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thanks for the insight. the person we are considering hiring does some freelance sign work, and we were thinking we should have it in writing that he cannot solicit our customers or do work for our current customers without going through us. its not a big concern, but just something to consider...

And the cost to operate your shop is way higher than mine. You need a bigger space for that big ol' flatbed. You need more employees to run it. AND you're not going to wholesale those signs to me at your cost. My point is that it costs me the same with materials and labor as it does to...

Does anyone make their employees sign a noncompete? My husband had to when he started out in this business almost 20 years ago (he started at a franchise store, if it makes a difference.) We are trying to expand a bit and we'd like to be more corporate with hiring. If you have a noncompete...

We've actually found printing on GF 220 and mounting with a big squeegee to be just as cost efficient and fast as sending out full color jobs up to about qty 30. The labor cost vs. cost for DTM is a wash, so I'd rather pay my employees than send that money out. Of course if we're slammed I'd...

outwater plastics has prefab frames

Here's the thing. Many people have no idea what different graphic files are or why we need a specific type. Not to mention the fact that often a vector version was never produced, so its like chasing a unicorn to get the right file. If I can reproduce it in less than 10 minutes (which is most...

http://www.academyengraving.com/ is who we use all the time.

thanks! this is exactly what we need. you rock.

Does anyone know where I can either get just the frames for these or someone who can make the entire thing? Its a 3ft tall, by 6 ft wide A-frame bracket with what appears to be a stretchy fabric banner, double sided. my client calls it a "pop up display." but we've never made anything like...

does it have to be 16oz? Harbor has 13oz, and I think you can custom order sizes/colors.

we don't have good luck with any metallic or "gold" vinyl outdoors. the vinyl doesn't fail, but it burns, just like in your picture. we warn our customers that metallics don't work great on vehicles and we won't guarantee it.

Avery CAST metallics do this too. It has nothing to do with cal or cast.

i love these, thank you for sharing!

We were friends with a smaller shop than us (amazing, since we are pretty small.) But he moved and changed directions.. I think he is doing a lot of silk screening these days. We've helped each other out in the past, but honestly, it was more us helping him than vice versa. But whateves, he...

One of my good clients asked if we could do a rhinestone transfer for her... I know there are a few places I can order them from, but I'm having a hard time figuring out how I should design it. The place I typically get silk screen transfers from said they only have one size rhinestone, and its...

I don't have a latex machine, but I know my UPS can't handle the load of our mimaki CJV30130 when its running. I have a SmartUPS 1500... My father assumes most of the power draw is due to the post heater, and even wanted to rewire my printer so that the heater has its own plug.

We get requests for this unicorn ALL THE TIME. People just don't understand physics. The only way to be able to see in and not out during the day and at night is by blacking out the windows and using a camera.

YOU ARE THE BEST. I swear I looked through every page that was labeled for exterior use. Thanks, I really appreciate your keen eye!

the problem with just getting the crown moulding from outwater is I need to add a top and back to it. I didn't want to have to do that.

I think this is our best option for something so big. Thanks for the suggestion.