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  1. may have fried jv3 firewire board? HELP!

    o man that blows. only experience i can lend is that i once moved my printer and the cord yanked out of the firewire port.... so badly that i bend the metal connector components and upon reconnection, my rip couldn't recognize my printer. was paranoid that i'd need a new firewire board, as...
  2. First van job

    nice job! great partial wrap! might just be me trying to pick at something, or being keen on logos for door panels, but I'da swapped placement of logo/indian.
  3. A stupid question about lamination

    +1 lexan if you want a final solution for permanence in your back pocket. on the other hand, most laminated decals will last as long as the ink does.
  4. Happy Thanksgiving!

    Happy thanksgiving to you all! GO PACKERS!
  5. Need someone to wholesale an order to

    el oh el talk to a beer or soda distributor. it'll be FREE of they can put their logo on it! (and if you spend thousands of dollars with them every year)
  6. Fun with Vectorization

    googled vector Jesus Christ, and this turned up: no charge
  7. Getting box around blur in Illustrator.

    i get this problem occasionally, just flatten transparencies in illustrator and make sure to save your output to high resolution transparency settings. otherwise, take it a step further and bring into photoshop to flatten.
  8. Adobe's new pricing strategy

    i'm in no rush, CS3 works just fine here at the shop and I have yet to have a client send me CS5 files (even though I have it on my laptop, thanks to student discount software!)
  9. Color Profiling

    printer - eyeOne + Onyx10 EZ PZ
  10. Cold weather barricade install

    bring a heat gun to post heat the perimeter, if anything, but the only isues i've ever had with cold weather installs came at sub-freezing temperatures, where my sheet of digital print would snap apart in my hands when a strong wind came thru... of which I still managed to piece back together to...
  11. HELP!! edge printed graphics

    +1 to steamer, or a heat gun, and pick at it. never gonna be easy in this weather, but heat is the only way to make it just a bit easier
  12. Rivets

    3551RA isn't designed for rivots. I will only use the stuff (and highly recommend for) on simple curved/flat surfaces. Its a high performance calendared but still a calendared nonetheless. If you want oracal, go with the 3951, otherwise 3m 180C(v3).
  13. What do you do???

    sounds like a client i'd love to work with... at my regular price. don't give them any artwork until you get down payment.
  14. Head rank #...?

    i've done this as well, now I score the plastic with a register mark and keep a manual log of my head ranks when I replace my heads... just in case. un-retrievable once you've changed the head rank # on your printer, but the existing head rank that's programmed in should work just fine...
  15. New Printer

    greetings from SE wisconsin! Go to a signage/graphics convention and see everything available, first-hand. Otherwise, use the search function or try this link
  16. Anyone have one of these?

    my cure for wrinkles is a two-step process: 1) set a proper "web" 2) using cotton gloves, I wipe my print from center>outward left/right as the laminator operates. Removes any random debris AND helps keep the "flow" of your sheet moving outward as it travels into the rollers. I also laminate...
  17. is my head is daying?

    static has alwalys been a bogus reason for overspray.... as if it WAS an issue, wouldn't ALL the heads be having the same problems? head might be on its last legs, but first try doing a long nozzle wash followed by a head wash. also scrub the sides of the printhead with foam swabs/cleaning...
  18. Wet Installation Help

    +1 rapidtac. ...or less soap. i've also been known to use a little isopropyl in my mix. helps "flash dry" so to speak. wet applies great and sticks just as hard as a dry application.
  19. HDU Sign

    if you can do it with wood, you can do it with HDU. plenty of tooth. should be fine. highly recommend using a higher densitiy. you save $$$ with the lighter stuff, but the finished edges always disappoint.
  20. Need wrap installers week between Christmas and New Years

    o'man could i use a trip out west.
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