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  1. Moving Sale. Save on all Plotter Art™ collections with printed user guides.

    We're getting ready for a cross country move and would like to lighten our load. All Plotter Art™ collections with printed user guides must go! Rock bottom prices • Free shipping to addresses in the contiguous 48 U.S. states...
  2. Cintiq Pen Displays

    I'm considering investing in a 27" Cintiq Pen Display setup and would like to know how important or valuable the Touch feature is? Where I'm coming from is no exposure to touch technology beyond my smartphone and strictly a mouse and keyboard guy up to this point. I will also be adding a medium...
  3. Seamless Texture Tiles and Clip Art Prices Slashed

    We have just made a site wide price reduction on all Plotter ArtTM seamless texture tile and clip art collections, mini-collections and individual images. Prices have been reduced by 50% to 80% with even greater savings through using our discounted credits. For example ... Download all six...
  4. New Collection: Plotter Art™ Seamless Texture Tiles Volume Three

    The Plotter ArtTM Seamless Texture Tile Collection Volume 3 includes 600 beautiful, highly detailed images in a downloadable zip file and a 51 page, full color User Guide and Image Catalog in PDF format. Each image has been carefully created with the primary aim of being...
  5. C-O-O-L-! My Artwork Is Now Available at Adobe Stock.

    Adobe bought Fotolia and now 572 pieces of my artwork is available at both sites. https://stock.adobe.com/contributor/202028238/alliedcomgraphic?search_page=1
  6. Disasters, Tragedies and the Sign Business

    Hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and other tragedies often create new business for sign companies. One of our pest control clients decided to get out in front of the Zika virus yesterday. He added "Mosquito Control" to his three trucks along with this cartoon decal from our Plotter ArtTM Originals...
  7. Label Job for a Repeat Customer

    This thread is to document, step by step, our production of a sizeable label job we've done for a regular client for several years now. It is assumed that, for many here, the job may seem routine and not all that interesting. Our hope is, that for a number of others, the information will be...
  8. Internet Upload Speeds

    We get our internet connection from AT&T and have an upgraded plan that's as high as can be had in our area ... 12 to 18 Mbs. When I upload a file either via FTP to our server or to an Amazon S3 storage destination, we see speeds of 250 to 275 Kbs. This means that to upload any of our local...
  9. Restoring from a Backup

    I'm taking steps to shift our local workstations from local backups to online backups and have a question regarding our preparedness should we ever have to reformat a hard drive and restore it from a backup. We do not have any Windows original disks that I can find. Using our backup software...
  10. This font has me stumped

  11. Why we don't have political discussions at Signs 101 ... An allegorical tale

    The Great Roque War by John Steinbeck Pacific Grove and Monterey sit side by side on a hill bordering the bay. The two towns touch shoulders but they are not alike. Whereas Monterey was founded a long time ago by foreigners, Indians and Spaniards and such, and the town grew up higgledy-piggledy...
  12. Adjusting Halftones in Gerber Omega to Reduce Graininess and Banding

    Gerber Edge printing, particularly when using four color process foils, can be a frustrating experience due to the nature of thermal resins as compared to liquid inkjet printing. This is most often noticed with halftone dots causing a grainy appearance as well as banding lines in gradients...
  13. Super Bowl Commercials

    :frustrated: Just watched the 50 Greatest Super Bowl Commercials show tonight and they didn't include the best one of all time! Well, it should at least have been in the top 10. But it wasn't there at all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8lk0tTA3Ww I'm planning a boycott. :noway:
  14. Getting My First SmartPhone

    :guido: Yes, I'm a little bit late to the party but I'm getting an iPhone 6S+ today and would like suggestions on tutorials, apps, tips and tricks that will help me get up to speed and get the most out of this technology. From the little bit of exposure I've had to any smartphone, I can tell...
  15. Cute Commercial

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU_c8aabw2Y
  16. Meet Trixie

    Trixie is a rescue dog we adopted a week ago. She's Boston Louie's new playmate.
  17. Happy Thanksgiving Everyone

    Please drive safely.
  18. Gerber Edge Print Outlasts Boston Whaler

    Just took a reorder for graphics for a Boston Whaler we did back on March 2004. Customer says the graphics still look great after 11 1/2 years but the Boston Whaler has had it.
  19. Scary Halloween Experience

    So we open a bag of assorted Skittles and Starburst candies for the trick-or-treaters tonight and pour them into a bowl. The last item to come out of the bag is a half full dispenser pack of X-acto blades. Fortunately we noticed them and set them aside with the bag. We plan to contact Wrigley on...
  20. Daylight Savings Time

    If you're on daylight savings time, don't forget to set your clocks back this Saturday night/Sunday morning.
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