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I just opened Onyx to see how long it took until the printer was initialized. 24 seconds. Is that slow? I have buffered jobs going back to 1/2/18.

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Many of the blackletter fonts look good v-carved, especially the Germanic ones, which tend to have more of the straight verticals. The classic Roman letters also look great, such as Trajan.

I think on basic colors like red, blue, and black, if you had the vinyl on hand you'd find you use it up quickly. So much faster for basic lettering jobs. But that's OK, keep printing simple lettering and I'll continue taking the customers after their red logo on their truck door fades in only 2...

You never sell banners? Grommet machines a re a good investment for a sign company. The one we use costs $138 from our sign supplier.

My question is why are you print/cutting solid red, blue, and black letters? Just buy some red, blue, and black vinyl, forget the printer, and just cut it. It will actually look better, cost you less, and last longer.

I don't know anything about that particular printer, but that looks like ink vapor deposition. On our printers, that can happen with too-low humidity in the room, or excess static electricity in the substrate.

Sales tax should be just your own city---the city it's being sold from.

We have an S70670, which we got when they were first introduced. It's good enough that when it wears out or starts having problems I am likely to continue with Epson. I used Mimakis before (and Summa and Roland before that). Unless the new inks are a lot different from what I am using, I don't...

I don't edge seal it. It's not like real gold, which requires edge sealing.

Our locality recently started requiring a contractor's license to get a sign permit because they moved sign permits into the same department that does building permits. Really kind of stupid when you are talking about swapping sign faces in a sign, or putting up a 4x8 on 4x4's. And when you do a...

We use R-Tapes outdoor series (rated 3 years) and just tell the customer it's the cost of doing mirror chrome lettering. If you're going to have to be the one to change it in the future, always layer it on an intermediate vinyl outline. (We use Avery 750, usually black). Makes removal so much...

The best ones we've found are in the Wal-Mart garden department.

You're right, I don't know what I am talking about, except what is posted above in the thread about the customer would have lost his mind with a higher quote using translucent black. That implies that the quote didn't include it.

Print each panel with at least a 1" bleed all around. Start with the center two panels. Mount the print on one, being extra careful to center and level it. Then put the board next to it together with it on the easel or table, butted up to it and level. Mount the print, being careful the...

Your thread about finding cheaper ways to do things than what used to be industry standards.

That's exactly the lesson to be learned here. The customer was obviously given a quote before the signmaker knew what he was talking about, and the signmaker has to decide whether to eat crow or eat cost.

No magnetic vinyl. If you're trying to make a custom dry erase board, have a sheetmetal shop make you a 4x8 of galvanized steel, print on white vinyl and laminate with a dry erase laminate, stick it on the steel. It will be expensive by the time you get done. especially if you have to figure out...

Is that a cast vinyl with a regular clear non-air-release adhesive? I've always wondered why such a product isn't available.

Signmakers that don't use Ronan or One Shot or Chromatic? I guess Gino is right...