Recent content by lgroth

We use rolls of newsprint type paper... it's thin and cheap as heck. Made a wheeled cart to hold rolls, just wheel it to the printer and pull it across the bed. White, so it prints shape files good for placement, cutouts are easy...

The place we used to do them for had 3 locations and changed out their windows almost monthly, most windows were about 8X10 foot. -30 degrees in the middle of Wisconsin and we'd be out there changing them. PAIN IN THE....! But it can be done, and they actually stayed down. I will say they do go...

We use Orbus (orbus.com). They're into everything display related... Don't know how their prices are compared to other places, but they've always given us what we wanted.

I usually go slightly under so I don't have to trim on site (if I can get out and measure them myself), if I have to add bleed it's 1/4-1/2" then trim 1/8" or so in from the seals if I have do it on site. We got one job doing perfs that are changed regularly after the previous company sliced the...

Two of our machines print white... Fujifilm Acuity X-2 flatbed and a Roland XR640 roll. The flatbed is far superior for white ink! Better coverage, more opaque than the Roland, flatbed has closed ink system so when the white ink circulates it's not all going in a waste bucket. We use white...

We're in Wausau, WI... If you don't get any decent hits and we're close enough let me know.

If you got good results with an Inkscape file it's because it's RGB... Inscape has a CMYK slider for colors, but in the end all Inkscape files are RGB

Bigfish is right... We have one, recently bought an XR640 and kept the old one for overflow and small jobs. Now that it's not being used daily it's a nightmare to keep it printing. An SC that has been idle for a while will probably need new heads...

I cut magnetic on the plotter... Since magnetic is a blade killer I keep some old blades on hand just for it. You don't need much pressure, just enough to score it good and it tears out clean.

Edit\ Preferences\ Smart Guides.... Un-check "Construction Guides"

We didn't get the metallic option on our new Roland for all the reasons stated above... If you're not using it every day and making money off it, all you've spent ends up in the waste bottle. We went with the white ink, even that wastes a lot "circulating", but I do use that option almost daily...

A while back I ran across a video on a custom bike being finished, and they were laying fabric (I think it was denim) onto partially cured paint to create a texture before the final finishing and clear coat were applied, they used a vinyl application squeegee to conform it to the surface, then...

We do sponsor updates on a bus for an educational program in our area, they send us the files they want, we print-cut them and when the bus is free for a day we peel off the old and put on the new. I don't know what material the full wrap is, we didn't install that, but if you take your time...

There is always a possibility that a head is just wearing out from age....

If you don't have a failing head, either your heads are set too high, or it could be static electricity... Static usually pulls the ink in one direction like that.