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Needing some Oracal red [028 Cardinal Red] 970RA. Have a white trailer customer wants red. About 80% of everything else going on the trailer is text. I only have a 30" printer. It was suggested to me to it this way instead of printing the panels. Seemed liked a good idea until I find out...

Pulled into the parking lot this morning and the building looked kind of different. "Look Mom, no down spouts" Some bastards stole them overnight. Checked with some businesses across the street about their security cameras. Seems no one has any. Time to replace with PVC or hook 220v to...

Want to give Mike at Insignia another shout. We had a customer bring us the artwork on 5/3. After cleaning everything up and doing the layout, I sent it to Mike on 5/18. Banners arrived at our shop today. Customer just picked them up. These were the mesh type. Three total. 66 x 4 -- 43 x 4...

What would be the proper wording when placing an ad for an employee that would do everything from basic design to layout to install. I didn't want to use the term "Shop Monkey" for fear of not being ploitically correct, but basically this is it. I tried the Graphic Designer/Shop Worker route...

Want to say thanks to Mike for all his help and great service he provided to our shop. We're down a couple of employees so I had to out source some jobs. Sent the info to another of our wholesalers and their printer took a dump. Put a post on here and FatCat [thanks] suggested Mike @...

Just placed an ad in the help wanted. Check it out. Thanks Dave

Just purchased a new GX-640 from Ciber Supply. Bobby and his Dad delivered the plotter at our shop in Wheeling WV Saturday afternoon. He's located in Ga., but had no problem doing this for us. Got everything installed, set up and running in no time. He even helped me with a few other minor...

I'll try this again out here in the open forums. We have Realtor customer wanting his QR Code added to 18x24 yard type signs. They are normally placed on the roadside anywhere from 6 to 20 feet away. How big does the code have to be in order for people in cars traveling at least 20mph to...

We seem to have a recurring problem a few months ago we replaced the encoder strip on our printer because the scan side of our print cut was off and could not be rectified by the usual fixes. A week ago it started again. We replaced the strip last night again thinking something happened to it...

Looking for a source [hopefully MM] in the Wheeling, WV area to do a routed sign from wood. This is a very simple job, but I don't do this kind of work. Three boards app. 57" x 7" with one line of text on both sides of each board. Usually I don't outsource, I refer, but my customer told me to...

Just to lighten things up a little winding down for the weekend, I thought we could have some customer related humor to end the day. No bashing, just some humor that makes this profession worth while. We had a call from a guy in a panic needing just some black arrows to fit on 18x24 signs we...

Have a client who is also a friend. We've known each others family for over thirty years. Last Thursday the son [39yrs old] brings a new truck to the shop to get lettered. The following day he gets hit by a car in front of their place of business. In critical condition. Severe head trauma broken...

Working in the shop today building shelves and trying to get the garage squared away. This is the first chance I've had since moving into the new place. Things have slowed down somewhat for next week, so I should be able to consentrate on other projects for the business. How far east has the...

Hey all, Dave here from Ohio Valley Awards. Been reading much and posting little. I've probably written this before, but here goes again. We're an awards and sign shop located in Wheeling, WV. Been in business since 2000. We ( my wife and I) decided to go into business instead of losing all our...