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  1. Per diem for out of state work? Semi trailer wraps

    find out your states overtime laws and those for where you're going.. pay and wage standards must be in accordance with the highest of the two.. State Minimum Wage and Overtime Laws - FindLaw michigan Most hourly employees in the Michigan are entitled to a special overtime pay rate for any...
  2. Suggestions New Latex Printer. Either Mimaki or HP

    Question about "laminating within an hour".. are you basing that on your nose and a dry to touch surface, or on some manufacturer supplied data? To my knowledge none of the manufacturers of print substrates would advise this on any solvent prints except latex and uv cure. If by nose and...
  3. Suggestions New Latex Printer. Either Mimaki or HP

    @GSG Mark. Minor correction.. The spectro wasnt added later. It was original to the the z6100 models that HP based their entire latex line off of. Mine had it. The Z6100 is the forerunner of the entire HP latex family. Add heaters and change inks and a Z6100 is latex capable.. The z6100s...
  4. Not connected

    Try clearing your DNS cache on your laptop. How To Clear Your DNS Cache - cPanel Knowledge Base - cPanel Documentation And reset the IPconfig for all the adaptors.. The problem may be there not at the printer. Connectivity problems have two sides to test. Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk
  5. Roland vs640 seeping ink

    Time for new dampers, wipers, in addition to the capping stations. Those are all annual service consumables. Might consider the cyan pump too. Perhaps it's drain line is plugged or you have a bad pump. I'm assuming it's not in an area with more than 20 degrees F temp change overnight.... That...
  6. What makes your shop FUN?

    the reading of dr suess over the walkie talkies we wore.. (big shop) "one fish two fish red fish blue fish" was popular and often done with a client in the shop. cocktails at 5 on friday playing ball with the dog.. feeding the dog with a remote controlled truck towing her bowl.. painfully...
  7. Weird Print Anomaly, anyone ever see anything like this?

    look at your original graphic file. see if there's a path point (bezier curve) right there.. sometimes they'll be duplicates in one spot and hard to see, so get into a point manipulation mode and select that area. if a bezier has duplicates or a weird angle it can create something like that. if...
  8. Need Help training for very new installation tech.

    i agree, the wrap side is very limited for a skillset. and honestly its probably the easiest part of the work. Some college design courses and some internships would be where to start. We had 2 hours of training for install at 3M St Paul corporate.. thats all. But we had 24 hours of media...
  9. Old English LOL

    lol.. my first sign shop job.. main real estate client used old english - but white over matte finish dark brown.. always took two coats of one shot.. and then screen print the same crap a few hundred times for the yard signs - more white over gloss dark brown.. i must have loved this trade to...
  10. Flexi 12 Color settings issue.

    flexi puts profiles into dedicated files under the flexi program and doesnt link to icc profiles from windows/system32/spool/drivers/color if memory serves.. I've had this happen when i tried to use a monitor profile from the windows directory. do a search for all ICC profiles on your machine...
  11. Mimaki CJV30 Strange Problem (Overspray / Blur)

    2 years on capping station? not familiar with mimaki but on rolands theyre a consumable.. every 6 months.. would you expect your car to last on a two year old oil filter?
  12. Vinyl lettering on soft side trailer

    @signosaurusrex is right, skip it... Theres so much plasticizer in a flex curtain - it'll never take vinyls. Hand lettered with a hot solvent vinyl ink would be workable, but ick. there are printable materials from Cooley that are specific to that industry, but then you need the fabrication...
  13. Need Help training for very new installation tech.

    In northern California the trend in business is moving away from wraps and into long term cut vinyl. My suppliers are seeing that, I'm seeing that, national buyers are doing that, and my local ad club is seeing that. My fleet clients are opting for cut vinyl after their third generation of...
  14. Suggestions Setting up a large format printing facility in Huntington NY

    Glad you checked out circle. They supply the nation's outdoor ad firms. That's why there no retail front there. They acquired several national print for pay firms (magic graphics was one) and those all had a SME platform. Another one is grandformat.com. trade printer. National and part of...
  15. Motor is stuck and won't budge.

    Pull the plug.. Power off for 5 minutes. Try to move the head with the power off. Doing it with power will fry the servo board. Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk
  16. Need Help training for very new installation tech.

    To be a professional requires hands on time. He needs an apprenticeship in a production shop. But that is hard to find. Wrapping is just part of the trade. And it's a fad. In some markets it's already dying out. To do a young person justice, he should be directed to learn the entire trade so...
  17. Anyone know where to get the stripper pole?

    We use a 60 inch broom stick. Cheap and you can throw it away when done. Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk
  18. Sign on a Hanger - Painted or Digital??

    Since it's at an airport I'd build a proper sign like billct2 says. That way you can bolt the frame into the support structure of the hangar. Airports get lots of wind and sun. It needs to be properly mounted so it doesn't become a liability. No foam tapes or adhesives. Physical attachments to...
  19. Need Help Pole Banners Ripping

    Netsol.. the idea of wind slits was to reduce the load, but the math doesn't support this. You have to cut so much out that it isn't feasible. The scrim in the banner is rip stop nylon. When you cut it or perforate it you are decreasing it's integrity. Sewing is like making a perforated border...
  20. Need Help Vandal Guard anti-graffiti laminate issues

    Make sure your laminate and print base are matched components. Each film has different expansion / contraction properties. Tunneling usually occurs when the substrate is a calendered film and the laminate is a cast or dimensionally stable film. To test dimensional stability in shop just cut a...
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