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If you are limited to one or the other, buy Steve's first, and the in a couple of months go back to LHF. Steve will give you more to play with for the time beiing until then. Just my thoughts.

Yeah - RUN!!!! Far far away! !LOL! Once it starts to get into your blood, so does the "gots-ta-have"! Welcome. You will have fun here. As for equipment, well the opinions are all over the place. Your safest bet is to stick to proven name brands THAT a local supplier carries - enabling you...

Although both are considered forms of advertising - there is a night and day difference between textiles and signage. Both will carry their own inherent problems. To be involved with the garments and not be able to cut roll goods is foolish. Therefore buying the plotter was a smart thiing to do...

I hear ya Tech...I hear Ya...:smile:

Maybe but, this was not a problem with DeSay. This one seems to have been treating Stacy good. The computer crapped out, and sometimes any plotter can be a PITA.

Welcome to the club! Been there.........:Big Laugh The simple things we take for granted are the ones that cost us the most! Just curious. You stated the the other machine lost a drive. Did you replace the complete machine? Having been there with that too (thanks to Western Digital and...

Brian - I agree with the point completely. It just was not clear in the initial post. Some people just try and fab everything. In this particular case you would not be able to find something "on the shelf" - at least not without the loss of distinction.

That's different - you are in need of custom brackets. Just remember to charge 'em for it! Over time, as with anything else, you will find newer and more elaborate equipment that will make the process easier and nice - but it will cost. Therefore it is easier to start charging them for it now...

A simple bender is all that is required, I think Harbor Freight sells one. The grade of steel and the thickness will dictate if heat is required. I have to ask why you want to manufacture your own. Other than the shipping factor, you can usually get them pre-made fairly cheap. Unless it is a...

There is no cheaper than Corel. Period - end of story. The equivalent in Adobe would cost many times the amount Corel gets. At least you realize that Corel is a very powerful program - and that is very good. Even though you think that you will not be using a good number of features-...

Not when you have fifty people that want to eat :Big Laugh

Flame - For years people would say that I was just "a mechanic". Then all of a sudden everybody wanted to be my "friend". In any business there are lessons to be learned - and they cost some way or form. Invest nothing - get nothing. Maybe in the case of clicking on "print" it can be...

aah... a little more to it, huh :biggrin:

Bradster, You are correct in saying that we are all a group of many personalities. When a new person comes along (here), they are usually welcomed with open arms. We do not need to tell you this, as you have seen and experienced this yourself time and time again. We use the word "usually"...

That is the stupidity of digital! Non-business people have tendency to give away technology. That is one reason people that own the Edge make money - they do not give it away!

The average person has no idea of any difference. Basically, when a customer requests many colors, or a difficult or impossible image, then you would turn to digital. It is not that the material side is cheaper, but the labor of the production process is considerably shorter. Should you have to...

Bradster, There is nothing wrong with in-house, and there is nothing wrong with newbies (hobby people included). I, as one of the "original" posters you mention, have no problem with any of those. I have a problem when someone puts a cart before the horse (as Gino put it), and then turns...

That is what I meant :Big Laugh :Big Laugh

That is a new one on us. The cut strip is a normal everyday wearable item. We are only on our third, but we are careful with our pressures. I can see some people going through a cut strip every six months, depending on how busy they are and if they have had any booboos. We still suggest the...

We agree with Gino and ADD... We originated by doing in-house work, but we already had prior graphics experience. We always supplied our own artwork. You make it sound like you can learn what to do (and what we do) in fifteen minutes - which is just not possible, and even insulting to many...