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Hello 101'ers! It's been a long time since I've posted. Been super busy. :) But feeling a little disorganized. I've been doing this since 1994 and just haven't yet found a practice that works, plus we have many more staff than ever have. Anyhow...we are looking for a solid and easy to...

Hey Y'all! I'm trying Oracal 3165RA for the first time today. I don't have a profile for it. As I'm usually 3M only. :) I've heard good things about Oracal films and since I've tried and liked some of their calendered and premiums for my plotter...I thought I'd try it with my printer too. I...

Hello; As of yet...most of the backlit work we do is only the sign panel itself that slides into the light box. I have a job that I need to provide the entire sign including the posts it will sit on in the entrance of a touchless car wash. The sign itself will measure 5'x5' high (panel...

hey ya'll...I'm havign a great deal of trouble laminating this week. I have several lengths of IJ35-10 to laminate with 8509 lam. I'm using a GBC Artic Titan 64" laminator. I use a sled to start the lamination (coroplast 4 mil)..it start off great, but once I lower the rollers to the appropriate...

Hey...I've never cut Alumet panels before and since I've switched over from MDO I've never had to as most signs we do use the full panel. Anyhow...is there a specific way to cut this stuff?? Do I need a different blade on my saw? Thanks for your help !!!

Hey y'all....what are some good sites that you can suggest to get high quality digital vehicle striping & decal files. I'm particularly looking for stuff that looks like torn metal with some sort of image on the inside. And of course once I'm there...whatever else I feel would be great to have...

haha...ok...so I originally posted a thread about "what size garage I should have"...but I guess what I'm really looking for is some ideas and inspiration on how to layout my shop to better utilize what I have. That or this place is going up for sale and I'm finding another shop! lol Here are...

Ok...I hope I am posting this in the right place...I seem to keep screwing that up. Anyhow...I'm looking at building a garage for my shop as we currently have to rent space by the hour when we have vehicle graphic installations. I mostly do cars, mini vans & pickup trucks, but have recently...

I do wanna come in ....be comin' in soon. ;) BTW...Hello! I've recently begun to come online with signs101 more frequently. My handle is StickerMonkey ....but that says NOTHING about who I am. So here goes... I started working in the Printing industry back in 1994 as a Paste Up and Pre Press...

Hello...I'm in a pinch. I can't find my disk of auto line drawings and I have a few wraps to design this week. I need the following: Pontiac SV6 (2008) Long wheel base, and short wheel base Chevy Venture (2008) long wheel base Does anyone have these...or know where I can get them fast...

Hello All!! I've been curious as to how much everyone out there charges for design work? Do you charge and hourly rate and keep the logo on file for only your shops use? Or do you see the artwork as part of the package? What I do is charge the customer an hourly rate for the design. We...

Hey from a waaaayyyyy up north in Cochrane Ontario. Where the bears are hungry and the moose are nervous! lol Just wanting some opinions about premasking vehicle wraps or not? Do you premask your panels, or not? And what are your thoughts on the subject? I've seen more people not premask...I...

Hey fellow Signs101'ers...I'm not on here often, but in the past couple of months I've been logging on more often. I find the forum very useful and informative for the most part. Though, unfortunately since I joined a couple years ago I am finding that the attitudes and reactions of people on...

I'm not even sure if that's what it's called...but where the heck can I find a supplier for one of these? I have a few requests for these darn things right now and haven't been able to find a supplier in Canada. I'm going to Toronto in a few weeks and could pick one up while there...but need to...

Heya; I'm from a waaaayyyyy up north. Northern Ontario. Cochrane to be exact. I'm heading down to Toronto May 9th and I'd like to arrange a visit to a couple shops to maybe get some ideas on how to organize and layout my shop. I'm itching to move things around and I'm in diar need of some...

Heya!! It's been a while since I've posted...been busy! Right now..what I'm curious about is consumable parts needed for my JV33. I received minimal training on maintenance from the place I bought the printer from and I'm wondering if there are parts that I should be changing on a regular basis...

Hello...I'm hoping someone will be able to help me with my issue. I've been experiencing sudden banding when printing. I've done all the calibrations I can think of. I've even discharged and washed, nozzle washed, head cleaned...not sure what else I can do. Now...upon taking a closer look at the...

Hello; I have had my JV 33 for just over 1 year now and I've had great results with it so far. A little bit of a learning curve for me as most of my experience is with pre-press and design. I'm enjoying my work with the machine and find that the quality of the output is just as good as what...

HELP!!! I have a buttload of price decals to contour cut and I keep getting a digitize point error..no matter what I do. Any suggestions!! Thanks

Hello all! I've been reading the posts and forums on this site and I finally decided that it was time to join! I've been in the sign industry since 2000 and before that worked in prepress in the printing industry for about 4 years. I love to create eye catching signs and I am very passionate...