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? I've seen a couple of posts like this in the thread now, and I'm very confused about why a forum post is more powerful than researching a product in your decision to buy it. Wasatch saved me *grundles* of money and time (back when I was employed, the good old days....). I simply liked the...

I've never thought this a good analogy. For instance, if an auto manufacturer supplies new keys to you, and you find your old keys laying about, you didn't just auto-magically get yourself a brand new car. I believe if there WAS a risk of this, getting keys from the manufacturer wouldn't be...

I didn't mean to have this become such a big deal. I do sympathize with your situation, and I hope you resolve it, from one print guy to another. I did want to point out this quote though - it's not about the fact they lost old software, or that they don't keep it (and I'd be surprised if old...

I hate to be "that dude" but I have a couple of comments here. First off, backups for the win. Basically what you're asking here is for them to provide backup service for you. In a situation where you're paying several thousand dollars for a product, not backing up is like not paying...

"If it's for free it's for me! Always lookin for something to underbid the mosh! :) not really" Hahaha - that reminds me of the sharpie plotter to make signs on corrogated: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACn0QcI1Vrs Absolutely AWESOME execution of what seems a HORRIBLE idea - "I'm gonna save...

Haha - my old shop's tag line was "Signs that mean business." I always had to give the guy credit for that - I found it clever as hell.

Reflective is tough to profile due to the nature of the white point (translucent vinyls have similar issues). Usually people just "marry" an existing profile that has similar ink retension. Jamie's recommendation is spot on - even if that particular profile doesn't work well for you, there's...

Agreed - cast lam with cast vinyl. That said, you could try going with Oracal's RapidAIR for contour work - it's got a "comply-like" aspect to it. I didn't like it much because it didn't seem to hold my ink as well as Controltac, and my installer whined that the adhesive was too aggressive...

I like the logo - especially the steel look of the background -tis pleasing to look at and not overbearing. Three things I'll point out though, as an inkjet guy: -Gradients can be tough to work with across multiple machines - you may find some tonal quantization (rainbows in the gradient...

I don't know if this helps or not - but there's a way to not even view locked elements (I forget the command at the moment - no Illustrator on this PC, sadly). I liked to group items as I completed them, lock them, and then hide them. SUPER handy for situations like this (apologies if the...

Thanks for the warm welcome, all! I'm hoping to be a shining beacon of zero mis-information. ;) Also, while I *am* looking, and I *am* hopeful this site will help me network a bit (may as well be up front), the main goal is to keep up on trends and practice helping out when and where I can...

Makes sense about the dye-sub stuff when you put it that way. 3M does have some competing vinyls - and in fact I preferred using a lot of their stuff due to color response, but I've also used the Arlon DPF 8000 with good results. As far as 3M stuff goes - I'd probably give IJ160 a go - it's...

I would be VERY careful with anybody saying 3rd party inks can be mixed and matched (presumably without creating new profiles). I used bulk inks in my Pro 3, and we got things going well enough a couple weeks after the swap. I can tell you, though, running a 3rd party system wasn't as smooth...

Logos We (when I was working, sigh) used to build the wrap design into the wrap cost. Depending on the vehicle that was usually pretty cut and dry design work. Even *I* could do that, given some original artwork to play with. From scratch stuff, though, I'd have to make my designer...

I was able to get 6.0 and 6.2 to run on XP, but the biggest issues were dongle related. Also had to make sure to run as admin - couldn't be run as a local non-admin user. As for asking for a password - it sounds like dongle issues to me too. I think Tony's got the right idea troubleshooting...

Ugh - this is a case where I'd be even more adamant than usual that the application surface be completely free of debris, as clean as possible (as far as that goes for felt). I'd worry mostly about the edges peeling up in a couple months (of course). If you're looking more at Arlon due to the...

Hey all - new member of the forum. Friend of mine at the RIP company I used to work for recommended this site. I've been out of work for a couple months at this point - I had to leave the print shop I managed large format digital printing for. :( Still, I don't want to fall behind while...