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Yup, it's mostly all Gerber. They released their first sprocket fed plotter in the early 80's, back when dot matrix printers used the same technology (there are still corporations who use sprocket fed printers too). There have been a few other brands to release models, but Gerber was the big...

Not familiar with that one, but it's an old syle, hopefully not obsolete. Might check with Signcomp for a match. If no one figures it out by Monday when I go in I'll ask the boss. He's pretty good with the old stuff.

Check the cap adjustment first since parts were just replaced, but I'm kinda on the same page as teampix, way too odd to have the same issue happen to two printers at the same time. A while back, can't for the life of me remember which brand, may have even been Mimaki, one batch of ink, one...

Not sure if I'd want it... I'd think you'd almost have to use vinyl with a black adhesive (grey might work) in order for it to be kind of like perf, and allow you to see out the best (and maybe without getting dizzy?). I'd experiment with that a little. Other than that I'm not sure about that...

Affinity Publisher has a preflight tool. I don't use Publisher very often, I could get by with just Designer for my workflow, but when I do use it, preflight pops up every time I export anything. Don't know how in depth it is, or if there's any automation, because I just don't use it that...

The only issue you'd have with Inkscape is it doesn't support CMYK. The fact that it has CMYK color sliders is deceiving, everything it does/ saves/ exports is RGB. If Scribusbor Pitstop doesn't fit the bill, look into Affinity, yes it's pay, but the cost is reasonable, it's powerful, and...

If you want, need, or are set up to do the little one off stuff from walk-in's, more power to ya'. We're all business to business, located in an off the beaten path industrial area, so walk-in's are pretty rare, and it's great for us.

If you don't have/ didn't use the Peck tool for all your settings and paramiters, you'll have to do it all manually. Again, if you have the service manual for it, under parts replacement/ main board it'll have a list of what you need to do. This is for an XC, but it'll be similar... Since it's a...

Yes, dip switches must be set in a specific order. Some of the same boards are used in different printers, and those need to be set right order for each model. That's probably your issue. Do you have the original board yet to compare the settings to? If you have a service manual it should...

That's a fact. First things to fail on most wraps are roofs & hoods, especially with tricky profiles. Sun alone is a killer, add a hot engine and with some of the profiles and stamped lettering today... Worst are vans with ribs on the roof with the sun beating on it all day, anywhere there's...

Can't think of a single one of our customers who would spend that kind of money on it. It's not really that special, it's a design that's been used forever, is still in use, so it's not really even retro. Only thing that really sets it apart is the weathered finish, which just makes it look old.

Can't you, or don't you have a designer who can just re-draw it? I'm sure most here can either recreate it, or have a designer on the payroll who can. Designing is a pretty big part of the sign & print industries, and logo vectorizing, recreating, re-drawing is a common part of the job. Kind...

We use Green Bay Packaging. You'd have to contact them to see if there's a minimum quantity, but they do the retail type folding cartons you're looking for. https://gbp.com/#

Average lifespan of a print head is around 5 years, more or less, depending on use. If it was me, I'd probably opt for a new head at this point.

That's my thought too. My hunch is the original designer won't give it up because they probably can't provide a better file than that... If people are gonna use clipart for stuff like this, they should at least use ones from the same creator so the styles match, and use vector clipart over...

Fails like that are operator error. With laminators, the rule is always "less is better" with tension & pressure, and you control that by how you run your machine. Heat assist machines just add enough heat to wet the adhesive out for a better bond to the vinyl, and less chance for silvering. You...

Usually 3 scenarios. Rollers have more tension on one side, a roller is coned, or the machine isn't level. Did you move the laminator at all recently? If so check that it's level, trust me, it makes a huge difference. Otherwise check the roller alignment, make sure the rollers are even with each...

You'll always get way better results on a machine than by hand. Like others are saying too, the better quality of lam (and vinyl for that matter), the better your results will be. I've done tons of black background and outlined graphics, and as long as you choose materials to match the...

What is your black makeup when you print? Just 100%K, or rich black (C60/M40/Y40/K100)? Plain 100%K will always look washed out, and even more using matte lam. I aways use rich black.

Modern adhesives are crazy. Wonder how many would fly again if they knew how much of a commercial airliner is just glued on:roflmao: