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  1. Partial Blockout flexface or awning. Suggestions?

    I'm producing graphics for a backlit sign face. It is oversized (90"w x 110"h) and requires a flex face. The problem is that the customer's branding is a full black background with minimal white, text logo. Normally for backlit signs with black(or very dark) backgrounds I will use a blockout...
  2. Equivalent to 3M 180mC?

    I have to color match some long-term vehicle graphics(cut striping mostly) to provided Pantone colors and make a recommendation on which 3M or Avery vinyl they should be sourcing. I have a couple road blocks. 3M 180mC is long-term ☑, conformable ☑, Comply adhesive, BUT the color options don't...
  3. Help identifying this font please! It's the 3 in particular...

    I can find lots of very close fonts but the 3 seems to be pretty unique...
  4. Supplier/Price of Flexcon BusMark 5800 in Canada

    Does anyone know of a Canadian supplier of Busmark 5800? We were asked to quote on a job and they used Busmark as a material reference. I can get some vinyl with very similar specs and quote on that but I'd like to just get a price range for BusMark as well. Either to decide if I want to order...
  5. Question Roland -Very slight colour shift between panelled .eps print file

    I have an anomaly and although the customer was happy I won't sleep until I know what caused this and how to avoid it in the future... We printed an .eps file, all vector, solid Pantone 321 background and white text. Rip software is Versaworks and printer is Roland VS-540 We used versaworks to...
  6. Print Cut alignment issue

    We have an older Roland VS-540 combo printer/cutter and in the last few months have been having on and off issues with our cuts being off. Sometimes worse than others. I've done test prints for all the calibration and alignment settings and they are all fine. I'm hoping some of you might have...
  7. Moldy vinyl?

    So this issue is very rare to me but this is the 2nd time I've seen it in the 8 years I've been working in this industry so I wanted to see if anyone knows what is going on and if it's something we've done or that can be avoided... There is a discoloration/mold that seems to affect only the...
  8. Blockout adhesive vinyl

    I'm looking for a brand and supplier of Eco Solvent printable, blockout, adhesive vinyl. It needs to be cast and long term. It's for a backlit sign box and will be applied to the white acrylic face. The customer really wants to use a very dark full colour background pattern and it's going to...
  9. Oversized Translucent vinyl print - issue.

    Looking for any tips or ideas....We have a translucent graphic to print as part of a larger job that is fairly short notice. The sign face is 64" x 73" and we only have the capability for up to 53" printing. It has to be printed because the background is a CMYK gradient from red to orange and...
  10. What is the name of this substrate?

    A customer brought in this piece of scrap material to see if we could route a sign out of it but we'd need to order more of it to complete the job. Our CNC guy can't remember the name and I've tried searching but to no avail. It looks like some sort of PVC to me...the surface is white and glossy...
  11. Buyer Beware! Avery Supreme Wrap Material.

    Hello, Just hoping to save some people headaches like mine in the future... I had a city bus to wrap in Orange vinyl and ordered Avery's Supreme wrapping film in that colour. I assumed (why do I do that?) the vinyl was Opaque considering what it's sold for, but I found out that it was not. It...
  12. Help Plz!

    Wondering if anyone can identify the script font and/or the sans serif at the bottom. Thanks!
  13. Renegade font. Help plz!

  14. Font help - Traced from routed acrylic letters

    Anyone know?
  15. Light-duty roll-up banner film.

    Need to find a supplier for pull-up (roll-up) banner material. Eco-Solvent printable, Blockout film that's around 10oz. We currently stock a 13oz product that's very durable, super inexpensive and print's beautifully but it's too heavy for some of the "Economy" grade banner mechanisms we've...
  16. Massacred Brush Script - Help!

    This one looks like it's been converted to vector from a pixelated raster file a few times over... Any help would be great!
  17. Streaky Lighting

    Can anyone suggest might be the cause and solution to the streaky lighting on this backlit box? The cabinet itself is 6" deep and came empty. We installed the guts, including the fluorescent bulbs you can clearly see. The graphic is printed 15oz flex face material. Our shop foreman quit a...
  18. Transparent .png and .tiff printing faded background.

    I'm trying to print an .eps file that was designed in Illustrator and I'm having an issue with a placed, transparent .png in the layout. In the photo you can see that it's printing a box around the .png(a maple leaf with a white outline) that causes the layer beneath it to be faded. I've...
  19. Flexi Sign trial version

    Is there anywhere I can download a trial version of Flexi Sign? I can't find any online. It can be any version that windows 7 supports. We have a lot of old customer files that were designed and saved in an older version of FlexiSign. We don't use FlexiSign in our print production process...
  20. High Traffic Floor Graphics

    Does anyone have tips or recommendations for industrial strength floor graphics? A client came to us and complained about another company that supplied and installed floor decals for them and that they only lasted a couple of days at the mall where they were installed. Roughly 3ft circular...
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