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It is in most states, but there are several such as Arizona, California, Texas and some other that explicitly allow it :wink:

I do very much see where you are coming from. I would think that you would welcome anybody that wants to print because of you having something like a newbie forum. If I was here as someone as a prospective signs business, I would have been welcome with opened arms. In effect, that is what I...

Thank you for the insight. There are a very limited number of bus-based advertising agencies out there, and I hope that we've found a sort of niche here. The only reason I was looking at buying a printer was because it looked cost effective with our current contract, much less looking to the...

This is a response that is more akin to what I would expect. And to reiterate, I did not call y'all knuckleheads. Flat out didn't happen. Not only that but I did apologize as well if it was interpreted that way. I'm not sure how I was interpreted as being a spoiled little brat, but I have...

Here's my big perspective. We plan on doing 400-500 signs within a calendar year, with the maximum being about 1800. The signs are all about 2'X8' and I have to pay approximately $100 a piece to have them installed through a local place. Or, I could print them myself for $25 each and pay someone...

Why do you think I came here? To talk crap about how I'm so smart and can just do whatever the hell I want and rub it in your faces? Or do you think I came here to learn a thing or two and see if it's even plausible to do it? Think about that for a moment.

If you will read what I said, then you will see that I was not awarded a contract to print signs. I was awarded a contract to sell advertising space for a school district, the majority of which will be for on-bus advertising. The state of Texas is specific in what can be done, and it calls for a...

Well, let's see. I could have it printed online and delivered for about $25. I wouldn't ever think foam backing would cost $50+ for a single 2X3

I don't understand why you are being so hostile! And I still don't think you understand what we are getting a contract for, it's not to print signs. As I mentioned, I am merely here to do a cost-benefit analysis of doing our own setup instead of subcontracting out. Edit: And PS, my dad is dead...

Let me explain myself a little more. I don't have a contract to print those numbers of banners. I have a contract to sell approximately 2000 of those spaces, and part of selling the space is going to be to print and apply the banners. We were/are going to contract out the initial few to get...

First, I think you are out of line. You are making huge generalizations even after I clarified myself. That's funny about wholesale, I went to the local shop and tried to work out a deal, and he said the price might go down 10%. Instead of dealing with the 20 year old salesman (I am only 23...

Haha, I know the difference between a banner and vinyl. Our companies internal term for the signs is banner, which is why I used it here. And like I said, I'm hoping that my background in print design and publication will help me with that. Sending something to our presses doesn't mean that it...

If I didn't have to have it within a few days, then I would have ordered it online. I think it was allposters that offered $3.33/sq.ft for any size.

What would be the best file format to send something like that to a print company? Also, I've applied some vinyl before and the results weren't too bad. I definitely know that I need to practice. One of my friends owns an auto-vinyl shop in downtown Houston and he said that he's more than happy...

Let me re-iterate again that I meant nothing towards the industry as a whole. I'm active on some car forums online, and we always complain about the local mechanics at dealerships and refer to them as the local knuckleheads. I'm not insulting mechanics as a whole, just the poor job that is...

I know very little, and I've enjoyed very much reading and researching on the forum. I'm currently in a researching stage on acquiring our own printing hardware, and after the limited research I've done I've found that it would probably be worth our effort to print stuff ourself.

Sorry, an adhesive vinyl that is in a banner shape. I re-read the first post, and I can definitely see that I didn't word it correctly. I'm looking at doing something where I print a color vinyl sign that is adhesive and that I can apply to the side of a bus myself.

I was not inferring that the sign industry as a whole were knuckleheads, just that the local shop that I deal with tends to not provide the best service, but they provide some of the better pricing, so in effect it's better on my end to just put up with it. For example, I needed a poster...

Did you see where I said I will be printing 400-500 a year? And that's just at our current level without any expansion. I already have a graphic design staff, I already have stations with legit copies of CS2, etc. etc. and I just need to print the banners and apply them.

Woah, I wasn't insulting the trade. I am a graphic designer, just in a different way.