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You don't need a different profile for perf media. Just set up a separate media type in the printer for it to account for the thickness if you get head strikes. We use the same profile in the RIP that we do for the rest of the wrap.

Mount a hinge at the bottom of the sign, with another sign that covers the EXIT ONLY with DRIVE THRU. Put a latch at the top to hold it.

We use nitrile gloves. We buy them at the auto parts store. They are black. They are solvent ink-proof, and work for any other solvent we have thrown at them in cleaning, working in the shop, etc. We also use them when working on dirt bike motors.:)

We use Quickbooks Pro. I doubt you need a true POS system unless you are running a lot higher transaction volume than the average sign shop. Quickbooks Pro desktop version, to be more specific, is what we use. I do not have any need for cloud versions of such important software. I prefer to...

I use two suppliers, and find the templates to be generally decent (though not always perfect). The very best templates I have I have created using tracing paper, Scotch removable double sided tape, and a pencil.

Fellers sells 12" craft vinyl by the yard or roll. https://www.fellers.com/fellers-shopping/cat/sign-vinyls/sub/intermediate-plotter-vinyl/set/crosscut-crosscut

I doubt anyone here does ceramics. But maybe this web page will help. https://ceramicartsnetwork.org/ceramics-monthly/clay-tools/decorating-tools/new-tools-new-possibilities-in-studio-ceramics/#

There are several online retailers of such templates. Google is your friend.

Did you try Western Graphtec?

At $3/sf you are not turning a profit. You aren't even breaking even. $3/sf makes a 3'x6' banner $54. How long did you spend talking to the customer to take the order? How long did you spend laying out the banner? How long did you spend loading the material into the printer? How long does it...

Just remember when you are selling signs (which includes banners), the object is not to sell printed materials. Signs are not a commodity item. They are a custom marketing item. Their value is not in the materials from which they are made, but the advertising value they have to the purchaser...

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Yes, inkjet printers consume ink. Yes, they consume it whether you are using them or not. This is so the heads don't dry out, the lines don't get clogged, etc. I doubt there is a bulk ink solution for a small machine like that. The prices for the ink sound right in line with other sign printers...

This is the answer. It's just the sun burning up the sign. An important point to remember in deciding whether to print or to use cut vinyl to make a sign. Even calendared cut vinyl ages more gracefully than sunburned digital prints. They either turn black like this or disappear to white...

If you're trying to make something durable, why are you using Coroplast?

The way I would do a 10% discount would be that the first 9 are full price and the 10th is "free".

Convex chrome says it won't work on curved surfaces like helmets. Probably because it's a metallized polyester, just like chrome sign "vinyl". Football helmets are typically made of plastics like polycarbonate, so, strictly speaking, they don't need LSE adhesives. I suspect Convex uses LSE...

For the logo and DOT/VIN numbers, we'd be at $125. For the truck numbers on the fender $25. For the graphic stripes $780. So that's $930. Most I'd discount (if at all) would be 10% for 10 units. They are never available to do as an assembly line, there's always something that makes for a time...

I'm not sure I understand what you are saying the problem was, but it might be that you didn't weld the letters together in your software before you went to cut them from vinyl.

Correct. The jpg is natively RGB. Don't convert it to CMYK when you save it as a pdf or anything else. For that matter, you shouldn't have to save it as anything else to print it--just bring the jpg directly into the RIP. The RIP handles converting the image to the CMYK ink better than your pdf...