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do you get smooth curves and straight lines in say acrylic with the Shopbot? the price being so low I wonder if it has some major flaw I'm missing

Mutoh has had the Toucan color printer line since at least 2003, nor sure sure if that would be an issue or not as I can't remember if their advertising used the same bird graphics or not.

Track saw and flame the edges or have your supplier cut it to size.

what did you end up doing?

the point (ha) is that while 6 picas=72 points=1 inch, it's a rare situation when 72 points = 1 inch of type. I've just had better results when I use <as a starting point> 100pts=1 inch for signage typefaces. I think we just beat this to death... again.

Some of those belong on a wedding invitation not a real sign

I know each typeface is going to have variables but it's fairly accurate with most of mine for some lucky reason. I just checked a job I'm working on right now with the font "STENCIL" and 72pts is about 3/4", 100pts is exactly 1" . I always use the screen ruler and drag lines down to double...

Check with your City Hall or County Building department. They have all the costly details. You are basically considered a General Contractor and need to abide by all the state building codes for sign installation. We have to obtain a Sign Contractors License here–two 4 hour tests from...

your going to spend a lot more time (waste more time) trying to "fix" this than it would take to do it all over correctly. Make a clean start.

Well, I may be missing something here but it's not that complicated. When I want a typeface say 4" tall i just punch in 400 pts in the type size box at the top of my screen. Bam! 4" type.. For you millimeter folks, You can just go to AI preferences; Units and Display; change: Type to...

4x8 site sign frame options Variations on the site sign. "V" style and Vert with two 4x4x12

if your not considering a Summa I'd go with Mimaki. Graptech may be fine but I've never used one. Have a 10 year old Mimaki and it's solid. Mimaki should hire an English technical writer because some of their instructions are gibberish, other than that it's been fine.

"would use 10' 4"x4" post and set 3' into the ground leaving it 7' to top of sign." is about right. We have done a lot of these too and for only one 4x8 ( horizontal I assume) panel you could get by with 2, 10' 4x4 posts and maybe a stringer or two. Unless you are WAY out in the boonies you...

Design a logo at no cost is a separate issue from the copyright and ownership of the logo. You designed it and you still own it until you assign specific rights. ANother sign company can't use it unless you allow them to do so. You dont even need to "Copyright" it. You as the designer own it...

We have a Lassco Cornerounder Model 50 Floor Model from Lassco Products, Rochester NY Phone 585-235-1991 bought it in 2004 for $650. Comes with one die, we got the 1/2" The foot pedal is a real time saver. Very well made, have made thousands of cuts, no problems.

Are you kidding? if you don't have a vinyl sample card, get one. They are free from your supply source. Looking at a "green" on an RGB monitor from an unknown and uncalibrated scanner, camera or source chain is nonsense.

Clean the surface several times as needed, last cleaning with just H2O. Prior to all that make sure the application tape is smooth when applied. Most problems are from tiny specks on surface or being picked up by static charge when laying down the vinyl, or from improper squeegee methods...