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  1. Colorado 1650 poor black color

    Do you not have a dealer close by who can come take a look? For the price of the machine..the dealer should be out giving you a hand, especially if its new. Maybe post some pictures so people can see what it looks like and give better advice. But personally... I'd ask the people who sold you...
  2. New Product More Attentive

    I don't think it's mistreatment, so much as it it frusteration. Every 2 weeks I have Jehovas witness's coming to my house trying to convert me. No matter how many times I decline, or tell them I don't need it... or try to get them to come in to learn about Catholicism, they keep coming back...
  3. Need Help Purchasing a sticker machine

    The bn20 is what.. 7.5 sqft an hour? The 115 is already on the slow end and does 120 sqft an hour. If you're busy enough that it makes more sense to bring production in house rather than outsourcing, I don't see how such a slow machine makes any sense. Bn20 is more of a hobbyist machine like...
  4. Suggestions Epson S40600 vs hp latex 115

    You can. The latex is just more scratch resistant... So if you're not going to laminate it comes out ahead of the Epson. They both pretty much do the exact same thing with very minor differences. Send your files to some vendors and ask for samples printed, see which you like more.
  5. Suggestions Epson S40600 vs hp latex 115

    Bn20 sucks. It prints OK but the speeds are slow and your media is limited. 115 and Epson... As others have said, if you're not.going to laminate latex is the way to go. If you're going to print every few days... Latex. I have an s40 and a 560 - both have their uses and plusses. You won't...
  6. Having trouble getting Oracal opaque vinyl

    If you're after easy weeding get 7725 series. It's the plastic backer and weeding / cutting is a breeze. Oracal is having lots of supply issues right now... They're bringing a lot of inventory in from their German warehouse since their us one is operating at low capacity. So if it's not in...
  7. Need Help Purchasing a sticker machine

    Have you looked at outsourcing vs buying a label printer? I have a client who uses 10,000 labels every two weeks. They want to goto a roll system so they can use a dispenser for faster application so I looked into getting a printer. 10k was cheap enough.... These don't need lamination or...
  8. Looking For Something Obscure

    https://www.amazon.com/Glow-Dark-Sticker-Paper/s?k=Glow+In+The+Dark+Sticker+Paper There's a few brands out there... But it's expensive. Much cheaper to use solvent or latex.
  9. Need Help Merging Variable Data in Illlustrator

    And Illustrator can do images as variables as well.(Not sure if indesign can?) heres a good video showing an example of all the different imports it can do. It takes her 10 minutes to explain and setup how to do it... in reality it takes a few clicks and a couple of minutes for something so...
  10. Need Help Merging Variable Data in Illlustrator

    Yup. "Variable1, Variable2, Variable3, Etc". Pretty much the easiest way to do it is to create an action that will bind the text to a Variable#... Hotkey it... then you just press each textbox with the hotkey and it'll number them sequentially. There is a script I used to use for CS6 that...
  11. Need Help Merging Variable Data in Illlustrator

    Nope. I export 100 variables onto 1 4x8 setup. Every # on here is a variable.... there's 75 plates, so I guess technically I export 1000 variables, 75 at a time (not 100 for this file) into 13 full sized 4x8 that are print/CNC ready. Pretty much exactly what OP wants to do, except instead of...
  12. Need Help Merging Variable Data in Illlustrator

    Yup, which is doable. We do 100 up (roughly) as thats what fits on a 4x8, and 5000 at a time... So it export 50 4x8 setups. with illustrator you can do thousands of variables per setup if you want... I think the more variables per dataset the slower the import is, but we've done 1000...
  13. Need Help Merging Variable Data in Illlustrator

    I'll post our illustrator and csv file tomorrow so you can play with it and get an understanding of the setup. I think we export 100 at a time.... And it takes about 5 mins to cycle through and make 100 files for printing. Should only take 10-30 seconds to export yours once you have a csv setup!
  14. Install Checklist

    In theory it's a good idea. In reality your installer is going to leave it until the end and then Mas check everything off. When I started at this shop Ive never seen our forklift driver do his inspection list. I'm big on safety, so I asked about it... And he says he does and showed me his...
  15. Need Help Merging Variable Data in Illlustrator

    If it's a one off job Id say illustrator isn't worth it. Setting up that many variables for 5 sheets... But if it's an ongoing thing, use Illy. The initial setup of hundreds of variables may take you an Hour or two...but importing the csv file and exporting to pdf or.eps will take minutes, if...
  16. New HP Latex 700 and 800 series - with White ink

    White ink is great for stuff like acyrlic, clear decals, multi-sided decals, etc. We usually screen print all those just because we can flood it with white... Then if it isnt screenprintable, we usually have to sheet the back with a cast white, which is pretty expensive. White comes in handy...
  17. HP 365 - Not made for traffic reflective printing? (also, need printer suggestions)

    No. It works a bit differently in Canada. We don't have hp techs here.... All of our support comes from suppliers.... From easy stuff to complete swapouts. When grimco first entered canada they tried to do it the way us does where it's hp that supports their customers... And apprently it...
  18. HP 365 - Not made for traffic reflective printing? (also, need printer suggestions)

    Do you guys down south not have your choice of techs? Over here our suppliers support the printers. Grimco tech is who we use.... But we have a choice of like 10 different suppliers if we wanted to.
  19. HP 365 - Not made for traffic reflective printing? (also, need printer suggestions)

    We've done hundreds of rolls on ours and it isn't having issues. For the size fix you need to do a manual calibration after its on the take up reel. We still get a few that's a bit off...but it's a traffic. Sign. If the borders an eight of an inch off its not too big of a deal. I'd say...
  20. Real job of a leader - is taking care of those in our charge.

    It goes both ways. If an employee keeps screwing up and doesn't care... Why keep him around? Some of what he says is good. But every situation is different. I don't like layoffs, but sometimes culling a few people is better than a dozen or two losing their job. Motivational speakers are just...
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