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Hi Folks, I'm looking at buying a SP540V. It's set up with bulk ink system CISS since new, and with the Aussie Mimaki inks since new, not the Roland inks, but it's always been like that. The problem I have it is's 9 hours drive away, and the seller has not got a clue how to get it to print...

So...is it a yes or a no? What about a 14 hour timeframe between turning it off, loading, moving, & turning it on again-as long as the heads are locked while in transit? What about having a battery & a small inverter & having it plugged into that during the move I'm considering? (9 hours by car)

If necessary, outline & shade in black first. Matte centres? I just brush them in freehand, in size (oil-based, like varnish). Then gild (watersize, with gelatine). Then back up with a strong black. (then clean up any edges with a razor, if you hadn't outlined it first, which you...

If the whole sign is to be backlit, and the letters are translucent, then the 'pads' of 3M VHB tape will show up as a shadow through the letter when it gets backlit. If you use a cyano-acrylate glue which is very good, it will still give you a visible mark under the letter, if it's backlit, and...

What kind of ink? Vinyl ink is not the same as corro ink is not the same as plastisol. At any rate, immediate cleanup should always be number 1 priority, or at least returning the screen to a useable state!

Happy to report I didn't use that font yesterday! The client wanted a routed timber sign 'like the old rotten one'. I switched Algerian for one of the LHF collection-(can't remember which right now!)

Sorry to hear that it didn;t work... Normally if you wanted say three copies of a multi-page file, and you checked 'collate' (or sometimes 'booklet') it'll print pages 1,2,3,4,5, 1,2,3,4,5, 1,2,3,4,5, in that order, but if collate was not checked, it should print 1,1,1, 2,2,2, 3,3,3, 4,4,4...

I would have thought that any decent printer program could do what you wanted: if you selected multiple copies (2), and uncheck 'collate', then check 'multiple pages per piece of paper' or equivalent. The main thing is to make sure 'collate' is not turned on-that should give you your required...

I prefer Bucksigns' design... Your last one doesn't really say 'class' to me, sorry! (Pat's comment re calligraphic scripts Vs signpainter scripts is totally right.)

Design it in black & white, FIRST! No effects, no textures. Just B & W. If that works, a few effects will possibly help it, but design it in B&W first. (P.S Studio 440-that diamond plate comment was meant as a joke, by the way...)

Nothing like helping to spread the word, or the cautions, Si! I hated it before it became popular & overused!

And some more examples of its overuse: http://bleedingcowboy.tumblr.com/page/2 http://www.farcethemusic.com/2011/02/scourge-of-bleeding-cowboys.html

Just for Bob (and btw, I agree!), here's a Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/pages/People-for-The-Destruction-of-The-Bleeding-Cowboy-Font/134243879940548

Frosted is a pain to get looking good if done dry!

Then maybe you need to keep looking then till you find an optima that does look like that. (The word 'Thanks' might assist your feedback too.) I'm not going to offer you any more ideas, sorry. Download optima and make your own variation of it then if my idea isn't good enough. It's not that...

How precise do you need to be? Looks like Optima Bold to me...or some variation of that with deeper concave ends. It should be a relatively Windows standard freebee. I remember buying a CD of about 200 good and 'proper' TTF fonts back in the Windows 3.1 days, for about $12, and it came on that.

I don't think Roland changed much in the plotter-blade holder & solenoid department over 10+ years. If you get nowhere with the seller, you could possibly consider winding a new solenoid yourself, if you're that way inclined? I'm sure it's not much more than a glorified coil of wire around a...

Did exactly what you ask, for a lot of 'please keep the gate shut' signs for a local school. After 18 months, the black plastic core faded to a light grey colour-and looked pretty poorly. Not good!

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Well, Dave's funeral was attended by over 350 friends including a handful of Letterheads today. Many wanted to speak, but speakers were limited to just four, to keep it short, and there was time for more talking afterwards. He was a lovely & great bloke. Many spoke of his crazy sense of...