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Ran a roll through this morning. Doesn't work that great, at least not how we had it setup. Original style slitter seems to work much better (once we changed the angle of the blade by removing bolt from back rod and letting it ride on top of bracket). Material would feed nice and flat to...

crille italic, not bold

Think I found it. Crillee Bold squished, stretched and sheared. This seem correct?

Anybody know this one?

Just received the new style slitter for the back of the kala mistral laminator. For those that know, people have been waiting on these to be released as the original style doesn't cut the best. Haven't set ours up yet, but just by looking at it it seems kindof cheaply made in comparison to the...

Looks like you need to do a magenta head alignment.

Marks would go in the bleed area which gets trimmed off top and bottom. It's not perfect because those areas don't remain perfectly flat. And the material stretches some as you apply it, so the next panel usually appears a little short upon alignment. Was suggested to us recently to trim the...

Right, but you first have to push a button to be able to use the foot pedal. Only having the machine in operation for a few days, so i'm sure we'll get more used to it. But really seems to be a pain for loading and mounting to substrates. And really has anyone ever been hurt using a...

Good points. For us right now we are getting waves of these fleet jobs. So one month we could do 0-5 units, and another month we could be doing 20+. But we could probably find someone on a part time basis.. more I think on this I like it, could train them up as time goes on too.

Boxes or trailers, typically for us both sides and rear. No cabs.

Damn that's fast. Few questions if you don't mind. Are you laying the rivets down first like in the video, or leaving a channel still and doing the rivets after the panel is rolled down? What material are you using, is it "slideable" I'm wondering if tacking the bottom down after the top 6"...

We got the Kala 1650 mistral in and setup late last week. We haven't yet done any really long runs with it so I can't give a full review yet. But one thing for sure, the safety features on this thing freaking suck big time. Everytime you trip the laser sensor by the rollers, it dosen't just...

If it had to be 1, I'd prefer a long term cast. Most of the 10'x5's we do are permanent building signs, or part of a larger, say 30'x10' building sign.

Getting more into fleet graphics and wanting to cut down on installation time. Specifically, large trailers and box trucks. I'd like to share our procedure and hope to hear what others are doing and gain some efficiency. For the example, you have (20) 27' box trucks sitting in your lot, they...

We'd be mounting with a laminator so need for bubble free, permanent adhesive is what we'd prefer. 3 grades, super cheap short term, 5 year calandered), 8 year cast.

Various different inks, solvent/latex OEM/ 3rd party, printed then "baked" side by side under intense UV lamps to simulate sunlight and see which inks are more fade resistant, and also which color inks last longer than others. Same tests done side by side, laminated and unlaminated, and on...

I'd like to see some 61-63" vinyl rolls to be able to easily make 10'x5' signs.

Fixed it for you.

I have a one track mind today, yea this is probably the main reason for 64" printers. Should have titled the thread, What's the deal with 60" vinyl?

Not so sure on all of this. I mean colored wrap film comes in 60" and our installers don't have a problem with it. I understand about seamless hoods. But why not 61"? While not as popular as an 8'x4' sign, Xx5' signs are pretty standard. Tons of 63" banner available as you mentioned, which...