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Since you're new.. photos are bitmap, plotting is not fine with bitmaps. Plotting is done with vectors. Here's a good link to explain the difference. Bitmap versus vector graphics and images its only a freaking sign!

You need a credit application and contract for your province and Canada. I'd suggest you ask one of your local suppliers for theirs as it's likely compliant with the region's laws. I'd offer mine but it's California. Your original post should have said for Alberta, Canada. Big issue in...

Knifeless tape for trimming around the caulking and windshield. As for over windshield - 2 person crew, patience, scaffolding above and over the hood. Some protective thing over the windshield... We have a .75 inch thick 3'x 8' silicone foam mat that we put over the windshield that prevents...

Ikarasu... I've found that onyx versions almost religiously need the high end updates and upgrades on devices for color management. They seem keen on latest firmware and the motion control you're mentioning on swatch sample selection may be the device driver being incompatible. I wouldn't...

Why bother with any of this if a $1500 upgrade isn't worth it to you? Over a year that's just $120 a month.. or two posters getting returned for bad color. If your business is digital printing, you need to have accurate color to be competitive. I don't understand why businesses in this trade...

There are lots of firms that make channel letters wholesale and I'd strongly suggest you start there. Automated edge benders have made it a tough field to make by hand and be competitive. The material in question for those machines is pre finished aluminum on rolls...

Some Plastic has issues with wet application, very noticeable on glass. Freaking horrible. Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk

Best tool we ever used were giant images of kids having fun coloring stuff and we rotated them seasonally. We were a fleet graphics company. We wrote copy that went with the images and tied to different product. But only one product per month. We used a kid coloring book theme as it said how...

There are 3 different voltages to the heads for Variable dot print, which are set in the mystery code of the head rank. That's likely what he was referring to. There isn't a quality scheme of better or worse heads if that's what you're asking. Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk

Your ask is for a material that behaves like an uncoated fabric.. but then you mention hems.. First - any coated fabric will not lay flat after folding. Limits you to pure polyester and there's no poly that eco solvent can go to. For a nice canvas look. I've used Sonoma Graphics Venetian...

Folded edge as in a hem? Hot air or wedge is not the best method for that. Will create puckers. Too much fabric in motion for the dwell to set properly. Perfectly flat heat sealed hems are done on bar sealers, either RF or hot strip. Strip version is out there, fairly cheap. By far RF is...

You're getting $8 psf on a 250sqft order. There's less than $1 PSF cost. Nice margin to cover weeding labor. For proper business performance you can't go below 5x costs. I'd likely use the client's request for a cheaper unit price as a way to bump order quantity. For example $3.30 each at 750...

Dx4 head ranking is the hexadecimal number printed on the head. To my knowledge it applies to the physical charge settings needed for the variable dot capability. Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk

You're not a bank, and unless you have a revolving line of credit with your bank to facilitate extending the client terms, you'll be funding their credit with your cash, very bad idea and a common cause of small business failures. Credit costs money. Successful sign shops typically use a...

I use Bordeaux or Triangle head cleaning solution for yakked up heads. Fellers.com carries both. eco sol inks for roland are all based on similar chemistry. you just dont want to intermix different brands of actual ink as some may react, but for cleaning purposes any brands' head cleaner will...

For cartridge machines without chips.. First off weigh your brand new cartridges with a gram kitchen scale. You'll weigh the empties as well. The difference is the volume of ink inside in milliliters. I track my cartridges by weighing them every so often and charting it on a cartridge weight...

Static charge on the surface attracting the ink droplets! As ink drops are about the size of a blood cell, electrostatic forces from the media can alter their paths easily from afar. Could be the vinyl or the carrier liner, both can do it. All ink is electrically conductive so the media must be...

I noticed you're using dots of silicone. I was trained to use long seams of it, around the perimeter with a gap at the bottom for drainage. Silicone works by surface tension and perimeter beads get better adhesion and have less edge exposed to elements. Home depot and Lowe's have consumer...

Are you welding an overlap or butt seam with tape?

Two common injury groups in the trade for comp claims.. repetitive motion (carpal tunnel) and joint issues. For wrappers the knees will go after 10 years. For general installers shoulder injuries can be anytime. For production staff and computer operators, carpal tunnel almost anytime. I've...