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Woah.

It's a tossup in my opinion. Translucent vinyl is always matte or satin finish, so some people prefer that. Personally, I like the look of gloss on a backlit sign face and matte on channel letter faces, but it all comes down to what you or the customer want.

Good timing John, Charlie Brown Christmas is tomorrow, I would have missed it! Thanks!

In your RIP you should be able to change a setting so it prints more than 1 layer of ink. Not passes in the traditional sense, like 4 pass or 8 pass, but it'll basically overlap each pass twice. It's like it prints the image twice. Every RIP is different so I don't know exactly what yours will...

It didn't have built-in firewire, I just swapped in the same card I've been using since I originally got the JV3 (I actually went through 2 or 3 cards originally before I found one that worked reliably). It is a TI-chipset card though.

Nah, we probably should be but when my last RIP station kicked it I was in a pinch and bought a thousand dollar off-the-shelf HP desktop from the computer store, thinking I'd use it as a stand-in until I had time to build a beast... Quad core AMD, 6gb RAM, single hard drive, and it burns through...

+1, my guess is this is more than likely your problem. Also, it could be your ink. We found with some aftermarket inks in our JV3 we were getting what we believe to be static induced halos around the graphics similar to what you are describing. We switched back to OEM and the problem went...

Pro. Even though we've always been a PC-only shop (to keep all platforms the same), I've always hated Windows and have always adored Mac OS for it's smooth operation and more stable environment. Windows 7 64 bit has totally made me forget Apple exists... It's really really good.

We print a lot of channel letter faces for one customer. They're usually (always actually) gradients like you describe. We print 2 ink layers on Orajet 3850 translucent white and laminate with cast matte laminate. If exact color accuracy is a concern, do a two layer print, the top layer being...

Kurt, you may also consider upgrading to Windows 7. We're on win 7 64 bit and it's been unbelievably stable compared to XP or Vista. RIP speed increased and odd communications hicups between the computer and the JV3 have completely disappeared.

Haha, I know how you feel. Technically, there's nothing wrong with Firewire, it's excellent technology, in Mimaki's case there are just enough variables to make it almost too finicky to be worth it. When the JV3 came out though, there really was no other option, USB 2.0 wasn't out yet and...

Contact Mimaki and ask them if they have an older version of their firewire driver. I agree, the firewire is finicky for some reason. We had some issues getting it set up, you have to find the right combination of firewire card, Mimaki firewire driver and driver for the actual board. I was about...

Thumbs down for Creative Banner, we used to buy ours from them but their quality has gone down hill significantly. Orbus (www.exhibitors-handbook.com) is our vendor now and the quality is night and day better. We actually had 3 stands from Creative Banner break and snap shut on a customer at a...

Blackberry here, I tried using the iPhone 4 but I send a lot of emails from my phone and I just think a real keyboard is a lot easier to use. I've never had luck typing on the iPhone screen (or any other touch screen phone for that matter). The iPhone is awesome for sure, but all I wanted was to...

You'll probably need to seek out a local commercial printer in your area. 4over also does door hangers, I don't know if they offer that exact size, but they could probably do that job too.

+1, they will inevitably start to come loose after a year or so and then that looks pretty shabby. We have made hundreds of signs with this material without capping and haven't seen a failure or delamination due to water in the flutes freezing.

Design at half size and enlarge in the RIP.

If you screw through the face, remember you'll have to predrill a pilot hole slightly larger than the diameter of the screw, if you tighten PVC down too tight it'll warm with temperature changes, even indoors.

You might try one of those ergonomic chairs that you kneel on, I used to have one and it was damn comfortable, stupid looking but comfortable...

Use a french cleat. There's not a lot you can do to eliminate damage to the drywall, but you should be able to use a cleat and get away with a minimum of screw holes, maybe 3-4 at most.