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  1. All I've been doing.... (A sign designers late night rant)

    Been there, like a colonoscopy .... this too will pass.
  2. Illustrator creative cloud "open file" preview gone

    Finally upgraded to CC and I noticed the little preview window on illustrators "Open File" menu is gone. Looks like there is a windows based 'preview' bar ... but it only previews one file then doesn't work again. Anyone else notice this and/or know how to fix this? I would go to the bridge...
  3. Credit Card Processing WTF?

    That is the main reason I don't take AMex and a couple others. People don't understand when I tell them the effective charge to the company for terminal fees is aroung 8-11% depending on the card. It's completely horrible. I've gone so far as to offer around 9% in discounts to not take cards...
  4. Office Phone vs Cell Phone

    I think size of company is the main consideration. When you hit a certain size, cell phones don't have the ability to do what a multi-line business phone can. Certain VOIP options are developing to help with this, but man ... there is a couple shops I do in house design work for that could do...
  5. The gall of some customers.

    I've had one this year try to contact me and get me to pay $400 a year to be a service vendor from them. After I stated, that they would have to guarantee $1500 a year in sales to offset that in a "pay or play" contract ... they hung up on me. just a money making scheme, give them comparable...
  6. What topic would you like to be educated on?

    I know more than a few shops that could use this.
  7. Freestanding Extruded metal display panels

    I have a client that is looking to have display panels that are free standing for ease of mobility around their display area but also usable at shows and still have panels of frosted acrylic in them. Best I can figure out is an extruded metal frame that can be made with 2 long feet on the...
  8. Should I charge more than $29 for this sidewalk sign?

    I don't see the beef with the product. It is all in the application. If someone is having a one day event outdoors in a park or something this would probably be perfect. Couple stakes and that {family reunion, flag football game, furry larp, whatever} has a way to identify where the are and...
  9. Last minute Tax write-offs.What's everyone adding to their biz!

    bought a lot of general supplies. Nothing fancy ... rolls of vinyl, digital print canvas, some new sword brushes and one shot, etc. I was thinking of getting a large format color laser printer ... but I didn't want to spend $1500 just to make proofs.
  10. What would YOU do with the money?

    Between things outside the artboard area not importing in (standard with illustrator file imports if it's not a legacy file import into a newer version of illustrator) Layers, and opacity effects go special ed. .. warps, filters and strokes go wonky and in the end you get the work ... but it's...
  11. dragon from magic sculpt

    That is looking really fun. is this the stuff you guys are using for this? http://magicsculp.com/ If so, how many ... lbs? ... did you guys use on that sculpture? Good job on the sculpt.
  12. What would YOU do with the money?

    So .. with software you probably only purchase every 2 or 3 years, can keep on your older equipment well after you buy a new system in case your newer stuff goes down and that you never get files from outside sources in the .fs format .... I think it's granted that unless you are constantly...
  13. What would YOU do with the money?

    Flexi doesn't have an automated batch processing to allow for exporting of a huge amount of files. What you're basically saying with this is, "sorry, spend about 3 weeks going through hundreds and hundreds of files exporting out ones you MIGHT use in the future because our proprietary file...
  14. What would YOU do with the money?

    I like flexi products ... but for the love of all that is unholy ... why! I used flexi 7 far into aged death until I upgraded my system and had to pass that 8.6 barrier ... and I gladly spent the 4 digits for it since it saved me much more in the long run .. 3 years later and I still have that...
  15. Anyone get this from their websites?

    I have been getting the one where they want to buy the products from my site at wholesale and are sending me the images from my site that are logos for companies.
  16. short tshirt run

    Most issues i see are operator error. Out of the last 9 wholesale places I've gotten samples printed at (and no, i'm not going to name them) 4 have come back not printed dark enough on white shirts. (which is a heat and/or time issue) One had a big crease in the middle so they obviously didn't...
  17. Man, House Industry fonts are a rip off!

    Variants Marlene. Neutraface for example has a wide range of variants with full character maps. http://www.houseind.com/fonts/neutraface/viewfonts ... plus it's really clean. There are about 7 that are just like it in the free to really affordable range (myfont.com has 2 that are $80 for 4...
  18. short tshirt run

    I have honestly never seen a sample pack request anywhere online for siser! If I pester my supplier about a sample he'll cut me a foot of something to try out ... but that is all.
  19. Man, House Industry fonts are a rip off!

    It took me 5 minutes to get that price ;) ... the bad part is they need to have the file designed. If it was print ready it would be different. But yeah, pretty much agree with that.
  20. short tshirt run

    Apparently over in europe, Siser has a 'puff' material that simulates the heavy body plastisol inks. Haven't seen it in person though.
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