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  1. Interaction I just had with a tire kicker.

    Me: go to ___________(Free font website) and pick a font, then tell me how big. $(shop minimum). Or we can design it, $(design min + shop min). Don't care if it's one or 50, if it's just typing a few lines of text, cutting and taping, you're what, $1.00 invested and made shop minimum on a 10...
  2. Problems installing GCC PUMA II on Win7

    Did you have it installed on another system previously, or is it new to you? You can go to http://www.gccworld.com/customer_member.html sign up (S/N is on the bottom of the machine on a label) register and then you'll have access to all the drivers, they've recently released a new set of...
  3. attn: copyright experts

    Dunno about anyone else, but reading the website will provide essentially every bit of info I provided. No law degree, but I've been reading since preschool, so quite a few years now... http://www.copyright.gov/ Fact sheets, FAQ's, links to the electronic office, etc. It's all there and mostly...
  4. attn: copyright experts

    That you bought them says to me someone else created them, whether of your product or not. A signed, dated, notarized letter from the creator of the items indicating you are the copyright holder would be beneficial, registering them (federal) would give you standing in a legal dispute. In fact...
  5. Advice for Polyester shirts and heat presses

    The teflon/foam pillow can be awesome for avoiding the press box, if the design is smaller, use a smaller pillow to where it doesn't extend to the edge of the platen and it helps even more. The other benefit is that it will keep the adhesive from sticking through the holes to the back of the...
  6. help with rosewood standard in three colors of vinyl

    In illustrator, if you have any styles, warp, etc. applied, go to Object and choose Expand Appearance (I always duplicate the layer then hide the duplicate to preserve editability) then select all the text and go to Object and choose Expand. The top two of three checkboxes should be checked by...
  7. $3.67

    If I don't need it for a couple months can you knock off another .10 a ft? :cool:
  8. Paint for glass and gilding backing up?

    Lettering enamel as in one shot, or is there a more preferred brand since they screwed up all their formulas to make the environ-mental folks happy. I don't do much striping anymore, but the last couple just didn't hold up like back in the day; I was going to switch to urethane on a friend's...
  9. Vinyl Cutter Purchase

    I only keep white, black, and red (751) in 30" everything else is pretty much 24" or order for the job. Why those colors... storefronts (and the red for an offroad club). 30" will hit a full entry door on most strip malls with one width, so I can do the whole thing top to bottom in one pass...
  10. Paint for glass and gilding backing up?

    I'm just getting back into glass, everything since we opened the doors has been cut and stuck, but I really miss the craftsmanship that goes through a brush and I want to start pushing it more. The tricky part is that it's not something I've done for over 20 years and when I was doing it, I was...
  11. Vinyl Cutter Purchase

    I've got a Jaguar here (amongst others) and I can honestly say the next purchase won't be another one... Don't get me wrong, it's quick, quiet, well built, lots of features, but it's given me some problems and support is 50/50, getting replacement parts is a bit of a PITA. Kinda wishing I'd...
  12. Question on file architecture for saving customer artwork and work files...

    That's basically how I do it as well. Invoices go into each customer's top directory (or do until I stop manually creating them) with the customer number (2 digits for state, 4 digits for month and day and 5 digits for customer number). Jobs are all in the main folder, though resources and...
  13. customer's "logo"...

    I found just about the only one worse than Vista Print the other day... Staples. Customer wanted the back window of his truck done to match 'the new logo and design' (I feel sick calling it that). I said "shouldn't be a problem, send it over and we'll go from there" and the reply was "Staples...
  14. Permanent Matte Vinyl ?

    Just use something like Greenstar... it'll be matte in no time at all, and after a year or so, will shrink up and remove itself :Big Laugh On a serious note, what kind of issues would the extra mil or three from the lam cause on cut designs on glass?
  15. I feel like I get electrocuted everytime i run composite aluminum through laminator

    Doesn't always resolve the issue... I'm in Florida with my property backed up to wetlands and still have static issues... Went on eBay and bought a big bag of dogtag chains, the cheap steel beaded kind. Clipped them end to end, looped one end around the aluminum rollers on each of my cutters...
  16. Business Cards?

    Just had a 5k order come in for a client two weeks ago, used 4over's Akuafoil, but was a little worried on accuracy as they state 12pt Times should be the smallest lines on the design. Well, one of the typefaces used consisted of fine lines as shading, letter height less than 3/4" and I did it...
  17. Can I sell these legally?

    Ah, one of the fun parts of copyright law, work product, works for hire, etc.
  18. Can I sell these legally?

    In an average week: Can you make me a bar and shield? Nope Can you make this ____ life sticker like my buddy has? Nope Can you make a Monster sticker for my window? Nope The list goes on, but after each and every 'nope' is: But the guy [down the road, at the flea market, in the last town I...
  19. What is the goofiest thing a customer has said to/requested of you?

    (for the back window of a pickup) "Can ya make it look like my business card?" Sure, can you send me a picture of one? "Don't have 'em yet, Staples is still makin' them, but the font starts with an R, y'all can match that, right?" I should have hung up... Turns out it was Rage Italic, sorry if...
  20. Can I sell these legally?

    http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4802:ar3v2u.2.1 Typed Drawing Word Mark 300ZX Goods and Services IC 012. US 019. G & S: AUTOMOBILES AND STRUCTURAL PARTS THEREOF. FIRST USE: 19831020. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19831020 Mark...
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