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You're right, I can see some light reflecting off of every black vinyl swatch from every manufacturer we have here. Better rename them all to dark-dark-dark-grey!

Well for one, Gemini's suggested pricing is way too low for our market. You also didn't mention lowercase letters, mounting type, paint colours, taxes or even materials. Could have easily been closer to $1000 than $400.

Matte wall vinyl for unlaminated short-term signs (wall vinyl is thick and easy to apply without laminate) Matte high-performance calendered vinyl for medium-term outdoor signs Glossy cast vinyl for vehicles and long-term outdoor signs Matte translucent vinyl for backlit signs EG reflective...

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I think these are usually referred to as "bag signs" or "poly bag signs". That should help you in your search, although I'm sure someone will chime in with a vendor recommendation.

The offset tells the machine the distance between the rotational axis of the blade and the pointy tip of the blade, which is different depending on the size and angle of the blade. The offset has nothing to do with the type of vinyl. Check your owner's manual for your Graphtec. Our Graphtec has...

We deal with endless problems in PDF/EPS files here and have never found one that Illustrator couldn't handle. You need to know the software inside-out though.

Nothing on Mr. Clipart or The Blueprints. I don't think Jeep makes a car called a Grill though...

Because 90% of the "graphic designers" in the world are hacks. In my experience, the number of graphic designers that can consistently send error-free files that are also well-designed (and don't make me want to hit them in the head with a textbook) is extremely low. I love telling the client...

Not precisely what you're looking for but here's some related info http://www.coroplast.com/catalog/corogreen/ http://www.signmedia.ca/developing-sustainable-substrates/

If you're doing a lot of frosted film, one method to consider is weeding off the glass. No transfer tape required. We don't use that method here as our crappy plotter isn't consistent enough, but I've seen it done that way by large window film specialists.

Debtor's prison? When was this, in the 18th century?

This is exactly what we do. We don't have fonts synced from design to production so when designs are approved, the designer outlines the fonts and saves it in a new PRODUCTION folder, preserving the original file with editable text.

Absolutely, I would never trust two long runs of the same artwork to line up perfectly layered on top of each other. I would just laminate the two layers together before cutting, as you suggested in your original post.

If you're just trying to name the line item in your quote, I would usually call it "Business Hours window decal". For window graphics in general, one name I've heard a lot but we haven't used before is "window treatment" when referring to window graphics in general. English/European customers...

Adding LLC/Ltd/Inc to your sign or logo looks tacky. Big, successful business don't do it, and it makes you look like a small, local company that's trying too hard to look "legit", for lack of a better word.

No customer is going to be happy about paying a 3.75% fee on top of their invoice for using their credit card. Instead, add 3.75% to your quotes and then offer customers who pay cash a 3.75% discount. Who doesn't love a discount? Both approaches are effectively the same, financially speaking...

Trust your eyeballs, not your level. A sign should almost always be parallel to fit with its surroundings. In extreme situations where we have two less-than-ideal options, then we check with the client.

I've never heard of doing it this way. When we want to achieve this effect we just use opaque vinyl for the background and translucent vinyl for the non-white parts of the logo. You might get a little bit of light coming through the opaque.

That's the one - thanks!