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  1. Custom hole puncher

    How many are we talking? As others mentioned... We'd likely print, then CNC them out. Or create a die and use our press to stamp them. If you're not doing thousands...and you're just looking for the cheapest way... Make a router jig and route the shape out. I wouldn't want to do it to...
  2. Printer Options / High Intensity Reflective Signs

    Why would you want to deal with Avery when they dont make the printer, and just rebrand it? No offence, but I'd rather deal with HP directly. Even then... we don't deal with HP, we deal with the local dealers/techs in our area. I;m sure if I had an issue with the trafficjet, I'd call up our...
  3. How do you manage your color match

    Onyx comes with a bunch of charts. I personally use the book... print it out, cut it, punch some holes and throw it in a binder. It also uses the pantone colors instead of CMYK. They have about 5 different pantone charts / books available. If you have onyx... head into Samples\Pantone to find...
  4. For Those That This Applies To

    Mainly tv shows for me... I don't really watch many movies. Though if it's a movie i really like,I usually buy it to support the movie. I think I own maybe 40-50 blurays and hundreds of series. I'd like to say it's for my kid. But he spends more time watching netflixnkids shows than blurays...
  5. For Those That This Applies To

    You never know ;) Most of my collection is Blu-ray backups. I try to make my home as "smart" and convenient ad possible... Which means not having to get up to switch disks, or trusting my 6 year old not to scratch them. Every Blu-ray I buy gets ripped to an iso, and added to plex. Then I can...
  6. For Those That This Applies To

    Simple solution is to use encryption. 90% of my stuff is encrypted on Google drive, using open source third party software so not even Google knows what's on the drive. Unless a vulnerability is discovered in 2048 bit encryption... All my data is safe from prying eyes, until quantum computing...
  7. For Those That This Applies To

    So long as they don't cancel the unlimited plans I'll stay happy. Can't beat unlimited data being backed up for $15 a month. I have 90tb up right now and not one complaint from them. (Technically you need 5 users... So it'd be $75 a month)
  8. Window Perf Holes Clogging

    :p I think our go to perf is about $300 a roll. We had a supplier try to get our business... It was a small company who imported direct from China. Said hes done all his research, tested the material for a year... Sold hundreds of thousands worth already# and wanted us to try him. Were a 3M...
  9. Question HP FB550/750

    Our rep told us one of his customers saw the vacuum and sent him away he went out and got a vacuum and replaced it himself... And it's been working ever since. The only thing that's a pain in doing it yourself is it uses a 240v vacuum... So you need to add an electrical step down. We also...
  10. Window Perf Holes Clogging

    We use the cheapest perf you can get. A lot of our projects are up for a month then they come down. So we buy the no name garbage media we normally wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole. We had the same issue with it tunneling in the center and causing rubs.... We set it to 80% ink, lowered the...
  11. Printing on Reflective Vinyl

    What version of nikkalite? They have a printable one, and a screenprint version that "works" with latex and solvent I've done a few rolls through our solvent... But about 100 through our latex this year... Not one issue with the latex printing, not sure if they have issues with solvents or you...
  12. Question HP FB550/750

    Imagine my face when we paid $600 for the replacement vacuum part, and $250 in labor... only to watch the tech open the machine up and see a Shop vacuum from china inside...
  13. PVC Free Laminate Options?

    3m 8048 for gloss 8050 for matte for 3-5 years. 8548 :8550 for premium 7 year, cast equivalent
  14. Question HP FB550/750

    Just to put it into Context... The newest, fb750 was released in 2015. So that'll be 10 years of support. The fb500, was 5 or so years before that... So 15 years. Both those numbers aren't bad on a $100,000 printer. Now if I bought one a year or so ago and was told it'll last 5 years... I'd...
  15. Question HP FB550/750

    5 years seems like a reasonable eol time for me... We've had our 500 for 5 years already. Now, to continue selling them and then saying it's eol is in 5 years is kind of a dick move.... And that's just their approx date. I wouldn't buy one knowing it's got 5 years on it. Does hp make other...
  16. Blisters on fingers

    Wear gloves. Most of the blisters and pain is because the glue constantly grabs and pulls your skin. I go through a couple pairs of latex gloves for every removal... They rip easy.. but it's better Your gloves Tear rather than your skin.
  17. OKI M-64 Warranty FAIL!!!!

    Oki support is garbage. We had a H2-74s. a year ago. The capping station died... A small plastic cog got stripped... We got charged $6000 for a new one because they couldn't replace it. After that... All heads died on our machine. A tech came from Japan and said they all died due to age... At...
  18. Is there a way to score the liner for decals?

    https://olfa.com/professional/product/top-sheet-cutter-ts-1/ you mean like the olfa version? Manual ones work great... but the problem with our industry is when we get decal orders, its usually for thousands... Manually scoring thousands is a pain in the ass. And if you dont do it often enough...
  19. HP 560 Update won't download

    I usually download, login via the browser and upload it that way... My machine never wants to connect either.
  20. Need expert advice

    No problem. Don't be too scared about the price point! It's some of 3ms best vinyl. Im sure Avery / oracal have decent options... Not sure if biggish carries door overlam / vinyl, but his stuff has been great for everything we've tested. In Canada you can buy Printable media by the yard...
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