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also, reading up on the mural collapse, it sounds like it was printed on a banner/mesh-type of material and attached to the side of the building. ...which must have been mostly plywood. prints start catching heavy gusts of wind & ripped the wall panels right out of their studs.

turns out man wasn't hit by the sign at all. (linked article) sign fell at 6:30am, & man was an employee cleaning up the damage who had a heart attack at around noon. craigslist sign company install, for sure. regardless, looks like that awfully heavy pan sign face was studded/bolted to a...

ecosolvent ink is garbage. I mean, it works, BUT you're limiting yourself to materials available to print on.

works great for patching holes in flexface & banner material. can't think of any other proper use for it.

+1 apply vinyl before and trim cap with paint mask trimmed clean to edges, prior to painting. paint seperately, face-up, cleaning overspray from backside of the acrylic if need-be. If you paint assembled letters, as you'll have a heck of a time pulling the faces off the channel letters for...

from the wiki: "this image only consists of simple geometric shapes or text. It does not meet the threshold of originality needed for copyright protection"

+1 arlon 8000 shoulda worked, that sucks. had same issue with carbon fiber wrap material, tried arlon 8000 and it did the trick

ISA expo is in vegas this year, in April. might be worth waiting til then to shop show discounts, and see all options available in operation.

nah, i don't think it's the plug. might not be the same as the spec's, because its not the stock cord from the machine... they may have fitted a new male-end to match the wall socket, and the female-end is pretty standard for computers/printers/laminators. best-guess, you may not have the...

its not the printer, its your grubby hands leaving oils on the vinyl that won't properly accept the ink being laid-down. i printed on 5600 for years with my mimaki JV3 and thousands of parking signs, as well as my service trucks, still have beautiful printed reflective graphics on them to this...

maybe you don't have the correct power supply to the machine? either way, maybe the specs would help:

we have CMYK & Pantone charts printed on boards. one print, gives you unlimited uses for color matching.

i'd say the most streamlined process would be direct printing the board and routing it. cuts out the cost of vinyl&application, could offset the cost of outsourcing the print to a flatbed and save you time overall.

can't you just utilize the existing light-cabinet, can design/produce new strips that would fit-into the unit? that would be my most cost-effective direction.... with intent to have a production file, and price, ready to go for any tenant updates that the client can opt to install themselves if...

+1 flexface-worthy dimensions for sure. but I doubt your client is expecting to retro-fit their sign with new hardware. we don't do signs this large with plastic faces, but .177 for sure would be ideal if you did. I'm extremely against using thinner material that may get blown-out by a...

cast print cast overlam. your best bet for first-surface. second-surface helps, but the sun fades all over time. actually, the clear acrylic will actually stain/yellow in the elements, so you're not really gaining much from this but I'm sure it would help. Stock cast colored vinyls show...

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if you can't find the right size material, Rustoleum carries a glow in the dark spraypaint, that you can find at most hardware chains.

if you're having issues with ink limits while printing on chrome vinyl with your JV3, then maybe print on clear vinyl and laminate onto the chrome. Chrome vinyl itself doesn't boast the greatest outdoor durability BUT, by the time you laminate your clear, you've got two layers of vinyl over the...

if you're going to spend extra money anywhere, shop for better power supplies. LEDs will go forever, some brighter, but all glowing bright. Power supplies, however, are always the first thing to go.