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  1. Printing Backlit panels

    It's not adhesive back, we use it in back lit directories and other back lit boxes where it is between a white and clear sheet of acrylic.
  2. Printing Backlit panels

    Got the profile off Advantage site Optima Opti Solve PVC 12pass.
  3. Best Material for Wall Wrap

    We've been using it for several years, did 2 walls last week one was 37ft x12ft and the other was 45' x 12ft, it's great to work with. Tried Oracal wall once but it is thinner and more difficult to work with. Expect to get a release to start printing for a 71'x12' tomorrow, that will take 2 of...
  4. Good media for retractable banners

    For the past 10 years we used a verity of 13 oz scrim materials with out a problem. About a year ago we switched to Grimco's Forward, made 20 retractors for one customer for a trade show using the Forward material which had a solid dark background, half of them curled so bad the customer...
  5. Black Boxes Over everything when I import a pdf into Flexi 10.5

    We always open customer supplied PDF in photoshop first, seems to be the only way to be sure there won't be font changes and black boxes
  6. feather/tear drop banners

    Creative Assemblies, WS Displays, Orbus
  7. Poster paper/paper for hp360

    We've been using Endura in our L25500 and it works great.
  8. L25500 - bleeding all over the floor... anyone seen this before?

    We've been running our L25500 for a bit over 3 years, 6-10 hrs a day and have not seen that problem.
  9. In search of some foam board edge trim

    ProEdgeSystems.com
  10. Mounting a 4x8 on laminator.....

    Assuming your print is the full 4x8, we cut one of the 4ft edges of the print, aline it on the edge of the substrate an apply a strip of masking tape across the edge of the print with about a 1/4" of the tape on the print, fold the rest of tape down the edge of the substrate and onto the back...
  11. HP Lubricant Oil

    Just ordered replacement take up shaft hub and oil fro HP. Their oil is a synthetic and was $35.
  12. Has anyone ever seen this happen to paint?

    If it was spray can, many/most say recoat within an hour or wait 48 hrs. They don't mean an hour and a half and they don't mean 40 hours.
  13. Removal of wall letters..............................

    We have used a bread slicing knife with a long, flexible blade.
  14. Where to get Alumilite

    Harbor Sales carries the material. Alumalite is 2 sheets of aluminum on coroplast type material rather than a solid plastic, end caps would give a cleaner appearance. Not sure if water getting into the corrugation and freezing could cause a problem.
  15. Window perf question

    ConraVsion makes a material call back light which works like normal perforated material during the day, but it has a transparent adhesive so it allow light from the inside to pass thru so the graphic to look like back lite film at night so the image shows at night on the outside. The material...
  16. Illustrator CC 2014 EPS files cut twice!

    Have had the problem on occations, try erasing something, we normally find 2 copies, likely a second layer, in perfect alinement.
  17. Printing Backlit panels

    We've had good results with Advantage Sign OPTIMA 8.5 mil polyester film, it's a front print backlit material we print with our L25500 latex machine
  18. drilling holes

    What size holes?
  19. Wholesale cardboard cutouts or lifelike stands...

    We don't have a router, usually mount on 3/16" foamboard or ultraboard an cut with a knife, put easel on back. Last year we had order for 6 double faced with a small base stand. We had Harbor Sales route 1/2" Ultraboard, we over sized the prints about 1/4", wet mounted the prints on the precut...
  20. What material for floor safety signs ?

    I have not tried AlumiGraphics but have tried another textured material that does not require lamination. It was installed indoor in a mall and after 2-3 months we had to replace with another material because the image had worn really bad. I assume foot traffic and floor scrubber took the ink...
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