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  1. Looking to update 3 design computers

    I suggest you check out the prices at Dell for refurbished units and scratched a dented units often as not you'll get a great deal if you don't mind a minor dent or scratch,....neither will affect their perforrmance
  2. Gilding: NEWBIE

    Gold leaf reflects whatever texture it is gilded to,...if it's gilded on glass properly it will reflect light just like a mirror because the surface texture of the glass is so smooth slick and even,.....i've tried to gild sandblasted glass due to a client's odd request and it ended up looking...
  3. LOOK Spreadsheet or Database program?

    I personally would check out some commercial pricing software before I went to all the trouble to create a program of my own,....in the long run your time may be more effectivly spent learning an off the shelf program catering to the sign industry than to try and reinvent the wheel,...Estimate...
  4. Graphtec not cutting precisely

    I've seen issues like that when a machine is set to cut as fast as possible and the media will stretch from the drastic moves the plotter makes at it's highest speed,... maybe slowing it down some might possibly help,....
  5. Help! I am sooo frustrated!

    simple solution,.... buy a 9 pin to 25 pin adapter for the cable (about $10) then buy and install a io comm port card for the pc that will fit the type slot available on your motherboard (rarely over $20)=no problems since the technology hasn't changed for the past 20 years other than the type...
  6. Roland GX 24 not cutting all the way..

    that term is " blade offset " it applies to both aspects of cutting with a swivel knife
  7. Roland GX 24 not cutting all the way..

    keep trying to correct the blade offset until the problem either improves or goes away,...
  8. XP reinstall issue

    you state you used an xp pro edition,...I would check and see if the edition previously installed might have been a home edition thus it would validate if the serial key were correct,....
  9. Gas Stations

    Here's one I used to walk by on my way to grade school,...it's still there today,...
  10. 3M vinyl coming off track

    sometimes cleaning the teeth on the plotter that engage the holes works,..cleaning gently with.a wire brass brush with some mild solvent till all the whitish grey gook is gone you may also want to check the spring tension on the covers for the teeth,....
  11. What makes a hero?

    makes one wonder,....bigger than the evacuation of Dunkirk,.....unbelievable!
  12. When I was a boy...

    WISH i STILL HAD HALF OF THE BASEBALL CARDS i ENDED UP DESTRUCTING THAT WAY,...I TURNED 10 IN 1963
  13. Not sign related, but... Issue with external card reader.

    what choucove said makes perfect sense,.....
  14. Not sign related, but... Issue with external card reader.

    what choucove said makes perfect sense,.....
  15. Not sign related, but... Issue with external card reader.

    if windows sees 4 partitions(separate drives) more than likely there are 4 actual partitions on the drive,...I would contact the manufacturer's support and inquire if it is possible to repartition the card without hurting it so the nook still can use it,...
  16. want to buy a redirect website

    its really simple, just register the new domain name with the ip address of your new hosting site and insert the html redirect code into the index.htm file of the redirect site,....the cheapest page godaddy or any other hosting site can host should suffice to serve your purposes,....
  17. Fine arts vs. Graphic arts majors

    +1 what Gino posted,...in art school (both Graphic and fine arts) back in the 70's when a computer had it's own building and a guard ,...one had to be able to produce designs and presentations by hand whether they were taking graphic design and or fine arts,...many of the courses required were...
  18. 4th grade level question about hard drive ghosting.

    4th grade reply is yes you can do it ,...but,...if the hard drive is starting to fail some of the data may have already become corrupt,...thus your image is going to be corrupt,.....this is a good time to remind folks,...when you get a new system tweeked and running just like you want...
  19. Help converting plt files...

    without thinking besides the obvious composer software flexi-sign 8,....signlab 7,...will import the gerber plot format and save and or export the aforementioned files into a usable format,... on another note,....not pointing fingers here but there are some very insecure people here who tend...
  20. GX-24 - Strange issues with cutting

    I was just going to suggest tightening the knife carriage and the belt that drives it,... if the screws to the knife carriage were loose,...you might also want to check the belt tension while you have the cover off,....
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