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Turn off sleep modes.
I will only allow a screen saver. but a 27" Samsung Curved screen is cheap.
Takes about 4 years to ruin one. So what. is less than $300.
When ripping a 53' trailer and that pos pc goes to sleep in the middle of a drop.
Yeah
I have from time to time had laminate just not stick to the black here and there.
When this b'sh happens on 180cv3 and 8519 There some fkrs that will dissmiss
your complaint quick. They aint paying for that media either.
I call my Electrician. His Service call is $350 he is real good,
an will drop a line from the ceiling or where ever I need.
Make sure that they Pull some Cat 5 while they up there
A good EE sees a lot of things every day and will recommend something
really cool and will be a nice feature...
On the Printer download the media profile.
If you are using FS go to the PM to RIP a file.
USE Color Correction.
I am not sure about Onyx but I think I saw CC on a Demo version.
There is a mid size fleet 300 or so Refer Trucks and trailers that are a partial wrap,
with 30" stripe running down...
Try Fine Art Signs in Stone Mountain GA.
They have some real Beastly Printers, and prefer their Suma Cutter.
Mark is reasonable to work with, but they are a busy shop, so keep that
in mind if you call.
Cheers
Been using 31 years. It works? Yeah
I typically set a weed border only and avoid tight borders. Normal for
me is between 0.20" - 0.35" incremental by +- .05"
Depending on your Table Trimmer Spacing is . 25" 6mm is more accurate.
I recentl purchased a new MBM Triumph the Number is .269 on the...
Gerber has Translucent white. No doubt other mfgs carry it too.
Your jobber may have remnants that you can get cheap for the learning curve.
Print on clear and laminate the Trans White.
Go to the PM / Rendering Intent / SoDiff is great with the older Latex Printers.
At Flexi 11 Sub SoDiff is Gone. but in the non sub is still there.
Flexi 12 sub it is Gone.
Flexi 10 rendering SoDiff was great, A lot of cmyk values had to be dialed back
These days you have to manipulate...
Buy Inks from the Printhead Doctor their Solvent Inks are vastly superior and second to None and they produce 831A inks as well
www,printheaddoctor.com
Chauntek USA.
Francisco is great. 210-388-2993
Side Note
My Latex 560 /831A Inks are widely inconsistent and I get lamination dead spots...
As I scrapped out HP 9000s (2) I found that boards and cables were not worth. fooling with.
The gold recovery is a mess.
The media handling components were worth while.
The roller bearings, tubes and frames can retro fit. trimmer tables.
Common for me is to rip a roll of 54" media for...
Flexi will import a pdf, and I find it klunky and often full of noise.
I like open a Pdf in Illustrator and if the file is clean I will save it as .AI (important step).
Flexi will import this easily but flexi is going to expose the noise and trash in a file
and a lot of times abed of roses...
Get the GFP !
Seal has terrible service when needed
I have a RSC 6500H it is fast. BUT
No temp adjustment
NO Slitter option..........This sucks more than you want to know
Pain in the arse to load unload.
One Man Load not advised, you can do it but it just BLOWS.
Outfeed area is very...
Be real careful with Rotation.
On a large Layout If you rotate to Portriat to conserve media and then
rotate to Landscape to conserve Media. You can easily have a color mismatch.
With a printer that has a built in spectrophotometer, runing with color correction,
probably not an issue, but are...
Flexi is ok. I been using it over 30 years.
This is a hybrid CAD/Illustration software and the full program is Expensive to buy.
This is also what you use to Make Money, and without,,,,,.
Important is that we view Software as a TOOL. So dont hesitate to shell out
and buy. Yeah I do not want to...
Reminds me of my old neighbors. Father and Son were sign painters,
They would set the type and use overhead projector to the sign Boards
and go at it by hand. which is probably how these signs were made.
A strange twist of fate that I became a sign maker too.
A couple quick thoughts on this.
First order business. I made parking decals going through this bull 'ish.
Gerber has a 220 or 225 Transparent white. So print to the clear, Laminate
to the Trans White (with crop Marks or Contour cut marks) DONE!
I am in Atlanta. Reece Supply sells Gerber...
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