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  1. Canon Colorado 1650 Trouble Printing Fabric

    My ink cost is 9 cents per sq/ft after about 350k sq ft printed, 110 liters of ink used to print this.
  2. UV Ink Fume Air Filtration Options - Bofa Print Pro + Others?

    I've had my unit for about a year now, going 8hrs per day. Seems to be working as good as day one, the instructions say replace filter "as needed - typically yearly". The filters are about $300
  3. Good material for unlaminated decals

    I've printed on Oracal 651 with roland inks, looks great after years in TX weather. GF222 for thicker stickers, looks great after a few years. Just about any cheap vinyl will hold up for years using OEM inks. cheap briteline vinyl from grimco great too
  4. Printing another picture than it's in the software

    How does it look if you open the pdf file with acrobat? I would start by flattening everything in illustrator
  5. Looking for 54" wide roll of sticker paper (not vinyl)

    Contact Canon CSA https://csa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/csa Canon #60 Semi Gloss Label Scores w/Perm Clear Adhesive MSGLAB54300 Made by MacTac, they have tons of paper/label options
  6. How long did your Colorado printhead last

    I'm curious what signs do you see that suggest a head is going bad or needs replacement soon? Is it canon running a diagnostic on the head? The printhead cost per sq/ft seems to be around $.03 so at 250sq ft you would've used up $8250 of printheads which goes right along with a couple heads...
  7. How long did your Colorado printhead last

    I'm at 325k sqft and so far I have not seen any degradation in quality, haven't even done nozzle optimization once. About 110 liters of ink used total but my yellow heads are 25% more ink used than other colors. I clean weekly at least, sometimes 2x per week if printing more and 0 head strikes...
  8. Air Filtration for Workshop After UV Printer Install

    I have bough the following with the VOC filter after purchasing a colorado: https://amaircare.com/airwash-multipro-air-filtration-system/ This company makes bigger units too depending on how much air you need to clean. I have this near the printer and makes a huge difference in air smell, nice...
  9. Paint coming off the wall in big chunks

    I've had a customers report paint coming up stuck to repositionable wallcoverings such as photex and similar products. What seems to be common is zero VOC paint and painted in the last 4-6 weeks over old paint.
  10. Right/Wrong Ethical/Unethical

    they wont know the difference...
  11. VersaWorks or Flexi issue with CutContour?

    Looks normal, thats how the preview looks. Print it and see what happens
  12. Environmentally Friendly Print Media, with Adhesive... Please Recommend!

    would be more environmentally friendly to not do the campaign probably
  13. 17x11 job pouch??

    You should ask everyone here how much trash and waste printing businesses produce. I make a 6yd dumpster of weeded vinyl trash every week
  14. NEVER had this happen in a customer service chat before....

    I had a Ryobi battery go bad, took a month of back and forth through email and chat before they sent a replacement.
  15. Question How to Print wallpaper panels Custom Label Onyx19.

    i do something similar to this, that is part of the design and not done in the rip. Make some templates in PS or AI Panel labeling I also do in AI with templates. I also tile in AI, makes it much easier to reprint panels when customers need a reprint
  16. Illustrator Performance

    I use lots of photoshop too, 10ft x 20ft 150dpi mural open in PS eats up RAM, I'm using an M.2 SSD as a dedicated scratch disk for PS and that helps a lot when there isn't enough ram
  17. Illustrator Performance

    yall need some better computers, latest illy: AMD Ryzen 5900x 64gig ram Building a new comp as soon as AMD Ryzen 7950x comes out at the end of the month, will also go with 128gigs ram this time, 64gig isn't enough for huge wall murals
  18. A Very Organized Sign Shop

    Id be nervous if I had time to clean my shop, messy = busy
  19. I want to find sign makers who listen carefully.

    A work environment to the company have recognized that efficiencies, and practices. The following human resource systems and engagements that efficiencies, and quality, innovation, and nearly inconceivable a few years ago; and it won't be possible without the company's company with the important...
  20. Wall graphics

    phototex with roman pro wallpaper adhesive
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