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  1. PDF Settings!

    Been doing this for a long time. Embedding fonts is nothing but a pima. The only sure way to make a file print ready is to convert the fonts. I get pdf's all the time that I can't use because of missing fonts. I can import it with the option to convert fonts but most cases it fails to interpret...
  2. Another guy looking to get into the printing business

    My mother lives about 20 miles from you. I was born in Dover, DE.
  3. PDF Settings!

    I just went through the pdf settings in illustrator. No option to convert fonts? Is that something done manually or maybe by turning off "Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities"?
  4. Cut vinyl

    We use a 60" but most of our spot color vinyl rolls are 15" and 30". All our printed vinyls are 54". I'd say it depends on your budget.
  5. Organization Tips

    We use a dedicated pc on the front counter to run a slide show of various products, vehicle wraps and such. It's touchscreen so we can pull up a quick font viewer for customers to pick out. We also have products displayed on the walls. We built framed sections with blue carpet on the wall so we...
  6. Seeking advice with creating icons

    A software development company is inquiring about getting icons made for their software. I've creating many icons for my own personal use for my coreldraw workspace but only really simple ones. We're debating whether we should even consider the job. It would be an hourly rate to create the icons...
  7. Prepping media question

    More elbow grease! lol Seriously though, we just use alcohol too.
  8. Suggestions Car Wrap Templates?

    Been designing wraps for 14 years without templates. Take straight on photos of the actual vehicle with some sort of reference. Most slap a 1" x 12" magnet to the side then take the shot. Scale in the program of your choice then make your own Clipping Masks/Poweclips. All prints are done as...
  9. Need Help Graphtec Plotter Cut lines off??

    Does your plotter have pressure adjustable pinch rollers? If so make sure all are set to the same pressure. Yes, I agree, many questions.
  10. Simple macro to create bounding box? CDX4

    All my cuts, including weed lines etc. are always set up within the CorelDRAW file. All our cuts are made from corel using the FineCut plug-in. Only use Flexi for the Production Manager to manage prints.
  11. Simple macro to create bounding box? CDX4

    Sub BoundingBoxEach() Dim s As Shape, sr As ShapeRange, x#, y#, w#, h# Optimization = True ActiveDocument.Unit = cdrInch ActiveDocument.BeginCommandGroup "BoundingBoxEach" Set sr = ActiveSelectionRange For Each s In sr s.GetBoundingBox x, y, w, h...
  12. Hi y'all

    good stuff here! Welcome
  13. Corel X7 keeps printing border with eps exports

    a few questions. 1. Is it all raster or a combo of both raster and vector? 2. Exporting "selected" ? 3. Export the eps then import the eps file back into corel. Black box there? 4. What eps settings are you using?
  14. Font ID plz you sexy people :)

    I think you need to clean your glasses.
  15. Shop Hours

    Open 8:30am - 5pm M-F. Closed Saturday & Sunday Some of us come in around 8am but then again some of us stay an hour or two later.
  16. Dimension Tool Settings

    simple. Open the Object Properties docker without anything selected click on the dimension tool click on the dimension tab of the docker and set your properties, use the text tab to alos set properties once you have them all set go Tools\Save Setting as Default
  17. Wall Panels

    A good practice would be to alternate your panel prints. i.e. rotate every other print 180°
  18. Need Help Print &Cut in rasterlink6 malfunction from adobe illustrator

    Set everything up in Illy and use the FineCut plugin to do your cutting. Can't get any simpler and doesn't cost you a dime. We use this method with CorelDRAW.
  19. Designing for signs

    And I misspelled Stater and it still got approved. lol
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