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Hi Everyone, We have a project that we print on our flat bed that utilizes a full sheet of 3mm pvc and a full sheet of 6mm pvc. We have (6) 32" h x 24" L signs from the material. We print full bleed to utilize all the material. We used to hand trim these on our Fletcher wall mounted cutter...

Hi Folks, Does anyone have any experience setting up flexi files for use with a Summa F1612. We have had our machine installed and we are running Flexi on 2 design stations and 1 production station that has Flexi and Production Manager. I have no idea how to setup the files to use and neither...

Hi Folks, Been a long time since i've posted on here. We've added a Summa f1612 to the shop and are having an issue with getting power to it. We do not have 3 phase in our building. It's going to run us an additional 10-12k to get that to our machine. Does anyone have any other successful...

Hi Folks, We've purchased a Summa F1612 and are getting the area ready for installtion. What air compressors have you installed? Do you get a sperate compressor or run air off of an existing paint booth complressor? Thanks

Hi Folks, Anyone know where I can get these manual number counter thingy's? Not even sure what they are called. Thanks

Hi Folks, Anyone know where I can get the manually changeable numbers counter that the you feller is changing in the photo? Have no idea what they are even called. Thanks

Hi Folks, We replaced a Roland with an Epson S60600. We used to have a process for printing double sided banners that utilized a base point procedure that the Roland printer allowed for. I don't see the same "Base Point" function on the Epson. Does anyone have a quick tutorial for printing...

Hi Folks, Been a while since I have posted anything on here. I am looking for a vendor for small plastic letters. These letters are 1" tall and are plastic with a shiny gold surface. These appear to be the mass produced type and not anything that is custom laser cut. I have searched hi and...

Hi Folks, We are trying to print some small flex faces in house on our Rolan VS-540. We are using Versaworks and printing on Arlon 390 Flex Face Material. The first side prints just fine at the correct dimensions. When we turn the material over to print the reverse mirrir image it seems as...

Hi Folks, I know I have seen this in my stack o Fonts before. It looks to be a relative of Gem. Any idea'rs? Thank You in advance. Mike B Big River Sign Co.

Hi Folks, Any one know of a screen printing vendor that can do 4x8 single and doudle sided political coros? The vendor I normally would use is located in MIchigan. And apparently they dont ship them. I am in eastern IA. Thanks Folks MB

Hi Folks, I am bringing my Roland CJ-500 back into production after sitting idle for almost 2 years. Naturally everything has dried up. I have replacement, pump, capping station, dampers, wiper and some tubing. This printer is set to run with Aqueous pigment inks as I intend to use it for...

Just cant seem to lick this one. VS 540 Printer running dual CMYK inkset. OEM inks. THis is happening across all media accept banner material. All profiles as well. Test Print is perfect. Trying to humidify the air. Turned up preheat. Cleaned encoder strip. Any other folks having this...

Can anyone suggest steps to resolve this issue of Horizontal banding. I think it is due to static electricty as it ahppens across all media and various profiles used. I am trying to humidify my shop area better, I put my printer on some rubber matts. Anything Else? Thank You!!

Hi Folks, Client restored a '48 Chevrolet Police Car. Would like door copy painted as on original. Since i'm not that great at it was going to cut paint mask and had paint in the letters. Font style proving to be difficult to ID. I do have the original pounce patterns. Any ideas? BTW...

I just lost a bid for (2) double sided, full color, 18x24 sign with steel H frame and double sided 6x24 bottom rider to some one charging $68 each. WTF is going on in this line of business that ***king idiots do that amount of work, with that expense for $68. I started my biz 6 years ago and I...

Hi Folks, I am designing a race traierl wrap for a 57' trailer. I have designed shorter trailers and installed a bunch of 53' trailers but have never designed on such a large scale. Does any one have any tips on how to set the file up? What scale shuld I use? What file type? Do I need to do it...

Hi Folks, Can anyone point me in the right direction? I need to purchase 2012 or 2011 Freightliner Cascadia Day Cab and Slaeeper templates. I can't find anything. Much appreciated. Mike B. Big River Sign Co.

Hi Folks, Ligting took out our dependable SP-540. We have replaced it with a VS-540. We had to upgrade our Flexi Pro to version 10 because ver. 8 did not support the printer. My question is does anyone have any Profiles/Presets that they would like to share. Niether Roland nor Flexi have any...

Hi Folks, Does anyone know of a wholesale vendor for the changeable copy signws in the attached pic. Somewhere in midwest preferably. Thanks Mike B