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  1. Need Help Media Profiles, ICCs and print quality

    I've found the opposite to be true. It isn't a cut and dried process unless it's an Indigo. Tried creating a profile using the i1 suite and it was terrible. Thought I missed something so I tried a couple more times. Same crappy result. Since I now run Flexi I decided to download their...
  2. Discussion How do I know if I am really Successful ?

    My definition of success: Being able to "fire" myself in the middle of a busy day and take the dog to the beach. Life is an extremely finite resource. Much too precious to waste working all the time or worrying about how many jobs it takes to keep the doors swinging. Take time with family and...
  3. TX WTB Printer, laminator, cutter

    I would talk to a local dealer about educational programs. Your local dealer will be the one to service the equipment so best to get them involved from the onset. Our college campus went through Midwest and teamed with Mimaki. Both were very good about working within a strict budget.
  4. Printing Gradients

    The "angry red bird with cigar" belongs to Clay Smith cams established in 1931. Yes, I'm a gear head.
  5. Roland LEC-300A, UV, Print&Cut

    Look at something else. Rigs are geared more to packaging prototypes. You are going to do heat transfer with UV either. They are fussy printers and you need an air filtration system too.
  6. Did you file for PPP?

    Glad you brought that up. Makes me wonder what kind of a contingency plan these folks had in place. Seems they were all living from hand to mouth with no "cushion" to speak of. I was brought up in a different time by parents that were kids during the depression. They passed on great wisdom...
  7. Did you file for PPP?

    Gravy train for those laid off ain't gonna last forever. Plus lots of folks are anxious and want to get back to work.
  8. Need Help Gradation Banding

    If it's only two colors you can try doing a Blend in Illustrator. It's what I do if a canned gradient is giving me grief.
  9. Metal Rips and Tears

    Probably faster to draw them. I did just that many many years ago, scanned them in and adjusted as necessary.
  10. When your supply chain resembles your customer's supply chain

    I picked up a few items from our local restaurant supply. Guy at the counter wanted to know if I needed anything else. He laughed and said: "We got piles of about 9000 things in our warehouse. We ain't out of nothin'." The sell fresh and frozen meats and fruit/vegetables, canned, and...
  11. Swabs For Cleaning Ecosolvent Printer Heads

    Yeah, about that. I would order intermittently from Amazon, no Prime account and wait to get stuff. Then my wife stopped in my office while I was ordering some tools and said; "Silly, I've had a Prime account for years, use mine."o_O
  12. Need Help ISO company who can print 12' x 32' banner

    I want to see the load calcs, diameter of cables, hardware and what it's being attached to. BTW in my area you would be over 5.5 tons wind load.
  13. Laptop or desktop?

    Take a look at the Microsoft Surface laptops. Former student has one and he crushed Photoshop and Illustrator with it. Can't remember the model number but it had a stylus and he could use it like a Wacom tablet.
  14. New looking for advice

    If you have an HP Latex 26500, you’re probably aware that it’s reaching its End of Service Life in April 2020. This means, from that date, phone and onsite support will cease, inks and printheads will no longer be available, and spare parts availability will no longer be guaranteed...
  15. Question Vinyl lettering prices

    We charge for everything. I've gotten used to eating three times a day, having clothes on my back and a roof over my head. If you're questioning the need to charge for install you should rethink your program.
  16. HACK FLEXI .

    New Mutoh printers ship with a version of Flexi Pro. It will only run Mutoh printers and Graphtec plotters.
  17. It's always good to speak up

    Nice and clean. I like it.
  18. Question Average yearly revenue for sign shop

    How much do you want to make? Not talking blue sky stuff either. Once you have a goal you can plan how to reach it. As you plan to attain that goal your plan should reveal its feasibility. The bigger you grow your lion the more work it takes to keep it fed.;)
  19. Custom printed face masks

    Let the folks with huge liability insurance policies handle it.
  20. Laminating Paper

    I remove the core from laminator, place end on floor and spin opposite direction of wind. Takes about a minute and I can yank the core out.
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