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We use mostly Trotec's line of materials, it's less expensive than Rowmark Engraving Materials: Plastic Laminates & Metals for Signage havn't had any issues with it.

Coroplast cuts on the laser, it's polypropylene, which has no PVC in it. Cut away.

If you can get it for a few hundred, it might be worth getting as a trade in, some dealers offer a few grand off a new printer when you trade in an old one.

For backlits, your best bet is always going to be to use a good quality translucent cut vinyl, it produces the best results day and night. However if the design doesn't allow for that, you can print on translucent white vinyl. The problem with printing translucent signs is that the inks are...

not a huge amount. Pick whatever one has the closest service centre to you. I know Trotec and Epilog both have branches in Quebec. We have only ever used Trotec's as i understand it they are regarded as the best of the best.

careful about designing for clients in front of them, next thing you know you're 8 revisions in and Susan from accounting is criticizing your choice of font.

Trotec, Universal and Epilog are the 3 big players. There are also chinese made lasers but i have no experience with them.

There is no "adjustment" per say on the head height, there are springs that hold the head at a certain height, and some of the printers were shipped with incorrect spring tension, your tech should be able to move the head over the print area and measure the clearance, there is a standard that...

there are a few ways to skin this cat. you can either print on a clear acetate type film and sandwich it between the acrylic face and the backer, or you can flatbed print directly to the acrylic face plate. It's impossible to tell what method was used by the pic, but you will be able to tell...

why use 8518? you can use the cheapest store brand laminate, or as someone else said, use a decent laminate and you can avoid the poly, so you would save money in labour, as i assume you need to do multiple coats. If you are trying to compete with guys on flea-bay you are never going to make...

I've never played cornhole, but the boards look to be about 2'x4', so an additional $2 per board to fix the issue you are having. at the end of the day, the reason you are having issues is because a chemical in the poly is reacting with the ink, so you have 3 options: 1- separate the ink from...

no to be snarky, but do you really need 2 threads about this? my guess is it goes in the hole that doesn't currently have a bolt in it....

Easiest way to get them to stop, tell them tat since the order is so large, you would be happy to ship the order for free to anywhere in the world via your fedex account, watch them try to explain why they would rather pay some no name shipping company to deliver it.

if they are putting a poly overtop, i would recommend laminating, the surface of printed vinyl will be different between white and printed areas due to the ink sitting on top, a laminate will give you a nice uniform surface, plus make installation easier.

3M 1080-M10 matte white wrap film it's not sold as a printable product, but I would imagine it would work fine. it's intended for colour change wraps and such so it's got air release and conformability.

Yeah the catalogue pricing has a 40% markup already applied, when you request a quote from them it is your cost. When pricing from the book, make sure you account for "oversize" items, as the shipping cost is astronomical, like 4-5 times the normal cost.

Ask them to secure the account with a credit card, tell them you will happily give them 30 days to pay, but if you don't have a cheque from them on day 40 (to account for postal delays, etc) you will run the balance plus the processing fee on their credit card. We extend credit to about 65...

If cleanability is a concern, I would recommend reverse engraving the orange and painting the white, that way you get a smooth face that is easy to wipe clean.

Thanks guys Ok, so the print head has been cleaned, there are no fibres or hairs on the head. We are printing on 3651 gloss vinyl using a number of profiles including the 3651 profile as well as Roland's glossy calendered vinyl profile, it makes no difference. I have been told by our tech...

TMS in Toronto or Owllite