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These may or may not be obvious, but here are a few pointers no one mentioned. After you pre-mask the graphic, always go over the "trouble" spots with a squeegee to make sure they stick to the transfer tape. Don't switch to a higher-tack masking tape, unless you want to wait even longer for the...

Your description of the vinyl sounds like Avery 2611. It's 6mil, matte, and is designed to be used without laminate. Avery has a very detailed guide that includes information about different types of paint that work better than others, how to prep/clean the wall, etc...

Sounds expensive, but how long do they last? A week? Month? Year? I can't remember the last time I bought one of these for my Roland, so they definitely last over a year in my shop—we clean weekly and use maybe 1-2 cc's—in which case I'm not too concerned about saving a few bucks on something...

Holy... I hope not. Did they cut off the stripes or the stars? That's not even close to the aspect ratio for an American flag.

Design in Signlab and export to EPS for use in Illustrator/Photoshop, or... Find a matching/similar font, which may or may not have the same name. Whatthefont would probably work for some of them. Other than that, I don't think there's any easy way to do it...

The new font Francois One in the top menu will look much better if you change the weight back to 400 (or just remove the font-weight from your CSS). The font is not available in a 700 weight, but you have it set to 700 so it causes a faux bold effect that is hard to read and will be different on...

Try searching the forum. I'm sure this has come up before. My only recommendation is to avoid Intelicoat Postermax. We used it for a few years, before I was the one making decisions, and every roll we ever had would stick to itself as it unrolls, and then the prints would always stick again on...

A few problems I notice right away in the first couple inches of the site: Your logo deserves more respect. Give it some whitespace. Your phone # is an image and will not be recognised as a phone # when someone views it on their PHONE. The top menu items are using a display font with body...

Whoa, calm down there Rambo

It looks very Web 2.0 to me. If you've exhausted all the easy options, I'd bet it's somewhere on Typekit, Fontsquirrel, Google Web Fonts, etc.

Ornamental Post & Panel. You pick the style, size and length of posts, the base, finial and other accessories, and they cut it to size, weld it together and powder coat it. I've dealt with them a couple of times and I like them.

Honestly, when it comes to cut vinyl I've just accepted that the vector files I get from customers are going to need a bit of work to get them ready for cutting. I don't know Signlab at all, but either Signlab is your problem or you haven't learned it well enough. With Illustrator you should be...

Never mind, found it! Playbill.

Looks like Palatino to me.

Here let me fix another typo for you. I'll read the rest later and provide some more critique. Gotta go buy some popcorn.

Always keep in mind that Versaworks does not interpret vector files (EPS and PDF) exactly 100% the same as Adobe does. A simple vector file is fine, but once you start adding effects and transparencies, then I don't trust Versaworks. Our rule of thumb is that any "complex" files get flattened to...

My first thought would be Ornamental Post & Panel. They don't have anything pre-configured to what you want, but what you're looking for is basically a series of post and panel signs. I believe their products are all made to order (i.e. they cut the pieces to size and then weld everything...

Ok. I'm not an expert, but I can offer a few more tips. Next relevant question would be: are you using Roland brand inks, or a 3rd party brand like Clearcolour? If you're using 3rd party inks, they don't dry as quick so you need to crank up the heat on all your profiles. If that still doesn't...

Have you tried turning the heat up? Or on? That's exactly how my Roland prints when the heat is turned off.

This isn't in a place where kids would pick at it. Problem solved though! I've been informed that this sign is in a potash system and would corrode like crazy, thus the plastic.