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Own your own turn-key shop or expand you current business in the Smoky Mountains of Western North Carolina! Long-standing, successful shop founded in 2002 with a large repeat client base, outstanding reputation and top-notch equipment. Annual revenues of $350,000+, 3 full time employees in...

Hello! What is everyone's preferred cut line pattern for pop out stickers? I'm not crazy about our cut quality. We're running an FC8600-160 with these settings: CUT LINE PATTERN: CUT .752" UP .016" UP MODE: 2 TOOL POSITION: 3 (over the channel)

Hello, Does anyone have experience using the scan distance correction under the "quality" tab in Rasterlink 6? We have a JFX200 that doesn't quite print to full scale in the scan direction, but is dead on in the feed direction. For an example: a 48"x96" file prints at 48"x95.8". It's...

Hey folks... Any brilliant ideas for displaying sponsorship panels (4'x4') on a brick wall in a school gymnasium? The requirements being relatively cost effective (this is middle school) and easy to change sponsors year after year without having to drill the brick more than necessary. My...

Has anybody noticed prints off their 300 series latex printers don't look as saturated on LX480 as they do on other films? What ink limits and temperature settings are you guys finding produces the best results? I did notice there are two pre-loaded profiles on our 360.... LX480cV3 and 480cV3.

Any tips for cleaning water spots from matte black vinyl?? Our client's car got rained on once and his racing stripes are covered in water spots. I tried 90% isopropyl alcohol with no success. I also contacted 3M for advice and got a nice generic PDF back. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Looking for some feedback on how others tackle wrapping the embossed text on new Ford SuperDuty and Toyota Tacoma tailgates. Seems like it could be a challenge!

Our new HP latex 360 printer and Graphtec plotter arrived today. We're pumped! Somebody buy that nice Roland VP540 I've got for sale in the classified section! Great printer that needs a new home: http://www.signs101.com/forums/showthread.php?128755-Roland-VP540-Printer-Cutter-FOR-SALE

This is a used 54" Roland VP540 printer/cutter with the intelligent pass control (i) firmware upgrade. This printer has only been used with OEM Roland Eco-Sol Max inks. This is a 4 color printer that accepts 220 or 440ml cartridges (we use 440's). Factory installed automatic take up reel is...

Any advice would be appreciated... We are having significant trouble with the recessed side and rear panel on the new full size transit. We've used heat, adhesion promotor, but we cannot get the vinyl to lay in that 90 degree channel. How are others dealing with it? Cut and drop in? Inlay an...

Anyone found a good profile setting for 3M SV480cV3 wrap film with their VP540? I'm seeming to get the best print quality with PCV4 but I'm open to recommendations. Thanks!

This is a brand new 64" wide Mimaki latex printer, installed just days ago. List price on this machine is $25,500 (not including ink, shipping, and installation.) This particular model is set up double CMYK, running the Mimaki LX101 series inks (600ml ink packs.) Uses a USB 2.0 interface...

Running Flexi 8.6v2... We are coming from a Roland VersaCamm VP-540 print/cut device where registration/crop marks are handled in Versaworks(Roland's RIP) after export from Flexi. Basically a closed system... Just added a Mimaki JV400LX and am using Rasterlink (Mimaki's RIP) with it. This is a...

New flatbed being installed today... Based on testing samples, we feel comfortable cutting down corrugated plastic, PVC, foam panels, etc. after printing. Aluminum, dibond and such is a different story. I'm sure our Fletcher material cutter will scratch the edges of the prints if cut after...

What is your shop's policy on installing stripe and decal kits that people purchase on the internet and bring to you to be installed? We rarely see genuine auto manufacturer kits. They are almost always basic racing stripes cut from Oracal vinyl... Nothing we couldn't have produced ourselves.

We just installed some replacement pan formed polycarbonate faces in an existing sign cabinet. The original faces were yellow with blue lettering. The yellow background illuminated as well as the blue lettering. On the new faces we installed there is a dark blue background with white text and a...

Is anyone else finding it harder to get 1shot lettering enamels in quarts or even gallons? I called one of our suppliers this morning to get serveral quarts to paint some panel backgrounds and they said they hardly carry the stuff any more. What are you guys doing to larger panels that need a...

We've been using Alpha Shirt for our apparel supplier, but they don't have a very large selection for children. Any ideas of another source that would have a larger selection of kids stuff?

What's your opinion? About once year we do a small job (some magnetic signs or RTA vinyl) for an certain individual who used to be in the sign business and occassionally picks up a job that he needs us to produce. He then marks it up and resells it to his customer. He does not provide artwork...

We're trying to remove some silver metallic vinyl stripes off a fairly new Dodge Ram pickup. Total nightmare! The vinyl is coming up in little pieces. We've tried lots of heat and no heat. Seems to make little difference. Any advice??