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post card size? Didn't realize I asked this question right after Chicagographics was talking about business cards. What size were these odd sized postcards? I assume they were full color on one side and black and white on the other with a glossy or matte finish on the color side. I'm curious...

what size What size were they? I assume full color one side and b/w on the other with a gloss coating on the color side?

Sign World Vinyl I have a roll of the high performance vinyl and a roll of their cold lam. At $0.68 a square foot, it's a pretty inexpensive combo and the adhesive is really aggressive. They seem to be marketing it as a wrap film, but it's calendared. I'm using it right now for yard signs and...

If you want my source, I'm getting L25500 inks for $125 and heads for $95. I haven't called but can't imagine much difference for L26500 prices from my vendor.

I just got a quote on a L26500 for 14,995 with 2 days of training and shipping. How much cheaper is a L26100? This company is a big dealer and I also got fantastic pricing on my ink and heads for my L25500. Ink is $125 and heads are $97. Anybody know of better pricing than that?

Employee Policy hand book While I can't comment on a procedural handbook for operating a shop since I'm a one man band, I can comment on employee handbooks. I had 11 employees at one time when I owned a retail florist and they are a pain. I highly recommend ADP as a payroll service because all...

High Fees I have a square in case someone absolutely wants to pay while I'm on site, but the fees are super high. They keep almost 3%. That's $30 for every $1000. If you are doing 100k a year, that's 3k in fees, plus the transaction fee. I ended up getting a 30% partner in my sign business who...

I have had my 25500 for about 3 weeks. I put some 651 and some of Grimco's house brand on it to play with it and had great results.

My girlfriend is a real estate investor and one of the seminars she attended had a speaker that told them to always ask for a discount. Some places, like Lowes, will always give you at least 5% just for asking for it. Why not do it anytime you are making a purchase? I'm not going to do it when...

I have owned several businesses over the years and now am down to just my sign business (mostly vehicle wraps) and a mobile DJ business. I learned most of my lessons the expensive way. If it were me, I would take the family business in a heart beat. I would put the owner on a 4 week 40 hour per...

Since you already canceled the payment, I would keep the pics and send the clothing back to the vendor and get another order out to the a different vendor and make the cleint happy. If you aren't out any money on the vendor, it's time to pick up the pieces and make the client happy. I'm sure...

Here is the info provided by the client. "We have billboard sized sign that has nothing on it at the present time made from marine plywood attached to our building." He is interested in vinyl and the size is 12'x48' I just started getting some of these larger jobs since I bought an L25500, but...

logo contests I offer my customers a dozen or so options. I list a contest on digitalpoint forums with an idea of what I'm looking for and usually get 15-25 concepts. I have the customer choose one and then have the winner tweak it and send me the files in vector, psd layers, illustrator and...

I have a lead on a purchase of an HP L25500 and I want to be sure I'm getting a good deal. the usage is Substrate usage: 20,143.04 ft and 1,871.35 m^2 Total ink usage: 18,189 ml I think this is pretty low. What's the life expectancy of this machine?

dot rules and trucks I've been a road cop for 11 years in Indiana and even I don't understand all the laws when it comes to trucks. That's why they have motor carrier enforcement. Now, that being said, I own a sign shop and a mobile DJ business. We had considered getting into the inflatables...

Can you pm me the info on where you can get the l26500 for $14k? Im in the market for one myself and am very interested as I was just quoted $24,900 for the printer minus whatever rebates are available. That was from an Advantage signs rep.

Exactly. I came up with the same thing. 751 for vehicle graphics due to curves and contours. Never tried 651. I use grimco house brand for the easy jobs.

Good luck. I'm getting my Police Interceptor Utility in June if it comes in on time. I can't even hardly get images of it, much less a template. Nice to see another brother in blue doing what I'm doing.

Ok. For anyone who was interested in the problem or may have this problem in the future. The problem was not the artwork or the speed at which I was sending the data from the computer. The problem was the cheap plotter that didn't have enough buffer memory. I probably lost $150 in vinyl trying...

I realize this is a cheap plotter and I'm about to upgrade...but today I started trying to cut some large signs for a client and I'm getting random flat lines in my curved letters and it is not always cutting straight long segment lines. I'm cutting a 24" x 9' section for a sign and when...