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Nip pressure makes the rollers move and pull graphics through. Bottom roller should be moving. Depending on lighting it may be hard to see.

I work from home and get a lot of repeat business. Clients tell me to my face I'm expensive but keep coming back. Why? I never lie. I don't do things out of my skillset. I stick to the quoted price even when the job goes sideways. I am always on time and do top drawer work. There's your...

Air leak. Ink line may be loose or you may have cracked the nipple on the printhead manifold. Could be an electrical issue too. Make sure all cables are clean and correctly seated.

As you lie dying in your hospital bed I bet your doctor will never hear: "Gosh, I wish I would have worked more". Fact. For those of you that want to work the 60 plus hour weeks I say Kudos. Personally? Been there found out it sucked and did something completely different with my life. Net...

I wouldn't want to be a banker on top of running the shop. If you can't afford to pay me for the work come back when you can. But that's just me. Old and crabby.:D

Does it go away when printing unidirectional? If so it could be dampers, or an air leak, or worse case the head. My Roland was exhibiting some of the issues you posted, but only on certain files. Unidirectional cleared up a lot of it. Would still need a head, but it was good enough to still...

Sad to hear. Loved watching him on TV and videos.

I'm shut down for the most part. Not doing as much as before, but that will change once the Safer at Home is lifted. Regular clients know they can email/text and order and I'l set it outside or drop it off. Lots of my work got pushed into the future. As soon as the governor gives the okey...

Could be a bad spot on the media. Try wiping with IPA then reprint. Could be static from low humidity. Could be fuzz collected around the head.

I agree with Z Signs. For the quantities stated sub out to a fab shop set up for production runs. In the long run you will be glad you did. Fab shops are set up for production work and can knock stuff out faster than you think. Way faster. If you insist on buying equipment buy a laser. I...

Understood. Not sure how all of this will shake out. Right now the sign shop is 99% shut down and I'm good with that. I'm older(not many years to retirement) and have other income streams. Wife and I have been talking about the pandemic and its effect once it's over and into the foreseeable...

Work just to stay busy? Doing it so cheap that there may not be enough to cover bills isn't good either. I'm 100% in Agreement with TammieH. Gino has a point too.

On point^^^^ When bidding leave enough "cushion" for a major screw up.

What printer and inks?

Depends on what I'm doing. High res work from Photoshop is TIFF. Some files are EPS while others are JPG. Although most are PDF's at Press Quality.

Super secret squirrel trick for applying non-air release vinyl with no bubbles. Don't be in a hurry, new squeegee, and use short overlapping strokes. You shouldn't be applying more than a 1/4" of material at a time 2 to 3 feet wide. For air release material we "plow" the material on. Squeegee...

Replace the rear Paper Interrupt Sensor. It's a 20 dollar part and will take about an hour to R&R. Ran my SP540V for almost 12 years and found out a lot of things are considered "consumables".

I took myself out even though I work for a marina where I could have gotten an exemption. But I'm close enough to that at risk age and not that self important to put my wife or family members at risk. I've gotten pretty good at this living thing and want to do it a while longer.;)

Nothing wrong with a Graphtec, but having a choice it's Summa all day. Wouldn't have another GCC anything in my shop if they paid me.

The term "essential" is variable and quite gray. I see lots of so called essential workers running all over my neighborhood and sign shops and other businesses still open. All well and good until someone in that business/shop gets the virus. Now you've opened yourself to a law suit of epic...