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No my experience at all, every one that has come in my shop has started the conversation by letting me know they want the cheapest sign they can get, and they need it for tomorrow morning. Thy do not care about quality at all, most want to reuse old coroplast to save a few bucks.

You couldn't pick a more penny pinching client than a real estate agent, there is absolutely no loyalty there, if they find someone 5 cents cheaper than you, they will drop you.

when printing panels, there is an option in versaworks called "flip alternated" which flips every other panel 180 degrees so the sides that line up are always printed on the same side of the machine for this exact reason.

It varies from business to business. If you have signed contracts with customers to be their sign supplier, that increases your business value quite a lot, but if you are like most shops, your biggest asset is you, and if you were to leave, your existing clients have no real reason to continue...

Huh? Can you explain this further? why would you refund almost half the design charge if they are a first time client? Also $275 is way way below market value for a wrap design, at least if it's any good.

My issue with subscription based software is that once you stop paying for the software, you can no longer use it, and sometimes cant even open up old files created with the software. If I buy a traditional licence, as long as I have a machine that would run it, i am free to use it as much as I...

I'm well aware what it's used for, the OP was very vague on what they were looking for, they said it was for fleet graphics, which could very well be box trucks and cargo vans.

There are vinyls made specifically for short term bus graphics that might foot the bill for you, they are thick and remove easily, the one that comes to mind is MetroMark by general formulations General Formulations - Concept® 209 MetroMark™

we've been pretty happy with Orajet 3651RA

what rip are you using on the HP? does the rip have the option of creating roland crop marks?

well in that case, I would return the plotter, pay them for the time used, and remember this next time they need something from you, next time they order something from you and forget to ask for a quote, charge them the same price they charged you.

Yeah that's too much, Like Bill said, that would be closer to the charge if you were providing the material and they cut your files, with their employees. There really is no "standard" charge for this as your predicament is extremely rare, you are at the whim of the shop renting you the...

I've made a suggestion to Roland that they should build in a laser line that shoots across the cutting strip to help line up the crop marks perfectly, they think it's a great idea but 6 years later no sign of it.

in that case, you are at the whim of the other sign company. I would never rent out my equipment to a competitor, if I have a good relationship with the other shop I might lend them a piece of equipment for a short period of time no charge or I would refuse.

There is a procedure to load a file into Illustrator if you don't have the font on your system that works well 90% of the time, you "place' the file than you "flatten transparency" I assume signlab does this by default possibly?

I have never heard of someone renting a plotter, where do you even rent one from? if you are renting, I assume your volume needs are low, so why would you rent the equipment vs. just buying the finished product from a sign shop?

no, my experience with UV prints is that the quality is less than a solvent or latex print, but they are more durable in some applications.

is it pausing on both ends of the print pass on every pass, or only occasionally?

I've had clients do this with proofs we send them, sometimes it helps reassure them that they made the correct decision, other times it has led to a cluster**** with all their friends giving their uninformed opinion and clouding the clients mind.

also try using Gerber branded foils, we print on Gerber edge positive film sometimes, and the duracoat foils will not work, you have to use gerber branded foils.