software

Hey all, I have a software related question and was wondering if anyone has any insight into this topic. We are looking for a way to take all of our sign orders and divide them by material type to make nesting our jobs more efficient. For example, 2 orders come in. Order 1 has signs on High...

I've been a signmaker for 8 years, owner for 5. And I was sick of all of the quoting software out there, so I developed my own. It's been two years in the making. Personally I have been using it in my shop for almost a year. Now I'm looking to take it public this year. But I need some beta...

I'm looking for advice on how to configure the hot folders for multiple Zund machines. Currently we are sending the cut files to each machine individually. Both machines are running the same version of the software. We would like to be able to send the file once and have it accessible by each...

Does anyone have a link to a good economical electrical design software? We would be using this for mapping out our electrical systems and show disconnects, powersupplys, RGB control systems etc. It greatly helps our install crews on creating a cut sheet for the install as well as help develop...

Hey guys! New to the forum. I work for the leading commercial printing company in Chile, South America. Currently working on getting some of our product offerings online through a Web-to-Print solution. South America is really behind in terms of technology and things you might see in the...

Hi I’m currently running myob for our sign business but I need something better that can create delivery dockets etc As that seems to be so time consuming. Also something to manage our purchase orders and be more efficient. I’m in Western Australia if that helps

Has anyone heard of or used infloprint ? Pros? Cons?

The owner of our sign shop took over a couple of years ago and we just adopted the software that the previous owners used: Estimate Desktop Software and Quick Books Desktop. Putting our feelers out to see if there is something better that we could be using, or if we are in the right ball park!

Hello friends, I have a vehicle branding company (cars and motorcycles) and we would like to offer adhesive decoration kits for motocross bikes. We already know about the ccvision software for obtaining car templates, but do you know of any software that can provide us with templates for...

Hi , I am using cutting master 4 - I have two Graphtec plotters connected and they both work fine when I change plotters it remembers the two ticks on the left selecting the perf cut and the sticker cut only and this works well. What it doesn't do is remember the settings/conditions for the...

Hello guys! Bill here from Greece.. 2 days ago i got a mimaki cg61 cutting plotter <<Dinosaur>> . unfortunately the working pc has been toss to garbage by the wife of the owner who died . i have the plotter and its cables plus a CADlink adapter on the serial port side (to pc ) , i went at a...

Does anyone know where I can purchase 3D vector artwork to create signage drawings for raceways, channel letters, etc. or if there is software out there to do this? We typically use CorelDraw and Illustrator for our drawings, but was hoping there was something out there pre-made that we could...

Hi guys, I recently bought a used Graphtec CE3000-120 but I can't find a functioning software solution for Mac. Do you know of any software that will make this beast cut, and preferably contour-cut from a Mac? Any help appreciated. Best regards, Ricki

Hey all, We have a range of CNCs and software that we're slowly standardizing as we grow. The only software that consistently have issues with is i-cut Production Console for our C64. Does anyone know of any software we can run in its place? Optiscout would be my usual go-to here, but they...

Hello, Have a L28500 that are still running but need to upgrade to a later firmware. Unfortunately I have been lazy on upgrades since I bought it in 2013 so I am running on an old one BM_07_00_00.4 I have through my local HP technician been able to get hold of BM_10_00_00.2 as the next, but the...

Hey all! I want to resurrect our outdated sign company that we had to shut down 3 years ago. I clearly need to upgrade from an old Gerber Edge and Envision plotter to LFD printer plotter (40-60") and have no idea where to start. I have a budget of around $15-20,000. Software is Gerber Omega 5...

Is anybody running the new Digitech workflow software? I have heard great things and looks to be ideal for running jobs with variable data. Have not had time to update yet but wanted to get other users opinions. This company just keeps getting better!

Last year, I purchased Affinity Designer (like Illustrator), Photo (Photoshop), and Publisher (Indesign) for personal use. (We use Adobe at work, but I didn't feel like paying monthly fees for the privilege at home.) I assumed that when upgrades came, I would just purchase the upgraded software...

I'm looking for a workaround because there is no multi file import (that I know of) with VersaWorks 6. When I have 12 files to print, I have to "Add Job to Queue" one at a time. A: Is there a way to import several files at once? B: Is there a hot folder option, to move files to, that will...

Hello, I run five HP latex printers, two of them are 360 and 365, the other three are 570s. I print long runs, 77-150ft at a time is typical. Starcraft Self-adhesive vinyl is the typical substrate, but only the 360s would print borderless due to the manual right-edge setting, and I only started...