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Your initial picture looked almost like over spray caused by static. If you want to return to normal print speeds, look into your ambient humidity.

Teslin by PPG works pretty well. Has a slight learning curve that's comparable to printing on banner. As far as suppliers, where are you located? We get ours from Sun Supply, that serves the Pacific Northwest.

I would sub this out or talk with your local glazers.

Anyone else notice that there is a significant lack of new talent in the pool? Feels like there isn't any interest/exposure or gaining of people in the trade.

Without a doubt they push subscription and when a new version comes out I'll sub for a month or 2 to see if it's worth upgrading my stand-alone version. My favorite version is still X6 but also have 22 as a stand alone for the iso tools. At the end of the day it really comes down to comfort with...

Just some quick digging and Flexi is available for Mac now but is only subscription based. Draw still offers standalone purchases o.O

Same boat here. Used PC/Corel for years due to serial ports and output devices at the sign shops I was at. The current company I am at is all Mac/Adobe, which works, but lacks the ability to scale efficiently and quickly as well as wonky perspective tools that make impositions a nightmare. They...

We use the previously mentioned wall paper steamers for most rigs. But for something like this we've rented a Hotsie (heated, high pressure washer).

Can you print white?

We use the 3M SCPS-55 (Red Label) and it works pretty well. Usually will only have issues if the mask hasn't been properly applied.

Start by turning off OverCut. Your settings in the RIP & Printing have OverCut on and set to .1"

We used a front side heater that would assist curing before the take up reel. Was 900$ at the time but would reduce cure time by about 10-15 hours. When it comes to post cure times it really depends on the media and how long it takes to recover from the solvent and heat. Calendared vinyl is more...

"2. use a trim removal kit, pry a corner up" - We use the StrikerSet from Yellowtools not bad price for the kit we use on the regular.

Cooley & Milliken?

Only reason I would laminate non printed vinyl would be to prevent it from yellowing due to UV/Carbon on exterior applications.

It looks like maybe 3 total layers? Layer one is the OEM graphics that have had a panel installed over the top (layer ) and then another layer of decals to update the verbiage once again. FWIW, FAA graphics compliance is for pressurized cabins.

Out of curiosity, since I've never used ACM as channel letter backs (063 or 080), does ETL allow this?

Only issue I've ever had was due to our vendor not realizing they gave us interior grade. Other than that, it's been our go to especially for routed signs as we can rout it with the Colex's 3.5 HP spindle.

If I had to guess...HUGMUNGOUS digital displays :oops:

We use SDI tack rollers with DRS-1 pads. After the pad runs out we move on to pre-mask since it's A LOT less expensive. With the 12" roller we can clean as the media is going into the laminator.