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  1. is there a way to...

    Is there a way I can import a .cdr into Adobe Illustrator or Gerber? Everything I try shuts me down..
  2. Adobe Illustrator CS5, help, how to?

    I am using CS5, and I can get around in there ok, but I am having trouble finding what I need in the help menu. I would like to repeat a decal I have designed vertically and horizontally so that I can make a file for printing on my wide format printer. I for the life of me can't find a command...
  3. NEED HELP ASAP Wasatch V6.2

    We had a pc bite the dust, so we are reloading our software on a new machine. Our disk is V6.0, and so I installed that, but our dongle is upgraded to V6.2. We have a disk we had thought to have burned that upgrade to, but sadly it is blank. Wasatch no longer has this upgrade available. I am...
  4. Illustrator CS5 file saving question

    when i save a file, say 4'x8', as an .eps, the file ends up being around 6mb. it contains all vector shapes, no images, or transparencies. is there a way to reduce the file size?
  5. Envision 375 adjustment

    I am trying to adjust the plotter here, and I am not having very good luck. I have been usuing it a long time, and I usually can dial it in without issue. I put in a new blade, and lubed everything up properly. The cut strip looks good. My circular shapes are having that little nub, and I can't...
  6. Gerber automag orange foil issue..Ideas?

    Running a Gerber Edge 2. Printing orange foil onto Gerber Automag 2. All other colors printed as normal, the orange is going to Mega Void City. It is a new roll of A-Mag, and I have tried 2 different orange foils. Ideas?
  7. need advise on how to word a post card

    Our company purchased another sign company, sort of. The location for said company is 90 miles from our current location. We were already friendly with them. We traded and referred one another. They decided to close, so we purchased their files, materials, books, phone number, etc. We would like...
  8. Striping a 2012 Mustang...Help?

    We are putting a stripe kit on a 2012 Mustang. It is the one that is 2 thin stripes outside of a wide stripe. How the heck to you make it go over the front bumper?
  9. Vinyl Tenting Issue

    I am using the HP 9000S The media is 3M IJ11 The media is tenting badly on the printer. I have tried lower heat, and higher heat. I keep getting head strikes, and I want to get the hammer out. :frustrated: Our humidity is in the mid 20's, and temp is in the mid 60's. This is pretty...
  10. Photoshop Help Please

    My knowledge of Photoshop is very limited. The person who usually handles these tasks for me is unavailable. I work in Gerber, so the work I am creating is starting in a vector format. How would I blend the photos into the background, so that it looks like they fade into the background...
  11. quotation marks

    ok, here is another. do you edit your quotation marks or leave them alone? I usually leave these alone, but every once in a while a customer mentions it.
  12. how do YOU use your parentheses?

    Just curious, how many of you leave them the way they type in compaired to editing them? We edited them for years, but have stopped. Every once in a while a customer questions it.
  13. Pantone Color Needed

    We are doing some sponsor banners, and Pepsi is a sponsor. Anyone got a good Pantone match for their colors?
  14. Magnetic Material Brand Preference?

    Our main supplier has switched brands. We have always used the Magnum Flexible Magnetic Material. Our shipment today included a roll of Arnold SafeMag. I see the main difference is a coating on the side that will make contact with a vehicle's painted surface. Is this a good thing, bad...
  15. basic Illustrator CS5 question

    I am new to Illustrator. I know the basics, but learned in and use Gerber software. So, my question: Som artwork I am working with has fills and strokes. When I shrink or enlarge it, the strokes do not change proportionately. They stay the same thickness. How do I change the size of the...
  16. Font ID Help Please

    funny thing, i cant find this font. i have used 2 identifiers and no success. ideas? I can get close, but i cant find one that has the bars of the T that slanted with a flat top it seems like a cross between a Bookman and Rockwell
  17. Font Id Please

    hello. i have this file, but i dont know the font name. the font i am searching for in the logo is the "FRED CARLSON" and "567-9673" any ideas?
  18. dodge

    i have a customer who wants his lettering to match his "new" truck. he has an '06 dodge ram 1500. i was wondering if anyone knows a font that would closely match the RAM 1500 on the door.
  19. font issue

    i have used gerber for many years, and am very comfortable with it. recently thier software has confused me. i am running omega 2.02. i purchased a tt font, and went to install it. instead of installing the font corectly it makes the charactors into odd triangle shapes. is there a way to make...
  20. hi from oregon

    my name is josh im 31 i am in hermiston oregon i started with signs in high school, in theowners back yard painting boards. i now do all the graphic design and most if the installs. we went from a signmaker 4b to an HP9000. im self taught. im not the best by any means, but i get the job done...
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