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  1. Old machine needs repair.

    what's wrong with it?
  2. photoshop scaling

    Alternately, add a new layer to the pic just below the layers you've put effects onto, then duplicate that effected layer and merge it down (or rasterise the text & merge the text + effects layer down. That will resize proportionally, and still give you a copy of the original that you can...
  3. Getting my Roland CX-24 to cut

    OP's reply gives you the easiest way out- a pci card with lpt outputs.
  4. Hello from Tassie

    Welcome, from sunny Qld!
  5. Photoshop question

    The simplest way I find of doing what you ask, is to select the stop sign (in colour), with no feathering to the selection. Then type ctrl-shift-I (invert selection) then type ctrl-shift-u (desaturate) and that's it, done. Not the best image, but the simplest method. The duplicating a layer...
  6. Will this Roland ever live again!!

    what did you pay, and how far did it have to be freighted?
  7. Female shop owners

    My wife half owns it too. The best apprentices we've had have been three girls over the years.
  8. Roland STIKA PLUS STX-8 Cutter

    Years ago I was looking at getting one. The salesman selling it (new) actually advised me against it. He later sold me a 2nd hand Camm-1 which was by far better for our future needs than the sticka would ever have been.
  9. Roland PNC-1000

    Did you break the old one? Superglue? Other models may have the same holder. Ebay is a good source- or put a wanted ad here for a nonworking Camm1.
  10. Illustrator mystery...

    But flexi has a lot of the same shortcut functions as Photoshop, with a few corel ones thrown in for good measure!
  11. How how how??

    PMG, you can further optimise gif files for the web if you slice them up, as you may find certain segments can handle a heavier degree of compression without important loss, and you keep the better detail for the text where it is needed. You'll need to read up on slicing, though. I'm not sure...
  12. Looking for a good laser color printer

    2nd hand lasers on ebay- like the lexmark c910- are good- they're a heavy duty unit built to last. A3 size, too!
  13. Does your sign company have a website?

    In spite of the now dated & messy & amateurish site, ours been a good sales tool, and a credibility creator, and has been worth it. I have done basic websites for others, and am embarrassed ours isn't updated, but will be soon!
  14. New business advice...

    WHY is the vendor of this home-based sign business selling it- is it no good? is he no good? is there no market? does he not know the work ? is he no good at design & layout? is it not legal? You need to find out if what you are interested in is viable, and bringing in cash from the day you...
  15. The Good Ol' PNC-1000

    There could be any number of reasons it is not working. Firstly, don't use the serial connection- only use the parallel standard old printer cable, unless you have a proper Roland serial cable with the appropriate wires crossed over.. Secondly, do a search here on PNC 1000, as many formerly...
  16. Think customer-provided files are scary now??? Just wait...

    Dave, CWK would be Claris Works, an AppleMac file, but there may be a windows version. It would at a guess be something like a word doc file. If you have Office 2000, or Word 2000, try and import it into that with the import or place options, and see if that works. Unless you don't want to...
  17. Versacamm is all jacked up

    A mate of mine with the Pro-2 says the way he has had the best life from it, (and it's been murder having to put up with the problems he's had, especially after the warranty ended) was to get a UPS, and have the printer ALWAYS turned on- never tutn it off, even when going home for the...
  18. Mimaki JV2- 130- any opinions?

    Thanks, Chic!
  19. illustrator annoying mystery

    Thanks Doug, I wondered about those Xs too, when I started getting them- I hate snap-to. I see the benefit in it, but I hate it for general stuff. With the fonts, can you right-click in the list ,and go "sort" , or something like that? I'm just guessing, I haven't tried it.
  20. Mimaki JV2- 130- any opinions?

    Thanks for the feedback- so far I've been unable to make contact... I appreciate the help, Scar!
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