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  1. Rolling mathews paint.

    You want to use the Matthews White 908SP VOC Rust Inhibiting White Epoxy Primer. It is a two part primer that requires sanding on the face of the letter first and then apply the primer. You can then sand smooth the primer and apply your top coat.
  2. HP Discontinuing Colorspan Ink - Is there a third party alternative?

    We have the same model here and about a year ago we started having problems with the ink pumps on it and because HP is pretty much washing there hands of it, parts are hard to find but whats even hard to find is someone to work on them. So now we are just going to try selling it super cheap to...
  3. HP9000S System Error 1180

    That error is a capping station error. Most likely your capping station motor is shot. Parts are getting harder and harder to find also, HP has put this printer on the end of life list which means they are no longer going to make parts for it.
  4. Something I never thought much about, until today...........................

    We go through roughly 750-1000 sheets a year. Our largest customers are for 4x8 realty signage. We always use the corrugated over the solid core. The corrugated it much much stronger when installing between post with out any bracing. We have been doing this for many of years and have had no...
  5. Monument Sign Help!

    One thing I did not see mentioned is local codes and permits. We always try to find out what local code allows for square footage and any other restrictions before pricing out a monument. The worst thing for a customer is you price them this awesome monument and then find out that the local code...
  6. question for shop who make 3m$/year

    It is very possible depending on what they are selling. There is a company in San Deigo that does no install, has some printers and just a couple of employees and their sales are at 11 million a year. All they sell is retractable bannerstands. They buy the stands direct from china and have them...
  7. Anyone want to trade likes on FACEBOOK?

    www.facebook.com/InnovativeSigns
  8. Anyone want to trade likes on FACEBOOK?

    www.facebook.com/InnovativeSigns
  9. Flatbed printer question

    You are going to be looking at a used flatbed in that price range of 40k to 60k. I have a FB500 and it will print on wood with no problem all day long. The only thing is that you have to make sure that there is no warping in the wood. Just the slightest warping will cause head hits. Otherwise...
  10. cleaning an HP Scitex FB500

    We apply a 1 1/2" strip of dry erase laminate to the left edge of the belt and that lets the ink be cleaned off real easy with no scraping. We also do the same of the right edge if we are running a large quantity of the same sized sheets such as 4x8's We try to not to cover the vaccuum holes if...
  11. 3M 8518 lam issue

    I was told by my 3M rep that they had a bad batch of 8518. He said that the last step of the manufacturing process is for the laminate to run through a furnace to post heat the material to give it the gloss. He said that the furnace was not working correctly and they had very inconsistant...
  12. how pogs are printed???

    I worked at a printing company in Wisconsin years ago when Pogs where the hype. We printed them 24/7 for almost 6 years. They were printed on a 6 color hiedelberg offset press. They were setup for sheet feed and used UV ink that was cured with uv lamps on the press. They were printed on .040...
  13. Hanging Sign Hardware

    Gyford Stand Off Systems www.standoffsystems.com
  14. FB500 Error

    Not sure if this will help or not but we had a camera error that keep it from measuring the media. The tech cam in and it ended up that all he had tro do is power down the unit, unplug the purple cable that attached to the carrige, replug the cable in and refire the unit up and it worked fine...
  15. Overspray on HP9000

    Soak them overnight for at least 8 hours with the printhead cleaning pads and the wiper solution. Then in the morning run a strong printhead recovery on them and try another test print.
  16. Moonshiners...

    Moonshiners show is all smoking mirrors. Tim who is the main charector is listed in the screen writers gild for doing other shows one of them being the documentry with Popcorn years ago before he killed himself. There are a few things that could be allowing him to do this on tv, either he has...
  17. HP9000 banding issue

    Is it only in one color or multiple colors? We just recently had the same issue but only in magenta. It turned out to be the printhead. The tech had never seen anything like it. We found it by swaping the cables going to the top of the printhead. So we put the magenta cable to the cyan and the...
  18. hp 9000 printing greenish... and banding.

    Like it was said in the previous post the only way to get rid of the greenish tint is to create profiles that are calibrated to your materials and system. The only way other way is to turn off ICC Profiles which causes other issues or to do a color replacement if it is a spot color. The banding...
  19. Help with a font

    Any experts out there who could help me identify this font. The "e" and "k" seem to be the tricky characters.
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