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  1. News How to Design Exceptional Signs in 20 Minutes or Less

    yup. if it had a rainbow over it it'd be a sure thing.
  2. News How to Design Exceptional Signs in 20 Minutes or Less

    Johnny Best - you need to print that intellectually disabled decal.. it'll sell. I'd buy 'em... 'cuz i respect your (c).. i'll send 'em to local politicians..
  3. Need Help Customer files with different swatches

    Have your client invest in a color sampling tool... a great one is the "colormuse" $59 Color Muse Matching App | Paint Color Matching | Color Matching Tool. Its an awesome bluetooth smartphone accessory.. It'll deliver your client's colors as L*a*b values of the actual spectral data. . He...
  4. Material Issue?

    The photo looks like rotational sensitivity at its finest.. see pics in the avery blog for examples.. Is Sensitivity an Excuse for Bad Sheeting Behavior?| blog | Avery Dennison Newsroom In general glass bead films have much lower luminance abilities as you move into wider angles...that photo's...
  5. Need Help Question HP L25500 and Onyx 10 Linerization issue

    if youre not sure of how to build a media profile from scratch then matching prior work is almost impossible.. there are expensive classes to cover this specific skillset and science.. but try this link - DO NOT USE ADVANCED functions.. keep it simple. follow steps in setup media.. WebHelp...
  6. Graphic Design Charges

    There are places where one can get free food, like at a soup kitchen or homeless shelter, but you cant ask for steak and lobster cooked to your liking there.
  7. Need Help Question HP L25500 and Onyx 10 Linerization issue

    4 possibilities come to mind - you have a linearization already in place that is corrupted, your reading device is not calibrated or just toast, your N factor on yellow is wrong, or your printer is dumping yellow from some mechanical issue. not enough info in your post to really sort out the...
  8. laminate failure photos?

    The browning is called "sunburn" and is caused by both UV exposure and acidic rain eating the vinyl surface. Sunburn occurs when acid rains or caustic cleaners etch the vinyl surface and destroy the UV protective properties. I knew a mechanic who wiped a wrap's fenders with a shop cleaner and...
  9. My colors are coming out darker than the are suppose to

    recalibrate your print media. flexi sometimes loses its connection to the media calibration files. especially after windows updates.
  10. Suggestions Wanting to start a new printing/sing company

    I agree with the other grumps.. making signs and running a business are two very different critters. Figure out the total cost to equip and open, including lease, deposits, tenant improvements, opening inventory, marketing tools, printing, etc Total ALL those costs as if you've got to fully...
  11. Not very happy with Corel X-8

    try HighLogic's maintype program, great tool for managing fonts. also they have font creation tools as well. High-Logic Produces Font Editing and Font Management Software for the Professional
  12. Not very happy with Corel X-8

    CorelX8 will error out regularly when it tries to multithread... basically saving or printing the file while you're working on it! This gets messy when its also trying to autobackup the same file, as well as the others you have open. For large files, this can make it hang and become totally...
  13. Ideas for wall wrap

    Best entry way I've ever seen was a citibank location. They used a deep blue suede leather wallpaper, with an offset stud mounted .5" thick brushed aluminum citi logo against a LOT of negative space, illuminated from above with some tiny halogen spots. Hands down freaking classy and dead sexy...
  14. SIGNS365.com - is destroying my reputation and costing me $$

    my first three orders with signs365 had different colors - I originally ordered a swatch proof set (cmyk, lab and rgb builds to see what would be best) to find the right color. With that i should have received the proper color in the finished product. Somehow they switched something and...
  15. Need Help: Acrylic board is 1.5 inches short of fitting properly in sign cabinet

    LOL.. years back i had a similar experience with a sign broker. The guy's kid, a pro rodeo cowboy/sign salesman, was new to the trade and mismeasured a set of pole sign cabinets. He didnt spec any details on hangrails or extrusion sizes, and the early morning install was 70 miles up in the...
  16. Vinyl Removal Tools - MBX Little Zapper? Others?

    mbx zapper cant be controlled enough to assure you wont damage the underlying stripe. If you know what kind of premask was used, contact the maker and ask what to do for this issue. I would ask what solvents are used in their glue or get their msds sheet to see. Then get some of that solvent and...
  17. PMS color matching to reflective

    Here's color measurements from calibrated device for Avery and Oralite green reflectives.. they are nearly identical due to federal highway specs.. Hex color is Hx . color measured at d50*2. Call outs are a generic cross reference from L*a*b readings. The L*a*b callout is supported in most...
  18. Suggestions on these 1" Acrylic Letters

    CALIFORNIA LAW REQUIRES YOU BE A LICENSED CONTRACTOR to make or sell electrical signs. Building codes require you be a UL listed manufacturer and fire codes require the finished product have a UL tag to prove it is safe. THIS ISNT A PROJECT FOR A HOBBYIST. For more info Contractors State...
  19. Suggestion for my vinyl selection.

    I wanna agree but I ain't gonna.
  20. Need Help Pricing various CNC items

    i use apple die apple die Steel Rule Dies Manufacturer | Apple Steel Rule Die in WI, MA & FL and a chinese made 30" roller die press.. basically it's a like a laminator with top and bottom rollers chained together and a fixed gap between the top and bottom rollers that is equal to EXACTLY the...
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