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  1. Aluminum extrusion question

    I met with a good customer today and they are looking to have a sign made for their front lobby, they showed me a sign at another location that they want to try to copy the look of. The sign is circular in shape, suspended from the ceiling, it has an aluminum extrusion on the top & bottom, with...
  2. New Printer Question

    Hey Guys: As most of you know, we suffered a fire at our shop that claimed all of our equipment. I'm in the process of gathering info on new equipment. We've decided to go with a VS-540 machine, I was wondering what the advantages would be to going with the CCMMYKLcLm setup over the dual cmyk...
  3. First partial wrap help

    We are getting ready to partially wrap our shop truck, it's a 2010 Ford Ranger, I had a question regarding the fenders, it has the fenders with the big fake bolt heads on it (it's actually held in with clips) how you most people handle these? do you cut them out or heat and work them in? it...
  4. Attn: Members from New York state

    I've got a question for the members from the new york state area. In a few weeks my wife and I will be going to Boston for a long weekend, we are trying to decide if we should fly or drive, driving is about 9 hours each way, not too bad. The route is mostly along I-90 from Buffalo to pretty...
  5. adhesive for letters

    Hey all: I'm making a sign for a client, pretty simple, MDO backboard, painted with latex paints, I cut some letters out of 1/4" acrylic, which I want to mount on standoffs to the board. I cut little 0.5" dia. circles out of 3/8" thick acrylic to use as my standoffs, these will be fastened to...
  6. Signs for Company A, Invoice Company B

    I was just wondering if anyone else has come across any issues with this setup. Periodically we get asked by a customer of ours to make some signs, but to invoice another company for them (last job was a hospital that was renovating and we were told to bill the General Contractor as it was part...
  7. Caxton Mark Edge Foils?

    Does anyone have any experience with Caxton Mark brand of edge replacement foils? I just noticed that Proveer sells them here for a pretty good price point, but i've never heard of them? Anyone?
  8. can this be done easily?

    I have a recurring weekly job that we want to use our gerber edge 2 for, however I am having issues setting up the file properly. The job consists of 10 prints, 12.25" tall by 96" long, single colour foil printed on white vinyl. I would like to set them up in composer like I have it in the...
  9. What would cause this

    We had 2 jobs back in the middle of 2009 for translucent sign face replacements using the same colour, we installed using a (apparently) good quality 2 mil translucent cast vinyl that is rated for 7 years outdoor durability. a few weeks ago, I drove by the first sign and noticed it's EXTREMLY...
  10. donated sign

    Here's a "what would you do" thread for monday morning. A few weeks ago we were contacted by a customer of ours who is building a community garden , they asked us if we would be willing to donate a sign for it (they would install). They are a pretty good customer of ours, but we don't do a ton...
  11. Funny product placement

    One of my Dutch friends of Facebook posted this picture, taken in the red light district of amsterdam, english translation "And after, a nice home cooked meal"
  12. Arlon colour

    Hi Guys: Hopefully someone can help me, my customer is asking for some lettering cut from Arlon cal plus yellow 006, problem is, I don't have an arlon book ( I don't even know who sells it around me) If someone has a book, would you be so kind as to look up a suitable match in Oracal, Avery or...
  13. Box Truck "wrap"

    We just finished 3 of these for a local greenhouse chain. Customer designed the entire thing. We printed on General Formulations Automark material and laminated with the matching laminate. For this application, the Automark worked great! very easy to apply, went down nicely. The "gloss"...
  14. Google targeted ads

    My wife and I just celebrated our 2 year wedding anniversary last night, this morning when I come in to work, my Gmail is showing targeted advertisements down the side bar for...marriage counseling lol! Does the mighty Google know something I don't?!?
  15. Website opinions

    Hey all We are in the process of redoing our website, We recently had our logo redone and need to update the site. We do quite a few different things here and we seem to appeal to a few different customer bases. I had the thought of creating 2 seperate websites, one would cater towards our...
  16. what would you do

    I have a customer that orders interior signage from me from time to time (wayfinding ada type stuff). He is a door company and I guess he sells the signs to his customers as a extra service. 2 weeks ago he came into the shop with a PO in hand and a list of signs he needed for a new building...
  17. Gerber Edge 2 print problem

    Hey Guys, Hopefully you can help me with this, i am printing some reverse decals on clear with my Edge 2, Vinyl is Oracal 751 clear cast, foils are all duracoat. If you notice in the photos i am getting a jagged edge along the edges of the red letters, it seems to be getting worse as the...
  18. orange/red reflective stripes

    Does anyone know where I can find this reflective tape? It look like it is white 3m reflective that has been screen printed with red and orange stripes. I can find white with red stripes everywhere, but I am coming up empty on the red/orange. My customer would prefer rolls of it 1", 2" & 6"...
  19. The new Cricut of Print/Cut

    Well about a year ago, someone predicted that there would be a desktop print/cut machine for the cricuters out there, roland has just announced a 20" wide desktop print/cut machine http://www.rolanddga.com/products/printcut/bn/
  20. Corrugated shipping container

    Hello all: we have a customer looking to get some vinyl lettering on 3 sides of a corrugated shipping container, I have the measurements That were taken using a roll of masking tape, going into the corrugations, they are Flat across measurement - 195 cm measurement for same distance in and out...
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