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  1. Opinion Buying A Flatbed Printer

    I'm surprised you're dismissing the HP so quickly. Older technology? Depends on your definition, It is built on several generations of printers and pretty refined. You could definitely say the same about the Agfa as far as "old technology". Did you try some of the higher quality print modes on...
  2. Excessive Banding With Mimaki Jv33

    You need to eliminate media comp issues first. Adjusting the comp on the fly requires waiting several passes to see a difference. A better way is to use the stand alone media comp test in the media settings menu I'd you aren't comfortable using the on the fly method(see manual it has been 8...
  3. New Owner of Signs101.com

    Welcome, I used to run an RC airplane forum. Bought and sold it in the span of a year or so, they are a lot to keep up with.
  4. I'm Looking for a Company/Individual to install & Train on a Used Gerber M3000

    All I can suggest is the company we purchased ours from. Advantage sign supply, I worked closely with Kip there. We demoed the unit at their grand rapids location, he packed the unit up there, shipped it and assembled it at our location. He also provided the training. So you might check with...
  5. HELP! I'm Pulling my hair out trying to fix this overspray issue on my FB700

    Sounds like you are seeing the issue on multiple materials which to me eliminates static. If you have tried poster paper or something that doesn't hold a static charge and it still does it then that is not your issue. You should try the same test using the cyan or magenta ink only and see what...
  6. Not sign related but could use some advice

    I would suggest you look at a more popular brand. Our local WISP (Wireless ISP) uses Ubiquiti Gear, it is reliable and very affordably priced. Oddly I just helped a friend of mine do the same thing you are trying to do from about the same distance. We used two of these...
  7. State of large format printing businesses

    It is old technology compared to the other UV machines out there like the HP FB series. The W model also has white ink which if you don't use it frequently can become another headache to keep the system and heads clean. I have a lot of experience with the Agfa M4F, our shop owned one for over...
  8. State of large format printing businesses

    There is money to be made, but I'd be more concerned with your lack of experience in the industry. Walking into a shop that has large format equipment including a UV flatbed with no experience is a recipe for disaster in my opinion. If you are confident in your hiring abilities to hire people...
  9. Numbers

    Alien Encounters http://www.dafont.com/alien-encounters.font
  10. Avoiding storm spikes

    Cheapest way is to unplug important stuff. I worked in IT for a while and the local power company offered an on site lightning arrestor system to our business. It was some kind of box they hooked into the electric system about a foot tall. Explained it would absorb the spike of a surge. They...
  11. Anybody really good with Wordpress?

    Pm me I can take a look for you.
  12. Rant: Idiot employees who convert all text into outlines

    Keeping the original editable design is a good practice, but font rendering can vary between rip engines, operating systems, pdf engines, etc. If you want to be sure all of your fonts look the same always then convert to outlines and then proof/print.
  13. Storefront vs Home Based Business?

    Home based can work well with the proper setup. Personally I sell exclusively online and ship everything. I do some work at my location and sub out a significant amount as well. I specifically don't allow customers to come to my location for insurance reasons and frankly I don't want local...
  14. Is there an Edge vinyl with strong adhesive?

    Convex is what you are looking for. http://www.convexvinyl.com/convex-high-bond/
  15. Recommendation on an odorless printer for indoor use

    The mimaki cjv30 has metallic and white in eco solvent ink. A friend of mine ran one for several years. Basically not odor, however, running the metallic ink was not worthwhile. I would consider the results more of a pearl finish. With the cost and waste with the metallic you would need to...
  16. Data Backup/Ghosting or Cloud service for files?

    You should really have at least 2 backups. One being offsite (cloud). The NAS backups are nice but there are still some scenarios where the NAS box could become useless. A fire or tornado, the NAS RAID controller or mainboard can still fail, no disk redundancy (if setup this way) for example...
  17. Beer Label Design

    The design is awesome, but not what I would expect on a Stout. Just another craft beer snob opinion. :thumb:
  18. CJV150 in general and perf cut

    This was a big source of confusion when we looked at the machine as well. Especially coming from a CJV30 using ES3. I think it is a branding type of situation. The big take away though is that you cannot use the orange and light black ink in ES3 which is a huge downside if you want the true...
  19. CJV150 in general and perf cut

    A friend of mine just bought this machine. He previously had the CJV30, both the 30" and 54". He moved to the CJV150-130 (same just bigger). 1. I can't really speak to this since he doesn't do perf cutting. A good question for your sales rep or Mimaki probably. 2. This will likely be...
  20. Thinking of upgrading quick books

    Your experience is pretty much the same as mine over the last 10 years. The more people that connect to your data file the worse the experience. 1 workstation with 1 user is usually ok, but beyond that QB is not good. I've even used Enterprise, still corrupts and crashes on a stable network...
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