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considering its perf, the issue usually comes from high temps & high ink levels causing the material or liner to buckle ever so slightly, causing distortion in the way the ink is laid as it travels over high & low spots in the media. i would try tweaking your settings to a slightly lower temp...

mix & matching has never been an issue for me, as long as the top layer is better or equal quality to the bottom layer. laminate with cast, and you should be just fine.

i feel you on that, i'm actually kinda stoked that I'm not essential-enough to get the 1st gen mRNA vaccine too :) easier to let others pay to be beta testers, and i'll quietly slide-in to a new product with a knowledgeable base of users. global garage dot com has always been a solid resource...

unknown vinyl, unknown application, and other unknown surface & environmental conditions.... to comment. best help i can give, is advise to redo the van with vinyl you can trust. I've driven across state lines to pickup rolls of arlon/3M/oracal when it wasn't in a timely stock, or simply...

those vinyl swatch decks are $10 new, and most likely discontinued (1080 is now 2080) but otherwise the prices on your remaining items are competitive.

parallel > level if the body lines are really crazy, you can usually rely on the window lines to be a solid "square line" to base your logo off-of. ...but measuring from ground-up to apply a logo "level" on a vehicle, or literally using a level, has never looked good imho.

tracking will be a different issue, which i usually account for by bleeding my print so if cutlines shift ~1/8" then its no biggie. friction from the blade cutting, laminate hanging over edge of media dragging on plotter, and long runs causing heavy pull of the page and it feeds back/forth, are...

no problem, just start a Festivus thread and air out your grievances!

+1 to statements above a stroke is seen as 2 paths, set your cut path shape as a fill (not a stroke) and you should be set. interesting if there's a setting to negate this possibility in the future, but i stopped thinking about it 10years ago when I just made sure my production files were...

Peckers with freakin' Lasers! ...looks cool. would be a fun "toy", but I'm skeptical about the 5watts as well. Kinda surprising, as they're able to get 1000w laser into a portable units like this

regarding reflective registration marks: the scanner has issues reading reflective media, as it was designed to scan the black line against a white background. reflective media, by nature, catches/reflects light in a prismatic fashion. I have always just framed the print with 1"...

in theory, you can wrap anything.... in experience, some things just aren't worth the time&money to wind up with an inferior product. painting it white would cost less, even half, most definitely. a few knicks, or imperfect contouring, or the inevitable caulked trimline that the vinyl wants...

did you not read that I wasn't replying to the OP but rather the contintued discussion on "how much damage could a banner do?" its already been covered that liability would be on the property owner > installer, but you could still get dragged into a lawsuit just because injury lawyers sue with...

3M 77 spray adhesive, comes in a can and is available at most hardware stores. holds great to a disposable table surface when paired with vacuum, minimal effort to clean-up from finished part via rapid remover or denatured alcohol. otherwise, why not just setup a tablesaw if you're just lopping...

Pearl Harbor is what sent my grandfather and his Marine buddies to Iwo Jima. Came back with a Purple Heart and made a buncha babies and a sign company. Amazing to think how I most likely wouldn't exist, if not for Pearl Harbor.

how much damage can a goose do? ...they said, before it brought down a 747. a banner in the wind, can do a LOT of damage. especially when there's pedestrians/traffic nearby. chaos theory dictates that if anything is possible, it will happen eventually....and you'll be liable.

a permit is separate from liability. your name may be on the permit, but the installer & property owner carry the liability. ....buuuut having your name attached to things when they go south, still burdens you to prove you had nothing to do with it when it comes to lawsuits. as mentioned...

i'd post links to previous threads, but from the picture it appears you're using Aqueous Inks and my homebrew research/recipe is for solvent. I was only here to chime-in that those cartridges are indeed refillable, abeit tedious. if you do have a chemist in your area (google chemical supply...

citing textured/fiberous media as an example why the ink doesn't present a glossy sheen on various media, is a horse of a different color....and they still require lamination to protect the ink from being scratched off or clients wiping it off with a bit of solvent cleaner. plenty of times in...

your local chemist. anyone that supplies products for pool & commercial/industrial cleaners would have what you need in stock. you can also order them individually online from amazon/homedepot/etc. in smaller quantities. for my JV3 solvent inkjet, i was purchasing Acetone & Butyl Cellusolve...