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  1. Need Help Reflective Chevron

    No one makes a "one piece" chevron for the rear of apparatus. Most are laid down in individual strips, the left/right pieces V98 you're talking about is as close to "one piece" as it gets. We also print on 3M IJ680CR-10 (48" wide) for left/right pieces, but the grade of reflectivity is lesser...
  2. FD Font Help

    facepalm...
  3. FD Font Help

    Looking for the top font. Anyone?
  4. Printed 680 Reflectivity

    No one "enforces" NFPA standards. Almost half the trucks we do are non-compliant; If they want the graphics that way, and the check clears, no problem. Digitally printed (solvent/latex) reflective striping "should" be able to be classified as compliant, as the side striping is not held to the...
  5. Been using this for a long long time...........................

    I'd bet it is a different type of "vinyl" than usual, possibly a real cheap or specialty material that kind of melts as you use the zapper and then transfers a bit onto your wheel which then smears it on the surface.
  6. News HP Issued New Service Update with Flat Rate Pricing???

    The technicians that came out to work on ours had never even worked on one before our shop, they were used to fixing other HP products but got assigned to fix our machine. And this was under warranty, I can't imagine who would be servicing out of warranty... Always fun when you know more than...
  7. Latex vs. eco solvent pros and cons???

    The wasted material was a big issue for us as well as the warm-up and cool-down time. Constant head degradation is an issue when you never have to replace heads on a solvent printer (as long as you know what you're doing) and every part that broke on ours wasn't covered under warranty.
  8. jfiscus

    Gloss/optically clear laminate is a bit trickier than anything else to load with the plastic...

    Gloss/optically clear laminate is a bit trickier than anything else to load with the plastic liner, but after the initial setup it goes fine. The vendor we purchased them from is called Trigon Imaging, we bought 2 from them. We used to have a Arctic and a Seal laminator but those are gone now...
  9. jfiscus

    We purchased our laminator from our local vendor. The wind of the laminate doesn't matter you'll...

    We purchased our laminator from our local vendor. The wind of the laminate doesn't matter you'll just be using the upper bar backwards, the only powered parts are the rollers and the take-up reel. I trained everyone in the office how to use ours in a couple hours, never had an issue out of it.
  10. Looking for a new laminator

    GFP. we run full rolls all day long, easy setup and no issues.
  11. Need Help SEMI truck 53 feet- How much should i charge it?

    Our guys here do about a trailer per day each, so if we have 2 trailers we send 2 guys for an overnight stay if they can't bring them here. Most of the time we send out 3 guys to do 3 trailers in 3 days. We do about a trailer per day (along with everything else) on average here, and also ship...
  12. We're Moving! - What should we buy/or not buy?

    Vertical substrate racks make it easier to get substrates out, but the materials that CAN warp WILL warp on them since there is no pressure keeping them flat.
  13. Need Help SEMI truck 53 feet- How much should i charge it?

    I'm betting they're gonna laugh at 10-15k. I know the cost of living is different there, but a 53' semi with rivets should be around $6,000 using 3M Cast material.
  14. Laminator suggestions

    I would definitely recommend a GFP. We have 2 and haven't had any issues out of them in over 3 years. Run full rolls all day long. We have the 455th series but don't use the heat that much.
  15. S40600 is amazing!

    I don't post any BS here. I am not getting paid by any company/rep to say anything positive or negative. I just get on here and post honest truth and try to help others. We bought our latex 360 about 6 months after they came out and really tried hard to make it work. We were still running slow...
  16. Need Help Epson S80610 MEtallic silver help

    You HAVE TO name the name the spot color correctly as "Spot1" in your vector file for the RIP/printer to know to use the spot ink. In your rip you have to use a media profile that includes the spot color. I think the silver ink sucks, we had it in our last 2 printers but on our most recent one...
  17. Suggestions Picking a laminator - GFP, RS, Seal

    We print a lot, and I mean a lot, of vinyl and we run our laminators all day every day. We switched to GFP from Seal a few years ago and have never had an issue out of them. Everyone in the shop can use them without issue. I would recommend them to anyone.
  18. Need Help gerber service/repair

    What is it doing wrong?
  19. Epson S70 Parts

    I would assume the boards being the most valuable part and are refurbished and sold.
  20. Font Help Help identifying a font on a Pierce fire truck

    NewText Bold or Brothers are both pretty close and might be acceptable, Pierce owns the font you see so you're either going to have to redraw it or substitute.
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