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If you've already used a specto before, you should be fine. Ripping is a bit different, but if you have previous experience you should be ok . But the rip that comes with hp doesn't allow you to profile - you'll need to purchase the full software for $50 a month, or I believe $3500? Maybe...

If your only outsourcing 2k a year I think it's best to forget about the printer to be honest. Most printers dont last 10 years without some serious maintenance . Maintenance on these machines are expensive also... We pay $150 per hour for a tech to come in. Minimum $450 just to diagnose for 1...

Just to reiterate... solvent, and eco-solvent need ventilation. No manufacturer will tell you otherwise. The chemicals in solvents cause Cancer / not can, but do. Most solvent/ecosolvent (Check your MSDS sheet) allow 20 PPM exposure... A few places did a study with printing without any...

What kind of tape? And what size letters? are they going to be in reach of kids picking at them? Lots of different variables. Some drywall has paints that wont let tape adhere to it either... so thats another one. We put a lot of letters on walls, if theyre heavy we screw them in, if they're...

Put a triangle or square in the corner of each color and use it as a registration mark. YouTube It, lots of videos. Its really easy to do with an application table... But still doable without.

Just to expand on what I was saying since I was on a rush earlier... Yes, do your vehicle's,.do your friends vehicles.. do anything that comes your way. At my shop we don't do full color changes. But I wanted experience... I know I can wrap every piece individually, but we never do hardware...

If your interested in wraps, design and wrap your vehicle. Its always with you when you see clients, and it'll be a live sample of what you can do instead of a picture. Lots of people have seen our company truck when we're doing installs and ask for a business card. We don't get much business...

How big is the piece? / how heavy is it? we apply backprints the same way as you all the time. Anything really big gets fastened with standoffs... Anything under 2-3 FT we just use VHB tape to attach it, and it works well. We've also used 3M double sided adhesive, comes in rolls of 24". I...

We find matte prints better than glossy on certain 3M series vinyls. We always overlam gloss, works great. You can even overlam gloss. Realize its supposed to be matte.. then relam it matte if you want.

I had a really, really long post written up, but I know we're already being offtopic, so I deleted it.. and heres a "semi long" one :D TLDR; I consider Latex / solvent on equal footing. I wasn't trying to compare apples to oranges, or push towards one over the other unfairly. They both have...

Every position likely has downtime in it. When I'm printing on the flatbed and I have no cutting or roll to roll to do, I usually sit here and browse S101. Sometimes I watch tutorials... Sometimes I'm bored and just browse Reddit or something else. Ask your boss I'd he cares or not if your on...

I was going to say use knifeless, then I saw your small out stripes. Cut 1080/180 with a plotter, premask, dry apply. I'd remove the emblem... If your good enough with illustrator, you can add a 1/8 offset around the door handle, it'll make it look good and you won't need to remove the handle...

I was comparing to the highest latex, well.. I suppose you could say the flatbed is higher end, but I wouldn't consider it equivalent. The latex can print as fast and good quality as the Seiko, so not sure which is the Cessna? Unless you think latex is grainy / not as good prints as a solvent...

Mutohs might be worth it then. I'm talking CAD funds too, btw. So our heads may be cheaper in USA Too. It could also be our heads are just expensiver in Canada due to demand. But lets say our heads last 5 years.. $32,000 every 5 years is roughly $530 per month. Heads for the Latex are $130...

How much are heads on your machine? Our Seiko needed all 8 heads replaced. Well, 7, one was replaced a few months prior. The tech said they generally last 4-5 years. Sometimes way longer, but average is 4-5 years, so ours was nearing the end of life. We could get by using 2-3 of them, but in...

Your looking at 300sq ft about. I'm all for going cheap, but we usually use whatever material we recommend the client. Nothing gives a customer more confidence than showing them the product, telling them this is year xx that it's been up, and look at how well it's doing. Where as if you use a...

You realize this thread is 6 weeks shy of being a year old, right? :D

I don't think the money is there. The online market is so over saturated, tons of sellers from countries with a $3 an hour minimum wage, everything is slightly above cost... Just doesn't seem worth it. Now we do stuff like this for our customers who ask... We don't advertise, or rely on it as...

Yup. And these ones have felt on the tips, the Soopers don't. I've never had a Sooper, but I imagine the felt helps.protect against scratches. So in this case, it feels like the Chinese knockoffs are better than the original to me. I stress tested one, bent the smallest as far back as I could...

Everyone's layout will be optimized differently, depending what you specialize in, so I can tell comment on that. One thing that's often overlooked is sipper clips though. Or their cheap alternative from China - 50pcs Yellow Pvc Car Wrap Sticker Clamp Vinyl Film Sheet Clip Fastener Roll Clamp...