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  1. Why is my Graphtec just unloading my roll when I ask it to cut?

    This. You inadvertently have set it to 'Front Roll' as opposed to 'Rear Roll'. The plotter thinks the leading edge of the media is behind it and it's rolling out the media until if finds it. Pay no heed to all of the other well intentioned but wrong advice.
  2. Corel or Adobe?

    Kid, doing signs has little to with most anything 'artistic'. It's far more abound synthesis and typography. Back in the day, probably before you were born, there was no vinyl, no printing, no cutting. Everything was done by hand with brushes and paint. On innumerable occasions while hand...
  3. Found this plastic gear under my printer?

    Confounding? Have you found some word in particular to be confounding or are you at sea with the language in general? For future reference; I have little need of a thesaurus. While it might not be the 'vernacular' of your village, it is simple English that even a mildly retarded elementary...
  4. Found this plastic gear under my printer?

    The wonderful world of 'if'. If my aunt had a dick she'd be my uncle. More pedantically what you have stated is called a material implication which is a statement in the form 'if A then B'. There are 4 possibilities for this statement and 3 of them are always true, only one is false. That would...
  5. Found this plastic gear under my printer?

    Perhaps your handlers could explain to you the difference between an integral component of a device and lubrication issues. For additional credit they might touch on the concept of 'tortured reasoning' and just how that renders you an even larger fool than you normally are.
  6. Suggestions Classic Car Show Flyer Design

    They all look the same and aggressively mediocre relying on effects in lieu of good layout and proper typography. There's a disturbing sameness to them sort of like what the airbrush weenies churn out on shirts at each and every car show. Rise above this dreck and try for something original.
  7. Milwaukee cordless heat gun

    I=E/R spells JOKE when dealing with battery powered heat guns. Unless this thing has a battery the size of Nebraska or you're try to bring something up to room temperature for a couple of minutes it's doubtful that gratification will be achieved with this thing. Especially if you're removing...
  8. Need help in making sign artwork work for business card and printable collateral.

    Sign makers make signs. Everything they do looks like a sign. A good sign occupies the space available, it doesn't necessarily fill it up but it uses it. Precious real estate not to be squandered lightly. A good business card is just a little 2" x 3.5" sign. Some business cards look as if...
  9. Found this plastic gear under my printer?

    If the printer works then either the part didn't fall off the machine or it's not necessary for it to function. When I was but a lad I was riding in a friends car and it began to make a rude mechanical noise. I inquired as to the wisdom of stopping and having a look at things. My friend just...
  10. Corel or Adobe?

    You might want to read that line, or have someone read it to you, until it dawns back their in your reptilian cortex that anyone who pronounces themselves a 'designer' [whatever that might be] in a sandbox filled with sign makers stands a good chance of appearing a taste presumptuous if not...
  11. Rocket nose cones

    Find someone with a cnc hot wire cutter. They can knock them out of Styrofoam in jig time. You can coat them with epoxy and they're pretty near bullet proof.
  12. Need Help Mark Scan Error

    Make your own type 2 marks and place them at the corners of a rectangle that contains the image to be contour cut. Make the rectangle with simple measurements and note them. Load the print into the plotter and use the plotter's local automatic or manual mark sense features. When the plotter is...
  13. How to design a sign with Japanese writing on it?

    You need a Katakana font as well as an accurate translation. Just Google 'katakana font', there's lots of them.
  14. 1099s All over the place

    Perhaps you might spend a moment contemplating the concepts of 'contractor' and 'merchant'. 1099's are for contract workers, merchants do not participate. I am a merchant, a retail seller. When someone purchases something from a merchant, no matter how expensive, no W-9's and 1099's are...
  15. 1099s All over the place

    It most certainly is a result of just how they've structured their accounting system. I do business with many large organizations for which no 1099 silliness is ever needed. In fact I find that it's the smaller operations that often seem to have set up their system in a way that requires such...
  16. Product of the year

    And you know this because? Captain Morgan Apparel Store. Captain Morgan Posepants seems sufficiently real.
  17. Free estimates...friend or foe?

    Please explain, as well as you might be able, how someone would decide to buy something of greater magnitude that a Snickers bar without first knowing how much it will cost? After reading your screed someone might just naturally come away thinking that you appear to have an artificially high...
  18. 1099s All over the place

    Depends on how your report your taxes. Mine are on a schedule C [I think] and merely a part of my personal income tax filing. That being the case I don't do 1099's. Ever. I'm not a contractor, I'm a merchant. I buy stuff and sell stuff. No different than down to my local green grocer. I explain...
  19. Product of the year

    What has to a contender in the upcoming 'Most Obscure Yet Entertaining Product' competitions'. Captain Morgan rolls out 'posepants' in time for Valentine's Day
  20. Founders Society Font

    Good to know. Apparently there are pockets of civilization there in the reaches of the swampy southern hinterlands.
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