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  1. From an island in the Pacific

    Welcome from dry part of the great PNW.
  2. Signs 101 Business Model

    Fred, After reading all this I think that weaselboogie's suggestion of a limited time for free should bear consideration. If possible during the trial/free access membership limit some of the threads. After becoming a paid member full access. Merchant Members could have a banner on the...
  3. Ding, Seal, Royal, Diage ....... 60+" Laminator Hell!

    We have a GBC Titan, and really like it, short learning curve. Do a search here and you will find Island Sign posted a lot of very good info on it, helped us a lot. Also have a Diage we use to mount with, great for that, royal PITA for laminating inho.
  4. What brand vinyl do you use?

    3M, Oracal, Vector, color match what we can find. Print on 3M and Arlon.
  5. Wrap School

    We are signed up for Fellers at the end of June. Everything I have got on it is positive.
  6. Vinyl That won't fade vehicle paint

    Sell him a wrap, covers it all, protects the paint, more space to advertise on! The best of all solutions, but he may not like the price, lol. Good luck.
  7. Best flatbed under $100k Used

    iprintstl, Yes its 80k when you get all you have to have to go with it, the seller just broke it down for me, no matter how you cut it it is 80K. Hal
  8. New to the forums, Vancouver, WA...

    Welcome from the dry side of the state of Washington!!
  9. Best flatbed under $100k Used

    We have been looking at the new Ion, about 70K plus another 10K for set up, frt ect. with lease payments in the $1800 month range. Last I was told expect shipping to start in June.
  10. Best estimate software?

    We use Activity and Estimate. Activity is our main pos program, but use Estimate for some of the projects that I want to break down by costs. There is also Graphix Pro another long time contributor/member here. All offer some sort of trail. Check out their sites to see what will work best...
  11. Real time designer

    anybody?
  12. ColorSpan or Gerber Solara?

    Hey KSC, did you get a replacement yet? Trying to decide what we want to purchase. Hal in Kennewick
  13. Printing over 1/4 inch on Colorspan5465UV flatbed

    Welcome, and I am really starting to wonder if I want a flatbed.
  14. Black head replacement + install..... CRAZY!!!!!

    We replaced the black head in Dec and it was $600, and about $400 labor travel and misc parts.
  15. %age of lamination %$#$% ups?

    In the last year since we got the GBC and figured it out, we have only destroyed two prints, and have had several near misses. With the Diage, it was about 50%, part us, part machine. We now use the Diage as a mounting tool and works great for that.
  16. New From Washington

    Welcome from the dry side of Washington! Have a bro and sister in law that live in Squim, neat place.
  17. Are the Daige Quickmounts really that bad?

    We have a Diage 3, and after a year of struggles upgraded to a GBC Titan, it too had a learning curve. We ruined a small fortune in prints with the Diage, and after several calls with Ike, determined it was a bad top roller. They sent one out to us, and it worked ok after that as far as...
  18. Does anybody use EstiMate?

    We have it and use it for special projects and like it for what we do with it. Reasonable to purchase, and easy to use.
  19. Activity POS Sign Accounting Software

    We have Activity and have had a rocky relationship with them. At one point we purchased Estimate just to be able to be generate estimates. With a lot of help from some folks other than Activity we got it working for us. Unless it has changed they do not provide a printed instruction book...
  20. One Stop Shopping Question

    We buy most of our vinyl from Fellers and some other odds and ends. Always get good service and the price is always good. Our closest sign suppler is 90 miles with a once a week trip, but they deliver so we purchase substrates, and some of the vinyl to when they come to our shop they don't...
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