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  1. Any opinions on General Formulations AutoMark Concept 230

    The automark is a solid material, if you use it within it's capabilities it really is top notch. I wouldn't use it to actually wrap a car with, but we use it all the time for box trucks & trailers. it behaves very similar to a cast film, it has a nice repositionable adhesive with air release...
  2. Cheap Customers

    We have a customer who is eastern european, everything is price, price, price. He's threatened to take his business elsewhere, he still comes back, I think it's because everyone else has told him to pound sand. I just have to anticipate it and pad the bill out a bit, so i can give him a...
  3. Don't bother if you're married to OEM Ink

    I'm not trying to start anything here, but can you elaborate on what you consider "solid proof"? I've always assumed that if something goes wrong with the print heads after switching to 3rd party ink, the printer manufacturer would obviously blame the ink, and the ink manufacturer would...
  4. ADA Braille making

    the method you are referring to is quite old, and in my opinion, very ugly. it looks like someone used a labelmaker on the sign. We use the raster method and are quite happy with the results, A shop i used to work at used photo polymer and I found it to be a real PITA to work with, burning...
  5. Falsely accused of copying design

    Anyways, back on topic, can you get the EXIF data from the photograph and compare the date with the date you made the drawing?
  6. Falsely accused of copying design

    I would imagine that would be due to how they were raised, any dog has the capability to be vicious, but for the most part, proper upbringing will do wonders, kind of like people...
  7. How are these made?

    i agree, up here whenever we do traffic signs like this, we buy them from a huge company that makes them all over the country, it's never layered, always screenprinted on white DG reflective.
  8. Falsely accused of copying design

    I tend to agree, I think the largest part of the problem is the type of people who shouldn't own a dog, generally want a tough looking dog and are therefore drawn to bull dog breads. if poodles were the most aesthetically "tough" looking dogs, you would see a rise in poodle attacks because the...
  9. My customers can not wrap their heads around the idea of keeping things proportionate

    Try saying this to them: " Remember when you were a kid and had that toy with the different shapes and the holes that matched, remember how you could never get the rectangle in the square hole, this is the adult version of that, and you still don't get it" This is a pet peeve of mine as well...
  10. strange printing question

    the picture i posted was of a tiff, i had to convert it to pdf to get it to print properly :frustrated::frustrated:
  11. strange printing question

    I've had a strange issue on a job that I print once a year. The local university oncology dept. has a research day where we print student's presentation posters. these are created in powerpoint by the students and saved as either a pdf or a tiff and sent to me. every year we seem to have 1-2...
  12. How to fit a vinyl cover on a credit card

    Sorry can you explain what you are trying to do better? The video you posted is just a simple vinyl decal application on glass. Where does the credit card come into play? also, are you talking about using a vinyl decal as a sort of protective cover for the card? If so I would have to question...
  13. Markdown On Signs For Reselling?

    It all depends on how well they set everything up on their end, if they send you a print ready file that you can just load the machine and print, I would offer a decent discount, say 30% off retail. but if our experiences are anything to go by, you will get a bunch of crappy files that they...
  14. POLL: File Transfers

    I tried to set up an FTP on our server so clients can upload/download directly to us, but I never could get it working, so instead we have a yousendit.com upload tool on our website, it's free, but it displays ads and it only holds the file for 3 days before it's deleted. You can pay for better...
  15. cutting coroplast

    i don't envy you, we have a stand up cutter with a knife and I still can't get coro to cut all exactly the same size when cutting with the flutes, there is always a slight deviation from each sheet to the next, depending where the flutes fall, but it doesn't look like your application requires...
  16. website review?

    I like it, it's clean, easy to navigate and I can find what i need to quickly. good job
  17. Bucket truck rates

    We dont do many installs that require a bucket truck, but the few times we have hired someone, we paid around $160 - $180 /hr Having said that, i generally dont even quote a job that involves a bucket truck anymore, there is a shop in town that will do the job with a ladder for next to nothing...
  18. A friend's/customer's experience with buying a sign franchise.

    $45,000 wont get you much of a start up to be honest, we had a fire 2 years ago, and when the bill was all said and done, we had over $250,000 in materials and equipment lost, and we are not a big operation by any means.
  19. Hiring new employees, any words of wisdom

    Our biggest issue we have found is us, I'm not a very good teacher, I can do anything in the shop, but I'm horrible at teaching someone how to do it. If you are like me, try to find people who have experience already, it will cost you more, but it will be worth it, they may even teach you a few...
  20. Every time I plan something outside of work, people place orders?

    Yup, without fail every time I plan to take a week off, the week before the phone doesn't stop ringing with people who I quoted a month prior who are "ready to move forward" on that job now, and of course there is no rush, they don't need it until next week.:ROFLMAO:
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