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I have to disagree about the outdoor use of the HP pigment inks. They are excellent machines for long-term indoor and short-term outdoor graphics - depending on the graphics themselves and how they will be used. Compared to solvent printing, in general, aqueous ink jet print costs are more...

Aw man, I missed all the good comments :) DND, you need to keep the horse in front of the cart. The "best" software is what will make you the most money with the least amount of effort. As others pointed out, you can pick up Corel for under $500 or you can spend thousands of dollars on...

Check with the manufacturer. With some machines, oiling the bushings may do more harm than good. Checkers

Old sign faces, acrylic polycarbonate, etc, are great for production tables. They can take the abuse of fabrication, etc and will last forever. Glass is great for vinyl prep and cutting, but don't drop anything on it. Checkers

Michael is right, most sites, programs and OS's have FTP built in. Unless you're doing some major work, you can use Internet Explorer and "drag and drop". However, my personal favorite is FireFTP which is an add-on to the Firefox browser. Checkers

I'm not familiar with the machine, so this is just a guess. However, any number of issues can cause problems. Tension, alignment and even the way the transfer tape is cut at the factory or distributor can cause issues, which I think could be the problem here. If the tape is not cut perfectly...

Dave is a good guy, a little funny, but definitely good :) Checkers

Hiya Matt, Do a web search for "sign language font" and you should find several. Checkers

Hiya Jamey, IMHO, if it works it's a good printer. However, from what I understand, Gerber doesn't support them any more. So, when it finally craps out, it's done. The Edge II prints at a higher resolution 300x600 dpi versus the straight 300 dpi of the older model. Other than that, I believe...

Did you check at Corel.com to see if there were any patches, fixes, etc.? Also, check your memory settings. I'm still at V12 so, I don't know how to access them in X3. Checkers

When I was printing in-house, I used Onyx 7.0 (I think) and found it relatively easy to use. I also got pretty darn good colors without using a color spectrophotometer or building custom media profiles either. Knowing some about color management and how to use the right profiles was critical...

Actually, anything is possible. Show me the money and I can make it happen - if the client is willing to pay for it :) Checkers

Good question Jim, but the end is (unfortunately?), PMS. Because color is so important to society, someone had to create and maintain some sort of standard for accurate color reproduction and right now in the USA it's Pantone. Is there is an equivalent or better system than Pantone that...

Hiya Jim, I understand your logic, but the catch 22 with using CMYK or RGB models is what Rick mentioned; no 2 monitors, printers, etc, can reproduce color in the exact same way. So, the values will change according to how the image is printed, reproduced and/or displayed. And, without having a...

Wow, there's some good debate going on here. As this discussion shows, it would be difficult to recreate a color without knowing what you're trying to match. This is where the Pantone Matching System and other color guides come in to play. The most important thing to remember though, is PMS...

Without a proper color management "system" you're just shooting at a moving target with you eyes closed. All of your equipment needs to be profiled and you need to use the profiles in a consistent manner. There are training programs available from equipment manufacturers and private vendors and...

Some of the "deals" on ebay can be for foreign language copies or student editions. So, be careful of what you buy. Checkers

You can also try reversing your process and peel the backing paper from the vinyl. Checkers

Another tip is to use an outline then "convert outline to object". You don't get nearly as many nodes, but you'll still may need to do some editing. Checkers