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  1. Discussion First thing this morning

    at least the name on the email matches the email address... mine usually aren't even close.
  2. Vinyl on PVC

    I didn't know it came in a non HTAP version... maybe I'm using the wrong stuff. Just looked at Grimco... very good chance I'm not using the HTAP. Someone once upon a time told me GF201 was HTAP. I was unaware it had multiple versions! Grrrrrr
  3. Vinyl on PVC

    GF201 seems to be ... not very grippy on plastics. I use it for whitelining acrylic and it's not hard to get off.
  4. Need Help Digital Print Rip programs

    woops... I just know I'm far behind! Thought they started doing versions by year a little sooner than actual!
  5. Need Help Digital Print Rip programs

    Onyx added a bunch of good features at version 12. I'm still running 11 here, but I know 12 added a lot of color management features and more functionality for nesting (and of course there's been ver 16, 17, 18, 19 and 21 since 12)
  6. Any Pitstop Pro users?

    ABC knows his stuff. I have Pitstop but I haven't used it much on the large format side. We predominately use it here for preflighting so I know there's plenty of things it can do that we're not using it for.
  7. Vanguard Flatbeds VR5 & VK300 - consumable tracking?

    I would say it depends on the RIP. I have 3 machines, one running Onyx, one running Rasterlink and one running Fiery XF. Raster and XF (actually the printer interface, not XF specifically) give me ink estimates before printing, Onyx does not but I can pull the usage log from the web interface of...
  8. Die cutting graphics with application tape applied

    we've been doing them like jasonx as well, weeding out the camera marks prior to cutting. Just need to make sure the mask sticks down good in the corners on the master sheet.
  9. Suggestions Need a new supplier

    what DON'T you find inconsistent from 4over? I've had all kinds of color issues, overprint issues, flood UV coating that's uneven across the sheets, poor cutting (from being visually off, all the way to half my art and half whoever's art was next to it), spot UV horribly out of register. They...
  10. How Low Do You Let Your Inks Get?

    run them dry... if I'm not going to be near the machine or letting something run overnight I'll swap it til I get back. If it runs out mid-job, it'll make a fuss and you've got 15 min or so to swap the ink before it aborts the job (someone else said 30... so I'm not certain on the timeout).
  11. ROLL-X or CWT questions

    We only use the light when we're trimming out/weeding white vinyl which makes it far easier to see. I've noticed static predominantly on plastic materials (PVC, polystyrene, plastic faced ultraboard) but foamcore and coroplast don't cause much if any. You'll learn where to touch to ground...
  12. ROLL-X or CWT questions

    we have a CWT... it's a real workhorse. Depending on how much cutting you're doing on the table, you'll probably get 12-24 months on the mat. They're supposed to be flippable but ours wouldn't stick when we tried to flip it (maybe we had too much usage on the one side). At 24 months, ours is...
  13. Need Help Does anyone know what would cause this?

    I've seen similar stuff on the Duratex in the past... still get it occasionally. I normally used MAC Papers' house brand vinyl (under the Argent line), not sure who makes that but I haven't had any issues with it. Ultraflex I've run as well but not through my HP (no reason I haven't but all the...
  14. Suggestions Chrome for cut vinyl truck lettering - anything new?

    351 is more of an interior grade vinyl. Maybe look at Avery SF100 or 3M 2080?
  15. What kind of vinyl this could be?

    IJ35 (without the air release) comes with the blank backer... IJ35C comes with what the OP posted.
  16. Need Help Anyone know where to get the material to make this curb sign..looks cool!!!

    used Alumigraphics for tile surrounding a pool... worked great. (printed on HP310 I think... may have been on our H1625)
  17. Have you had issues with the adhesion of the ink on coroplast?

    I've had that issue on a random bit of coro (2-4 signs out of ~30 signs, run 10up) in the middle of a run. I use a product called AP2155 by Supply55 to clean dirty boards which is also an adhesion promoter and it seems to work pretty well (possibly better adhesion than when I'm using "clean"...
  18. Ghosting from the back of cut decals? Any idea what is causing it?

    Glass has thickness.. you're seeing the shadow of the sticker applied to the outside glass face on the inside glass face.
  19. Help with Cutting Master 4 and SAi !!

    lol! stable is not a word I'd use to describe CM3, I just don't like how CM4 functions. :)
  20. Help with Cutting Master 4 and SAi !!

    yet another reason I'm still using CM3. CM4 also is not yet compatible with Illustrator 2020. If you're using Creative Cloud for your Illustrator, you can install older versions in addition to your current one. I have both 2017 (for CM3) and 2020 loaded. Not fond of 2020 yet since they've made...
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