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  1. Looking for a new printer....need your opinions

    We switched from the JV3 to Epson S70670 when aftermarket cyan ink killed 3 printheads in 6 weeks. Because I'd been so long without being able to produce prints, and because we bought at the new model introduction, when the printer arrived I didn't have time to wait for my appointment to have it...
  2. Font with ligatures

    Look at your Windows character map to find the key combination you have to type to get them. it will be the hold the alt key with a four digit number, like alt-0174 gives this: ®
  3. Question SUBLIMATION on Stainless Steel Issues

    Sublimation inks essentially only adhere to polyester. So any metal has to have a polyester coating before you can sublimate onto it. You can't buy just anything to sublimate.
  4. A couple questions about Graphic Tracer

    I think he means that rather than have it update the GT font database by scanning the entire Windows folder every time you add a new font, keep a separate folder for various font sources as you download and add them to your computer. Then in GT, make separate databases for each of those...
  5. Disabling Epson S60600 Auto Cleaning

    Epson isn't going to help you because disabling auto cleaning will lead to the machine clogging up.
  6. Font Help Help With Font

    33FT is Helvetica Bold
  7. Print on clear for lighted application

    There are some lighted signs which are only ever viewed with the illumination from within. Indoor signs like you see at airports come to mind.
  8. Need Help Font help please

    It looks like it was autotraced...
  9. Gonna miss Win 7, where to next?

    When support ends, it likely will be similar to when support ended for XP, except possibly on a more accelerated schedule. When XP support ended, nothing happened. But security updates mostly stopped, at least on a routine basis. However when big vulnerabilities were discovered, they went ahead...
  10. We're in the market for an articulating boom lift but...

    Yeah, I saw that sheet. It is not, however, the code which is the law. If you follow that sheet the way it is written in every case, it would make billboard wrap installation illegal, all sign face replacement illegal, fluorescent light bulb replacement illegal, installation of banner frame and...
  11. Print on clear for lighted application

    Based on your description of the appearance, the printer is not using a layer of white, and is instead doing an increased ink density to compensate for the washed out illuminated appearance. As I guessed, the +30 he threw at you is a reference to how much increase in ink he's done. It's the...
  12. Question Squeegee issues.

    Actually, our experience is the opposite. We could never get the plastic ones to work well. They were too flexible and applied uneven pressure. With the aluminum ones, all our problems have vanished.
  13. We're in the market for an articulating boom lift but...

    What part of the regulations is that in? It doesn't say anything about it in the section on articulating boom lifts and platforms https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1926/1926.453
  14. Am I being greedy??

    If they are ordering 10,000 printed pan faces from you, it would be worth asking your supplier if you are getting their best price for a huge quantity like that.
  15. Print on clear for lighted application

    If I had to guess, the printer is saying he is darkening the print by 30%. Unless he is doing cryogenic printing.
  16. Gonna miss Win 7, where to next?

    This small sign shop uses Windows 10. We were on 7, but updated several years ago. We have on computer that gets turned on occasionally to run a machine that only has drivers for Windows XP, but we use that machine rarely. It has meant upgrading software to versions that run on Windows 10, but...
  17. Channel letter manufacturer referral

    We use SignFab. We are in their "free local delivery" range, so that helps.
  18. Emergency vehicle reflective striping

    Look in the traffic section for 3M Diamond Grade Conspicuity Tape Series 983. Comes in white, alternating 6" red/white, red, yellow, fluorescent yellow, fluorescent yellow-green, 11" red/7" white alternating in 1", 2", 3", 4" and 6" 50yd rolls. They also have Series 963 but not as many colors.
  19. Emergency vehicle reflective striping

    You just buy rolls of reflective striping made for exactly this application. No printing necessary. Why do people think everything has to be printed nowadays?
  20. Need feedback on a sign from the experts

    The price difference between a sheet of true 4'x8' coroplast and a sheet of 1-sided MaxMetal is $34. The cost of vinyl, printing, and laminate is the same no matter what substrate you use. Your sign uses two panels. Therefore you are wasting your time asking a really stupid question over a $68...
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