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  1. Interesting phone conversation

    Just got off the phone with a guy calling from another engraving shop him: how much are lapel pins? me: how long is a piece of string? him: huh? me: i need to know a bit more info before i can quote, i need size, quantity, number of colours, finish style etc. him: i donno, what's the...
  2. Thanks to Phillip (Sign Amigo)

    If anyone is looking for a freelance designer, get in touch with Sign Amigo! We just finished a project with him and our customer is ecstatic with the results! Design really does set your shop apart, and if you are looking for a great design at very reasonable prices, give Sign Amigo a shot...
  3. Opinions please

    Our customer (large government agency) needed some signs made in a rush, the signs had to be ordered from a large supplier in the USA, which had to be overnighted to us in order to meet our customers deadline. We inquired as to the shipping cost so we could know for our own records, we were...
  4. Corel to Composer question

    Is there some way to design a project in CorelDraw and import it into composer for Edge printing without having to manually re-assign all the spot colours? I do 99% of my designing in CorelDraw X4 and when I export as a PDF or EPS and bring the file into Composer, I have to manually go through...
  5. Crappy vinyl

    Just thought I would warn anyone about using Avery MPI3100. I bought a roll of this on sale a while ago, it was $50 a roll less than my usual Oracal 3651 that I normally use for my "go to" economy vinyl. I had to print and cut some 2" decals, so I laminated them and cut them out. I forgot to...
  6. Gerber Edge setup

    We are getting an Edge 2 on tuesday and was wondering what everyone is using to keep the prints as dust free as possible? from what i understand, keeping the vinyl dust free is even more crucial on an edge than a inkjet machine. we plan oh having the printer and cutter on a smaller (3'x7')...
  7. Pitney Bowes

    I was just wondering i anyone else has any experience with this company? We got a postage meter from them a few years ago thinking it would be a big time saver over going to the post office to buy stamps. After we got our first bill we realized there were some charges we weren't told about...
  8. Critique please

    This sign is for a local nursing home, they are having trouble attracting new clients, one of the main problems is that the outside of the place looks pretty depressing, (old grey brick and stone) they are hoping to upgrade the look and part of that is new signage, they currently have a 3'x8'...
  9. looking for scroll bracket

    Does anyone know where I can find a scroll bracket like the one attached? I need one that has the diagonal support piece. I could have sworn i've seen this somewhere recently.
  10. 3m vinyl

    Can anyone tell me if 3M puts their logo on their carrier paper for all their digital print vinyl? we do some laminating for a competitor and he says he's getting a great deal on 3M print vinyl (can't remember the exact type, one of their lower end calendared types) but when he brings it in it...
  11. Font Help!

    I have tried whatthefont.com and no luck, any help would be appreciated!
  12. my first trailer

    Hey guys: Just thought i would post my the results of my first trailer "wrap" overall it went fairly well, printed on 3551RA and laminated with 210 tried to install on a hot day outside but the vinyl wasn't cooperating at all, so we installed in customers shop. any advise or comments are...
  13. What would you do?

    One of our customers is a local hospital, we deal with about 5 different people within the hospital (different departments) a few of these people are great to deal with, place pretty large orders and are pretty down to earth. However there is one lady there that constantly makes us jump...
  14. Strange request/celebrity photos

    A friend of mine is getting married in the fall and her maid of honour has contacted me with a strange request. She is wondering if I can make them a life size cutout of either David Hasselhoff of Chuck Norris for the bacholorette party (i don't even want to know why) My question now is, does...
  15. Font ID please

    Can anyone tell me the font used for transmission and all canadian? i know it's pretty simple but i've been having trouble Thanks Scott
  16. Canada, Ontario - Hamilton

    Signs 101 Network RegistryIn what country are you located? Canada In what state or province are you located? Ontario In what city or town are you located? Hamilton What large city is nearest you? Toronto Check all items that apply to your listingInstallations (Basic, no permits) Local...
  17. fire retardant substrate needed

    Does anyone know of a fire retardant substrate that has the following properties: lightweight paintable can be cut on router relatively inexpensive We got asked to quote a job that involves cutting 36" high letters and suspending them from the ceiling above a stage, my first thought was 1"...
  18. Help with banding!

    I'm having a problem with my Roland SP 540V, whenever i print on glossy media i get horrible vertical banding as seen in the pics. when i change to uni-directional mode it dissapears completely. So far I have had a tech out twice (machine is still under warranty) and both times the problem has...
  19. versaworks profile question

    Hello: I am printing some industrial markers on 3651 with my SP 540 and using the 3651 profile on high speed leaves banding big time when trying to print a solid colour background. I got it to work well by changing a few settings (changing from prepress US to custom and editing that to...
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