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  1. email server? thinking of ditching outlook

    Use Google Apps for Business (gmail). Anything else is a mistake. You can connect to it over pop3 if you really want to still use Outlook/Thunderbird/Mail.app/whatever application.
  2. Copy right or trademark logos illegal

    You can't do any of that, and no, it's not too open. Any remix is a derivative work and therefor protected. There is no "change x amount and you're good" nonsense, that's urban legend.
  3. Copy right or trademark logos illegal

    Please keep jeopardizing your entire business for dumb crap like this and your tax avoidance posts, it will make for great reading later as a case study in what not to do. I'm a pain in the *** about copyright. If the customer doesn't have legit reproduction clearance (or remix clearance if...
  4. how long do you guarantee your wraps????

    You warranty supplied material? That's crazy.
  5. Backlit washout issues

    I would clone the HP backlit profile and adjust the heat according to manufacturer. It uses High Ink if I recall.
  6. Online shopping carts - are you using one

    I'll throw Google Checkout, Shopify and Goodsie into the mix among those mentioned. Each kind of serve their own niche needs.
  7. How would you get customers if you started over?

    Network, same as any business...join every business org in the city and shake as many hands and eat lunch with as many business owners as you can. Get a really professional logo and branding package designed for you by a legit branding designer, not 99designs or some college intern or green...
  8. Don't Disrespect Me!

    I've always had the opposite experience -- older employees tend not to be as flexible or adaptable and don't take change well. I don't really get into the criticism game, if someone needs a nudge you do it by finding things they are passionate about and setting them loose on it. If they aren't...
  9. Design then tweak, tweak, tweak, tweak

    I use various version control methods the most common is probably Adobe Version Cue though I've also played with Pixelnovel Timeline. Also some internal program tools like Photoshop Layer Comps. Git or SVN for web projects, depending on if I'm working with partners and which of those prefer. I...
  10. Paid breaks and other employee benefits

    Pay people on salary and treat them like humans. Give them true flex time and generous time off. If it's a high schooler doing table work hourly and breaks according to state and federal law.
  11. Advanced skill value...

    Have you tried getting into architectural firms that do EGD? They are less likely to balk at the salary numbers you're worth.
  12. Buy local?

    Using the term "third world" to define economic differences is a modernism and not accurate to the historic meaning, it's also a really unfortunate term and best avoided. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_World Developed/Developing is the right way to describe it now and it doesn't relate to...
  13. Decent price on l25500?

    You can't really find them new any more. L26500 is the current model.
  14. Plug-in for chrome effect (Photoshop)?

    Use the right tool for the job. If you want 3D rendering with lighting, reflection, surface, etc. control you need to learn a 3D program. Nayaz 3D and Blender are both free. You can fake the effect in Photoshop but it's pretty time intensive. Alternatively you can use actions but it'll just...
  15. The best banner material?

    It means there's a black layer between the two printable layers to prevent you from seeing what's printed on the other side when there's light behind the banner. There's also blockout (blackout) vinyl, etc.
  16. New Epson printer

    Pffft I asked about this last week and got crickets. http://signs101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92826 Looking forward to reviews!
  17. Architects should start out as signguys...

    Any particular reason it isn't being printed on something like phototex and wall wrapped instead of pounced and painted? Seems like the art is outside the scope of the process...
  18. PS or Illy

    If it's vector you can do it in Illustrator or Photoshop CS5+ Extended (has to be extended). PS6 has a whole bunch of new 3D stuff coming too. Note that it'll just be extruding the vectors so it's not like it will be contoured. There are ways of contouring it in PS but none easy. Basically...
  19. PC version of Flexi-Sign Pro on a Mac

    Install Windows using bootcamp --or-- buy the right version of flexi (though I personally don't think there is a right version of flexi, but that's another thread).
  20. partial wrap!

    Looks great. Trips my vertigo a little bit but definitely doesn't suffer -- at all -- from being a partial.
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