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Domino's corporate wouldn't tell you? Best practice is probably to match the Pantone colours with the translucent colours in your swatchbook (i.e. while they are front-lit with a white backing behind them). Avery's swatchbook would seem to support that, since they have numerous Pantone vinyls...

Well the ideal way to sell quick $50 custom decal jobs is probably online, where the customer can pick the size/colour/text/font etc. without having to interact with you at all. Obviously you don't want to tell customers to go home and order from your website when they're already in your store...

I would guess that it probably needed the oil you gave it. Most materials will unspool themselves onto the floor if I don't put the brake on.

Also known as "feed calibration", at least on my Roland. If I understand correctly, you want to turn it down​ by 0.8%. That's quite a large correction though, so just to be sure I would do a calibration test.

Why an x-acto knife? A box cutter is much more ergonomic for quick cuts on a ruler.

How do I measure the length of a sheet of media after loading it into my XC-540? I've tried selecting "Piece" and then hitting Setup. It measures the width and then it rolls the material forward all the way and back again to measure the length, but then it doesn't tell me what the length is...

Do you have pictures? Exactly how obvious is the pink cast on the unprinted areas? Logically, those are the areas where it would be far more noticeable, so maybe the pink hue is in fact cast over the whole sign?

Here's an interesting one. Leavenworth is a Bavarian-themed town in WA that has very specific rules for signage. All exterior signage must be done in Bavarian/Old German/Gothic style fonts, as seen in these examples: 76 and Subway signs https://www.flickr.com/photos/qpmarl/860686225/ Starbucks...

Wherever you buy your Olfa knives from, you can get a scoring tool. Works a bit better than just a knife for scoring and breaking ACP. We use a deburring tool which very quickly cleans up the sharp edges.

Wow that's quite similar. I guess that means it's....:smile::glasses::Cool 2:....back to the drawing board.

Not the most constructive advice, but I tend to agree. If the client dictates the font and you know it's not going to work, it's your job to convince them otherwise. Communicating effectively with your customer is key. If you let the customer dictate your job when you know you could do it...

Definitely a scam. It's been discussed here a number of times and I've seen them in my email several times.

I don't have experience with this, but I think they would be fine. Double check the product data sheet for your material of course. For example, Avery says their 2900 high performance calendered vinyl should be just fine within a "reasonable" service temperature of -40C to 82C.

We tell customers that we need a vector file and leave it at that. If they ask what a vector file is, as they often do, then I give a brief explanation and if they don't get it, I tell them to send over whatever files they have and I'll let them know whether the files are usable or if we would...

What, did you copy and paste all the dots to make a pattern? You could have saved yourself a lot of time if you made use of Illustrator's Pattern function to create your pattern. There's no noticeable delay in rendering it or editing your artwork, unless you expand the fill, then in my case...

Does anyone have experience with this type of material? I would think the exposed adhesive in the perforated holes would become a problem.

If it's the glue, then it might settle and disappear in a day or two. Similar to the glue texture you see after you apply laminate to a print, which also goes away on its own. Or, maybe there's some sort of plastic film on the top layer of the metallic vinyl? I had a customer bring in a metal...

Outlines and shadows on the text is too much. Tone down the shadows (make them subtler) or try removing them altogether.

What difference does it make if he asked? He clearly needed help. Not all the comments made were helpful, mind you, but the sarcastic ones (myself included) were more than likely a reaction to the fact that the design was so bad, it looked like a troll more than a legitimate post.

Nice website. Your designer is very good with Geocities.