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  1. What percent do you markup off the shelf parts & retail items on average?

    The Markup percentage is the percentage of the selling price not represented in the cost of the goods. So if the markup is 20%, then 80% of the selling price is the cost. If your cost is $938, then $938/80% = $1172.50 would be the cost for a product with a 20% markup. The contrasts with the...
  2. What percent do you markup off the shelf parts & retail items on average?

    MARK most things UP. Markup means you divide cost by the percentage markup.
  3. Problems installing drivers for JV3-160 SPII

    I believe the Device Manager items disappear when the printer is turned off. You can hear the Windows "Device Added" sound when you turn the plotter on.
  4. What percent do you markup off the shelf parts & retail items on average?

    Don't know about WalMart, but department stores mark most things up beyond keystone (which is 50%, or doubling cost) to as much as 80% on new fashions. Thus, when the season is over and they are offering those same fashions at 60% or 70% off, they are actually still making money.
  5. Mimaki CG-130 FX II plotter - how to start without filling the floor ?

    ^^This. You're pressing the wrong key when you load it. After you insert the vinyl and close the clamp, you should be pressing the left arrow key for Roll. It will check the left and right edges of the vinyl and then find the leading edge. The display will then read TP1, meaning it's ready to be...
  6. Question Print 2 print/cut jobs at once?

    I doubt you'll be able to print two different jobs concurrently. You could set up one job to print on the left edge of the vinyl, and then after the ink dries roll it back and run the other job on the right edge.
  7. Help, please - Mimaki CG-130 FX - How to read a print file for Cutting from RasterLink6 to FineCut8

    Have you seen this video? There isn't much you have to do. Although he is working with a print-cut machine, at the end of the video he explains how to do print and cut separately. The key, I believe, may be that you need to use Rasterlink for the cutting, because it makes a linked cutfile from...
  8. Fellers POPup

    We have never laminated rollup banners for stands.
  9. Anyone Recongize this font?

    Demonized
  10. Intimidated by new competition

    So in effect, you're saying it's a graphically striking building but the business it represents is illegible, making it ineffective. That would put it on par with most of the vehicle wraps I see. Lots of flash and bells and whistles, but 5 seconds after the vehicle is gone nobody can remember...
  11. matching color from a photo

    The other issue, once you start sampling the color in RGB, will be that the color in the photo is not one uniform color but a blend of lots of colors that are close. They'll vary because of lighting over the object's contours. So if you sample one pixel you'll get one color, while the...
  12. Check the Price of ACM before you bid

    Another plant nearby is the US Steel mill in Granite City, IL that reopened this year.
  13. Font Help

    https://signs101.com/threads/help-identifying-a-font-on-a-pierce-fire-truck.150442/ https://signs101.com/threads/ive-seen-it-but-unable-to-locate-it.150228/#post-1405834 https://signs101.com/threads/fire-truck-font.144839/ Fire truck fonts are generally proprietary. That is the conclusion that...
  14. Check the Price of ACM before you bid

    The argument is actually valid. The suppliers use the tariff as an excuse to jump their prices by far more than the price increase of the raw material.
  15. Intimidated by new competition

    Must be a franchise? Their website says they are a screenprinter in Orlando, FL that also does wraps and signs. Quote from their "About Us": Custom Signs: Although we do not advertise as a sign company, Hittn’ Skins has the capability to produce all types of signsfor both indoor & outdoor use...
  16. Warehouse Sign - How should I make it?

    If their current sign lasted 10 years, it most likely wasn't printed. So if color gradients or photos are not part of the design, and the customer is expecting 10 year life, don't print it. Use cast cut vinyl. As to how the current sign is made, get on a ladder or a lift and go see. That's the...
  17. Need Help Cleanroom Signs

    If you do a google search for cleanroom signs, it looks like the vast majority out there are screenprinted polystyrene .010" or .015", selling for about $7. Some are vinyl decals to stick on glass or walls.
  18. Deco font

    Thanks. Absolutely none of the search sites got that one.
  19. Deco font

    Cannot get any font matcher to identify this one. Anyone?
  20. Need Help Source for blank plaques

    Thanks. Already tried jds. Gravostore doesn't have it on their website but I emailed them.
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