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the majority of shops that i know have increased the poundage of the sheets that they stock and don't prime at all. and since it has become common for ppl to jump my train on this issue do your research before making a reply. even if you are using lower weight sheets the only reason to...

I was in the graphics dept of our nations largest brewery this last week..and it is kind of ironic because they brought up this topic from another point of view. about all of the signs and banners they can not do for customees. Sometimes it is content. Sometimes size. Design. Material..the...

look at caifornia...sign codes and licensing are simply nuts...like most other things in one way or another in time it seems as most states follow their lead..it just takes time. Change is coming,our industry is very unregulated nationwide..i can not think of another industry like ours...things...

in my experience every community thsy I have ever been asked to help with this issue has been accomodating. One community invited EVERY licensed sign shop to come in have a chance to sit down get their ideas out...400+ shops were invited...guess how many showed up? ZERO...

I have been involved in the writing of many city's sign codes. I constantly am encouraging sign ppl to get involved with your local government...the alternative is that changes will be made to your local codes and requirements by ppl who know very little or nothing at all about our...

this is the tip of the iceburg. I have commented before about the products I hav seen in various R&D depts. Targeted to the end user. And The amazing next generations of various sign making equip. In my prediction the sign industry is in for some of the biggest changes we ve ever seen...

I am frightened to the core of heights..and have a few hundred sky dives and more bungee jumps behind me than I can count lol..but I still hate heights. I worked on a historic neon sign that we had to replace in total 5 miles of neon every day for 35 days hundreds of feet in the air..every...

oh Gino...sometimes the simplest solutions are overlooked. I have seen people with a strip of tape on one side of their plotter to butt the vinyl up against,i have seen ppl with strips of tapeon both sides of their plotter for each width of vinyl they use & essentially placing the vinyl in the...

one of the easiest ways to align vinyl that many noobs & veterans haven't discovered is like an old typewriter. Pull a few feet of vinyl yhrough the machine with the rollers up and pitch the material in the front to the meterial in the back making sure that the edges of the material are in...

welcome from alabama...

i dont know the answer(s) there is much being discussed here. but what i would like to say is that there are many extremely skilled signmen and women who will not post at signs101 or have stopped or severely limited their participation because of educating their competition, or hobbiests, or...

would love to go..but the timing just doesnt work. is there anything that i can do to help?

only positive replies..sigh..these machines were a great idea that really would have filled a need in many markets* so without getting too negative they have some limitations...and many of them you just have to accept. i would call in some favors from sign friends who utilize different...

looks like a good solid installation from where i'm sitting good job. curious what the wrap market is like in ireland and outside of the US in general?

if i had to use it back in the day..and it was a project that had some complexity or was small or was going to be used on a vehicle i would have some printed with the gerber edge and then cut it..it was a much better solution in many instances...as counter intuitive as it seems

wait til you see the comment about using velcro for hemming banners...lord help us

heat welded if you are serious about banners. tape if you are doing onesie twosies

wow uptown stuff ... almost every shop i've been in has had concrete floors and if they are really fancy it might be painted..i do like comfort mats next to the work tables. i would be investing in a bigger work space than decoration..myself.

agreed i would NEVER put a router in an area with a printer...i have seen it done and all i can say is that it is a nightmare. there were just comments that i read before posting to the effect that a router needs to be in a separate building. yes that would eliminate the noise, dust...