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I only accept LinkedIn invitations from people I actually know. Not that I do anything with LinkedIn except find out that people I went to school with now are making a heck of a lot more money than me :) Steve

Have you tried manually aligning the crop marks? It's a royal pain in the partookas since it's incredibly hard to line up the blade to the arrow, but I've done this successfully in the past. Steve

I'd love to see a survey on whether phone numbers on signs -- or even on vehicles -- are useful to some people. I don't carry a cell phone, so I wouldn't be one to use that number to call right away or save for later, and I definitely wouldn't remember it. So while a business name is important...

Dealers that have the capability will splice down the material you buy from them, if they're nice, and they usually are. Some may even do it for the material you have in stock, but I'm guessing it would have had to originally come from them. Steve

I find Control to be complete overkill for all but the largest sign shops. The software is convoluted, complicated, and a royal pain in the partookas to use. There's no reason you couldn't use Quickbooks (and maybe something like Estimate and time clock software) to take care of all your POS...

Roland has a Mac Illustrator plugin to print directly to the VersaCAMM, though when I tried it I could never get the cut contour to work. And the colors were off from when I saved as an EPS and printed it through VersaWorks. So I always did my work on the Mac, saved as EPS and ripped through...

I've had success in the past printing and cutting the .020 Magnum DigiMag on a VersaCAMM SP300V. The print quality was pretty good, but not as good as the regular vinyls. And cutting required several slow passes, enough to score the material that would be broken apart later. I must say the...

It looks like your cyan/black head needs a good cleaning with a foam swab and cleaning solution. If that doesn't help, then try a medium cleaning from the control panel. If that doesn't work then try the powerful cleaning. You should also clean or replace the wipers and cap top assembly. If...

I just had something similar happen to me yesterday. The problem was a piece of fluff being dragged back and forth by the print head causing intermittent black lines like the photo shows. Steve

We've had the exact same kind of vinyl failure, but it was definitely a stainless steel tanker. The tops of all the lettering is literally falling off. We now know not to apply vinyl to stainless. Steve

If you're new to the business then definitely buy new. The extra hand holding a supplier can give you when you purchase a new machine from them will be worth its weight in gold, or whatever other precious metal is pricey these days. In a couple of years, when (if?) you become an old pro and know...

The Epson 7600 was an awesome machine -- key word "was". We had an UltraChrome model for about 5 years until the USB port finally died and we had to move on to a 7880, which is so much better a printer in every way that it was well worth plunking down the investment on getting a new machine over...

You don't mention what software you're using, but it sounds like the object you're grabbing is snapping to its previous position. Look at how your snapping is set up (to point, to grid, etc...). Steve

Even though it has an "S" at the end, Sears is a singular noun, so it requires the singular verb, which has an "S" at the end of it. Thank you confusing English language! Steve

Years ago I lived in a (very) small apartment that had a pellet stove for its heat source and I never found it dusty, if that's what you're worried about. I think my current house is dustier with forced air. For small spaces pellet stoves can be toasty, and only use less than a bag a day of...

I'd find all the printer sellers in your neighborhood and make an appointment with each one for a test drive of the printers they sell. That way you can see what the printers are capable of and which one will fit your budget and expectations. Don't forget to take into account the cost of...

In my Edging days years ago, I found that Zero Nine and Gerber foils would print the same on most materials. The Zero Nines were just a lot cheaper. But on some vinyls, well, let's just say it was incredible how badly the Zero Nines went down as compared to the Gerber. Steve

I've run the .020 DigiMag through my VersaCAMM 300 for custom short run diecut jobs. If it's going to be straight cut I'll print vinyl, apply to mag and hand cut. But I can't hand cut complex shapes nicely :) Long print/cut runs are not recommended, though. The pinch rollers will slip if more...

First off, if what you're doing is going to be straight cut, just print vinyl, apply it to the mag and trim. Piece of cake. But if you need custom cut shapes and you've got a small volume, get the .020 DigiMag from Magnum. It's basically printable vinyl already laminated onto the magnet. I've...