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So a designer sends me the final art for print. As PDFs. He then asks me for a PDF proof to show the client. My reply was "err I was going to use YOUR pdf as the proof". What do you guys do when somebody asks the same thing when they just gave you a PDF. I mean a PDF is a PDF, right?

Does anyone here do many bikes? Are they more trouble than they're worth or can they be profitable for a shop? We are just starting to add vehicle wraps to our range of services and since I'm a motorcyclist myself could probably get a bit of work wrapping bikes through existing contacts...

I started using Winplot for print/cut jobs after a couple of Onyx Cutserver mysterious fails, and so far so good. The only thing is does anyone know how to set up a tiled OPOS job that won't fit on a roll? The manual doesn't seem to cover it. Masking out half the file doesn't work.. The rego...

I was under no illusions about making any money on this job, luckily. Took about twice as long as we figured and used twice as much vinyl but what the hell. You gotta start somewhere so why not with something hideously difficult. My offsider Nick did the install so all kudos to him. We used...

A Madonna themed gym? I never heard of it before now, but it all came together ok in the end. There was a LOT of digital print. Murals, wallpaper and a couple of laser cut logos. Their inhouse designer did the layouts. I think she did a nice job. All printed on our Rolands. LG polymeric vinyl...

I've had this since new, about 10 years. Fuji Xerox have decided to stop supporting it early next year but I spoke to a copy repair joint who will do a service agreement to keep it running. Still works well. It comes with a Mac which runs the Splash RIP. You can use it as an A3 scanner...

I am on Onyx 10.2 and am liking it so far. Only thing is I have an old Epson Stylus Pro 4000 and it is not supported in this version of Onyx. Anyone have any ideas on workarounds to use it in v10? I tried installing the 4880 driver and it prints but colour is wacky. Trying to profile...

Like most of us I've been wondering what do about storing and backing up the ever increasing amount of data these days. So I did a bit of research and bought one of these QNAP T-412 network servers. It takes up to 4 drives configured in a variety of RAIDs. I got 2 x 3t drives and set them up...

Some interesting gossip from our local rag's website. Don't hold your breath for a Memjet production printer any time soon.

We have had a couple of sample prints on Phototex in our foyer for about six months, printed on our Roland Soljets. They looked great but the last month or so I noticed the inks getting soft and feeling sticky to the touch, and rubbed off easily. Yesterday the aircon drain blocked up and...

Is anyone printing Avery wrap vinyl successfully on their L25500? I'm in the process of testing and profiling a range of media on our new printer and have struck problems with the MPI1005. I'm getting some serious mottling in the darker colours, greens especially. One of the reasons for buying...

I've not done any printed wallpapers yet but have a customer who is keen to buy some off me on an ongoing basis. Well, according to her anyway. The main question I have is do these need a clearcoat for abrasion resistance? Some of the samples I've been given seem fairly fragile. We use...

This place opened up across the road from my shop this week. I know some of us work at different levels, but holy crap. Completely the wrong size, creased, crooked. You name it.

I know we are late to the party but I decided we should offer wraps as part of our service so I sent my trusty assistant Nick off to the Avery wrap class. Then to get some practice gave him the job of matte black wrapping my Streetfighter. I really wanted a black one when I bought it a few...

Does Onyx 10 handle files with drop shadows created in Illustrator any better than v7.x? I spent hours last week on a job. Text with drop shadow on top of a spot colour background. If I flattened it in Photoshop the spot colour was too light. If I opened the PDF in the RIP there were nasty boxes...

I put an old HP5000 designjet up for sale on ebay, local pickup only. I'm in Sydney Australia btw. Within 2 hours it was snapped up for the buy it now price by somebody in Poland. No feedback at all on the buyer. I asked him ok so when will you be picking it up, I'm in Sydney. He replied...

Version 2.0, App core version 7.3.2.16. I give cutlines the CutContour spot colour name and often I get double cuts on the same path, or a double cut slightly offset. Annoying! Anyone encountered this problem?

Hi all. I had a problem running a job today. I replaced a light magenta head which was on it's last legs yesterday afternoon. Of course it was full black on Ilford polyester film, an expensive combination to screw up especially when the prints are 2.4 x 1.2 metre pullup banner prints. So I...

Anyone used it yet? So what have they fixed and what have they broken??

I'm thinking of getting a new eco solvent printer in a few months. We have a Roland 745EX and it's fine for what it is but I need something a little quicker on vinyl and paper. I was thinking of the new Seiko V64S or maybe the Epson GS6000. Anything else in this price range? Any owners of...