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  1. Vinyl Express Q60 won't let me change the speed

    If that plotter is really a Graphtec masquerading as something else then... Menu>Next...[until 'Background Settings' appears]>Background Settings>Condition Priority>Manual Now the plotter will not pay any attention to speed, force, etc. conditions received from the computer
  2. black translucent vinyl

    The notion of 'black translucent' is a contradiction. If there were such a thing, just what color of light would it let through?
  3. Trying to cut out stencils with a my plotter. Please help

    If by Mylar you mean material like the sheets of stencil material you can get at places like Hobby Lobby then you should be fine. I've cut stencils in these from time to time. Apply app tape to one side to give it a backing, put the blade out a little farther, and increase the pressure a bit...
  4. Snark-Free Response Forum

    Does this idiotic response fall under Godwin's law? One can only hope...
  5. Snark-Free Response Forum

    No sport, this is a thread in a forum. Here people post whatever it might please them to post for whatever reason or no reason at all. You get do do the same. Persons who are tight a$ses, such as you give every appearance of being, are far more amusing than the usual sort of respondents one...
  6. Real Sign making

    No particular talent is required. It's a learned skill and anyone who isn't palsied can pick it up. All it requires is far more years of practice than most people are willing to devote to it.
  7. How to be a Successful Sign Shop

    Sitzpinkler.
  8. Any Help Appreciated On This Font

    Uncial
  9. importing a contour line....

    Close. The function to which you refer is Arrange->Contour->Make Contour Cut | Release Contour Cut To import a contour line from AI make the contour cut a solid filled object, generally in some landmark color or another, with no stroke. Import the file into Flexi, select the object, and do...
  10. Problems with print quality

  11. Fire Resistant T-Shirts

    For people with a tendency to burst into flames?
  12. Problems with print quality

    First, dither has nothing to do with it. Dither is the algorithm that reproduces a particular image pixel my integrating just the right combination of CMYK printer dots. If the original is in vector form why would you want to rasterize it? Other than, as you previously noted, to make it RIP...
  13. Rodeo clown barrel

    No Euclid, that image describes a conic section which pretty much depicts the top and bottom sections of the subject barrel. Add to the pair of conics a simple band around the center and you could wrap it in three pieces. Or, as previously noted, you could paint it which would probably stand...
  14. Would you please express your opinion for pricing?

    By that you mean in some manner that won't nudge your delicate sensibilities? The best way to tell someone something looks like crap is to tell them it looks like crap. No matter how many lollipops, balloons, and puppy dogs surround dreck, it's still dreck. Grow a skin.
  15. Yay! Finally got a fun one!

    Tactical Smoke and an image of a hog would just naturally lead one to believe that the client is producing hams for some branch of the military or another.
  16. Would you please express your opinion for pricing?

    If by 'haters' you man anyone that doesn't tell you how special and wonderful your product might be, and, of course, by extension yourself, then fine. If that's what you're looking for you'll probably be disappointed in these waters. If you choose to pay attention to the absolutely correct...
  17. Would you please express your opinion for pricing?

    The classic rule of thumb for pricing manufactured items is 5x the cost. Thus a cost of $15.00 should bring ~$75.00. You can apply all manner of pricing models but each and every one of them that is realistic will come in somewhere around 5x the actual cost. That is, of course, if you...
  18. Segmenting cut files on long print/cut runs

    While I have no idea about the capabilities of Onyx, this sort of thing is done all of the time in Flexi. I try never to print a page of decals longer than 48". All you do in Flexi is send the first page and tell Production manager not to delete it when done. Then just keep printing and cutting...
  19. revised logo what ya think

    The wrench thing is somewhat contrary to the notion of signs. Lose the remarkably forgettable and equally annoying type face used for the bottom two lines. Find something that's not locked in a death struggle with the main text. Right now it looks as if these lines were added as an...
  20. Print Directly to Wood?

    Either take a picture of the wood you're going to use or find a bitmap of wood that you like.Use the wood bitmap, what ever it ends up to be, as a bump map on whatever it is you're printing. Print and cut the resultant image on vinyl. Instant wood grain imposed on your print.
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