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  1. Graphtec FC8600-160 not cutting after reading registration marks

    You can always expand the area for width white space and it should fix it .If there's not enough direction to read the end... Tape a piece of scrap vinyl to it, and you'll be fine. No need to reprint!
  2. Tariff on Sign Blanks?

    Trump announced a 1 month exemption for Mexico / Canada on steel / aluminum tarrif. Just enough to try and bully Canada into a better trade deal which again, I hope he does. Us can bring $650 across the border with no taxes or fees. Canada's exemption limit is $50. It's stupidly low, and trump...
  3. Tariff on Sign Blanks?

    That's why I'm all for standards. Certain us companies have started to demand their foreign employees be paid a minimum wage. It took many suicides, but apple has started to check on the living / working conditions of all their Foxconn employees .They set a list of standards that must be...
  4. Tariff on Sign Blanks?

    Everything evolves. Retailers can't compete with online...doesn't mean we should tax/tarrif Amazon. Uber is shaking up the taxi industry, self driving cars will shake up the Uber industry, it'll put long haulers out of business... etc. 90% of phone support and tech support is now down via...
  5. Printing and cutting colored vinyl

    Put some masking tape over it.. use a ruler and draw the lines. It's the best and fastest way, I do it all the time with reflective and get perfect cuts/reads. I wouldn't mess with settings on the cutter unless you know what you're doing, or are willing to read a lot...you may mess up the...
  6. HP Latex 115 Print and Cut Solution

    115 and 315 are different printer. Afaik, the cutter is the same. The difference is the 115 takes 400 ml carts, and the 315 takes bigger carts. I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure the speed on both is the exact same. The 110 is the exact same printer as the 310, just different firmware is...
  7. Need Help Yea or Nay? Floor rack for large vinyl rolls EZ Horizontal Vinyl Roller Rack #17 EZH17

    We have some metal bars welded to make a home made rack. 5-10 in a vertical space off the wall... 4-5 rows of it. Takes upittle space, light stuff on-top and on bottom.. heavy stuff in the mid. For our 54"+ rolls we just stand up on the core.
  8. Tariff on Sign Blanks?

    I see how it is... Now you guys are trying to trick Canada into paying for a wall! You can have our maple syrup. But try to take our poutine, ketchup chips or our coffeecrisp chocolate bars, and we'll be going to war. You guys will be met with fire, fury and frankly power the likes of which...
  9. Tariff on Sign Blanks?

    I thought it was well known that trump screws over his contractors? He did it long before he became president, and was still voted in.. it shouldn't surprise people. He is just trying to aim high, and meet in the middle. It's a strategy he believes works... go with a batshit crazy demand...
  10. Tariff on Sign Blanks?

    It's a ploy to get Canada to concede on some NAFTA sections. He pretty much said so in his tweet... Saying we have to open up our farming and other stuff and hurry and pass a NAFTA he finds acceptable, or the steel tariffs will go through. I have to admit, I didn't expect that from him... It's...
  11. Tariff on Sign Blanks?

    Sometimes tarrif are good.. though a lot of times they're not . US steel and aluminum iant as good quality as other countries. It's great that trump wants to boost the US steel job market... But this isn't the right way to do it. It's the same with soft wood, trump added a huge tarrif on that...
  12. HP 110 Take Up Reel

    Is the arm on it raised or lowered? If it's in the wrong position, it won't turn. Try this video
  13. Awful wrap.

    We had a customer insist we wrap over the decals. Told her we could remove them and put themback on... But no, she insisted. She was the same type of person who insisted on watching us wrap her vehicle too...for some reason the bosses told her it was fine. Slowed us down a lot answering her...
  14. Tariff on Sign Blanks?

    Prices will go up, but it depends on how much... And if he actually pushes the taxes through. Congress will fight him on this one, because it's bound to start trade wars with a few key countries that would hurt the US economy pretty bad. There are a few countries that are flooding the market...
  15. HELP VINYL LETTERING NOT STICKING TO WALLS!!

    You can always use a Matte overlam and overlam whatever color you want... Lots of places make Matte vinyl though... 3M Makes some, Avery makes some... They're more expensive than oracal, but tend to work a bit better.
  16. To use the www or not?

    Isn't it usually up to the customer? We tend to do it sometimes, sometimes we don't. It depends on the design, and what we think looks better. But what we think and the customer thinks isn't always right. We've also had some customers ask us to change it both ways.... Some like the www, some...
  17. Hello From Vancouver BC

    No worried! Thats pretty good. I'm presuming most of your stuff is national instead of local then? We've found shipping to be pretty expensive for most jobs. Large orders it's worth it, but most stuff it doesn't seem to be. The hand crank is great for small jobs. Especially for the price...
  18. Hello From Vancouver BC

    A laminating table like the rolls roller is a bit overkill. If you're mounting a lot of signs, it may be worth it... but the price point is 4-5 times that of a roll to roll printer. And of course if you're only doing magnets and a couple small sheets of stickers, a roll to roll is a overkill...
  19. Just curious what prints on ACM.

    Yes, the flatbed prints are pretty dull. It's ok on Coro... but still not as good as our solvent/Latex. It looks great if you laminate it... but that kind of defeats the purpose of direct to substrate printing for us, and of course using a film lam on UV ink is kind of iffy, especially if it's...
  20. Hello From Vancouver BC

    Welcome from langley! The market out here is so flooded. Especially if you don't have a store front... Seems there's a sign printing business on every block these days. Did you pickup a laminator also?
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