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  1. Graphtec CE-6000 60 Leaving Nicks

    I'm not sure but I would remove the blade from the holder and make sure no little bits of vinyl or dirt are causing the blade to not rotate smoothly. clean it and add a drop of light machine oil. I'd look up the correct blade offset for the one you are using from the user's manual and set it to...
  2. Need Help correction of a small crease on phototex help

    Glue could work but I would do a test on some scrap material before you try it on the panel. Reason I say this - I had a small section of laminated IJ180c lifting on a wrap. Figuring Primer 94 is recommended for use on IJ, I shot a little into the space with a syringe. Turns out 94 works fine if...
  3. Graphtec CE-6000 60 Leaving Nicks

    Little hard to tell what the issue is, got a photo of the problem you can post? wayne k guam usa
  4. Imposition or nesting calculator?

    Flexi can do that. It has both nesting and job costing that you can plug your numbers into. You only need to set up your costs and profit margins, it will do all the calculations on whatever file is open without having to input any of the dimensions. I have not used it but it is there wayne k...
  5. Measuring Shapes - dimensioning instrument?

    That's pretty neat, but I can imagine that men everywhere will be pretty nervous hoping it doesn't catch on with women. wayne k guam usa
  6. What's your favorite way of doing rivets? Poll

    I use the Manual Method "Manuel come here and nail down these rivets - I'm going to lunch" Rollepro works pretty good but it seems like you need to go back and hit them with a hard edge before the final post heat - at least with IJ180 wayne k guam usa
  7. Need Help Measure a sign that is on an angle

    You are not going to get the exact measurements of a sign based off a photo. There is always some distortion from the lens and settings used to take the photo. You can get close To get your base scale set up you need to know the actual size of something in the photo. If you have this you should...
  8. Flexi drives me nuts with this

    Yep, my cloudy version has done this to me more than a few times. I've noticed that most times the initial run prints as expected and then when I go back to run another set (after an open & close of the PM) it will do that random shuffle just to make my life more interesting. The way they set up...
  9. Calling mutoh gurus! Help me please

    I am not familiar with that toucan but when I changed out the head on my vj1304 I used a syringe to pull ink into the new dampers before seating them on the head. 1 or 2 strong cleans had the head filled and ready to print. wayne k guam usa
  10. Sending Large Files to a Printing Company.

    Convert everything to bitmap (200dpi should be more than enough) except the contour cut and save as an pdf or eps. File should be manageable after that. wayne k guam usa
  11. Sending Large Files to a Printing Company.

    USPS flat rate box - extra bubble wrap in the corners so they don't get bent. I'm with the others post up a screen cap of the file & some more info - size of the flexi file - what you have in there(bitmaps, transparencies etc). wayne k guam usa
  12. Pantone color of the year

    Green Huh? I figured it would have been orange this year for some reason. wayne k guam usa
  13. The things we do....

    An $8k wax job? That sounds like something you'd have to fly to Thailand to get. wayne k guam usa
  14. 1324 printhead position

    Mine is down all the time - except for banner printing - so add me to the down team. wayne k guam usa
  15. Need Help Magnetics don't work on Aluminum...Duh. But WHAT does?!

    I too was raised by a wild pack of bodymen/painters and there are bound to be lots of things in the way including reinforcement beams for the softer aluminum. wayne k guam usa
  16. Is my calculator wrong

    Metric money is so confusing. I'm just glad time is still measured in US standard units. wayne k guam usa
  17. cutting blade help

    You take a look at these guys? Mutoh Plotters - Clean Cut Blade Seems that they are cross referencing blades with the stops for the Mutohs with Gerber blades They have photos of each blade so you should be able to ID the right one if they have it. wayne k guam usa
  18. Fender flare wrap info needed please.

    Humm, I would have never thought to use Mutoh wave technology to join 2 print panels. I'd wrap in as far as possible with just a thin gap (1/8 or so) on the inside edge of the flare. wayne k guam usa
  19. To each and all............................................... ....

    Have a good one all! wayne k guam usa
  20. Dealing with hostile competition

    A good feud takes time to simmer. The Hatfields & McCoys feud started with a single tweet and has lasted all this time......
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