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  1. Thoughts about selling on etsy for side work?

    It is very competitive but you can make good money if you get lucky with customers liking your designs and you can maintain positive metrics. 50% of my revenue is from Etsy, keeps my Colorado 1650 busy. One of my competitors has a shop down the street about to purchase a 3rd Colorado all for etsy
  2. My VG-2 is dripping ink everywhere

    shine a light on the cap tops, are there are banner hairs on it or on the printhead? I had some banner strands on my captops one and it was causing ink drips and I remember a tech telling me he's seen banner hairs drain a whole ink cart
  3. High school graduating banners with pictures

    what's wrong with 10mb files?
  4. Need Help Vinyl Construction Decal Files

    Listing those copyrighted and trademarked logos for sale on for example ebay or amazon is a fast way to get infringement notices. If you are willing to pay for them, only way to do it right is to contact each manufacturer and work out a licensing deal, 100% chance they are not interested in...
  5. Design software advice needed

    It is best if you learn how to use illustrator or corel draw. You can use the canva designs once you learn how to fix them in corel or illustrator
  6. Canon OCE Colorado 1650 honest opinion from an owner

    I have 200k sq ft printed on mine since November and so far only a minor issue with an internal cable coming loose which Canon fixed the same day.
  7. LogoJet UVx90R

    have you considered an application table like a CWT, cwt 1016 is pretty small for your space limits, makes applying printed vinyl to substrates very easy and much cheaper than even the small flatbed printers
  8. Print shop expanding our signage capabilities - questions on equipment!

    https://www.canon-europe.com/press-centre/press-releases/2020/03/colorado-1650-uvgel-ink-receives-3m-performance-guarantee-certification/ Canon Production Printing is proud to announce that 3M has certified the Colorado 1650 and its UVgel 460 ink with its 3M Performance Guarantee. Even mutoh...
  9. Print shop expanding our signage capabilities - questions on equipment!

    Is there a major printer manufacturer that is not 3m approved lol
  10. Outgassing in Eco-solvent

    I also like to have a fan blowing on the prints as they are coming out of the printer, seems to help a lot with drying
  11. Discussion More organic traffic but less conversion, how is it possible?

    Most premium decals in the USA are made from fabric materials such as Phototex, removable, repositionable, does not stretch/tear and very easy to apply. Very premium feel. But expensive compared the same thing made from vinyl that will look exactly the same once applied. I usually offer my...
  12. Roland or mutoh

    I have 2 sg2 going strong over a year running 8hr per day. not a single issue
  13. Producing matte color

    Canon Colorado 1650 matte mode
  14. What is your quoting procedure?

    I give a price range and if they are good with that range I'll do the actual quote. I get customers contacting me for wall wraps and when I tell them it will be for example 3k some will say WHAT? I was thinking more like $500. The rough price range eliminates those that had no idea about what it...
  15. Discussion More organic traffic but less conversion, how is it possible?

    When I got my first printer in 2013, a vs300 I paid about 18k. now you can get a 54" hp latex print/cut for under 10k. and lots of sub $500 cutters
  16. Discussion More organic traffic but less conversion, how is it possible?

    wall decals are a lot more competitive now than even a few years ago. Styles change, I've been selling wall decals for over 10 years and my best selling designs from 10 years, 5 years ago and even a couple of years ago are no longer selling well, have to keep up with new design trends. I've seen...
  17. Cool things

    ???
  18. One man shop growing pains

    I'm tempted to upgrade to 2gbit at home and I think 5gigabit is coming soon. I just upgraded my home network to 10gigabit (do all my work off a NAS) but with 1 gig internet I rarely have to wait more than a few seconds for downloads
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