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What type of print coverage do you have?
Full Bleed to the edge?
What about ink saturation?
The more ink you have, the more the edges will "pull"
PVC is a "porous" & "low energy" substrate and this does not help.
Yes, Customers are expecting more and more customization WITHOUT having to pay for it
the concept of "Etsy" combined with "Amazon" has created customers that want
* Low QTY
* Complete customization
*** usually on each item
* Same pricing for low as a high QTY order
* Immediate completion
*...
Only double..........
this definitely sounds like a 3x (or more) than the original price to fix
on a side note, when we know we have to come back to complete the project.
we have created decals that we stick to the project. UNDER CONSTRUCTION - DO NOT TOUCH
Glass dulls blades to quickly .to be used as a production surface.
you can use that as your base and then add a cutting mat or another sacrifice surface.
we have found that PVC sheets are a great sacrifice surface, typically we use a 12mm or thicker surface and "shave-it" to keep it smooth...
Find a body shop that has a sandblaster, strip it clean and then re-paint.
we have rented an industrial high-pressure cleaner before, cranked it to the max temp and pressure.
took HOURS and it cleaned the vinyl off, but it SHREDDED the vinyl and that was a total hassle to clean up the mess...
we have been testing material from MetaMark
MetaScape MD3A. https://www.metamark.co.uk/products/metamark-md3a/
good material and color vibrancy.for the price
it is very thin.
Arlon DPF 4500GLX is another one we have been VERY pleased with, little more costly than the MetaScape, but less than...
we have a Roland that an ink container ruptured in it.
Another machine got ink spilled all in the electronics side.
total mess for both situations!!!
Long story short, replaced virtually EVERYTHING internal
*Board
*Cables
*Heads
*Lines
*ETC.....
They still work, so there is hope. Take your...
had too many people / companies take PDF files and get them done elsewhere.
locking a PDF is pointless, they can be unloaded so easy
ONLY send proofs in JPG,
low res and with the project specs next to the item
we typically cut any odd down to a "standard" size.
if it is truly a "scrap", we use them to support shipping boxes,
we have a "crafty-crafter" bin, once it is full we contact a local crafting group, $40 and they take EVERYTHING in the bin, some of the stuff they create is inventive
we also...
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