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  1. Snark-Free Response Forum

    This is clearly NOT a SFZ.
  2. Snark-Free Response Forum

    Threads can be reported and removed. As it stands right now, people can write the most offensive, irrelevant crap and its okay. I'm just proposing having one place where someone can post without being subjected to ridicule. I'm not suggesting taking away anyone's right to be an a$$ to others on...
  3. how do you handle design fees

    This is exactly what I needed last week. Thank you, I'm going to advertise this as a service... "I'm not giving you a deposit till i know what its going to look like!" - PROOF FEE please!
  4. Snark-Free Response Forum

    So I guess all the worthless pieces of sh1t trolls are all going to come out in this thread. Its like I'm dangling candy in front of everyone who has so little joy in their lives they have to put down people on an internet forum. Bravo.
  5. Snark-Free Response Forum

    I just don't understand why when someone come across a thread that illicits this response: "WHAT A DUMB A$$, this is a stupid question." They can't just ignore it and move on? I don't need everything to be candy coated, but why waste your time and effort being a jerk? Seriously, it takes more...
  6. Some basic vinyl info

    Do you coil it with the graphics facing out or in?
  7. Snark-Free Response Forum

    Lately I've noticed an increase in snarky remarks across this entire forum, particularly when less experienced sign makers ask generally basic questions. Instead of people either ignoring the thread or politely answering the question, they revert to trolling the thread. This snowballs into...
  8. Shadow Question

    In Corel we just copy the text and make it black, then move it down and over a bit. Sometimes we also add a little black outline to the original lettering, too.
  9. Spray Paint Signs? (dimensional letters)

    No, I don't think many people use rattle cans to paint their signs. As previously mentioned, we do use spray paint for things like screws, installation hardware, and plastic caps, but never on the actual sign.
  10. Crazy Cat Lady

    I know this may be an expensive option, but you can trap them, take them to be fixed, and the release them back into the woods. There are low cost spay clinics, perhaps you can barter some services? My parents have fixed at least 12 feral cats in the past 5 years. Almost all of them are...
  11. On my phone!!!!

    I've actually given up on not giving out my cell phone number. Honestly, the people who don't know how to "email" a picture from their phone are the same that don't know how to save phone numbers. No one calls me after hours, the most I get is an order on via text. I'm so busy lately, I would...
  12. Fine arts vs. Graphic arts majors

    We hired a graphic design student last year to help with production & planned on having him eventually do some design work. Almost a year goes by (he only worked one day a week) and he is no more useful to us than the day he started, so we let him go. A few months ago a girl came in looking for...
  13. Fine arts vs. Graphic arts majors

    Graphic art is about know how to layout a page, use tools, a bit of color theory. Its not really about being creative. On the other hand, in fine art, its not about being able to nudge the layer over a nano inch so it looks perfect. A fine artist is taught to be creative and expressive. I have...
  14. Dickies Work Shirts Print

    Bodek and Rhodes carries Dickies, and I've been using Blue Moon Promotional for screen printing lately.
  15. Perf vinyl on huge windows, overlap ?

    If you can get them to pay $30K for window perf, I say go for it! On the other hand, a more competitive rate might be closer to half that (or even a third of it.) I have no idea what your daily rate is, but figure how many windows you could do in a day, and then figure how many days it will...
  16. black reflective

    This is the answer. The question is "what is a reflection?" The color black reflects less (or no) light. A material either reflects a color, or doesn't. You can't reflect the absence of a reflection.
  17. Heads up, Mr. Gonzalez is back...BEWARE!

    I think I got 3 banner orders last week! I really liked the artwork for the church soccer team. Specially since half of it was not in English, and yet they still called it soccer.
  18. 2 part business forms

    Call Zoo Printing. They offer spiral bound books, and they offer 2 part forms, so I'm pretty sure they can combine the two for you. Good luck!
  19. Purchasing a used Ledco Econocraft - need advice

    If you had the opportunity to purchase another one for a pretty decent price, would you? I would love to get a RS or Seal, but they are out of my price range. If this one is in good condition, we will be very lucky. Actually, it might make up for the fact that the price of our printed dropped...
  20. Mimaki CJV30-130 cut not aligned with print

    yeah! what did you do? we never use the cut on or cjv because we get better results using our graphtec. i would love to use the print and cut function one of these days.
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