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  1. Wall Mural vinyl recommendation

    Phototex opas, expensive but my customers apply and it is always 0 complaints applied by first timers
  2. Need Help Die-cutting labels and stickers

    Here is a cool video of diecutsticker.com showing their process, using fc8600 . Video says over a million stickers per month
  3. The Vaccine - you going to take it or no?

    They're jsut making up number % https://truthout.org/articles/the-theory-of-herd-immunity/ The Theory of “Herd Immunity” When the mass vaccination campaign for measles in the US began in earnest in the mid-1960s, the US Public Health Service planned to vaccinate over 55% (based on the...
  4. The Vaccine - you going to take it or no?

    I think government and big pharma are in for a reality check one vaccination rates get closer to 50% of population. Vaccine demand is dropping and I think we are about to see a fear campaign like none other. Articles like this one are popping up...
  5. Question First $1,000,000 in sales?

    That's pretty interesting on your revenue and number of employees. I find as my company grows, employees are the most challenging part especially finding a "right hand man/woman", how did you find that person, specifically hired someone for the job or they just worked their way up and it...
  6. Video Game Background

    What's the worst that can happen? They send the trailer owner a cease and desist and he has to cover up/remove the image, if that happens play the lottery. Video game companies have more important things to worry about, like people pirating their games
  7. Not cutting through vinyl on one side

    Is the cutting strip in good shape?
  8. Need Help Die-cutting labels and stickers

    I tried this with my graphtec a few days ago, pretty simple process and doing 1000s of stickers on the graphtec is easy once you have all the settings dialed in. I also have a summa s2t, I like the graphtec much more have 8 graphtecs 8600/9000, 1 summa and 2 rolands recently replaced by...
  9. Subbing out some design work?

    I've use fiverr hundreds of times with great results. What I've learned is go for a designer that has the most reviews/ good reviews. Do not go for new/cheap designers. If they charge say $25 to design something, I contact them and give them a budget of $50-75, that will get you great work and fast
  10. Need Help Versaworks 6.9 rip time

    Try running the new versaworks as administrator. Right click the shortcut and run as administrator. Don't know if this will fix the issue but for some reason when I got my printer installed, the tech made sure I understand to run the new versaworks as administrator to avoid odd issues
  11. Perf cut aka die cut on TrueVIS VG2

    I perf cut on my vs300, works good as long as you don't forget to replace blades and get the settings dialed in for the material. Vg2 should work the same as its the same cutting setup for the most part. If you have lots of stuff to cut a separate cutter is the way to go as perf cut is...
  12. RIP iMac Pro

    Ill stick with my Ryzen 3950x 16 core with 64gig ram, runs chrome just fast enough to get on the forums, oh and 5 gig illustrator files sometimes. Although some of my cutting computers are about 10 years old still going strong, due to never being updated or connected to the internet I think
  13. Noisy carriage motor ( Option to replace bearings ? )

    I going through the same with my 8 year old vs300, scan motor close to failure and makes very loud noise sometimes. I purchased a replacement motor (about $350) , found a service manual and figured out how to get into service mode so that when the motor fails I'm ready to replace. Find the...
  14. Guide to Choosing a Roland Device

    As far as cutters, I've had Roland, Summa T series and Graphtec 8600 and 9000. Graphtec is my favorite and running 6 Graphtec now for stencil and cut vinyl.
  15. Guide to Choosing a Roland Device

    I bought a Roland SG2 300 and a Roland SG2 640 about 6 months ago. Both printers have been printing and cutting without issue 8hrs per day. My old VS300 is still going strong after 9 years or so, that printer was initially inked up with white and metallic but those two colors are totally useless...
  16. Texans may not want to print today....

    How worried should I be about my roland sg2s being without power for 36hrs soon? Temp in my shop is upper 30's. Really hoping power is back on today and a regular cleaning gets them working
  17. Texans may not want to print today....

    I'm in Houston, no power at my house or shop for 30+ hrs now. Getting a little worried about my 3 Roland being in freezing temp and no power :( Getting a generator when this is over
  18. Suggestion for cut vinyl wall lettering

    I use lots of 30" 631 , 20-30 rolls per week and the shortages are killing me. Switched to 24" rolls, had to redo lots of files etc. Now 24" is all gone. I'm told mid-late February they should have the shortage under control but I remember them saying same thing every month. Where would you...
  19. Cost of Ink per job?

    Price you prints high enough to where you don't have to worry about ink cost, it is a minor expense compared to everything else at least in my experience.
  20. Static just killed my fc8600 - can I fix it?

    Ok thanks for the info, Ill contact him soon and see how much it will cost to repair the board Just looked for a new mainboard and at around $700 plus the time I'll have to put into fixing the machine I might just let it sit along with my 2 dead roland cutters. It is an old very heavily used...
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