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  1. Pre-press Fonts to Curves/Outlines Suggestions

    Hello All, I often receive artwork with fonts still embedded and not converted to shapes/outlines. I know I could bounce the artwork back to the client and refuse to print it. But I'm offereing a printing service, helping people print stuff, wrangling their artwork seems to be a part of that...
  2. Cutting Lots Of Coreflute

    Hey guys, I have had an enquiry for 100 a4 corflute/corrugated plastic signs. I've got a corflute cutting tool, which is good for down the flute, but I still need to go across the flute. My bench time manually cutting this with a knife and straight edge is going to blow me out of the water...
  3. Ecosolvent Print and Cut Logo Lifting After Application

    I have a Roland ecosolvent 2 print and cut. Recently I did a small lightbox sign on opal acrylic. It was a multicolor logo, and I printed on clear self-adhesive, then profile cut the logo, weeded it, and mounted. About two weeks later the client called, and part of the logo was lifting at the...
  4. What do you call this, Strut Cards?

    Hey guys, Just wanting to get an idea on some other names for this product. I call it a strut card, or a counter card. I thought perhaps some people from other nations had different names for them.
  5. Pull Up Banner tracking issue

    Hey guys, I'm having some issues with pull up banners. I know they have a lot of names, so here is an image of one The problem I keep having is that the graphic wanders from side to side as it retracts into the roller unit. I need to be careful when I retract them, otherwise the graphic...
  6. Choosing Media Profiles

    Hello, I was hoping some of you guys could drop some wisdom about how to choose media profiles, and then customizing them. I have an XR-640 and use Versaworks Currently I scroll through the list in Versaworks and choose whatever media name best describes the stock I have. If the print looks...
  7. Font ID

    Hello All, I would really appreciate any help on identifying this font. The clients designer up and left, and none of their staff knows. ALl the artwork I have the fonts have been converted to shapes.
  8. Versaworks won't print outlines

    A client has supplied me with artwork that has a few number of vector lines and shapes with outlines that are a visual part of the artwork. For some reason I can't figure out, Versaworks has decided these outlines are cut contours. When I look at the preview image in print only, there is no...
  9. Ink Not Drying

    Still finding my way with my new secondhand Roland EcoSol. I'm testing a banner stock, and have found a profile that gives me acceptable print quality, but the ink just doesn't want to dry. I ended up running it with the heater on 50 degrees C, and with a fan heater blowing straight onto it...
  10. Double Sided Printing on a Wide Format

    I have a recurring job of qty:40 double sided A0's that I have been outsourcing to a nother digital printer. I recently got a Roland eco sol wide format, so I want to start printing them inhouse. I got some samples of double sided poster stock but I'm a little baffled as to how to proceed with...
  11. Stock Storage

    I'm not entirely confident with how I am storing my half used wide format rolls. I currently keep them in a horizontal racking system on the wall, but I don't return them to their boxes, don't keep them in plastic sleeves, and they do get some direct sun. I haven't noticed any problems with...
  12. Testing New Stocks

    I recently purchased a Roland EcoSol wide format printer. I rang aroud all the media suppliers to get samples of their self adhesive vinyl stocks. As well as print quality, I'l interested in ease of application for the adhesive medias. I'm wondering what you guys do to test new stocks?
  13. Versworks print and cut

    I very recently purchased a second hand Roland SV-540 print and cut. I have a job to print qty:40 800mm diametre circles on self adhesive vinyl. Versaworks wants to print all of the circles first, then cut them all together. That just won't work. Despite the fact that the takeup roller won't...
  14. Hello from Sydney

    I'm a self employed printer/sign maker in Sydney, Australia. I worked in a sign shop for 4 years before branching out on my own 5 years ago. I work on my own and often find myself surfing the net trying to find answers to questions and today I found this forum, which looks like it could be damn...
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