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  1. looking for new printer

    If your looking for something that will print on a wide range of materials look at latex. You can laminate right after printing saving you time, no fumes to deal with, no waste ink to dispose of, etc... They do use 220 so you might have to get someone in to run a line if you don't already...
  2. Best place to hire experienced sign people?

    ... well played good sir, well played for now.
  3. Does Fellers short everybody on small orders of "vinyl by the yard"?

    We do this all the time. It helps get every extra penny out of the roll. If there's not enough material on a roll to put through the printer (HP 570) we use it for sheeting blanks.
  4. Are you guys finding it harder and harder to actually talk to a customer?

    One of my part time jobs is a on-air dj for a local rock station. The number of people that lack the ability to properly talk on the phone is astounding. Simple etiquette and manners is is simply lost to a lot of people. Being a rock station luckily I'm allowed to be kind of a dick so it...
  5. Suggestions How much should I pay an employee?

    Just for the insurance for the wife and I is about $20,000 a year.
  6. Suggestions How much should I pay an employee?

    I think that there are also things aside from just pay that people need to start thinking about now. For example where I'm at they also pay for mine and the wife's medical, dental and vision insurance 100% they also have profit sharing and pension plan. I also get a pretty decent wage as well...
  7. Aggressive vinyl for cold surfaces

    I remember in a Orafol call they had a specific material for cold temps. Can't remember it but that might be an option.
  8. Does doing it right matter?

    This should be on on every design tutorial, every syllabus for school, and every pop window for every graphics program. I award you sir a cookie and a gold star.
  9. Mimaki vs HP

    I have used and worked on solvent/eco-solvent and latex. Latex doesn't use any more power than solvent. The ink is not more expensive. Resolution is better than most solvent. Yes they are consumable but this isn't a bad thing. They do not print worse and worse prints everyday till you...
  10. Does doing it right matter?

    Better yet they give you a raster image just saved in illustrator and send you a .ai file
  11. Does doing it right matter?

    I can verify that the government backed loans for school are not free and in fact is the second biggest source of debt in this country aside from mortgages. Millions of people are in debt that most will likely hold onto for most of their lives.
  12. Need Help Tips for Creating Sign with Multiple Photos?

    Ya, that's dumb Why do people do that. If you flatten it, send it as a PDF or PNG sending as a PSD is dumb on many levels.
  13. Need Help Tips for Creating Sign with Multiple Photos?

    While I agree that a vector based program would be best and I would use Flexi for this but again since I'm unaware of her capabilities and for the sake is simplicity, in this case there is nothing with using Photoshop which the file will only be a few hundred megs not gigs.
  14. Best place to hire experienced sign people?

    When hiring for positions, aside from the obvious experience, what do you guys look for? To you what makes one candidate more desirable than another?
  15. Need Help Tips for Creating Sign with Multiple Photos?

    What is this a sign for? I don't see any name or number or text, or is this a wall mural? How is it going to be displayed? Are you applying it to painted wall, sintra, .080, di-bond, etc? What are your printing/production capabilities? Do you have a large format printer that can print and...
  16. Need Help Skip print color with Edge edge

    Just take the foil out and hit print maybe? Depends on which edge you have you could also bypass the lid latch to think that the machine good to go and hot print that way.
  17. Need Help HP Latex 360 - Intake skew

    This isn't your older machine. The setting will be different. Lower the vacuum, mine is 10 and I have no problems.
  18. Need Help HP Latex 360 - Intake skew

    What type of banner and textiles are you printing on? I know that when switching to most textiles and mesh banner you need to switch out the plates underneath the material (i forgot what they were called) with one specifically designed for those applications.
  19. Best place to hire experienced sign people?

    I'm no circle expert but that is a dandy of an example
  20. Best place to hire experienced sign people?

    I know this a problem. We deal with it all the time. The latest is local companies under bidding us cause they are using non-compliant materials. Sometimes we have to explain to the contractor that their bids are invalid because of this. Most of them are pretty good about this but a few...
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