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  1. Should you fire this employee?

    Pat, he has to be let go, I had a similar situation a few years back, the employee was my brother-in-law. And he did bottom out before he got the help he needed. I don't know how many times I bought equipment back from pawn shops. Always promising never again, and another saw would come up...
  2. Dead, dead, dead......dead.

    Been steady all month but not overwhelming. We also prepared for it and sent out service flyers. Guys have been busy servicing signs, replacing ballast and lamps. Also the 40 mile an hour wind we had the last 2 days will keep the guys busy till the middle of next week. Bless Mother...
  3. Three weeks in to the Graphtec CE5000-60

    This is also what I do. I also remove weed boarder on long runs and I have a sequence plot option that I use, so the plotter does not traverse? back and forth so much. Nancy
  4. New Job Title & Duties

    In our office she is the Production Coordinator. Sales, marketing, order materials and keeping the guys informed of dead lines and daily work orders. Her other duties include, proposals & simple quotes. She has been with us for 8 years and can pretty much handle anything thrown at her. A life...
  5. Font help please.

    That might just work. I will put the bottom of the Q on the R tilt the O, make it bold. I am thinking good find. Thanks so much. Saved me a few hours of clean up! Nancy
  6. Font help please.

    Scan off a buisness card. Doctor didn't remember where they were purchased. I may just have to rescan and clean up as best as I can. Thanks for taking a look. Nancy
  7. Font help please.

    Got the job now need the font. Anything close, I can modify the r's and o's Thanks, Nancy
  8. Gerber GS15 Plus plotter problem

    Had the same problem with the envision: On gerber techs advice I set the pull down feature to 0 and slowed down the acceleration. I also turned off the weed box if I really didn't need it. Just make sure you have enough unrolled material behind the plotter so it does not "jerk" the roll...
  9. How to get started?

    eurocom-inc. website has a wealth of info. When our son turned 20 he developed and interest in neon. After a month of intense hands on training from an old local neon bender he had enough continued interest so we purchased a euocom system. After 8 years he is still learning. He devotes...
  10. A general "Future of the Industry" discussion

    Being "older", and after spending over 30 years in the sign business we are finding that our business model is changing as in: More marketing for higher end items such as LED message centers,monument signs, building ID and illuminated cabinets. Our printing is still outsourced and we...
  11. getting the right shape/size

    :help Nancy
  12. something quick

    How nice of you to do that for fisheye, I google images all the time for ideas or color schemes. Fish, you will learn a lot from these images. Try posting more than one concept. Yours is a piece of clipart with some (illegible) fonts thrown across it. A little more energy put into your...
  13. What would you do in this situation?

    +1 Also I would contact the offending sign company that used your design. Tell him his practice of using your design is unethical, if it happens again you will send him a bill also. Nancy
  14. What the font?

    An altered font R's and O's? Thanks, Nancy
  15. Trouble opening and importing

    The error message usually says "file compressed resave without compression" (not the exact wording). Have customer save the .ai in a lower version, and it should work. Nancy
  16. How long have you been in the Sign Business?

    29 years for me-my husband started painting signs with his Father sometime in jr. high school. He will be 54 in March. Nancy
  17. Human Billboard

    Welcome. If I was hiring someone to stand on the street and advertise my "BIG SALE", I would go to a..... sign company.... and they would custom make them for me, where does your company fit in? Sorry if I misunderstood your question. Nancy
  18. Publish to PDF

    Thank you will try! :thankyou: Nancy
  19. Publish to PDF

    I have a 3 page corel draw file the work space size is 20' x 15' (page size). When I publish to pdf I am getting 3 blank pages. Do I need to shrink my drawings to fit and 8.5" x 11" piece of paper. (i don't want to do that I would like to keep them at full size.) What am I missing here...
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