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  1. a simple question...about borders on signs going into frames...

    are they hung-up on having the black frame AND inner-orange-border? if it's possible that they just want an orange border, maybe just paint/vinyl the frame orange? otherwise, measure your v.o., apply vinyl accordingly, and throw a pop-rivot into the frame/panel to make sure your frame stays...
  2. backlit vinyl that is Black during the day, and white at night

    I have also successfully substituted printed black-perf on clear for the ultra-expensive black perf vinyl, if you were looking for another option. window tint vinyl also achieves this effect, the chrome one-way mirror stuff too.
  3. Printed adhesive vinyl for me masking...

    you're not gonna find a backing paper that medium tack transfer mask will adhere to. my trick, especially for large graphics, is to leave a 1+" vinyl box/border around my weeded graphic to be masked. the vinyl border keeps the mask from curling at the edges and helps hold everything as a...
  4. Photoshop cs2- How do I Blend 2 images together?

    youtube it. EZPZ.
  5. What Are You/Did You Buy On Sale Black Friday?

    holy crap! thanks! i actually hadn't placed my order yet. 42" > 39" for $50 difference?!? DONE!
  6. Laminating straight and square issues

    uneven nip pressure, loading out of center, & uneven tension on material in/out causes drifting.
  7. What Are You/Did You Buy On Sale Black Friday?

    building myself a Hackintosh, been shopping parts for a while now and its time to pull the trigger! liquid cooling and top-end gpu are on-hold til my tax return, but otherwise this baby will rival a $4k MacPro, for under $1500. $750 motherboard for $200 $600 4k HD 39" flatscreen for $235 ...are...
  8. jv3 manifold stem size

    what do you expect them to say? "here's how you purchase our competitor's parts and install them into our machines"? you can swap old manifolds onto new printheads.
  9. JV3 Head Alignment

    before alignment, i'd start by cleaning up that test print. can't properly align a printhead when it's missing a giant block of nozzles like that. clean your capping station, clean your wiper, set a 99min nozzle wash, repeat, and if it still won't clear up then set a nozzle wash and unplug...
  10. Need a Mimaki Tech

    I'll take $$$ over luck anyday: pays to shop for options... when I was running my JV3, Fellers/AdvantageGS/Grimco all supplied me OEM ink at ~$110 per cartridge... and that was after I beat them up on pricing, catalog was $120something at the time. I switched to Bordeaux 3rd party inks, at $59...
  11. Stanley Double Sided - Caution Automatic Door Decals

    quick-search shows only vendors providing single-sided decals like these? or I think you just want the circle-portion. anyhow, I can send you the file if you would rather make them yourself. I reverse-print clear & laminate with printed/laminated white before cutting for double-sided.... or...
  12. wiper seems to be getting jammed!!

    completely safe. when my test prints would get really hairy from overnight-errors, I used to set overnight/allday-long nozzle washes and unplug the machine to disable the automatic cleaning cycle.... sometimes for up to an entire weekend.
  13. wiper seems to be getting jammed!!

    its the wiper sensor. on my jv3160 it was located under the right silver-rail that the blade traveled back/forth on, towards the inside of the machine (a thin metal spring-trigger attached to a little black-box) yours is most likely caked with ink, not surprising if you've been bleeding black...
  14. HDU carved sign with stained glass

    looks great! can't say I've ever gotten to incorporate REAL stained glass into a sign before. though I've done a few with acrylic/lexan, stained-glass printed on gloss-clear & overlayed with matte black vinyl. ...won't last like yours though!
  15. 3M 8508 Laminate Shrinking... Tired of the Manufacturer Blaming us

    in 3M's defense, its not completely on them... this is entirely the fault of your sales rep. getting hung-up on literature telling him to sell this material as a "cast product" even though their warranty clearly shows evidence of their knowledge that, given the similarities in performance to...
  16. Aluminum Composite Panel Aluminum Thickness?

    wow, always thought alumapanel was .030inches, which is the thickness of my metal laminates & thinnest aluminum we stock... so it made sense to me. actual tin foil is less than .001inches, for reference, so I guess .008in isn't too bad i guess, but damn was I way-off.
  17. 3M 8508 Laminate Shrinking... Tired of the Manufacturer Blaming us

    well whatever it is... its NOT a cast vinyl for a calendared price. (per OP, shrinking) ....if anything, its a "cast vinyl" with calendared-vinyl performance.
  18. 3M 8508 Laminate Shrinking... Tired of the Manufacturer Blaming us

    Arizona eh? yeah, you're screwed. Carson Palmer aside...warranty terminology specifically calls-out that region as "limited warranty" which reduces your coverage to almost zero. besides, 8508 is NOT cast. it is a calendared vinyl boasting 5yr+. calendared vinyl shrinks, by nature. BUT...
  19. Will this affect the wall wrapping industry?

    almost $100/gallon. kudos, SW. next up ....every damn architect with the idea to spec. this paint into EVERYTHING, including signs.
  20. Jv3 not printing Magenta or yellow

    are you trying to pull through the waste line? if so, listen for a hissing noise coming from the capping station when you're doing it. most likely its a bad seat with the capping station, not making a proper seal when the heads park on it. thus, not refreshing the ink supply. if this is the...
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