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  1. Question Paper material for covering bed of new flatbed printer?

    We use rolls of newsprint type paper... it's thin and cheap as heck. Made a wheeled cart to hold rolls, just wheel it to the printer and pull it across the bed. White, so it prints shape files good for placement, cutouts are easy...
  2. Window Perf on Store Front

    The place we used to do them for had 3 locations and changed out their windows almost monthly, most windows were about 8X10 foot. -30 degrees in the middle of Wisconsin and we'd be out there changing them. PAIN IN THE....! But it can be done, and they actually stayed down. I will say they do go...
  3. Table Cover Supplier

    We use Orbus (orbus.com). They're into everything display related... Don't know how their prices are compared to other places, but they've always given us what we wanted.
  4. Window Perf on Store Front

    I usually go slightly under so I don't have to trim on site (if I can get out and measure them myself), if I have to add bleed it's 1/4-1/2" then trim 1/8" or so in from the seals if I have do it on site. We got one job doing perfs that are changed regularly after the previous company sliced the...
  5. Anyone printing clear decals? What Printer is best for you?

    Two of our machines print white... Fujifilm Acuity X-2 flatbed and a Roland XR640 roll. The flatbed is far superior for white ink! Better coverage, more opaque than the Roland, flatbed has closed ink system so when the white ink circulates it's not all going in a waste bucket. We use white...
  6. white ink vendor

    We're in Wausau, WI... If you don't get any decent hits and we're close enough let me know.
  7. Colors not printing correctly Roland VP-540

    If you got good results with an Inkscape file it's because it's RGB... Inscape has a CMYK slider for colors, but in the end all Inkscape files are RGB
  8. Considering buying a Roland sol jet 2 sc-540 printer/cutter

    Bigfish is right... We have one, recently bought an XR640 and kept the old one for overflow and small jobs. Now that it's not being used daily it's a nightmare to keep it printing. An SC that has been idle for a while will probably need new heads...
  9. Cutting Magnetic Circles

    I cut magnetic on the plotter... Since magnetic is a blade killer I keep some old blades on hand just for it. You don't need much pressure, just enough to score it good and it tears out clean.
  10. NEED HELP PLEASE! puzzled by the simple things

    Edit\ Preferences\ Smart Guides.... Un-check "Construction Guides"
  11. metallic printing

    We didn't get the metallic option on our new Roland for all the reasons stated above... If you're not using it every day and making money off it, all you've spent ends up in the waste bottle. We went with the white ink, even that wastes a lot "circulating", but I do use that option almost daily...
  12. That's Now How It Works...

    A while back I ran across a video on a custom bike being finished, and they were laying fabric (I think it was denim) onto partially cured paint to create a texture before the final finishing and clear coat were applied, they used a vinyl application squeegee to conform it to the surface, then...
  13. Need advice if this is even possible

    We do sponsor updates on a bus for an educational program in our area, they send us the files they want, we print-cut them and when the bus is free for a day we peel off the old and put on the new. I don't know what material the full wrap is, we didn't install that, but if you take your time...
  14. HELP! I'm Pulling my hair out trying to fix this overspray issue on my FB700

    There is always a possibility that a head is just wearing out from age....
  15. HELP! I'm Pulling my hair out trying to fix this overspray issue on my FB700

    If you don't have a failing head, either your heads are set too high, or it could be static electricity... Static usually pulls the ink in one direction like that.
  16. Signs365 Laminate failure

    Wow... I've been seeing a LOT of posts lately on this problem, all seem to be calendared lams getting hit by the sun. The sales people here don't like dealing with me much on this, because anything that's going outdoor for longer than a weekend long event, or short term store promos I always...
  17. Opinion on Static Elimination Thing...

    I put the elastic wire across the media opening in the back of the printer, used the magnets that came with the kit to hold it on each end. The magnets are touching the chrome metal of the feed to contact ground, you can also leave some extra wire on one end and attach to a screw if you want...
  18. Opinion on Static Elimination Thing...

    Those actually work! Here in Wisconsin winters are brutal when it comes to static. We started using these on both our Roland roll printers and laminator and they made a big difference. We have an Acuity X-2 that has an electric static bar, and when the transformer went out we even used this till...
  19. Any use of "strokes" or outlines should be for print only.

    I've encountered another one I don't understand... Or like. We get artwork from a "design firm" to print occasionally, and it seems like every element of their vector files are created using clipping masks. Can't even edit a typo if we catch one, because most of the text is done via clipping...
  20. Replacing SP-540v Main Board

    Since when you swapped the cables and the head fired the fuse may have popped... Power down, unplug the power (always unplug when doing ANYTHING electrical, even checking if cables are seated while plugged in, even if power is off can pop fuses if not unplugged too!). On the main board there are...
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