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I've had good luck with formed plastic on corrugated by ordering the letters with threaded stud mounts on the backside and specifying aluminum studs with adhesive mounting pads. You know, the perforated pads that screw onto the studs. You can't control where the studs will fall on the letters...

I don't know what PPF is but how exciting to be able to design your ideal shop layout. I've never operated a shop that came anywhere close to needing NASA cleanliness but the fundamental rules still have to be isolating the clean and dirty aspects of your production as much as possible / like...

I too have had great results putting 2 HDU faces back-to-back with a hanging strap of flat steel relieved in between them. The HDU won't warp and the strap can be as long and thick as it needs to be in order to safely carry the weight and stress of a swinging sign - just add some holes for your...

I don't believe I've ever actually purchased anything from Sticker Mule but I am registered on the site. Registration only takes a moment and costs nothing but to automatically subscribe you to their emails which you can unsubscribe from if they get too invasive. That masking utility is part of...

You don't get to dictate the resolution it produces so no it'll never replace photoshop bit its main strength is that it's lightning-quick - like seconds to remove these backgrounds. Here's some sample images I grabbed with a variety of backgrounds...not perfect but extremely faster than I could...

Here's something potentially useful - a new online utility from StickerMule to isolate subjects from a background. You have to sign up to use it but I tried it with several images and was very impressed with the results. This would be most handy as a comping tool for mockups as it produces a...

I posted this in "Vehicle Wraps" because the next closest topic was "Labels and Decals" which I didn't feel would cover the same materials I desire, nor apply to the larger 'wrap' packages I sell. This is a diverse industry segment with a lot of different specialties and needs. My particular...

I'm pretty realistic in what I expect from a contour cut - I too run a friction plotter - but to answer your question, apparently there's a lot of diversity in what's considered normal pride. I think it would make an interesting thread to poll what forumites consider acceptable flaws - at what...

That sounds like an endorsement there - thanks for the vote of confidence, it's great to know who's qualified out there. The only drawback is we could not be further away from each other in this continental US which is not the end of the world I guess. If nothing else pans out it nice to have an...

Answered in sequence: *Roland VP-540 accuracy - I've been basing my perceptions of cutter accuracy on excuses I've heard over the years from vendors as to why some parts of my orders will be correct and some will be so far off they're unsellable. They say my expectations for tracking are...

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The built-up blacks I know and do religiously - the G7 certification is news though, another plum of knowledge gained since starting this thread :)

I've never heard the word 'reinterpreted' before but it sure is a clue. So I googled it and found this suggestion to change the PDFs extension to .ai or .eps which seems to have worked... Bizarrely, even with the missing font both the spelling and font displays correctly when imported as curves...

I hear you and you aren't wrong. I do believe however that I should be able to get what I want and am absolutely willing to pay a premium for it. I'll keep looking for a white-glove, boutique type service if it's out there.

Thanks for the explanation Ikarasu - I've been through all the issues you mention and spent considerable time figuring out how to create export profiles that give pretty consistent, predictable results. In fairness, I should say that the vendors I've dealt with the longest have been pretty...

You're definitely missing a required font but I don't grasp how that rewrites the spelling.

Got it, thanks. Learning.

I would be willing to invest in my own equipment if that ends up being the best way to resolve my supply woes. Screenprinting wouldn't be an option for me because in my business model every full set of motorcycle graphics would be different colors or pieces...too many variables. My graphics...

Find the clearest isolated pic of that design online, right-click on it and select "search Google for this image". If that doesn't find you a reference that's clean enough to trace or re-draw then you'll have to start from scratch.

Alright, alright, I've been schooled. Please accept my apology for coming across as a fathead and thanks for understanding my plight. Man, buying my own printer is the last thing I want, but you all make a compelling case because I definitely am that magnifier-glass customer in a world of...