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not "spend" ..."INVEST"!! I started 10 years ago with a second hand 15" sprocketed Roland. After 2 years I knew I'd save time & material if I had a 24" friction feed plotter. I had used a Graphtec at previous employment & decided to get a CE1000-60. It has worked flawlessly for 8 years now...

welcome from far away :thumb: ( http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/niche )

if you rush out and drop $40K on equipment in the next 48 hours... ..exactly how much tax are you saving yourself with this purchase? ...about $6K? I've been considering doing something like this myself, but I'm not really sure it's worthwhile if I'm not really exactly needing a router...

there seem to be quite a number of folks who decide that the sign business is there solution to not being fond of their current career... & there's nothing wrong with that. I think many of them manage to find a way to become profitable in this business... even without a sign background, or...

You still don't have too many reasons in my opinion, other then the lower incidence of any viris threat, but if you are running a good AV I wouldn't consider that enough cause to switch... there are some PC advantages with software availability. There are old threads you could search & read...

I use the floor racks that have castors. The price is the worst thing about them, so I just look the other way when I order. I have 3 of them

darn it... I saw you posted again & I figured you was gonna school me on how you was workin' it... ..oh well, at least I don't feel so illiterate now, thinking I've been doing something the hard way, that could have been the easy way.

heh... hey everybody... Gary uses "Word" :wink:

that's strange. I wondered if I was just up too late last night & not paying attention, but it doesn't work for me even when I went & tried again after reading your post. I wonder if it even works in version 9 if I knew what seeting I must have tweaked the wrong way. ..speaking of tweaked the...

those are both good. Merry Christmas all!

once I get a layout approved, I usually end up disecting my file & renaming it. At this point I often move groups of similar colored text or graphics into different areas on the page. Like if I'm doing a vehicle, & 2 similar sides & on back layout, I'll make my second copy of the side layout &...

I have several plans for change in 2007. One of them is to quit procrastinating in my acceptance of the Illustrator upgrades I've been buying. I bought 10, CS1 & CS2 over the last several years, so I could always open any files my clients bring me, but I've kept using 9 all this time. One...

I thought Clarke Systems had it, but I see now they have similar stuff, but maybe not that. http://www.clarkesystems.com/interior-communication/banner-systems/index.asp

with 6 pc's (well, 7 counting the unopened box delivered this morning) & 10 years of completely virus-free pc allegiance... I think Mac's are great... I just have no need for one. I had a G5 Imac, and while cool & everything, it just didn't offer me a single thing I needed... so I returned it...

Congratulations!

TECHNOGEEK101 IS DOWN THE HALL... I'll make the $2000 on a few signs in no time so I can afford to spend my time becoming a better business man & a better sign designer, not learning my vendors trades, to cut them out. It's not what goes into the box of wires on my desk that sets me...

Gino, while I can be pretty hard headed sometimes, I like to think I can be open to change when I hear good reasoning. I changed my user name after 2 recent threads about use of real names. I don't have anything to hide per se... but I also don't feel that I have anything to lose in not...

good question. I just made a "Ghost" image of my 4 hard drives and store those files on 2 different external (NAS) drives. This is for the purpose of quickly reinstating the functionality of any drive in the event of a failure. I have also read about "migration" software & hope to learn...

Yes, a network attached storage (NAS) device is a form of external hard drive that is designed to be accessed from multiple computers. If you have a router (or if you get one) between your modem & your computer... you can plug multiple computers into the router AND plug a server OR a NAS in as...

first, I would finish out your files at 100 dpi, not 150. But don't take my word for it, invest a yard of media & print 2 files side by side, with one at 150 & 1 at 100dpi. Next, I would suggest you consider splitting 2 chores between 2 machines. The one you use now will be upgraded soon...