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I have to redo 15 signs...

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OADesign

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*sigh*

I have to re-make 15 2-3 signs.

I mixed up some letters in the word "fields" in some small copy. So it became "Felid"

Customer signed proof, and I made the signs. Same stuff I do every day.

But what gets me, is I spell check every thing. But who would've known.

"Felid" is actually a word. And Flexi has it in its data base.

Soooooo... No debate about whos fault. I'm going to remake them on our dime for this good customer. It just sucks. Thought I would share.

Happy Friday!!!

:rolleyes:
 
Fanaticus

Fanaticus

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That sucks.

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d) Any of various carnivorous mammals of the family Felidae, which includes the domesticated cat and big cats such as lions, tigers, panthers, lynxes, leopards, pumas, and cheetahs.
 
Farmboy

Farmboy

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It happens. How you handle it is what matters. On the bright side...you learned a new word. "Felidae is the biological family of the cats; a member of this family is called a felid."
 
iSign

iSign

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yeah.. well if the type of signs you are providing are some bland informative legality out on some remote fence.. I hope you offered them a printed vinyl patch, just in case they said "sure"...

Worked for me before... they were like "really.. you can do that???"
 
2B

2B

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iSign said:
yeah.. well if the type of signs you are providing are some bland informative legality out on some remote fence.. I hope you offered them a printed vinyl patch, just in case they said "sure"...

Worked for me before... they were like "really.. you can do that???"
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+1 for the "printed patch work" did that for a customer who went through a divorce, they were all happy!!!
 
sfr table hockey

sfr table hockey

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I have removed some printed lettering with cleaning solvent, (don't flood with solution but wipe a small amount on and off right away with care not to touch other areas) and it did not cause a mark or dull that peticular vinyl, then did a few cut letters (text was black) and placed the cut letters on the vinyl. You could not tell they were cut letters unless you touched them.

If the text was a color you could print and cut out those letters.

To make the cutout so that it was solid color I have printed a solid square of whatever color and let it dry or off gass over night, then put that piece back in and cut the letters. I have found a full bleed that is cut right after printing, with no white showing, tends to curl the edges and weaken them or even shrink in size later. By cutting a day later, even if the vinyl has shrunk your letters should be the same size as the print had.

You could always laminate after that. Could save a pile of printing.
 
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OADesign

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WildWestDesigns said:
One of the pitfalls of electronic spell checker.
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Your right.

But one question. Am I the only one that suffers with this problem?

Sometimes during the workday (or night) your trying to bust arse and work fast and hard to knock out your proofs and run production and answer phones. And your looking at that text on screen and instead of words it all becomes just shapes? And the only detail you notice is placement (centering, line spacing, kerning/tracking)?

No matter what I say. They don't believe me when I tell them, haste makes waste...

What is that saying about fast, cheap and high quality?

Yes, I see 12 cold, glistening bottles of New Castle in my immediate future....
 
OldPaint

OldPaint

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i hand painted a sign for a guy years ago. sign had the word JEWELRY on it. seems i spelled it JEWELERY. he give me a ration of crap about. THEN HE REALLY p.o.ed me. said he would take the sign for 1/2 the price of what i quoted him!!!!! should saw the look on his face when i opened a can of KILZ, 9" roller AND STARTED TO COVER THE SIGN!!!!! he said what you doin, you crazy?? i said, hey, you can get it somewhere else for that price you want to pay, I WILL RECOAT THIS BOARD and reuse it for someone who will pay me what i ask.
he paid full price, with the word JEWELERY on it))))))))))
 
inthesignbiz

inthesignbiz

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It's one of them things that happens.
I got 250 koozies laying around with a 227- number that should have been 277-
 
gabagoo

gabagoo

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The advantage of vinyl cut over print. Feel your pain.
Done it many times and I am so tired of the ol "Lesson learned" .

Heck when do the classes ever finish? lol:banghead:
 
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x2chris7x

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Even if they ok'd the proof, you guys still fix it for free?? I just had this happen with a banner... customer proofed it, we made it and installed it, and then the realized the ph# was actually their fax # and wanted it fixed. So it charged them for a vinyl cover-up + installation.. and it was no problem for them.
 
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signswi

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If the customer signed off on the proof many shops would at best split the reprint cost (to cover time & materials).

That's the entire point of a sign off.
 
HulkSmash

HulkSmash

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I had to redo 21 DIAMOND grade reflective signs that were about 40x50 each, cause my guys mounted them on 0.40 instead of 0.80.........
 
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mark galoob

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i just started using my proof form because of a incorrect phone number on 25 shirts, 8 magnet signs, and 1000 2 part 1/1 contracts. cust proofed at least 25 times but we both missed it...i did not have to redoo cause they were able to buy that phone number thank goodness...

now its part of my everyday speal, and i explain proof form to cust and what happens if they dont proof it correctly.

mark galoob
 
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