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  1. Need replacement printer feedback

    ABCO is researching a replacement for one of our wide format printers that is no longer operational nor feasible to repair. Our EFI H1625 LED UV hybrid roll/rigid printer is 1.65m/65" wide with CMYK plus two white channels, printing onto substrates up to 50mm/2" thick. Pros: Print quality...
  2. Discussion A Prince fan who prints.....see what I did there?

    We had a little spare time and some extra Falconboard. Prince was honored by Pantone through a custom shade of his favorite color, purple. My wide format operator put together some white and some black Falconboard, along with our EFI H1625 LED and Colex Sharpcut, to create one oy my favorite...
  3. Camera and flatbed cutter timelapse

    Been thinking about mounting a small camera on or near our Colex CNC flatbed cutter to record timelapse videos or just cool videos to post to social media. Has anyone done something similar?
  4. Best source cnc blades

    We have a Colex Sharpcut, which has worked well for us. My operator says that the blades for theCoroplast tool (https://www.colex.com/product/coroplast-corrugated-knife/) have been really brittle lately. I'll provide feedback to Colex, but it's also helpful to know if I have other supplier...
  5. Discussion New HP Latex 570

    The box is still crated. We're supplementing our EFI H1625 LED. We're going with Onyx 19 for the RIP. Last we used Onyx X Postershop was back in 2014 when the EFI replaced a HP 5500 aqueous machine. We mainly do educational wall charts, pop up banners, and grommeted banners. We also have a...
  6. Need Help Cutting multiple sheets on the flatbed cutter

    We are contour cutting about 200 duplex round cardstock cards. We print them 6up on our digital color cutsheet press on 12x18" sheets. We contour cut them a sheet at a time. There must be a way to keep the flatbed cutter gantry near the work while we swap out sheets? Right now it moves alllll...
  7. Bright Ideas Lamp

    This is one of my favorite projects so far. It was for internal use, with an idea I found on Instructables.com We printed this on white dibond, and used our Colex cutter to route it to the desired shape. Then we used our Colex to route out the wood frame and we applied color changing LEDs. It...
  8. Unusual CNC projects?

    Does anyone search out projects like https://www.slicedtodutch.com/ with their flatbed cutters? Being a car nut, I'm excited to find some art and play with slicing on my Colex. Just curious if anyone chases down this type of work or experiments with what their capabilities are.
  9. New neighbors are high end residential. Best marketing angle?

    Our shop is just south of downtown Dallas. The neighborhood is becoming gentrified, with $400,000 townhomes just outside our front door Also high end rentals are going up nearby. Obviously the folks buying and leasing nearby have money and likely are decision makers or owners wherever they...
  10. Need Help Replacement roll or core holder? What's this called?

    We run an EFI H1625 LED, which is effectively a smaller Vutek printer. The core holder or roll holders are stripped, and I don't know how to find replacements. I've included photos. How can you help?
  11. Maximize prints per roll?

    We are printing training posters that finish 30" x 20" landscape. The PDF size, including dots for my flatbed cutter, is 31" x 21." The material we print on is 60" x 100' 8 pt photo matte. Since longer rolls than 100' are hard to find, we go through lots of this paper. What is the best way to...
  12. Need Help Measure productivity or Export job activity from my EFI H1625LED?

    On our OCE TDS400 we have a meter that measures linear feet printed. On our HP5500 there's an accounting tab in the web interface that shows jobs printed, time, and media. I need to know how to export this information from my EFI H1625 LED so that I can analyze it in Excel. At the printer I can...
  13. Image voids when printing on clear acrylic? How to prevent?

    We are printing wide format images of vehicles to clear acrylic sheets on an EFI H1625LED. Where there is a headlight reflection or sunlight sparkle in the image, the color value is CMYK 0,0,0,0, or paper white. The problem is that my "paper" is clear acrylic, so the output shows a deletion and...
  14. Prepress Technician Wanted - Dallas TX

    Prepress Operator ABCO, Inc. Location Dallas, TX Website: http://www.abcoinc.com OVERVIEW ABCO has an opening for a Prepress Operator. This is a full time, permanent opportunity for qualified candidates. The position involves preparation of files for digital print ( inkjet wide format, Colex...
  15. United States, Texas - Dallas

    Signs 101 Network RegistryIn what country are you located? USA In what state or province are you located? TX In what city or town are you located? Dallas What large city is nearest you? Dallas Check all items that apply to your listingLocal Networking Social
  16. Howdy from Dallas

    Hello. I'm Lee with ABCO in downtown Dallas. We are a commercial printer doing everything from offset printed business cards, to vinyl binders, media duplication, web to print and wide format, all under the same roof. We run a 60" HP5500 UV and a 54" Roland XC-540 with contour cut, as well as a...
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