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Correct me if I'm wrong.. But illustrator doesn't alter the image at all. It embeds the original image... Or links to the original image if your not embedding. So resizing won't affect it at all. IE: if you have a 500mb 10 ft image... Then shrink that image to 1".... Illustrator doesn't...

I'd purchase a Latex 560 (20ish k) A Seal laminator, and a summa with roll to roll cut option... then save the other 15-25K for maintenance / supplies for when the machine breaks! I'm sure you know, but getting a tech out isnt cheap. $100 per hour of travel.. $150 an hour to diagnose... Then he...

Are you doing a wrap... or just flat graphics? Use IJ3555. It's whats mostly used on Busses / Skytrains here... It'll stick just fine, but it's a "changeable" film, comes off pretty easy when you try... but sticks on good enough to drive around 10 hours a day without falling off.

You need special labels for food and pharma and anything that comes into contact with digestible stuff btw. You can't just use any old vinyl or printing technology. We do lots of decals for an electrical company. It has to be both csa (Canadian) and UL (USA) certified. Finding a wide format roll...

You can fit 18 decals per sqft at 4x2. A sqft is about 30-40(max) cents per sqft... That's factoring in ink, printhead and maintenance cart costs. So roughly 1.6-2 cents maximum for a 4x2 sticker. All costs (except media and electricity) factored In. I bet your label printer is more than...

If the table isn't perfectly flat... You'll get bubbles in your application. A laminator is two rolls that are rubber pressing tight into each other. A flatbed roller is one roller and a hard smooth glass that has to be perfectly flat throughout so it's a smooth application... Or you.get...

We've played with it a lot... Mainly out of curiosity / fun. Anyone who wants roll labels we outsource them, it was just one customer who wanted long lasting labels that were the exact same Color as the other decals we do for them, so we didn't want to outsource it. If you wind it really tight...

Buy a latex printer, a graphtec and a laminator. Roughly 20k investment. Print the stickers all in a line on 30" media....graphtec the cut it, and the. Use a chopsaw to cut it into its own roll. We've done runs this way. If a customer wants 5000 4" stickers... Well print them in 7 rolls (30"...

Check out all graphics supplies. They have a few different label printers... Usually some demos you.can get for cheap also. But to echo what others have said. Even buying a 10k machine to service one customer is iffy. There isn't too much demand for labels. I remember you wanted to setup an...

If you flame polish the edges, you can only wet apply with soap and water. Rapid tac even has a warning on the bottle saying not to use it with flamed edges - the chemicals in it, or even rubbing alcohol will Crack the whole thing. I'd you use soap and water you should be OK though.

Is it ij35 matte? Our grimco rep told me ij35 Matte has known issues with latex and to stay away from it. Apparently it's intermediate in some rolls.... Not sure if he said it was spotty or had banding. We used to use matte a lot in our solvent, haven't tried with our latex per his...

At this point tell your supplier to return or replace. Hps are great, but like every brand a faulty one slips through the cracks.

Window perf is a pain to print on with a latex due to the heat. I think it's because all the holes provides uneven "Tension" on the backing... so it tends to tunnel it a bit when it gets heated. We used to have a bunch of issues with the cheap window perf.. Usually it'd bunch up while printing...

Latex is a bit duller than solvent without overlaminate. With overlam they should be pretty glossy. The onlytime I've ever had that haze is when I print on reflective... or I'm throwing down way too much ink. Have you let the print sit non laminated for a day and see what it does? When my...

I'm a big fan of buying for the future. I wont be using it everyday, or even every week... But lets take todays job as an example. Let's say it takes 20 minutes a hole (we took about 45 mins, but it's likely a dull bit also). 8 Cameras... That's 8 holes for the PoE. Then each camera needs 4...

I wish I had one. We don't do much concrete work so we don't have an sds, just a regular hammer drill. We've had a lot.of.vandalism so we got.some.security cameras. I'm used to an sds drill... So I told the owner no problem, I can install all 8 cameras around the building and drive through the...

I had someone ask me to wrap their vehicle. They sent me a pdf with all the artwork on it... Password protected and asked how much. I told them I didn't design it, so I wouldn't produce or install the decals. They asked why since it was all their logos and just text. So I explained I didn't...

https://www.aslan-schwarz.com/en/products/windowblock-aslan-dfp-25-11901sp.html We used this stuff. It's printable, but the customer just wanted a blockout and it worked great. It's white vinyl with a black layer Inbetween more white vinyl / white glue. It's super opaque and helps keep their...

We use the fb500. When it's hot and hasn't rained, we get lots of static problems on coroplast. Usually wiping down with alcohol combined with a humidifier fixes the issue... But it's definately doable.

Welcome to S101, where your questions go unanswered and your topics get derailed. Where arguments over anything and everything break out :D All kidding aside, good luck! Leds are a great addition. After getting g a printer with them built in,I can't imagine not having them. It'd be my first...