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  1. Anyone on here do this?

    I drive by a tesla lot daily that has dozens of cybertrucks lined up and every time I drive by I get a flashbacks of Pontiac aztecs. Looks pretty small in person too, from photos expected bigger
  2. Need Help Finding Approx shipping weight for quote

    find out how much a roll of whatever material you will be using weighs and base off that
  3. Need Help with Printing High-Quality Button Designs

    Here is how a small sticker looks printed on my Colorado, this is is 1" x 2" , photos make it look worse than it is and from normal viewing distance the sticker looks great and customer is happy. but the lighter colors are grainy I have had customers in the past not happy because before they...
  4. Need Help with Printing High-Quality Button Designs

    Yea that's why the photo printers use 10+ colors. Virtually 0 grain
  5. Need Help with Printing High-Quality Button Designs

    a desktop photo printer will be better quality than a wide format printer for stuff like that. https://epson.com/For-Work/Printers/Large-Format/SureColor%26reg%3B-P700-13-Inch-Photo-Printer-with-BorderFree%26reg%3B-Technology/p/C11CH38201
  6. Job Preservation / Obfuscation?

    Those signs that he worked on for over a month should've taken a day to knock out. I got the impression that he was trying to stay busy. There is only so much you can improve in a company that's been in business for a hundred years, the KPO position seems like a gamble, might or might not pay...
  7. Job Preservation / Obfuscation?

    I've worked with a KPO (Kaizen Promotion Officer) from a large organization for some workflow signage and it was VERY hard for me to get the KPO to IMPROVE his 100 pixel x 100 pixel jpeg images embedded in MS Word to make 4ft x 8 ft signs. working with that huge company was eye opening in how...
  8. How do you trim vinyl when using foamboard

    I do it with a box cutter knife, the big blade easily follows the foamboard
  9. Vinyl side protection

    any brand name inks should last a year without any lamination or use cut vinyl and it'll last longer
  10. 48' x 6' Banner

    regular 13 oz banner, hemmed grommeted is what I would use
  11. SISER EASYPSV STARLING VINYL

    I think its more of a marketing gimmick "dishwasher safe up to 80 washes top rack only" I bet most quality vinyls would hold up. I've had oracal 651 do perfectly fine in dishwasher and I have printed on oracal 651 The siser vinyl is just marketed towards cricut crowd that likes to decorate...
  12. Need a transfer tape on a liner that can be contour cut before applying to vinyl

    If you are also cutting the backing to shape then you can easily do on a flatbed cutter. cutting the backing and transfer tape in one step. Print Kiss Cut Weed leaving registration marks Apply transfer tape "die cut" on flatbed
  13. Pricing

    For example someone calls in wanting a 10 ft x 10ft wall mural, already have a ready to print design. = 100sq ft x $5/sq ft = $500 for the print 2hrs to install, 1 hr driving, 1hr for emails/back and forth etc = 4hrs x $200 = $800 add more hours if there is any chance of complication or...
  14. Pricing

    Figure out how much you want/need to charge per square foot to make a profit for the materials you offer and once you know this you can calculate sqft and quote on the fly for most jobs. Also calculate your "shop rate" and use that to multiply by the number of hours you estimate the job will...
  15. Help on Pricing Installation

    Is it a pretty flat surface or does it have some complex features? How high up on the truck? I would do 46" x 78" in one piece, saves on install time not having to line up. If it is ground level and pretty flat I would charge $250 per truck for the install so about $2500 for the install ...
  16. Mural Material Recommendation

    Why wouldn't it work, doable on rigid if they have the budget
  17. Epson S40600 Questions

    Best to have 4 people, one on each corner
  18. Open-Source Inkjet Printer Project

    You got your answer, about $80k of how hard
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