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When I was a finisher and did not have a defined color to match, I would be given a physical sample of the color and then spend hours or days mixing it to the closest match, then the graphics department would match it with a spectrophotometer. I loved color matching but its a lot of work. We...

As everyone else has said, studs are the way to go. However, I did install 1/2 acrylic letters to cement walls about a year ago using VHB foam tape and clear silicone and they're still all up. They are very hard for anyone to reach though, so no one is able to pick at them/ try to steal them.

That could for sure be the issue. I had a DCS tech in in November and was informed that they themselves had to outsource the capping stations because Epson was not supporting them anymore and that officially they would need to find an after market maker of their capping stations and other parts...

Hi! Before you scroll away because this printer is known to be a headache by itself, I am simply looking for input from anyone who has had a similar issue on any printer with 10 ink channels! The issue: The last most right nozzle(s) of my printer refuses to print on its nozzle test unless I...

I am kind of the designated letter installer at my shop, because no one really has the patients for it but me (read on to see why). In my ideal world, we'd apply a sheet of double sided adhesive to the acrylic and cut it all at once on the bed, which is what I think you're saying is your...

I also have an Oce Arizona, I get it!

Delta Foremost 2153 Wonder Cleaner (I use it when I do not want to run the risk of melting paints/ substrates.)

Adhesion promoter, at least in my testing, adds about two dynes to a surface. Has your substrate vendor changed? Or maybe they changed how they make your substrate? For instance, my adhesion on white coated 0.40 aluminum (sign blank, enamel coated aluminum) was good for years, until 2023. The...

I used to be a finisher, I like both Matthews and lacquer (ML Campbell). At the shop I was a finisher at: we had a lacquer color mixing station from ML Campbell, I could mix custom color matches on it in increments of 1/48th of an ounce of pigment. Good for toning millwork, creating custom...

I run a DCS7200Z, which is a different headache all together but here are somethings I have to do to keep adhesion/ test and make sure adhesion will work: 1) Dyne testing. There are these ink pens that you can use to test the surface energy of your substrates to make sure your ink will stick. I...

I ran into an issue like this when my desktop updated to windows 11. I did not fix it myself but I am pretty sure my tech guy reverted the computer back to windows 10 and then the program worked again. Best of luck!

My bad, 8.3% for 2022.

USA inflation rate was 8% for 2023, a $2 an hour raise for an employee in the $20- $26 per an hour range is just barely a cost of living adjustment and not a raise.

I agree with somcalmetim. I am newly in the vinyl world but old in the paint and finishing world. From my painting knowledge and what I understand of substrates and materials, rates of expansion and contraction may be your issue. Was the sign specked for automotive color and clear coat? I am...

Twas the week before Christmas and all through the shop Not a project was moving, all printers had stopped The tactile printer, presumably dead, had just been gifted a brand new print head The Oce Flatbed stood at a standstill No one dared load a substrate without approved orders to fill...

Could do veneered mdf, seal and clear coat. Wouldn't be able to have the nice rounded chamfered edges though. I would hide threaded rods/ dowels under your letters for attachement. Or do something involving drilling into the wood from the back with a countersink and having the screw go all the...

.040 Aluminum on a direct bed printer I have experienced 3 ways of doing it 1) Printing straight to the enamel coating 2) Buffing the enamel coating while making sure not to burn through the enamel down to the raw aluminum, orbital sander and 320 grit and printing to the scuffed up surface...

I am not sure I would say it will look like a bad job. Where you are coming from is valid but wood, even a plank that's one piece, is going to have variances. (Typing doesn't convey tone, I hope this does not come off as condescending, I am replying to you in a way that hopefully also helps OP)...

I used to paint for graphics prep and finishing. Laminate generally faired pretty at holding on to a uv cured print, but I would top coat with a conversion varnish to really hold it in. If color is not an issue, aka it can be white, zinzer bin primer sticks to laminated mdf really really well...

I was a finisher till about a year ago, you've got a few options, hopefully I can explain them well enough. First of all, if you have any of the material scrap, use that as a test for anything you do. Run the colors on that scrap by the client to get approval. Option 1: torch, I do not know...