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  1. Needing a great deal of help on this one.

    I know I've seen this one in the last couple of weeks ... just can't find it because of the quality of the source image. Any help would be awesomely appreciated.
  2. How bad did I do!! Shop van wrap design.

    I'm going to start with the hardest to work with element you are working with ... your 'logo' ... it doesn't say a two z sign shop. it says delta two zeta (because you actually didn't use an A you used delta which makes 'z' read as zeta) sign two shop or delta zeta zeta sign shop shop. it's...
  3. Fair Banner Printing Pricing.

    +1. This. Aim for the cheapest customer, you get the cheapest customer. Just do good design work and have good customer relations skills and you can charge what you want. I almost never compete with the cheap guy ... they can keep that business ... it's a racket and they will break themselves...
  4. Check for copyright?

    As much as I hate to agree with Addy ... if you're truly concerned about copyright issues ... there are plenty of better options to propose to your client. http://cliparto.com/image/3140326-road/ is one just searched by 'globe road' among others that are much higher quality than he wants. ...
  5. digital prints and shrinkage

    Few years ago I had to do a lot of interior mall signage. About the only thing that seemed to stop the shrinkage of calendared prints was sealing the edge with paint (was doing a lot of gatorfoam at the time so edge painting was essential) for pvc ... I have no idea. You could technically use...
  6. Vinyl mounted to masonite?

    As someone else said, whiteboard (which is just masonite with a white plastic laminate surface) it probably your best bet ... I wouldn't use it outside as it's one of those materials that won't survive extreme temps, moisture or other harsh enviroment conditions. I wouldn't use masonite unless...
  7. Sign company put road sign in front of my shop !

    I have never seen law enforcement ever do a damn thing about stuff like this ... you can file a complaint ... but that is about it ... they would probably just throw the damn thing away in an hour since they can't go out of their jurisdiction for it and don't want to file the paperwork on...
  8. Looking at a new printer!! Water Based - What do you have? DO YOU LIKE IT!

    All your waterbased printers (aqueous and pigment inks) aren't going to be outdoor resistant even in the slightest unless you want to spend about 3 times more on ink getting UV inks ... and be hard pressed to find the inks since the norm for UV resistant ink is now solvent and latex. If you...
  9. Ram Sign for a friend

    Ah, see when I read resin I was secretly hoping for something like ... http://youtu.be/u38UmGBQkrg ... but with solid resin. I've heard of it being done, just haven't seen it. It's on my list of things to learn to do ... resin casting, production mold casting, re-learning how to paint with...
  10. Shop truck magnetics

    Looks good, clean layout. I'd put that on my truck.
  11. Ram Sign for a friend

    Nice. I like the finished product, very clean. Have a few questions though since I'm always curious .... CNC prototype with an rtv mold for the resin? Did you color the resin, or is that primed in the mold and painted post release? did you back screw the resin or have a different mounting...
  12. Fair Market Value???

    Fair market value only works for local value if someone from your area can assess this. The buyer would need to make sure that the assessed value is less than buying and shipping in without repairs ... that being said ... had a customer come into my shop last month telling me he bought a 54"...
  13. Buying a franchise

    The only real franchise operations I've seen give way to better profits than doing your own thing have been where the shop was a true turnkey and is not involved in the day to day (but that requires a good manager AND having other projects on the side) OR have been franchises that have such high...
  14. Monet Canvas problem with black

    What the others have said. RGB black (0,0,0) and those close to a 'pure black' in a photo ussually gets converted to a cmyk value around 75,75,75,75. and that is if the rip doesn't just shoot it straight to 100,100,100,100 which it can sometimes do (and also leads to the posterized plateau of...
  15. central line fonts

    The Engravers in corel draw is not a single line font, just clean. like ... http://www.azfonts.net/load_font/engrvos205_bt_roman.html ... not the same. My older version of flexi has some single line fonts ... but they are only partials, no cross bars and other parts ... plus I would have to...
  16. Illustrator vs. Gimp

    I love this idea. But really ... anyone not willing to learn the software you prefer in your shop isn't worth the investment since if they leave ... you then need to work with all those files you don't normally use. Getting the software your guy prefers is nice ... just make sure he takes...
  17. central line fonts

    Lovely, I wasn't finding dink and gave up ... just ended up making the stuff custom. This will save me a ton of time in the future.
  18. Locals Find.............................

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX7wtNOkuHo
  19. Wraps are dead...

    It would be fun to have ... add to that some illuminated vinyl signage ... lumabrite.com for example or this ball of fun ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysPp-QlShEc&list=UUCd-NHpjOEEzt_14XwgR3mw&feature=c4-overview ... would be interesting to see new laws popping up to the sudden blingage you...
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