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I've owned a little commercial sign company for 15 years, but I've always focused on small cut decals and inkjet signs, decals, banners etc. My sister recently bought her own business and I need to help her reface her sign. Since I've never taken on a job like this before I have no idea what...

I'm talking about the expanding core "flange wheels" that press into the ends of a roll of inkjet vinyl to hold it up/off the media rollers. I finally broke one of the the OEM Roland ones that came with my printer, and I'm in need of some replacements. I'd prefer to not have to spend...

As everyone else has alread pointed out, there appears to be shortages on different types of vinyl across the board! And as such, I had to resort to buying a 60" roll of some vinyl that I needed to complete an important job. I bought a 60" roll with the intentions of cutting it in half and...

Note: Sorry for the bad quality photo, it's the only one I could find of the cutter and it was sitting in the background, so I had to crop everything else out and zoom in on the cutter. Does anyone remember this cutter? I believe it was called a "linear cutter" or "linear slicer" The first...

I got tired of having to use a headlamp or hold a flashlight to see calibration prints etc, so I bought a cheap set of self-stick, low-voltage, LED strip-lighting meant for under-cabinet installation, I removed the top panels of my Roland XC-540, set them upside down on my workbench, and I...

Ugg. Like a dummy, I was moving the dampers around and I heard the sound you never want to hear (CRACK), and the damper on my BRAND NEW black DX4 printhead went loose. I quickly found out that I had snapped the plastic nipple off inside the damper! So in a panic, I grabbed one of the old...

As title suggests.. My customer orders large quantities of cut vinyl graphics from me in a few specific colors that they use to install onto equipment that they sell to end users. (They're a manufacturer). They approached me with a request for rolls of the same colors of vinyl, that they need...

Hey! I was recently performing a height adjustment to the capping station and I noticed something weird that bothers me. The capping station has a slight (but noticable) tilt to it, that changes direction depending on the direction of travel. When moving down, it tilts slightly to the right...

As the title suggests, I've had to move out of my current shop pretty suddenly.. I've got everything out except for my Roland XC540. I vaguely remember moving it in some years ago, and I do remember I had 3 or 4 guys help me carry it up the stairs and into my shop, where we set it onto the...

After getting into 3D printing and learning about how 3D printers, inkjets, routers, etc are all very similar in how they function, the thought came to me.. My Roland XC540 is basically 95% of a flatbed printer, and (in very over-simplified terms) the only fundamental difference is that...

I'm going to be replacing the old fourecent coffer lights in my studio, and I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions of what the best type of replacement would be? I know they make led retrofit kits that would allow me to gut the original fixtures, and install new guts that can accept LED...

I have a very good customer who does a lot of volume with me, and they recently approached me about replacing their custom paint job that they do on every single vehicle that they sell, with an equivalent (looking) wrap. Here are the details, so you understand what I'm asking.. This customer...

Hey Forum. I bought a Roland SoleJet Pro III (xc-540) about 5 years ago as a demo unit from the ISA show. Let me give you a little back story here to understand my situation. I work for a family business (nothing to do with the sign industry), and some years back, I realized how much money we...

Hey guys, I have a couple questions for shops that are Union. It doesn't seem like there is a strong Union presence in our industry (nationwide at least). Am I missing something? There's one "local" in my area called International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, but I'm not sure if...

I was contacted by a friend who's producing a merchandise show (like a swap meet, but all new crap, no used crap). lol He wanted an on-site sign maker to maker to produce on-demand vendor name/booth number signs. I'm charging him minimal for the vendor name signs, but he told me I will have...

I have a customer that's requesting corner protectors for the Coroplast signs I make for him. I can't find any at any of the vendors I buy from, does anyone know a source for these? I'm thinking of a small triangle plastic or metal corner that I could maybe squirt a little glue into and push...

I read an article recently, and can't find it now.. it was a tutorial on how to stretch the edges of an image to fit a canvas while defining a "safe zone" basically a critical area of an image that won't be distorted during the stretch.. Anyone have any ideas? PS CS4. Thanks. -Dom

I just encountered a NIGHTMARE of printing problems on my 2 year old XC540! I started dropping colors, having heads drying up etc. The machine has lite use, and get's cleaned weekly. My dealer finally came out and spent 4 hours drawing ink down from the dampers with a syringe, replaced all...

I did a test print tonight, and to my dismay, the M head in the #1 block is completely blank, nothing printed for M! I don't use my machine very much, I print maybe 4 jobs a month (lately), but I try to at least fire it up once a week, and I clean it a lot. I did 2 powerful cleanings, and as...