registration. check out this...

Check your subnet mask settings on the PC and the Edge FX they should both have the same numbers. If they are not the same change the Edge subnet mask so it matches the PC settings. (contact your IT department or PC tech for help doing this if your not sure how) If they are the same check your...

I don't see the print info on the cobalt blue 50% prints so I will assume you printed on 220 with 220 settings 300x300 and if thats the case something is 100% not right with your Edge 2. Time to have Spandex service look at it, could be head pressure, voltage or the head itself.