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I think I'm going to need a new magenta had soon. I've searched but haven't found alot of good info on changing the head (we're out of warranty and I'd like to know how to do these things myself), can someone point me in the direction of some good info for replacing a head and all of the steps...

There are ways arount that but we'd need to know which RIP you're running? 4-color process black is the standard way most RIPs interpret black, no matter how you have your file set up. If you're not getting the correct shade of black, it's something to worry about, but if you just want solid...

Welcome from Dayton OH!

Try Grimco out of Columbus, Charette/Pitman or Resource Imaging Supply in Cincinnati. We buy our SS2 inks from Charette/Pitman, excellent prices and service. We bought our printer from Resource Imaging and they know Mimaki printers very well.

From first had experience I can tell you that you may be wise to bite the bullet and go ahead and hire an additional employee, maybe just part time, but full time may be better. We were in a similar prediciment this spring, being too busy for our staff of three to efficiently crank out work in a...

I'm quite happy with my Dell 3005W, the actual display is made by Samsung, colors are fairly close to output on our printer so it's as accurate as I could expect it to be. Every computer here except one has dell flatscreens, never a problem, price always seems good and you can usually get good...

Depends on what you're selling and who's buying it. A pair of magnets, some yard signs, a banner would be done over the counter here. 100 banners, a monument sign, vehicle wrap, or most things over 3-5k would be done at a sit-down meeting. People want to feel important, the higher the ticket...

If you're running CS3 I'd get more than 1gb of RAM. RAM's cheap nowadays, get 2 or 3GB if it won't break the bank. Photoshop will thank you for it.

Anyone recognize this one?

magic wand>paint bucket to fill selection with appropriate color.

What RIP are you printing with? Most Rips should (I thought anyway) automatically place/print the registration marks and send that data to the plotter when it's time to contour cut. For example (using our setup, JV3, Onyx 7.1, S160D): 1. Set up your file with a contour cut path specified...

It's probably one of the few machines that actually will do that without breaking a sweat. Summas a pricey but worth every penny, especially if you're cutting nasty vinyl like engineering grade reflective.

I agree with what Particleman said about ads on here. We're all in the advertising business, I suspect if someone has a problem seeing an ad on this or any other forum that person may need to start paying a bit closer attention to their own business. This forum is a business, it takes money to...

Fred, I think it would be a mistake to go down the road you're considering. For one thing, if you dropped S101 from search engines, I thing your membership would suffer from that alone, I know I found this site from Google, I'm sure many others have. Yes, with that comes the possibility that our...

You're still letting them touch too soon. Until the ink has fully cured, there will still be solvent in there. Of you put print to print where both surfaces are still curing, the solvent outgassing from both pieces will soften each other and "weld" them together. The same process that makes the...

That's a new one on me. I'd definately not plug it into a cheapo $2.99 surge protector, I'd invest some money in a very good one, or even go with a good battery-backup/surge protector, but I can't imaging plugging it directly into the wall. If you get a good one I wouldn't think voltage drop...

I've got a few of those, they work well. I particularly like the alien pallette.

We have an S160D and use that width quite often. Our printer is only a 54" but we do on occasion get the opportunity to cut some larger vinyl for other sign companies. It's tough/rare to find regular vinyl wider than 48" but it is out there. Last month for example we cut 2 150' rolls of 60"...

Usually just clean the first couple feet, after that it seems to be clean. I'd disagree with vinny (hello from Dayton btw) about applying the translucent white print to clear plastic. We've done a few like this and found the print washes out a bit more at night than if trans. white plastic was...

We print alot of Oracal 8500 translucent white, it's not technically printable, just plotter cut, but if you unroll the first few feet anc clean it with alcohol before printing it prints great, been using it for a couple years with no problems at all. It's available in 48" rolls or by the yard...