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Switch to UltraMount and your problems might go away. yes its a lot more money but charge accordingly. Over the years I have printed and cut down hundreds of cases and never had an issue with it. I have a Zund but knife cutting is pretty straight forward.

Weld would probably be stronger than tape. On mesh I recommend webbing to strengthen the hem so grommets dont rip out. I used to weld banners and have switched to stitching but tape wont strengthen a hem. Remember with mesh you are just missing a lot of material of standard banner material so...

You can but the hem isn't very strong.

Well i dont trust a heat gun to check them as sometimes you can get wrong readings. They make strips to place on the platen that are more accurate. but if your heat gun is showing sporadic heat levels you may not even be getting to 300 degrees when the directions say 330 degrees. I would fix...

Check all of your presses to make sure they are at the actual set temperature. Over time they can lose some of that or a temp sensor can fail. If the manufacturer says 330 and you are at 300 that is part of the problem. I always double check time/temp/pressure settings as over the years...

I am sure I pulled those settings right off the machine. I get a long life out of router bits on ACM as it is a pretty soft material.

The head was installed in 2018 pretty sure there is not a warranty on a head anymore since its 2024

a good, calendared vinyl/lam can last 5-7 years outdoors. I have had zero issues with vinyl lifting off the edges prematurely.

even with an adhesive strong enough when you go to remove them you will probably take chunks of the bricks with it

To get self feeding you will need to get a digital press like a Konica Minolta or Ricoh. Don't know that 5,000 per month would be worth it though as any digital press would print that in less than a day.

If your using their blanks figure out the cost of the blank and material and add in what you want to make on the job. Everyone's overhead is different.

I have 2 UV printers that don't have capping stations they hover over a tray so it's not the end of the world.

On large quantities of cut vinyl we outsource as we don't do it a lot. We use a company that creates a die, and they stamp the sheets. The heated cutting plate slightly seperates the cut lines and the weeding is extremely fast as it slightly separates the cutting lines. If you're doing a lot...

i would not trust a line that you had to clear with a welding rod. There will still be chunks of ink in that line that will clog later down the line or a filter.

Oh bu but your forgetting about overhead like building cost, insurance cost, utilities etc. Your not getting anywhere close to $1,000 profit. You cant just think about the employee hourly wage and cost of materials in a job and the rest is profit.

I would suggest Mimaki. We have been running them for 10 years. There are other people in town that went with other printers and its crazy how much stuff we have to print for them because their printers are always broken.

maybe not full wraps but are still a laminated vinyl decal correct? These are not painted. I know Substance makes a vinyl and thicker lam for motocross applications.

Complete opposite at night when its dark outside and lights are on in the building. People outside will be able to see right in and you wont be able to see out.

Panels are colored plastic not painted. People wrap them all the time have you seen races where all the bikes are wrapped and have sponsors all over them. Same thing with snowmobiles as well.

I would highly suggest the Mimaki 3042/6042. The 3042 is the smaller version. We have been running them for 10 years now. We just replaced our original 6042 with a new one. On the original one that was 10 years old we never had to replace a print head. These machines are great. They need...