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  1. Help! Flexi Wont open.

    I ran into an issue like this when my desktop updated to windows 11. I did not fix it myself but I am pretty sure my tech guy reverted the computer back to windows 10 and then the program worked again. Best of luck!
  2. Raises?

    My bad, 8.3% for 2022.
  3. Raises?

    USA inflation rate was 8% for 2023, a $2 an hour raise for an employee in the $20- $26 per an hour range is just barely a cost of living adjustment and not a raise.
  4. Vinyl Image Cracking After Clear Coat

    I agree with somcalmetim. I am newly in the vinyl world but old in the paint and finishing world. From my painting knowledge and what I understand of substrates and materials, rates of expansion and contraction may be your issue. Was the sign specked for automotive color and clear coat? I am...
  5. Christmas tale

    Twas the week before Christmas and all through the shop Not a project was moving, all printers had stopped The tactile printer, presumably dead, had just been gifted a brand new print head The Oce Flatbed stood at a standstill No one dared load a substrate without approved orders to fill...
  6. Wood Sign Materials

    Could do veneered mdf, seal and clear coat. Wouldn't be able to have the nice rounded chamfered edges though. I would hide threaded rods/ dowels under your letters for attachement. Or do something involving drilling into the wood from the back with a countersink and having the screw go all the...
  7. Question Which materials are good for metal poster printing?

    .040 Aluminum on a direct bed printer I have experienced 3 ways of doing it 1) Printing straight to the enamel coating 2) Buffing the enamel coating while making sure not to burn through the enamel down to the raw aluminum, orbital sander and 320 grit and printing to the scuffed up surface...
  8. Need Help Need to finish this Cedar Sign

    I am not sure I would say it will look like a bad job. Where you are coming from is valid but wood, even a plank that's one piece, is going to have variances. (Typing doesn't convey tone, I hope this does not come off as condescending, I am replying to you in a way that hopefully also helps OP)...
  9. Printing on coated MDF (Ikea furniture style materials)

    I used to paint for graphics prep and finishing. Laminate generally faired pretty at holding on to a uv cured print, but I would top coat with a conversion varnish to really hold it in. If color is not an issue, aka it can be white, zinzer bin primer sticks to laminated mdf really really well...
  10. Need Help Need to finish this Cedar Sign

    I was a finisher till about a year ago, you've got a few options, hopefully I can explain them well enough. First of all, if you have any of the material scrap, use that as a test for anything you do. Run the colors on that scrap by the client to get approval. Option 1: torch, I do not know...
  11. DCS 7200z error 1439

    Normally error 1439 pops up when the capping station of the Direct Color Systems 7200z needs replacement, however, the capping station I was printing with popped this error at 2 months instead of its normal 3-4 month life span. I replaced the capping station and the error repeated. I replaced...
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