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  1. Whats the strangest thing you've wrapped?

    Well today marks a new level of wrapping for me personally. I've been working with vinyl for about 6 years and I've been doing complete vehicle wraps for about 3 years now. I have around 150 vehicle wraps under my belt ranging from HHRs to PT Crusiers up to Utility Vans to as big as a couple...
  2. JV3 160 Print Issues

    Ok, so attached are a couple of pictures of a morning routine we've started recently to correct an issue with our color Cyan. For a short while, in the morning when we first fire up the printer and get it all set for its first print file of the day, I have noticed that the Cyan head fires...
  3. What to measure to when doing a wrap.

    When doing vehicle wraps, cars, trucks, vans, ANY and ALL wraps, what do you guys and gals measure to. Do you prefer lettering and imagery to be horizontal to the eye via a level or do you measure to body lines and contours? Do you change your technique depending on the vehicles or do you stick...
  4. Front Windshield Banners

    Is there any sure way that fits most vehicles when it comes to creating, cutting and installing cut lettering windshield banners? I have heard of upward arcs and downward arcs to counter the natural arc of the window. What works best for you out there? Currently I have a job for a...
  5. Rules on selling used equipment

    Hey everyone! I was just wondering what the rules on selling some used equipment on here is.
  6. JV3 Cleaning Cartridges

    I was told by my Mimaki tech that I should look into getting some cleaning cartridges for my JV3 160 SP Ultra and I wanna know if anyone knows a good source of where to get them, about how much we should expect to pay, and what your general thoughts on these cartridges are. Thanks for all your...
  7. Window Tinting

    My company recently started thinking about getting into window tinting - something we haven't done before. Now I've looked up some "how to" videos and actually got a DVD from WindowTint.com and it seems pretty easy, pending the applicator has a basic knowledge of how to put regular vinyl on...
  8. JV3 160 Printing on Polypropolene

    Does anyone have any experience, good or bad, with printing on this substrate. Looking to print on something less then 1 millimeter. Any advice, or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks
  9. Laminates

    We are looking for a 10 mil laminate to be used for trade show productions. This will be applied to a styrene or polypropolene substrate for colapsable display system. Does anyone know of a good laminate in that thick of a range and who makes it? Thanks for the help...
  10. Wall Vinyl

    I have been asked by my boss to do some research into what people are using for Solvent Printed Wall Vinyl. We have used a number of wall vinyls as tests, including "Wall Noodle", Mojave, and an HP Premium thats supposed to be for wall graphics. These vinyls all advertised on easy...
  11. Head Alignment on JV3-160 SP

    My cyan printer head is not printing properly. On the bi directional setting, it prints both directions, to the left and to the right. On the left pass it prints the cyan and on the right pass it prints the cyan about 1/32" +/- more to the right. Its noticable on some prints and obviously with...
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