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The greenstar vinyl is GF500 https://www.generalformulations.com/products/cut-craft-films/500-series-permanent-vinyl/gf-500-series-permanent-vinyl

I use a lot of it, id say comparable to oracal 651. really small/intricate stuff 651 weeds better but the 2 are very comparable. It used to be sold by uscutter as greenstar vinyl. now the greenstar vinyl is general formulations

But aside from the unlaminated wrap question there is no printer that comes close in terms of speed, quality, consistency, ease of use, ink cost. I have 150k sqft on mine since November and was one of the best business decisions I have made. Once you get used to the colorado you won't want to...

Canon does have that video where they compared a laminated wrap to an unlaminated wrap and they're was no color change difference after 6 months. Car was kept outdoors and went through lots of car washes. Video is on the Canon site, maybe they have a newer update posted.

no laminate, ink came out to 9 cents per sq/ft on the colorado 1650. No one had to work overtime, so did not cost me anything extra in labor. We would've been here with or without the order. This customer usually pays half the price I charged them (one of the largest retailers in the country)...

the vinyl in question is IJ35

There are 16 fastsigns within a 15 min drive from me. I'd say they are on the higher end of pricing due to their name and very good locations (although very expensive rent). I'm very happy with my work to profit ratio, just finished a 50k sq ft print for $1.5sqft on 22 cent per sq ft media...

It depends on where you are located too, my city has a bigger population than your state. Way more competition here. There are at least 20 signs companies within 15 minutes of driving from where I am and 2 more just opened up a mile from each other.

this one is not laminated and the material is 40 cents/sq ft without any special pricing

Ok in that case please wish this problem on every one in this thread "5 banners at $425 a piece and they need them by 5 o'clock today", please curse me with this

I have 4 printers, an extra 164sq ft isn't going to prevent me from doing a job. Worst case scenario I'm so slammed i can't do the banners, I have a good friend 5 minutes from my shop that specializes in banners and he'll knock them out no problem at wholesale pricing for me. I'd rather get the...

I would gladly print a ready file for $2.72 per sq ft with no laminate. that's 50 cents materials/ink per sq ft. 164 sq ft = $300 profit for 20min of print time on my Colorado. On my Roland that's probably an hr of print time and a little more ink cost but still profitable.

I just checked files I used to cut on my fc8600 and they are set up that way too, cutting beyond the registration marks. The files I set up for the fc8600 were set up with the new graphtec barcode system but instead of scanning the barcodes I would send it from the computer

Here is how I typically set up my files.

Are your pinch wheels set wide enough? When you have the machine scan the width of the material is this size bigger that the design that needs to be cut?

That's not true, you can cut wider that registration marks.

common sense on the internet will keep you safe

I think on a lot of products it does, I haven't seen many products where I would not make a decent profit doing work at the prices the wholesellers offer

When I need a quick way to price something I don't normally offer but want to do in house, I go to a trade printer website, see how much they charge and I know that if they can make a profit and run a business off that price then I can too because I know I have much lower overhead. I then price...

here in Houston we have GSG, Fellers, Reece, Grimco and probably a few other suppliers. Grimco easily beats any price I give them from any of the other suppliers (with which I already have deeply discounted pricing). Sometimes I'll get a 30-40% discount on a product from fellers and I think no...