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  1. Carrier sheet to save cut strip?

    Reduce your pressure when cutting. If you are cutting into the strip you are cutting too deep.
  2. News I have this one prediction.............................................

    Daytona Beach Florida just had Jeep Beach Week here and I was behind this. WHY!
  3. Graphtec FC5100-130 - used - pricing

    Offer $1600 I just bought four graftec 8600-130 cutters for 10 grand, and they are in pristine condition. These graftec cutters are almost bullet proof.
  4. Making car magnets...need help

    Started out with the 60's but they burn up quick, that's why I use my old 45's from vinyl cutting. Now that I have six graftec 8600's and a 9000 I have plenty of used blades.
  5. Making car magnets...need help

    I use my used 45 degree blades from my graftec 8600 cutters. Cutting mag material burns blades up quick.
  6. Making car magnets...need help

    I attach a thin sheet of corrugated cardboard, ridges facing down. Printed and cut two 50' rolls today. I only have six rolls left and ordered another 30 rolls which will be here in 12 to 16 weeks. Glad I look into the future and not waiting till the last hour.
  7. Making car magnets...need help

    Never had a head strike. Knock on wood. If you set everything up right it runs perfect. 22 rolls in three months.
  8. Making car magnets...need help

    I print directly to the magnet material.. I load a 50' roll of 30" magnet material on my Roland XR640 and start sending jobs. Each roll yields 650 + - pieces 3.50 x 5.0 I cut it all on a graftec fc2250 within five minutes after printing or I set it up and print roll to roll and cut it all the...
  9. Printable Vinyl

    Clear Decals don't have permanent adhesives.
  10. new flexi questions

    I print about 80 to 100 short and long run sticker jobs daily and have to deleat my cache files every two days, If I don't it slows the flexi program down enormously and starts to act up. I deleat all print and cut jobs after I cut the jobs the next day.
  11. new flexi questions

    You can also use the step and repeat in Flexi to build your job, then send to print.
  12. Making car magnets...need help

    Anything the customer wants, and more. Here are some samples.
  13. Making car magnets...need help

    I print 30" rolls of magnet material on my Roland XR-640 then cut it down on my Graftec FC-2250. In the past month I have printed and cut 17 - 50' rolls of magnet material with no problems.
  14. What’s up guys- card stock on a Roland SG2

    I've been printing for about 40 years now and have figured out to use my machines for what are designed for. If your customers need post cards, farm the job out to a trade printer like 4over or Printing for resale. You can make alot more money on the job and keep your customers happy by getting...
  15. Die cutting on FC9000

    Depends on the thickness of your vinyl, are you cutting on the strip or in the channel. I channel cut everything and use 6 mill vinyl on decals and 3 mill vinyl on premasked decals.
  16. Business Cards

    3 extra dollars
  17. Business Cards

    Take the file to Office Depo, get ten sheets of ten up on C1S Coated Cover stock, that will give you 100 cards to hold them over same day so you have time to get their final job done. I do this three times a week for clients who forget to order until last minute.
  18. LEF300 "Close Front Cover" error

    If you disable the switch put in a small togel switch, so when you have a media jam or anything else and it instructs you to open cover you can flip the switch off.
  19. LEF300 "Close Front Cover" error

    Probably the tab on the front cover when closed not engaging the closed cover switch.
  20. Need Help Graphtec FC-8600 Cutting Offset when Print and Cut

    I always leave my blade in the front position, (channel cut) I have never cut on the cutting strip.. No matter what I'm cutting. Kiss cut, Perf cut or straight thru cut. It's all in the set up of your Graftec cutter. I cut today what I printed yesterday from Two Seiko W-64 and Two Roland XR-640...
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