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Yes, you can fix it yourself if you have some basic tools and are mechanically inclined. There are several places you can purchase one. I bought mine from a MM here.

I had the same issues, and they got gradually worse. You need a new maintenance station.

Grimco's 20/20 ink is El Terrible. I was using Lyson Eco-Sol for a while, now I'm using the jetBest ink. Another member here has had a really great experience with JetBest as well. The key to a good bulk system is the delivery system, not the ink.

You need to have your screen calibrated if you want a true color match. Either that, or print out the library of PMS, CMYK, and RGB swatches from your design program and use that as a guide for your clients.

That made my head hurt.

I use a bulk ink system from Knight in my Mutoh, and have recently switched to JetBest inks. I've had good luck with them so far, and the bulk system, literally, saves me anywhere from $500/mo (in the winter) to $1500/mo (in the summer).

Don't guarantee a damn thing. If they insist on doing it a certain way against your professional advice, then have them sign a waiver stating that you are held harmless against any material failures. FWIW, coro is dirt *** cheap. I don't know how big this wrap is, but even if it's 10 sheets of...

AT LEAST. If you get in a race to the bottom, you will always win - or go out of business trying to.

Entirely possible - entirely possible. :notworthy::Oops:

I'd recommend Insignia or Merritt. Gino might be able to help you as well - he is on the east coast.

Nope. Lexan is a type of polycarb, but it has a much higher tensile strength and is nowhere near as brittle.

Just saw your post about using measurements from another sign shop.... Let me tell you a little story (and I'm sure others here have had this happen). A sign shop in our area REGULARLY gives measurements to the client that are anywhere from 1/4" - 2" off all the way around. Why? So if they...

First things first... 1. Polycarb is not the right material for this job. You should be using lexan. Polycarb is super brittle. There's a decent chance it may break being hoisted up to the 25' high signs. 2. Please share your polycarb supplier with all of us. 3. My selling price for...

He's gonna have to pay SOMEONE who has a bucket truck. Which means he's gonna have a higher labor rate. Around here, 2 men and a bucket runs anywhere from $100-$150/hr.

What Bill said. You aren't going to find a shop anywhere that will do this job, even wholesale, for less than $2800-3000. You're gonna have AT LEAST $800 in labor/bucket rental. Possibly more in your market. When the hotel saw your bid they probably jumped for joy - because every other bid...

It works with Oracal - it just takes two people to do it well. As for laying large prints with the laminator vs. the BS, that is a perfectly reasonable way to do it - unless of course you don't feel like re-webbing your laminator 2-3 times/day. As someone else stated - the BS is a very solid...

If the magenta lines look black, you've got cross contamination in your lines. Your magenta cartridge could be empty. Are you using OEM inks?

Been so busy I can't see straight. We opened up the TWO frozen yogurt shops within 6 months of each other, and between that, coaching, and keeping the sign shop running I am just slammed. Also steering the sign shop into a new direction, so a whole different type of marketing work...

Lay a piece of rigid substrate (MDO or the like) on your table. If you can see daylight underneath it, it isn't level enough for the BS.

The two biggest issues that people have with this product are as follows: 1. The surface that you are placing your substrate on MUST BE PERFECTLY FLAT. If your work table is bowed, even slightly, you will have TERRIBLE results. 2. If you are using laminated prints, and the laminate used was...