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Honestly, are any of the bulk inks worth the hassle? I get tempted then I see a post like this and stick with OEM eco-Sol

oooh goody, more competitors who will drive prices even further down as they burn through startup cash trying to learn a business. Bad design, shoddy goods and burned customers. Where is the down side? Please tell me it will run from your garage! There are talented skilled sign people with...

in the end this will cost more than a couple of months without the 5K in rent. can you simply give her something either to go away or to shut up?

With print, laminate and cut workflow it doesn't laminate, it allows you to remove the print, laminate on a laminator then return it to the printer were it will read the crop marks and then cut the decal. This is something the bigger ones do, I was surprised that the BN can also read cropmarks...

I agree, you need to sit down with them and find a better way. Otherwise you either fold the extra cost into the job or live with the crazy. Myself, I would create a new line item called "enhanced Invoicing" and charge an extra couple of cents. They clearly need you to take the chaos out of...

THAT about says it. 99% knuckle dragging idiots, 1% genius. I pretend I fit in the 1%. I hope the cockroaches make a better job of it after we have crazied outselves out of existance.

Slightly Higher learning curve with Mimaki, slightly cheaper build, a couple more issues with maintenance. Looks like a nice deal on the price though. You do need a RIP with the Mimaki though. I will add though, I'm creeping up on 5 Years heavy use with my VP540, all original parts, only...

Provided you can get the finance, the cost of the machine should be less important than the ability to do the job you need. If you need white ink, you need white. Looking at a machine with only CMYK and doing the white with another process will only make for false economy. The only counter I...

Doug, I think the problem is that your business is in the wrong place.

Hold on, at the beginning of this thread it was a CJV30-160 (mimaki), now its a "huge HP". Fishy?

I guess the frustrating part is context. What circumstances put someone who is a little shy on the basics of offsetting a stroke with the contract to letter a police car. We (must of us) are volunteering knowledge in exchange for the "story". When someone just comes on and says "anyone...

you have time for a hobby? If I run low on work I have to spend a few hours cutting the grass. My hobby is falling asleep in front of the TV.

I have had calendered vinyl in a similar situation, 7 years so far full sun no failing. even the plexi is starting to yellow but the vinyl is good. this problem has to be a bad batch. it's clearly shrinking. I have also seen this happen at the top of a lightbox because of too much heat from...

WE use the customcut on the roland for jobs in the hundreds, but be warned, keep a spare cutting strip (you are slicing through backing paper) and watch for blade wear. In the thousands we outsource.

yet another case of signs101 members jumping on the newbie. Few installers here attended a formal course, many simply learned from a more experienced installer on the job or progressed from simple installs to wraps by incremental learning (the expensive way). While I cringe at the thought...

Put a blank through and you slightly bend the rollers (they flex). if you aren't in the exact centre it will shift the mounting.

I had exactly the same issue mounting to Acrylic a few weeks ago, laminated adhesive mounting to the short edge. It's the bow in the laminator, the slight bulge in the middle shifts long mounts slightly off. after 48 inches I was a tenth off the edge! My signs were only 1'x4' so I could mount...

I have to say I'm having a great Friday. I took the morning off to cut the grass -beautiful weather, sunny with a breeze, Just popped in to check on Jobs printing. Did a little design work, did a little invoicing and tonight dinner and a movie. I had the day you were all supposed to have.

Cash, a ss or grass, nobody rides for free? I can't belive the word a ss is on the forbidden list! see.... ***

I have seen it happen (glass crack) with a heat gun on plate glass, too long in one spot and the job becomes a loss maker. I have done -5c perf on glass during snow using rapid-tac. I had them turn up the heating inside for a few hours to give me a warmer surface. I did hear rapid-tac2 is...