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1st time trying to make contour cut and perf cut for a decal, so bear with me. Flexi print and cut 12, Graphtec 8600. I have a simple circle for a test. Drew the green circle in Flexi, added 2 contour cuts: one just inside the edge of the green to cut just the vinyl, the second one is 1/8"...

I have a Graphtec 8600 54" plotter, that's only a few months old out of the box. Since day 1, when the reader scrolls from right to left, it's always made a "struggling" noise as it goes from end to end to read the scanner marks on the paper. It's only 3 months old, and it still makes that...

Everyone has great suggestions, thanks so much. The customer decided to to with plain white vinyl instead of clear, so now the job is a piece of cake. Whew.... Thanks for all your suggestions, I learned something new :)

Thanks :) Thanks everyone for the tips. I printed a few color swatches out on the clear vinyl. They looked good on my indoor windows, but when I put it on a tinted auto window, they didn't show up at all. ...just as ya'll had explained. Not sure what my boss-man wants to do at this point,but I...

Thanks everyone. If I cut white adhesive back vinyl by itself, then I'll need to put it all on transfer paper, right? (sorry, newbie here) Too time consuming for 500 decals. Thats why I wanted to print it on a clear vinyl. I was just wondering if anyone had any other advice for what color to...

Hey, I've been asked to make a decal on a clear vinyl that will go on an automobile back window. I have a HP310 latex printer. I've gathered that the best way to make these decals stand out on a window is to make them white, but of course my printer does not print white ink. What's the next...

Hello, I'm new to the sign industry and am making my way through the process. I have over 30 years graphic design experience, and have just recently started up a print shop at my job. (Had to research ALL equipment, purchase, train, and produce on my own) I worked at a sign shop 20 years ago...

Holy Cow Sightline, you're spot on! Thats the easiest ways possible, dang it, why didn't I try that earlier. That worked like a charm, and I'll use that shortcut all the time now. Thanks so much!

Normally, to store them I wrap them around an extra core I have left over from vinyl or lam rolls. That way they don't collapse on themselves and create bends in the banner material and you can lay them flat instead of vertical. But, not everyone has extra cores laying around all the time...

Thanks ryandavis03. Thats exactly how I ended up doing it, great minds think alike. lol. I was hoping there was a faster way, but this way got me through the job. Thanks again for your help :)

Excellent, thank you everyone. I'll try both apps for design and numbering. It's great to hear that Flexi does auto numbering, so I'll try that route first (thanks bannertime for the detailed directions). jfiscus, I'll try yours second, just to compare the two processes. I'll post an update.

I have a decal that I need to make which has sequential numbers on it. Ultimately, it's a small 2" X 1" sticker (contour cut) with a serial number on it and some minor graphics. I only need 1 of each decal, but each decal needs it's own sequential number on it, probably going from #1-250. There...

Hello, I have a piece of art that was created in photoshop. It's a layered file, and many of the layers have shape paths made (squares or circles) that I need flexi (flexi print and cut 10) to see and cut out. If I save the PS file to an eps or a psd, when I open it into Flexi, it flattens...

I have a chance to purchase some of Drytac's alligator retractable banner stands at a discounted price. Never having used them before, does anyone know if they are worth any quality? Don't want to waste my money if they are crappy, sticky, or impossible to load new images. Thanks, Mary

Congrats Paul. As a newbie for a couple of months, I didn't really know fred at all. But change is always a good thing. Good luck to both of you.

The letters I'm working on are green and actually have a 8 pt blue stroke on them. So, I need to get the contour cut on the outside edge of that stroke (so it still shows a colored stroke), and it needs to contour cut the holes as well, giving me the stroke too. It seems like I might have to...

Bob, I'm only able to select the outer line on the letter, not the "hole" when I'm in Flexi.

The illustrator vector is already a "compound" item. I've released compounds then pathfinder>divide to punch the center out of the letter, and I still get the same result when I get the letters into Flexi.

Newbie question, just getting my feet wet. I have created a graphical text image to put on walls as a wallpaper. It has lots of text in it on a transparent background, so I need Flexi to cut out the letters. I have created the artwork in Illustrator and turned the fonts into outlines. Saved...