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We had scammers that didn't even have the card - messed with them for 5 days straight before he got fed up and stopped responding. I continually told the guy we needed half down on large orders (not a lie) but the guy insisted he needed the final shipping information so he could set up the pick...

Seems like you got a bit of trolling (skimmed answers, mostly looked through your replies) so boo on the snarky and inconsiderate! Every business is different because every city's culture is slightly different - so from the perspective of a small city in South Dakota you did what we would have...

does the steel strip ever get nicked or gouged? We use 4ft rulers (aluminum I think) and the metal is softer than our blades so they end up getting shaved down, leaving a fine dust (like graphite shavings) and at worst, getting nicks in them that catch our blades (3 of us, me included, have...

I agree with most of the posts on here - taking a little time and material to print the full pantone chart will save you time and material later. We have a three ring binder with a pantone chart from both of our printer brands that we use when color matching (because of different settings...

This site is amazing for finding new ideas so I figured we'd all benefit from a show-and-tell thread on simple tools or programs that make a big difference :) So tell us your favorite tools of the trade - no restrictions and all ideas welcome! (Maybe you'll see something new to use or help...

Would you mind dropping a website for Montroy? The owners here are always on the look out for new ideas and pricing (just want to be sure I'm looking at the same company as you ha)

We don't sew, but on the "anything else to consider" question, we've been looking into heat welded banner seams - one machine we've had our eye on is the T3 Extreme by Miller. There's a couple of YouTube videos on it if it peaks your interest but we don't have any experience with it beyond a...

Out of curiosity, what type of decals have you been making? Since you are curious about production and not the installation part, I'm not sure where your jumping off point is with what you know already and what you need to know. Are you needing to know about the printers, inks, material, graphic...

That is all we use. It's flexible enough that it wont crack like Plexi and ridged enough that it wont bow under its own weight. We are located in South Dakota where there are a few extreme temperature changes and it holds up perfectly in 100 degree and -10.

Oof, that sucks on multiple levels - kind of a pitty the grommets were so poorly punched, it looks like they at least reinforced them with a hem or strip of material so if it wasn't for the weak, unsteady hand of whoever was grommeting, the banner would have been fine... Glad to see you were...

only going to answer the first two since you use a different printer/material than us. 1. Decide what matters more to you cut graphics - Pros: less material used, more flexibility in laying it down (can cut between lettering to make application easier and correct install mistakes) Cons: more...

I got one hour of sleep! Not sign related, just sharing....

Least you caught it before it walked out the door! Had a loyal customer come back wanting to replace his old vinyl store front sign, no changes, just a reprint. We look at the file we have in our system and go white because a worker who's long gone misspelled "Protection" as "Protectoin" and...

Gotta agree with everyone on this one - make it from scratch to fit the custom contours of the vehicles that come to you or get real comfortable with knifeless tape - it's what we do for any pin stripping or the like.

Technically the site doesn't require any affiliation with sign making to be a member of the forums - you can put "no experience" and no company when filling out the form. Honestly, it's pretty easy to end up here when you have a sign related question since these forums frequently pop up in...

I agree with most of the posts, looks like you have a clog. We have a Roland that does this - first time around we had dried ink in the line that needed to be pulled out. Second round, an ink cartridge didn't communicate with the printer and went bone dry without pausing the print. See if you...

There is a simple work around that we have available on our computer (not sure if it's a built in feature based on operating system) We just right click on the flexi file and have a "Convert to Adobe PDF" option available in the menu. If it helps, I'm working off of Windows 7 and have Adobe...

This looks beyond promising! Asking for a quote and more information as we speak - It's incredibly helpful that he has the names of businesses he works for so we can contact them and ask about their experience.

I'd be interested in finding out what works for you! We have two Rolands and one Mutoh - the Rolands are just a touch off from each other but night and day to the Mutoh. We have it set up where there are two swatch books, two color swatch tables in Flexi, and two very different color profiles...

I can understand - we avoid the depth of simplicity that you see with logos like Nike, but we do try our hardest to be sure that the logo is entirely vector with colors and designs that are easy to change for any product the client may want in the future from letter heads to fleet graphics. I...