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ROFLMAO!!!!:ROFLMAO: For me, an embroidered polo or t-shirt and shorts/jeans as determined by the weather.

Not terrible as my printer room is separate from from the rest of the shop. So far I've been religiously wiping down my media with a Swiffer when I load it up. As long as it's printing I don't seem to have too much trouble. However, if the printer sets an hour or so I need to wipe the exposed...

Not to thread hijack, but I also have been looking into an air purifier. (More to get rid of dust from getting on my prints than fumes.) Anyone have experience with this company? http://www.betterlivingalpineair.com/

Good post, thanks!

Honestly, any book that teaches layout or design principles will be a big help if you've never had formal art or design education. One of the biggest downfalls of any new sign shop is probably lack of skills on the front end. Any monkey can be trained to work a plotter, printer, weed vinyl...

Colin, your situation sounds very similar to mine. I've survived a little over a year since buying my printer with only a BS. Looking back, I've suffered through a few large projects with it that really should have been done on a laminator. That said, I've also got a fellow Signs101'er that...

I don't have a laminator, only a 54" BS. Unless you're trying to laminate a wrap, with enough practice, a BS is sufficient. I'm currently also in the market for a laminator, but everything that seems decent is at least $5k. Just don't have it right now... Again, your decision is your own...

I went through the same debate over a year ago before deciding to purchase my Mutoh. Any way you slice it, the bottom line is it will cost you more (2X-3X more) to produce most items on the Summa as it would any big name inkjet. Thermal is a good solution for some specialty items, but if...

As others said, the machine will stop when it is empty. I believe the beeping starts when there is less than 10% of ink remaining in the cartridge. You should be able stop the beeping by pressing the ENTER or CANCEL button when the machine is at idle. *BTW - you can check your ink status by...

John, have you investigated your local competition? Are they busy or slow, what kind of products are they selling and what are their prices? Also, have you talked to your local vinyl suppliers, sales rep, etc? What are they saying about your area and yourd competition. They may not paint you...

Hoping to drag the boat out this weekend for a little crappie & walleye action as well.

Great timing! I just posted a thread asking for opinions on the Kooto. It looks like a nice machine, I'm thinking about pulling the trigger on one.

Hem all 4 sides with tape, grommets every 2' or as needed.

Yeah, a good example would be a big company like FedEx or UPS who likely have their own in-house graphics shop to produce decals for all their trucks. This way quality control and production/installation times are completely in their hands and I'm sure at significant savings compared to buying...

Very similar situation we faced often with in-plant printing shops. Seems they would go in cycles based on who was holding the reigns at the time. In my 15 years in the offset printing field I saw a large local insurance company go from selling their in-plant shop in the early 90's to putting...

I think you're referring to a thread where someone found "one" from a repo company for about $5500. I commented on that thread and said it was likely that it would need a new head, maintenance station, etc. to get it up and running so figure on another $2500-$3500 for parts plus labor. I...

I purchased my VJ-1204 as a repo last August. In the past year I've been amazed at the print quality and ease of use/maintenance for this machine. I've run banners, wrap material, all sorts of other adhesive vinyl as well as poster paper and window perf. It handles them all beautifully. It...

After 15 years in the printing and offset world I've played around with all kinds of desktop color lasers and their bigger color copier cousins. I'm sure I don't have to mention 11 x 17 color printers are VERY expensive, usually 5-10X the cost of a comparable letter sized color laser or more...

Buying things like solvent printers from a repo company is always a gamble. Typically, they just go in and take them and their repo guys only know what they're supposed to pick up - so there is little chance they were shut down correctly. Figure at least on a new head $1700.00, new maintenance...

Listen carefully to both Randya and Stealth Ryder. They are both experts on these Mutoh printers and thankfully always eager to help.