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The internet has opened the world up. The same thing thats happening in Hong kong right now with their security bill - should I keep my head burried and hope that goes away, or never comment my opinion on that too? What happens in America affects us all...especially in Canada. You guys are...

I don't think Trump is the problem. I think the system is the problem. Rather than coming together and figuring out what works best to save lives, you have people brainwashed in each direction following party lines. Let's take what you just said as an example. The guy who trump put in charge...

See... this is the problem. It's always blame the other side, rather than focus on the problem. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/u-s-covid-19-cases-fauci-1.5633011 Is Dr Fauci a democrat? He used to be trumps most trusted advisor, trump couldn't stop giving him praise... but now he's out of...

Thats the problem... people arent taking this seriously. I had a buddy who lives in USA ask me why I think America is doing so bad with Covid while Canada isnt. Canada adopted face masks long ago - We never made it mandatory... A few stores have, but no city (Maybe out east, I'm not sure)...

I could make a list the size of a phone book when they were supposed to wear a mask, but didn't. Trump was supposed to wear one while touring the ford plant...and he did, but took it off before the press could see him because he didnt want to look "Weak". Pence toured the Mayo clinic and he...

Laird is a vompny. They have their own brand media and carry avery / plastics... Always cheaper than ND! Not sure if ND us any cheap options.... I tend to avoid them since they're the most expensive of the three. Laird Brand from Laird plastics, , or gb vinyl from allgraphics. You could try...

It's sad, but this is being politicized by both sides. I remember when this first started... everyone said it was the flu. Not to point fingers... but 90% of people on here were saying it's the flu and nothing to worry about, despite evidence it was destroying china. But thats because a lot...

Use a cheap $100 roll of vinyl from allgraphicssupplies - Paper would tear when the parents are trying to put them on the box.... You know they'll never do it straight, try to lift it up and get a huge rip. Vinyl is at least a bit durable... And their cheap line prints great with latex. I...

Our printers aren't in a heat controlled area. We print and use them fine all day. My home printers In my garage... Latex 560, I just did 5 rolls a day on it for a week straight. It was so hot and humid in the garage you couldn't be in it for more than 5 minutes. I ended up throwing a...

We used to save scraps. Now it all gets thrown away. On paper some of this stuff may seem worth it to save a buck or two. In practice it costs more than it'll ever save. Even if you pay more go 10 lbs of sand from Amazon than buying 30 lbs locally. Who wants 20 lbs of sand around the shop...

We do a lot of vehicle wraps. And while masking generally does work.. Green vehicle grade tape works better. All it has to do is save us 1 minute per vehicle and it'd be worth spending 5 times as much to get green tape. We also do a ton of screen printing. Green tape comes off the screens...

Purchasing officers are usually a pain. I get it... but still. Our old purchaser used to hassle us for everything. Why do you need TWO of these when 1 will last you 2 weeks?! One time I said so I didnt have to go through this again next week :p You had to justify everything. Tell them why...

Chromium + windows 10 for me!

We just use a knife. Some prints are right to the edge for us.. I'd rather waste a 10 cent blade than a few ft of media because it was too thin. I can see 1" shorter rolls being handy in a lot of cases though... Come to think of it, we get a lot of 54" rolls slit to 48 for our reflective...

In a pinch..... You can put a few layers of masking tape around the roll and use a miter saw. It'll give the edges a rough cut... But if you're running through your plotter for cut text / etc it shouldn't matter .. Not clean enough to run through a printer though. ALL our vendors slit for us...

I understand. And I wish we were that way! Cheap generic vinyl, Ij35, in49, 180, 480 - these are all in 54 only. We have cheap reflective, engineer reflective,advanced engineer, engineer prismatic.. High intensity... Diamond grade.. In white yellow orange, 24" 30" 48"... These are just what...

If someone wanted a 12"x12" Decal... would you run just the 12" decal and charge the customer for 5 sqft of material? Generally it's not the only job you're running, or at least it shouldn't be. If it's a specialty job where we're bringing the media in just for the job, then yes...we charge...

We have a huge shop - in the 30-50,000 sqft range. Our CNC is in the corner - When cutting certain materials such as polyplate / wood... the dust will land on the other end of the shop. Aluminim and acyrlic shavings can be found in every crevice as well.... Dust is light and will spread with...

hah, I wish I read this long ago. We just dealt with the same thing. the only way we could get it to work was to print it at 16-20 pass with such low heat - Makes no sense. I'm sure this stuff is great on solvents... but not so much on latex printers. We tried 3 diff brands that said they...

Do a test before you print that many of them. Carpets are worst than walls - A lot of them, especially business ones are now coated with a material to prevent water and dirt from absorbing... it makes it so vinyl doesnt stick to it very well. It's only happened to us at one customers place so...