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There wasn't a brand guide book at the time, just the hotels logo. Because of the warping of the logo, I was tasked of creating a guide book for the company and had it rubber stamped by the Hotel chain. After that, if a salesperson wanted even something moved that wasn't in the book, I told them...

If you are cutting flock material, wouldn't a 60 degree blade be better due to the thickness?

Not true as there are a ton of animators that use tablets to create. I use Windows and Apple computers, laptops, and tablets. Depending on the job dictates what I use. I prefer larger tablets when working on some signage and animations, so I can see all the tools and step back and see what I am...

Totally agree. Had a salesman tell me stretch a logo until it wasn't close to the company's brand guidelines. As long as I saw a signature from the client and an email telling me to prep artwork for the crew to construct even after I wrote about the change of brand guidelines, it was out of my...

You nailed it, it is stretched on the truck.

As to what it does "better", it supports newer printers that ver. 10 doesn't. If you don't upgrade your hardware, you're fine. Only thing design-wise I found better in versions after ver. 10.5.1 is drop shadowing and the RIP in ver. 12 appears to be the best. Flexi v22 RIP is still buggy and...

All of these "quirks" were addressed in one way or another over the past 15 years. I used 3 Mutoh printers at home and do not have any of those problems as they have software that allows you to view the ink levels, and the take up is much stronger if you've bought the "heavy duty" version. A lot...

I've seen 8518 peel with ease off of IJ680CR, but never separate autonomously. I've never tried this lam before and now it makes me a bit skittish to try.

More than likely it wasn't done with an Avery, 3M, or Oracal product. If it was done, it was with something like BusMark or Grimco's Briteline vinyls. This was pre-pandemic, so vinyl was cheaper, so producing it would be cheaper....but at a $1,000? No. Like stated above, whether by someone who...

or the Mutoh ValueJet 628 https://mutoh.com/product/valuejet-628/

You can also try Harbor Sales ( www.harborsales.net ) as they sell it off the roll as well and will deliver.

Usually with a client in the police or emergency services, I'll make 3" or 4" high decals of their shields, patches, or maltese cross as a giveaway. Between 4-6 of them that eats up some of the waste material makes the customer light up like a kid on Christmas.

My daily gig is working in a 12'x14' room, housing a HP 560 Latex, a Summa S-One D160, and a Mystic 1650 heat-assisted laminator. In the middle of the room and behind the laminator, is a 50"x78" table on locking casters. Tight? HELL YES!!! Printing with certain vinyls can make the place smell...

Most of the work I do isn't small graphics, but usually commercial signage and vehicle graphics. The few companies I come in contact with mainly use their Gerbers for emergency vehicle graphics. Although the look is nice, it just isn't practical with the amount of wide format printers that are...

My take on the printer equipment out there today... Gerber: a 15" wide printer that prints thermally. The only ones really still uses these are people in the Emergency Vehicle business that can't get out of their own way. Most do not laminate their prints and the ability to produce large...

I agree with The Vector Doc, but you still need to learn how to use the trace tool correctly. In most cases, I vectorize using the bezier tool under the "bitmap" menu. See attached. 'Nuff said.

Did a 24' trailer last week using 3M IJ180CV3 and 8518 laminate. Took longer to print, laminate, and trim than to install. Install took under 5 hours with prep. Granted, it wasn't textured laminate, but that doesn't matter if the walls are smooth. The screws on the sheets were taken off, except...

I wish I got the guy's card...came on Christmas Eve morn to the shop in 2010. It was 18 degrees outside, and he sprays this "stuff" on vinyl that had been on a trailer for 10 years. They were old Dick's Sporting Goods trailers with the large rectangular logo and four (4) graphics of sports...

Its the same with most hatchback windows with wipers; I advise the wiper cannot used and that it will damage the graphic. Tell them if the window is used, you do not warranty the install or replacement. In most cases, I usually suggest not doing it or state I do not guarantee the work as it's...

https://www.clearfocus.com/products/overlaminating-films/clearlam/ I've never cared for laminate on window perf (actually, I hate window perf altogether). If the window is tinted, the likelihood of the vinyl curling and failing increases tenfold. With a laminate, failure for the window perf...