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Here are some past 4-sale posts here about them: http://www.signs101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9708 sold finally here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=006&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&viewitem=&item=160046243458&rd=1&rd=1 and...

Looks like you solved it Doug- well done. I was going to suggest you put the startup/recovery/boot cd in and when given the options, click R for repair- that'll load a kind of DOS. Type <help> and you'll be given a list of usable commands. Fromn there you can use Fdisk to repartition it, or...

I think I'd rather work with The Gimp, than ps5!

A local sign magazine was advertising them last September for that price, and a laminator for $600 I think- they're the Malaysian imports- do a search for encad 750 & alibaba- and you'll see the specifications. I think the US dollar price is around $1500, plus shipping & middleman markup.

If you send me $169 US dollars, I'll spend two hours helping you look for it with Mr Google ;) (no guarantees of any results though)

What is actually on your template backgrounds? Is it a detailled picture, or a fuzzy gradient or something inconsequential, and where the dpi will actually make practically no difference? Are you talking about a vectorised file, or a bitmap file? What program are you working with?

It might be a good machine if you plan to hardly use it at all!!!:thumb: But if you plan to give it a lot of work, reread all the above, or do a search on plotters named after animals, for opinions- most are very unflattering.

I don't think you'll get much help in that field here... If you spent 4 hours on google and couldn't find it, that gives you your answer... But if you stated which specific image you needed for a specific project, you might be pointed in the direction of a number of suppliers who could help...

Adobe Bridge, with cs1 & 2 does a great job, if you have it. If you don't, then the cheapest option I know is Acdsee, in any version, and the free older versions work fine, with the ghostscript plug-ins added (it'll ask you for them & they can be downloaded free, too), and it'll catalogue...

The pin out connections on the roland serial lead have a couple of wires swapped over- I can't remember which ones- but a standard serial lead will not work! You'll need the panel set for hgpl language, mode2, free y or rotate Y (if using XP), Free x if using win98se.

Yes, you do need a driver or something... What operating system are you using (win XP, w98se...?) You need a driver from www.rolanddg.com for the operating system you are using, and then the control panel of the plotter needs setting up with the right options selected. You'll need a parallel...

What version of flexi are you using? IN v5.7, you can set it so anything that happens to be in the background colour (so therefore invisible) will show as cross hatching instead. I don't like this, so set the background in a queer shade of pale grey so that white will show up, as well as any...

What's it cost in aussie dollars? Is it from an aussie company? What about warranty? What source for parts, inks & media- someone in SA?

I think they're obsolete now- but still produced in Malaysia under licence, although not supported/covered by Encad/Kodak. There was one for sale here 6 months ago- brand new- no bids I think. The specifications are searchable. You haver to use specialist media, from memory of when I looked into...

I hope the emails I have sent have been helpful, George!

Outdoor ink: NO! UV rated= ultraviolet rated, ie not likely to fade outdoors in UV light: NO! Weather resistant ink: ditto!

You can also use any parallel:centronics printer:Lport cable, but if you wanted to use the serial cable port, you need a Roland serial cable. I used to have the pin layout of one- it's not the normal straight through setup.

Well, what was the solution, please?

I demo-ed it some years ago and liked the effects, but honestly had no use for them. Really nice effects though. Sorry I can't help you with the question though. Perhaps uninstall & reinstall the program. To use the effects, you have to have a file open, and something on the page, and go...

yes, simple in photoshop: abbreviated description: Select text in impact font, & rasterise. Turn on layer mask for that layer, and with black as the foreground colour, and a brush shape of a spatter nature, spatter it. Using layer effects, apply a gradient to the text selection, and a fine black...