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  1. FREE MacDermid ColorSpan 72UVR

    I have a ColorSpan 72UVR that has been in my garage doing nothing, I got it for free. But I never got around to having a RIP to run it. If you want to make taking it off my hands easy message me. I'm in Racine, WI. It's free and not for sale. Thanks Darrell
  2. Looking to hire my 1st employee .. - Not sure where to start-

    You can train most people on how to do the work. Although I would say material handing and using an X-acto or or Olfa knife can be difficult. It's the "soft skills" that are really necessary, can they handle pressure, showing up for work, general attitude and do they want to be part of making a...
  3. Packaging Large Gatorboard / Ultraboard

    Tamir, I've have packaged large format graphics and it can be a challenge. Get familiar with what is an Oversize and what is Dimensional Weight from UPS and FEDEX. If you have a flatbed cutter and want to use it to create your own custom box I offer to you a temporary membership for...
  4. Gerber Saber perfect circle problem

    Vacuum... is the piece moving at the end of the cut? One technique is to make one pass first without going all the way through try leaving .010 in. make a the second pass and go all the way through This reduces the resistance and makes it less likely to move Are there lots of circles try...
  5. Cardboard Box Gluer

    http://www.sweetcutspro.com has glueless designs and I will be working on the metric version soon. If you would like a temporary membership email support@sweetcutspro.com Thanks, Darrell
  6. Things they don't tell you about UV flatbed printers

    UV inks are sensitive to a certain wave length of UV light. And different brand inks are sensitive to different wave lengths. As the bulbs age they don't produce as much UV and when there turned up the IR (infra red) radiation is also increased producing more heat. There are meters that will...
  7. Things they don't tell you about UV flatbed printers

    I printed on styrene for several years and buying 400 sheets was the norm mostly 0.040. We had a quality issue where a manufacturing line showed after printing (0.060). So I ran the sheets through our corona treater and it eliminated it and the printing turned out beautiful. Corona treated...
  8. What's the best rip software to use for wide format printing?

    Never used this but I think Barbieri would my first target for color management. I liked Colorburst when I used it, Wasatch and Production House were ok. I think I would check out Caldera and get some samples off the printer.
  9. Cutter department terminology

    What is the common terms you use to describe automatic cutting ? I've worked on Kongsberg and then it was flatbed cutter Now I'm working in a shop with Zund cutters and it's called CAD cutting do you like the term XY cutter or CNC cutter?
  10. Prepping Clients Mentally - Avoiding problems

    I think this is fitting the Next logo good solution Gary
  11. CNC Estimating

    I know of this http://www.cutestimator.com I know it has it's roots from a company called Di-con, it was a cutting service company And a relative to MGE the founders of i-Cut Lake Geneva, WI (now part of Esko) Another relative Nikolai Mikkelsen has http://cutguru.com/store/index.php/ I spoke...
  12. box cutting and creasing on a Zund

    Jason would you like to try ? it's three numbers length, width, and height using your internet browser. All layers are made including a register layer for edge detection
  13. box cutting and creasing on a Zund

    @ignorance2 Do you know the name of it? Was the training in Franklin, WI ? My first sales of sweetcutspro.com are related to a recommending post Pete Alsten (Zund) made on LinkedIn. During the development process I made design options to reduce artist involvement which was time consuming when...
  14. box cutting and creasing on a Zund

    Thank You rfulford for posting and referencing http://www.sweetcutspro.com/ I do appreciate it. If anyone is interested temporary memberships are available, please email support@sweetcutspro.com Darrell
  15. Hi friends of signs101.com

    Greetings from shores of Lake Michigan in Racine, Wisconsin. I began graphic arts in the early 80's and the career started as cameraman for a blueprinting reprographics company. Next was a stint in prepress for a commercial printing company then returned back to blueprinting but digital...
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