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Recent content by Function Graphics

  1. Font ID help

    Basilio maybe?
  2. Why am I getting such bad cyan/blue banding in my prints?

    I'll save you the trouble, (not the headache) it's 100% Roland's Cyan Ink. Especially seeing your perfect test print. Only use OEM TR2 Inks for my Truvis. And have the same issue with blues, some shades more than others. It's less obvious when I print on High Quality. It's been like that since...
  3. Reflective Pricing

    oh WOW... yeah we do mostly fleet. People WILL pay if you hold your ground. but i guess everywhere is different. Check us out on instagram @Function_Graphics
  4. Reflective Pricing

    I use 3M Reflective.... EXPENSIVE!!!! I charge $30 a square foot, printed vinyl. $41 on ACM, we do a 15% discount on square footage 32+... Hope this helps... GIT YOUR MONEY BOIIIEE
  5. Life of 3M vs Avery vs Oracal vs Arlon wrap vinyl

    Yo!! It's 2025. Stumbled across this thread and wanted to add my 2 cents. So... I've been wrapping since 2002. In the beginning, we use to say 3-5 year warranty. Then we realized it was a bigger headache trying to get 3M to honor a warranty, (we're 3M certified) and the reprint, removal and...
  6. Repainting large logo murals on exterior concrete walls - first time- help!

    I know I'm super late to this conversation... but for years I charged $20/square foot (one color), plus travel at $4 a mile, plus lift rental, marked up (always for a week, even if it's a day job, its nice to come back and do a final inspection the next day while fresh and not sun beaten and...
  7. Are TrueVIS Rolands really THAT bad?

    I've been doing signs for about 20 years. Had the original roland solvent, an xc, an Xr, recently a truvis sg and 4 years seems to be the lifespan for these machines before I needed to be constantly repairing them. This is especially true, if your cranking out high volume accumulating working...
  8. Workmans Comp

    Awesome! I'll do that. Thank you
  9. Workmans Comp

    Hi folks, So I am a small sign shop, hiring my first employee. Im receiving quotes for workmans comp and the general census seems to be about 1200 a year, for a production employee: Printing, laminating, weeding, cutting down substrates, etc. Does this price sound right? or should I keep...
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