• I want to thank all the members that have upgraded your accounts. I truly appreciate your support of the site monetarily. Supporting the site keeps this site up and running as a lot of work daily goes on behind the scenes. Click to Support Signs101 ...

Search results

  1. Unattended Customer Pickup?

    there is always someone here during business hours, but if someone can't make it untill after hours, there is a coffee shop down the road we have a good relationship with, we send them there. they usually make a sale off it as well.
  2. Age vs. Communication Methods

    We have a few clients who can only be reached by email, you call and leave a voicemail, you will never get a reply, email them and they get back to you in minutes. it drives my dad nuts, he prefers the phone, I prefer email. We we only accept orders by email or walk in now, too many phone in...
  3. Hanging sign foam from a building

    weld up a metal H frame for inside the sign, it will give you enough strength the bit that would concern me is how to attach it to the building, around here these types of signs are pretty much illegal due to liability issues. don't want a 200 lb sign falling on someone's head I would insist...
  4. Do I need a dedicated graphics card?

    I wouldn't bother, nothing we do requires anything more than a basic on board card can offer.
  5. 1-500 sequential numbering - how to?

    Oko, to, here it goes 1 set your page to slightly larger than the decal, In your case 2.1" x6.1" 2 layout one decal exactly how you want it 3 use the print merge function as explained here http://youtu.be/cvBD-4Bmeo0 4 make sure you choose " merge to new document" this will create a 500 page...
  6. How do you handle this?

    We just got burned on a po from a new client, turns out they have no money and can't pay the bill.
  7. 1-500 sequential numbering - how to?

    for or sequential numbering, you don't even need a file, Corel will do it by itself. Colin, email me a layout of one of the tags and I'll email you back a file complete scott at watsonsengraving dot com
  8. Too much in receivables

    is that all?! we have over $60,000 in receivables right now, it never really drops below $40,000, 75% of them are within their 30 day terms so i'm not worried we deal a lot with the construction/mining industries, if you don't give them 30 or 60 days, you don't get the big jobs, it's as easy...
  9. help with rosewood standard in three colors of vinyl

    the text has to be converted to outlines first, you should then be able to break apart the different elements. I don't use illustrator, but in coreldraw it's: convert text to curves break curve apart done
  10. New Member ... looking for advice on a printer die cutter for small runs.

    would you be producing all the logos at one time or would you be making them as you need them? if all at once I would vote for sending the job out to someone with the equpiment (i.e. sign shop) for the quantities you are quoting, I would seriously avoid buying your own printer, the cost for a...
  11. New Member ... looking for advice on a printer die cutter for small runs.

    you will have to excuse player, he has a reputation for being a bit of a know it all.
  12. Customer provided decal kits

    How would you handle any mistakes you make? Say the vinyl tore during install, do you offer to buy a new kit and fix it for them? What if in your opinion the fault is with the low quality vinyl?
  13. Who has a pricelist?

    we have a very small price list, but it's not on display, it only has "retail" items, such as rubber stamps and business cards, everything else we do has some custom element to it, so a set price would be silly.
  14. Tender Sites for job picking/bidding?

    prostitutes?
  15. Tender Sites for job picking/bidding?

    we used biddingo for a year, biggest waste of time i've ever seen! it's great for customers looking to get the absolute lowest price, but for an industry like signage where there is a huge "custom" element to it, forget about it! most of the time you are bidding against at least 100 other shops...
  16. Who wins in the white ink battle for digital printing?

    The Summa DC4 fills all your needs, except being cheap. i've seen it in action at one of the tradeshows and it's a very cool machine! it can print white as well as chrome and a bunch of other options that ink based printers could never do, it does have drawbacks such as speed, but if you have...
  17. Whats the scoop? mini rant

    Only 8 emails? I've had a $65 order that went over 30 emails by the end of it, at the end I stopped caring and just put on my drone hat and did exactly what the client asked, looked like poop.
  18. Best way to dry ink on vinyl fast?

    You laminate yard signs?!? why?
  19. How would you make a banner with changable dates?

    We have 1 customer we do this for twice a year, I tried using cut vinyl for the date, but you can never get all of the adhesive off, even using removable vinyl. we switched over to just printing a patch on cheap vinyl and slapping it over top, these things go on fences on the side of the...
  20. Wrapping a desk

    What is the front of the desk made of. It's hard to tell from the photo, I assume it's melamine, which shouldn't get damaged from vinyl removal. another bonus fort he floor laminate, removal is a breeze sincet he lam is so thick and has absolutely no stretch!
Top