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I'd give this attempt a 4/10. Nice try though. Have a great weekend!

This is how a lot of companies (including us) do it.

Well, I guess the American educational system has failed again. It's a pretty basic analogy. The fact that a company produces a product does not entitle the consumer to detailed knowledge of the process. Y'all are always on here hooting and hollering about how you don't want to share trade...

We do both, but we're in Kentucky. Just FYI laser engraved text (at least on signs that require braille) is not ADA compliant. Text must be raised 1/32".

Coca Cola makes soda. You make signs. Your production files are basically your recipe. Does Coca Cola give away their recipe? No. Why would you give your recipe away to appease someone?

This is true, it does corrode your equipment. It can also KILL YOU in relatively small amounts.

Oof. I bet that was like a punch in the gut. I've never actually experienced it first hand.

Do you work for free? If you give away your production files without accounting for the cost, you're working for free.

You absolutely 100% can cause glass to break by installing black vinyl. Whether it WILL happen or not depends on a lot of variables that are nearly impossible to quantify (maybe not for super technical types). Dark vinyls absorb heat rapidly and changes the temperature of the glass (where it's...

What? This is like saying Coca Cola should hand over their recipe because someone might not buy soda from them again. You can have good customer support without giving away files. You are devaluing your labor and your product by giving ANYTHING away for free. This is a bad business practice. If...

Don't send them your production files. Send them the original files from the design firm if you still have them. Unless you agreed to turn over any production files you created, as far as I know, you have zero obligation to provide production files.

If I recall, aren't Gemini's templates like $70 plus $6 (or somewhere around there) per letter? That's pretty expensive.

Marabu makes liquid laminates that can be put over UV prints. The VUTEk printers using "their" ink (Nazdar makes it) actually hold up really well. We've found that with average exposure, you can reasonably expect about 3-5 years before the sign starts to fade significantly. Even coating it, I...

Use cheapo vinyl backer to cut a template on your plotter. Tape it down and go!

I like this idea, but chances are they'll never have enough money for proper faces.

I'd say this guess is close to 110% accurate. Somebody ran some numbers and this looks good on paper, but it'll end up making HP mucho dinero.

Bubbles, wrinkles, and other imperfections in your transfer tape can also transfer to your vinyl, FYI.

Wet apply. It takes a little longer to dry, but you can still wet apply. We only dry apply small pieces.

I think we're all in the same boat to some degree. There are types of glass currently on the market that are completely repellent to liquids. They also won't take any kind of adhesive (at least not that I've discovered). We run into this often in hospitals. Even high tack stuff won't stay. Until...

Imagine someone of totally average intelligence (like Joe in Idiocracy) and then think about the fact that half of the population is dumber than that. Generalization, yes. Not incorrect though.