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  1. 3M MCS Certified Printer Suggestions

    Yes, we looked at them, but they weren't the right fit for us here.
  2. Buyer Beware! Avery Supreme Wrap Material.

    Actually, some 3M wrap films are also NOT fully opaque, like their carbon fiber wrap material for instance. Always, always read the spec sheets on your products. Another VERY important piece of info about solid color (wrap) vinyl is that you have to be sure to specify that all rolls of wrap...
  3. Rant Crazy Prices

    Grimco is offering us lower prices, but their service is not as good as Fellers, so you do have that trade-off. It usually takes them around a day longer to get materials to us than Fellers.
  4. Applying vinyl to etched glass

    I'd do a print/cut on some DPF8000, that stuff will stick to anything... your skin, fingernails, arm hair, etc, etc.
  5. Fluo yellow

    He has a machine with more than CMYK inks for those here just quoting "CMYK spectrum" so he can hit a lot of colors outside of the standard 4-color spectrum. In your RIP turn up your saturation to 25% more in all colors and print another Pantone chart out and then turn them all up 50% and print...
  6. where to find jagged check mark?

    It is just a path in the shape of a check mark with a specific brush applied to it. Seriously 30 seconds and 2 tools in Illustrator.
  7. Fluo yellow

    Print our a Pantone chart and see what all you can get in that color range and then go from there and tweak some values of the closest colors.
  8. script bold font

    There are some VERY similar fonts on CreativeMarket.com , in fact, I believe the person who hand lettered that sells a variety of fonts there in that style created from their own lettering. It is all the rage on places like Etsy. Browse more than 4,500 Calligraphy Fonts ~ Creative Market
  9. Need Help Mimaki UCJV-300 vs Epson 80600

    No issues with clogging/maintenance from our couple Epsons. The silver ink seemed to create extra work when cleaning, but never had any issues with clogs. It is pretty opaque, it is not thick enough to be a "block out white", but works great for backlit sign and can do some awesome effects if...
  10. Eco Sol Max Black Ink Scratching

    I would try printing with a different machine/ink if your prints are scratching. You could try a very light spray coat of liquid laminate since this is phototex.
  11. Question Laser Engraving supplier

    Not a laser product, you need a router/engraver to do signs like this. It routs out the brushed aluminum showing the black plastic behind it.
  12. Need Help Is there a Steel laminated panels like MaxMetal

    Maybe buy a magnetic dry erase board and sheet that with vinyl?
  13. Vehicle Magnet Edge Curling

    210 is the problem, search this forum for Oracal laminate issues. 210 is calendared so its going to shrink (curl the edges) and it also burns over printed areas.
  14. Need Help Yea or Nay? Floor rack for large vinyl rolls EZ Horizontal Vinyl Roller Rack #17 EZH17

    We stand them on end, never any issues from that. Currently we have around 200 rolls of 48, 54, 60" material in-house. We DO have them on stands, but most are just the plastic end caps screwed to plywood bases to elevate them off the floor. We have a few of the roll-around racks for "middle of...
  15. Need Help Mimaki UCJV-300 vs Epson 80600

    They are not covered under the MCS warranty, and therefore are not warranteed to last ANY amount of time. I've seen orange fade in as little as 6 months outdoors from previous generation Epson printers.
  16. Engraving/routing product supplier needed

    We recently added a Vision VR48 cnc/router/engraver to our shop, and this side of the industry is pretty new to all of us here. We are located near Cincinnati, Ohio and are looking for a materials supplier, does anyone here have a good reference? Our normal "vinyl" vendors (Fellers/Grimco/etc)...
  17. Need Help Mimaki UCJV-300 vs Epson 80600

    The 60600 has the best (warranted) inks. In my opinion, do NOT get the 80600 as those extra inks have no warranty and will fade. We looked at all 3M MCS warranted printers prior to our latest printer purchase (Epson 60600) and although the UV printers have certain nice points to them, they...
  18. HP360 Lamination Problems

    No issues with nozzles clogging on our 3 Epsons here, even on the two that have silver and white ink (only print using those a few times a year). HOWEVER, we did switch our RIP profiles to NOT use the orange ink on our 79670/70675 printers - the orange DOES FADE after a year, and Epson, just...
  19. HP360 Lamination Problems

    Build you one of these: out gassing solvent prints Never had an issue with same-day lamination yet, but we do try to print everything in advance whenever possible.
  20. HP360 Lamination Problems

    Check out the 80600 model of printer. Same day lamination and I would bet that it is faster at printing than the HP, but I haven't seen them running the same file side-by-side. Ours hasn't given us any trouble yet, but if you buy a new one then the warranty will take care of any potential issues...
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