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Just got the email from Bordeaux. They're doing a 10% temporary fee starting June 1st so that they can remove it if/when any changes with the tariffs happen.

I haven't heard anything from Bordeaux about any price increases. Wouldn't be surprised if they do eventually though.

Starting June 1st, 10% increase on everything. Printers, inks, consumables etc.

You probably just need to change the main board battery. It's the little watch type battery on the board. If it's dead, it doesn't keep the system parameters saved which basically resets it back to it's initial state when you power off. The other board is toast unless you can find someone to...

Turn the machine off and take all of the cartridges out. Then boot the printer back up. Once it boots up completely, install each cartridge one at a time. Sometimes that takes care of this issue.

There should be an option in the cutting tab to put the marks around the entire nest or individual files. I can't remember what the setting is called off the top of my head but I am pretty sure it's there.

One of my favorite methods to do a color to black gradient is to use the transparency settings in AI. You make a rectangle and set it to your red color. Then copy and paste the rectangle in front. Now you make the top rectangle a white to black gradient and then set the transparency setting for...

I have a customer who runs one hard and loves it. He threw the X/Y slitter in the closet though. It seems to be more of a hassle than a convenience.

There's a line cut in the platen on the right side that the vinyl can't go past or it gives this error. It's very sensitive on this machine so even a slight bit crossing the line will cause it. You just need to move the vinyl over to the left until you can see that line.

The type of cable won't matter as Windows 10 can automatically sense which cable it is and adjust as needed. Your most likely issue is the computer's network is setup on a different subnet than the printer. The first 3 sets of numbers in the IP addresses have to match and the last one has to be...

There was a dip switch you could switch on the main board of an SP-300 to make it an SP-300V. Maybe there's something like that on this model.

In my experience, you're not going to be able to recover that black without a new head.

Either that or the room is cold and humid. Check the machine environmental specs and make sure your room is within spec.

Rasterlink has that. They're called, "favorites" and you can save that setting in one of your favorites. There's also an adjustment in the printer service mode that allows you to do a permanent scan distance adjustment. It basically calibrates your motor to the encoder since each one is a little...

At the sign shop I worked in, we hemmed every edge with grommets every 24" for the most part. We did temporary sponsor banners that were used for about a week for a hot air balloon festival that we only hemmed the sides with grommets in each corner though.