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  1. Is this too corny?

    PS, your jpeg didn't work because you design in CMYK. CMYK jpegs confuse most software.
  2. Sp540v pantone problem

    I start by creating a new RGB document in illustrator. I then open up the swatches toolbox and open up the Pantone Solid to Coated palette and select the colors I need to design with. Do work, save design as a .pdf with a setting of "High Quality Print". Open file in Versaworks, assign media...
  3. what do you pay for electricity?

    Just moved into a studio apartment till I can find something better and my first whole month electricity bill was a whopping $18.
  4. Calling all Math Wizards....HELP!

    Maybe try making a 12" circle in your graphics software and using that to overlap and do a "cut out" of the sides of your polygons? That seems like it should distort back out properly to straight lines in my opinion.
  5. solvent translucent film prefered brand?

    I print on the the 3M transluscent film that is meant for cutting. Cuts costs and I have not had any issues. Of course you need to know how to print on trans or it will look like crap day and night...
  6. Banner Tape- What's best?

    I lay the tape down, then squegee it. Follow this up with a solid crease at the tape line by hand. Then I start in the middle and lay the taped banner down on itself working toward the outside, followed by the other half. Then using my felt squegee I again start in the middle and work one side...
  7. Attention comics, comedians, jokesters, pundits and wits.

    If you can read this you probably won't fit in this car.
  8. Construction Logo

    I like your design but lose the box around it. A box around a logo is restrictive, makes it look like the company is small and confined, has now room to grow, etc.
  9. 3m vhb 4910?

    I would just use 1" x 1/8" white foam tape.
  10. How do you store your scraps...

    I have a sub rack a lot like that, however it has a bottom row 50" tall by 90" deep, and a top row that is 26" tall and 90" deep. This is for the full and partial sheets. For eveything else, it is stored in open top boxes. In the back room I have a box for sintra scraps, dibond, aluminum, coro...
  11. Mounting Aluminum on Stucco Wall

    Try some 1/8" x 1" wide foam tape. Hit the perimiter and then maybe a few more horizontal strips. Kinda spendy though compared to a tube of liquid nails.
  12. die cut press/ laminate machine

    I use a roland sp540v and die cut stickers without killing the cutting strip. With the correct amount of grit rollers, force, and cut passes for the media being used... it is possible to fine tune the cutting with a normal ContourCut to allow your decals to just pop out of the sheet. For...
  13. What tool do you recommend to contour cut Gatorfoam or/and PVC sheets?

    Buy a good router and template bit and mount to a table you have. Get a master template laser cut, and go to town. We use tape called "semi-permanent" and I can get 50 uses out of the stuff, two or three strips on the master...
  14. Who here does trophies and awards?

    Yeah we also are a "Signs & Engraving" shop under one roof. Work orders are split into the two different departments. I get all the sign orders. Another guy gets all the engraving orders. Engraving has three sub-departments: laser, rotary, or dye sub. Most of our work comes from a University so...
  15. Need signs plasma cut

    Panel saw and invest in a manual corner shear press (or whatever it's called, I'm sure it's out there). 10 4x8 sheets of substrate and a days work.
  16. Photoshop moron needs help!

    Heres one: With the background layer and the object layer both selected, go to the Layer menu and there should be an "align" option which lets you align, among other things, horizontal and vertical centers.
  17. Basic question about illy

    Design the sign. Convert all text to curves. Give all objects a stroke with the CutContour color swatch. Save as a .pdf file. Open and Cut Only.
  18. deer blind sheer

    I always wanted to make a tent out of window perf material printed with a nice camo pattern...
  19. New flatbed digital- 110,000 sqft/hr

    Check out the HP T300... http://h30429.www3.hp.com/?fr_story=2385905c8e6a9af0fd98535923938b451c33714a&rf=sitemap
  20. Take-up Reel = crap

    Man, I really need to post up some pics of the manual take-up real I made from the plywood box a gemini cast bronze plaque was shipped in... No joke, use it every day.
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