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Printer is about almost 2 years old. Last year printer was ghosting and printhead 1 was having problems with black that cleaning would not help. It is unknown if these problems are related. A tech came out and replaced the mainboard (fixed the ghosting) and printhead. This fixed the problem...

Hello everyone, I'm very new to the industry and I recently got a work order from a local blue collar guy starting his own foam injection business for concrete leveling. Its my job to produce and install his decals and I've never done it before. I'm on my own for this project so step one is...

I don't have an installer, trainer, or tech so I am learning this new equipment all on my own. Yay! My shop set up is: Adobe for design, Mimaki UCJV300-160 for printing, and a new Summa S3 TC160 for cutting. I've used the Mimakis for about 4 years now and have done most of my cutting with...

I have just had new PC installed. It only has USB 3.0 ports and one USB 3.1 port, can I use these to connect to the USB 2.0 cable that is coming from the machine. If not is there an adapter that I can buy to solve the issue.

So I am looking for information or techniques that anyone might have or use on putting your printer to winter sleep so to speak! I have 2 of the LEC2-640 and we don't need 2 at the moment, not complaining about having 2, but the company I work for decided we needed 2 when we didn't have one...

Hey i'm looking for anyone who has knowledge with either of these two software brands. Im trying to do a simple mill job with my celero4 and i have no idea how to do it. i got basic knowledge but im completly lost.

I recently purchased a HP335, I have been loving using it aside from one problem when running briteline 70/30 perf film. The material starts to wrinkle and hits the print heads as they run across, smearing the ink, I have tried adjusting the temperature and the passes but nothing seems to help...

Using a HP 335, printing Avery V4000 48", Flexi 21 PHOTOS ARE AT THE BOTTOM Issue #1 Material looks like it melted/flowed from too much heat (Appears on most of the print, not just the middle area as shown in the pic, I was just trying to get a close up. Issue #2 (Likely connected to #1) The...

I've been asked to make some machine overlays which I cut on my laser cutter but I'm a little stuck as to what materials to print on using my 2 printers. I have a BN20A and a Sawgrass SG1000 sublimation printer. The card stock I'm trying to use is called PolyBak very durable/strong but also...

Hello guys, I'm still pretty new here. I have recently made the jump into starting my own small sign shop after working for over 20 years on other peoples shops on and off. However, in all those years I was only involved in design and manufacturing and never in coming up with pricing. My...

Hello signs101 guru's, im having very odd problems with my mutoh valuejet 1324x. i was having 1 in streaks of pink/magenta at the start of my prints and pretty bad banding (pic with the pink and banding) i ended up switching out the dampers and maintenance station. the problem persisted...

Hi team, Wondering if anyone else has had the fight of the century featuring a latex printer and printing onto Optical Clear material. We are having this ongoing battle every time we use the material. The material is sticking in the loading chamber causing the print zone to get all types of...

OK... So, I have been using DesignArt PRO software daily for more than 20 years. Before you hate. I find myself married to it, for this is where all my past designs were created. It was the software used when I took this job in 1999 and already housed thousands of designs. The software company...

I was trying to print out a past job and noticed that my blues were not clost to what I had before. I figured out that it was because an entire nozzle isnt working for cyan on print head 2. Any idea how this can be fixed without replacing the nozzle. Ive done a manual cleaning and several head...

I feel like after digging through so many posts involving Gerber plts I don't have many options at this point. I work in a small sign shop of just myself. We used Gerber Omega 4.0 for a long time but as I came in they switched to Flexi. I've been fine with it for the longest time. Over time...

Does anyone know the font for the word "HANGAR" or the script "Home of the"? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Does anyone know what font this is? I can't quite find an exact match. Thanks.

I have a Mistral 1650, 55'' Laminator. When I try to run vinyl through the machine it won't feed the material. It pulls in the vinyl a little and then shoots it back out and does not move forward. It makes a large clacking sound when trying to feed.

Hello all, It's unfortunate news to hear one of your vendors is closing its doors but it happens. We have been using JRS for years and have had a great experience and have clients who have certain products that we only receive from them. I'm curious if anyone has any other recommendations as to...

Hey everyone, I was sent a job to install vehicle graphics by a 3rd party. I am only the installer. designer put a full wrap on the tailgate of a Tacoma and it has the stamped and black badges in each letter- picture attached. Also, there will be text that migrates this way into the T and A...