Recent content by unclebun

I never liked IJ180C and have always used Avery MPI1105 with DOL1360Z laminate. But if the price increases are due to being US imports, perhaps you could try Oracal.

Don't buy the Briteline tape and you can get single rolls.

Looks fine from the spy satellite.

Not sure I can see the fault in the print. What am I looking at?

Yeah, that would have to be bent. The globe might have to be too if the curve of the wall is that great.

You can use letters from any manufacturer of dimensional letters. The curve doesn't make any difference. The red swoop might be the only piece that would show it. You can measure the amount of curvature over the distance it covers by going up on the roof. If it's enough that the studs on the...

Yes. The cutter is independent of the printer. You can mix and match brands. As long as your RIP software has drivers for the devices.

Planet Kosmos

Here's what Adobe says: https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/design/discover/golden-ratio.html Easier to think in thirds. Draw an imaginary tic tac toe grid evenly on your sign shape. Place things you want to emphasize at the intersections of the lines. (That's a kind of intersectionality I can...

I guess everyone around here is dumb. I've been doing signs for over 30 years, and everybody puts signs either on a timer or uses a photocell. With timers they often have the sign turn off at 2 am or something like that. You know, save money on electricity. Or reduce carbon outputs. Whatever.

There's no such thing as a proper backlit profile. Backlit profiles all overink the print, which is not proper because the colors are darkened too much for daytime viewing.

Exactly. And in reality a lit sign is seen by a lot more people unlit during the day.

Get some clear vinyl. Print the exact same file in reverse on the clear. Install it on the backside of the acrylic panel in register with the image on the front. In the future you will find it easier to put the clear layer on the front first, then the translucent on top of it. If you print it...

That's the thing. They insidiously build their political or philosophical biases into the subject material, no matter what it is. The naive college student cannot see it and just absorbs it as truth.

You can use used cleaning cartridges but not if they are expired.