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  1. Corel X7 keeps printing border with eps exports

    a few questions. 1. Is it all raster or a combo of both raster and vector? 2. Exporting "selected" ? 3. Export the eps then import the eps file back into corel. Black box there? 4. What eps settings are you using?
  2. Font ID plz you sexy people :)

    I think you need to clean your glasses.
  3. Shop Hours

    Open 8:30am - 5pm M-F. Closed Saturday & Sunday Some of us come in around 8am but then again some of us stay an hour or two later.
  4. Dimension Tool Settings

    simple. Open the Object Properties docker without anything selected click on the dimension tool click on the dimension tab of the docker and set your properties, use the text tab to alos set properties once you have them all set go Tools\Save Setting as Default
  5. Wall Panels

    A good practice would be to alternate your panel prints. i.e. rotate every other print 180°
  6. Need Help Print &Cut in rasterlink6 malfunction from adobe illustrator

    Set everything up in Illy and use the FineCut plugin to do your cutting. Can't get any simpler and doesn't cost you a dime. We use this method with CorelDRAW.
  7. Designing for signs

    And I misspelled Stater and it still got approved. lol
  8. Designing for signs

    This client was equipped to spend the $$ and patience. most client's budget will only allow this
  9. Designing for signs

    Clients won't spend $$ for art time and employers don't take kindly to time spent on them. Clients want you to use their crappy logo. Clients want something the same day they walk in. For signs in high speed traffic i.e. 55mph the message needs to be much more simple. How about some pics of...
  10. Does PVC Board warp inside a building?

    FYI... Eglin Air Force Base McKinley Climatic Lab is used to test various equipment, aircraft, tires etc has a temperature range from −80 °F (−62 °C) to 140 °F (60 °C). 140° F + pvc = tremendous warpage
  11. Harsh reality. Hurricane Michael

    We're actually about 60 miles from the area. I have family working/volunteering in the hard hit areas. A nephew who works at Publix in town here is driving over to a Publix that has no power and no running water. He's working 14hr shifts.
  12. Harsh reality. Hurricane Michael

    We've been producing several signs similar to this lately. This one donated.
  13. Resolution for large photo sign

    Agree here. Make sure it's the original and not snagged off facebook or passed through many hands with their own little photoshop/photopaint trickery applied.. Facebook downsamples photos.
  14. Why won't my "Easy Weed" setting save/stay?

    Wow, never tried using the weed function in flexi. We only using production manager for printing. All weeds are created in the native program the design resides. All cutting is done from the same native program too.
  15. I think they used "Good" material what do you think

    Yeah we can produce that stuff. Just takes about 10 years.
  16. Corel X 7 Question about Selecting Colors

    You can also go Edit/Find and Replace/find objects then step through all the particulars you want to find
  17. Corel X 7 Question about Selecting Colors

    take a look at this free macro many more macros available too.
  18. Designing for signs

    Make it a "fun" font. Make the first letter "Arial 100" and the rest "Arial 110" "Do whatever you think"..."That's not what I wanted at all" "looks purple on my screen, please ensure it's blue" And from a "schooled designer"..."it's already sized" ...uh not!
  19. Any government employees?

    Ha...as a retired USAF graphic designer, I wrote a view of those "justification" letters. As mentioned always throw in "the mission" and how critical it is to be produce "visual information" in a timely manner. It is that time of year you know. $$ p.s. latex is the way to go if budget allows...
  20. Designing for signs

    As for regulations and such for signage we don't have any set guidelines here. Only occasionally will we get requests with specific guidelines i.e. Public Hearing signs or major construction zone signage. Other than that "bigger is always better". Short messages, not text heavy. Don't think for...
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