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  1. Best Material for Stickers/Body Tattoos

    So there isn't really a 'norm' material for stickers. It depends on what the decals are going on, what the budget is, etc... We use 3m IJ180cv3 with 8518 lam as our material for most things. As far as temp tattoos... no clue you should talk to promotional supply company. You should do a...
  2. Need Help Wall wrap or banner vs Mural - need advice...

    So I think that it depends on your budget and time willing to invest. A artist to paint a mural can be $$$$$$. A wall wrap would probably be the least expensive. Also you probably don't want to go down to the bottom of the wall anyways as that part would get damaged anyways. I the wall is...
  3. Need Help Can Window Perf used for for a windshield banner?

    You can take a 1/2 strip of lam and seal it. But again can you vs should you..... I would look at the state laws, they might say that you can't.
  4. Employee Retention and new applicants

    I would see an installer moving into design, sales, estimator, etc.. depending on what services you offer. What if you asked them if there was anything other position they were interested in? You have an open conversation with your employees about your expectations, their expectations, about...
  5. Employee Retention and new applicants

    So no upward mobility, pay caps, and stagnate working conditions for installers.....Ya I can see why they would leave don't you?
  6. Illy vectors and rasterizing vs scaling down and quality

    What do you mean you had over 100 Blends in the drawing?
  7. Need Help How do I keep the print head from getting clogged over the weekend? (SS21 Ink)

    How often are you cleaning the print heads and capping station? This could be the issue. Also since it's solvent you probably need to change the time between cycling to every 4 hours or so.
  8. Illy vectors and rasterizing vs scaling down and quality

    While his issue is file seems to be file size, but he needs quality wouldn't a .png be at 150dpi be better? With the transparency and shadows I would think that the png would have less issues. I could be wrong I just hate jpegs.
  9. Illy vectors and rasterizing vs scaling down and quality

    180"x100" and it's 780mb? I can see why you might be having some issues. While I know it might take a little time but have you gone through the layers to make sure there's not a bunch of extra crap they have buried in there?
  10. Aluminum signs

    We print them all day long on our HP570's. Probably wouldn't want to pay for shipping from AK though.
  11. Cheap material

    I would use 3MIJ35... But I would look at setting up a shop minimum. If you're just starting out I understand what your going through and you excited to just get the work, but don't undercut the market or yourself. What happens when they come back in a year or so and expect the same price...
  12. Employee Retention and new applicants

    Not sure if you posted it on here or not of if anyone else has asked but, how big is you shop, what is your main focus in business? Whats you biggest profit center? Since you seem to be concerned about Installers/Painters, do you think that there is something in those departments that might be...
  13. wages working for a company

    While cost of living and area seem to be a huge factor, there are also factors such a shop size, and what they do. I also see where shop that have a more acute focus on services tend to offer lower wages on average. I know that this next comment might bother some people and it's not a dig...
  14. Illy vectors and rasterizing vs scaling down and quality

    How big is the file? How big is the job you are trying to print? What rip are you using?
  15. Water on 3m ij180

    I would look at going back over them with a roller rather than a squeegee.
  16. How to vectorize a vehicle to look like clipart?

    If someone took a nice enough picture, brought it into Photoshop you should do something like this. There are various plug ins and actions that you can use as well as using the levels and curves to increase the contrast. After that you could bring it into a vector tracing program and tweak...
  17. Employee Retention and new applicants

    So do you attack everyone who disagrees with you and send them a PM calling them a 'clown' or make some passive aggressive remarks about where they live? Are you some sort of special snowflake that can't handle when someone else might have a different opinion, or see's the situation differently...
  18. Employee Retention and new applicants

    This.... this is the problem.
  19. illustrator gradient question

    Not sure on this either but you can try placing another color between of the color that you want, can also try creating each color gradient in a different layer and maybe place a white gradient in between the colors that are giving you problems.
  20. Employee Retention and new applicants

    Well since he's in Canada it would probably be something like full benefits, yearly cost of living increase, and I don't know what the exchange rate would be so like what $10 us dollars an hour...that's like $50 Canadian loonie's an hour?
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