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  1. Safety of Chemicals used in sign making

    we apply vinyl onto CNC cut shapes and complicated box structures made from PVC that are hinged using 16oz Banner strips and tesa tape and velcro, these can cost hundreds of dollars depending on the complexity it faster and cheaper to remove the vinyl and reuse this structures 5-6x rather...
  2. Safety of Chemicals used in sign making

    To save money and save time
  3. Safety of Chemicals used in sign making

    Im trying to determine the safest and best tools to use for signmaking. im concerned for my workers and myself.. for there short and long term health using these products. We work in a mixed office/production environment and people are always mentioning the smell from my department. ive been...
  4. Adhesive removal on pan face?

    We use 3m adhesive remover, but I'm not sure how safe or healthy it is. I'm trying to find the best vinyl adhesive remover that is also the safest to use all the time
  5. Polycarb Laminate.

    Neschen (Seal) Make a 10 and 5 mil Polycarb, its nice.. ive tried the GBC and 3M ones.. prefer the Neschen the 10mil is super tough :)
  6. Production Software / Job List

    anyone use Signtracker.com?
  7. Production Software / Job List

    Curious what people use to track jobs if doing it digitally Im trying to find something where I can see all jobs in a list and the status of them quickly I have 5 staff and they all need to edit simultaneously.
  8. VS-640 custom profiling

    I am trying to make a custom vinyl profile for my VS640 so that it more closely matches my VP540 when you go to make a new media in versa works there are many options as starting template. Can someone recommend one that would be the closest to the media profiles used for the VP-540 I have a...
  9. UVcut or Not?

    I am going to purchase the i1 Publish Pro Spectro Color calibration kit but i am unsure if i should purchase the UVcut version or the regular version I use versaworks with my Roland VP-540 and VS-640 and mainly run 3M IJ-35-C vinyl. please some Neschen Easy Panel 310 and LG Xign Banner Can...
  10. Ready to hire a designer

    Hire a kid right out of Graphic Design school from a College. Thats how i got my first design job and its been great.. now Ive been doing signage for 10 years and run a shop with 4 of designers
  11. Pricing Book?

    Curious if there is an industry "blue book" of current trends in pricing? for digital and vinyl signage. that could be used to help determine if my pricing is in the right ball park.. and I'm not pricing myself out of the market
  12. Print matching between two machines

    Most of the time we do create the files ourselves. I have barely worked with the roland color library. If i were to share a file that has RCL colors in it with someone else, would it just keep convert to CMYK?
  13. Print matching between two machines

    Im hoping to be able to split a job to run between the two machines. without worry color accuracy isn't critical but it has to be close enough that the average joe wouldn't notice. our VS-640 is running in a dual CMYK config. and the VP-540 is also CMYK. so its a4 color config. hopefully that...
  14. Print matching between two machines

    hmm alright. not the optimistic answers i was hoping for.. :) I don't currently create my own profiles. but am willing to try it if it will help. would switching from versa works to onyx help?
  15. Print matching between two machines

    I have a VS-640 and VP-540 Can anyone recommend a workflow on matching prints between the two printers in versaworks so i can split a job and have the same output
  16. HELP: VP540 Random Color Dropouts

    if its ink starvation, wouldn't that be a pump/mechanical issue?
  17. How are you trimming your 8 ft length Photo tex wall murals?

    I have a Keencut Evolution E2, but have difficulty lining up the print/board if i line up the left end perfect and then go to the right end and make an adjustment the left end moves out of position. with one person this is a tedious process of aligning the cut. I've tried clamping one end and...
  18. HELP: VP540 Random Color Dropouts

    what media are you printing onto? what is the humidity in the room?
  19. Upgrade?

    I currently have a Vp-540 I was considering a few upgrade options as I want to increase capacity Option A: Purchase a GX-640 Cutter so i can print on the VP-540 and cut on the GX-640 at the same time lots of time i need to print and cut large quantities and this would shave hours of...
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