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  1. Question on vehicle graphics

    The methods that have bee mentioned thus far all work. But if you want to drop a little bit of cash, you can buy a library of vector vehicle templates. I used to work at a sign shop that had those and it made life much easier. But when doing it the other way (with photos)... just be absolutely...
  2. Mimaki not centering prints

    I apologize in advance if this is a Software thread. We have a Mimaki JV3130SPII that's not wanting to print images in the center of our material. Prime example: We get quite a few 3' tall banners in the shop, so we buy 38' rolls of scrim. In Onyx Postershop, all settings are set to where...
  3. Your Top-Ten Fonts?...

    Century Gothic Swiss 911 Rick Griffith Optima Trebuchet ArnoldBoeD Rutiana Futura Dark Crystal Arial
  4. Knofe Tool Not Cutting Straight

    Aha! That did it. Thank you much!
  5. Knofe Tool Not Cutting Straight

    I've tried holding Shift before and after clicking and I get no straight line. It blows my mind. Replicator, this is reference to the Knife Tool (or Knofe as I so eloquently typed it in the subject) within Illustrator. Our plotter works fine, I'm just unable to draw straight lines to divide...
  6. Knofe Tool Not Cutting Straight

    So I've been using Illustrator for a while now, and I have not once been able to use the Knife Tool in a straight line. Well, that's not entirely true... if I sit here and go super slow along a guideline, I probably get a straight line 1 out of every 3 times. I have read help articles online...
  7. Trade Gothic Lookalike

    Yeah, $22 does seem like a lot. I actually just found something that matched up (News Gothic). Thanks!
  8. Trade Gothic Lookalike

    I've got a client who wants a banner designed with the font Trade Gothic. Seeing that we don't want to drop $22 on this, what is a close lookalike? Thanks, guys.
  9. Any way to open Composer files in Illustrator CS?

    Anyone know any software developers? If so, tell them to get to work on this software. ;)
  10. Any way to open Composer files in Illustrator CS?

    Well, right now our computer network is a total mess (we're in the process of getting everything fixed). Right now we have our Edge and one of our plotters tied to one machine that the network does not like to read (for whatever reason) on the other side of our (rather large) building. I'm...
  11. Aligning material on Graphtec 7000-130

    Well, I feel like a complete and utter tool for this...... Whenever we print off our Mimaki, we just pull it out and feed it through the Graphtec. It had not occurred to me to throw the material on a tube. :Oops: I'm yet to try this (although I will momentarily), but I have a feeling this...
  12. Any way to open Composer files in Illustrator CS?

    I was afraid of that, but it never hurts to ask. :wink: Thanks anyways!
  13. Aligning material on Graphtec 7000-130

    I looked at the pinch rollers and there is no wear on them. They feel slightly loose though, but seeing that I haven't used a Graphtec plotter until about a month ago, I'm not sure how loose they should be (if at all). Is there a way to tighten them/ Rarely it gets off 1/2"... I should have...
  14. Aligning material on Graphtec 7000-130

    Hi all, Lately we've been having issues lining up material on our Graphtec. We'll feed the material through the back, get it aligned with the tick marks (or against the teflon), do a test feed, and the material gets off anywhere from 1/8" to 1/2" during the feed. Anyone have any...
  15. Graphtec7000-100

    We use a 7000-130 here. It does the job well, but lately we've been having issues getting material to align on it (although I think that's due to human err). I don't know what we dropped on ours, but it's a nice little plotter.
  16. Any way to open Composer files in Illustrator CS?

    Hi all, This is my first post here. I'm hoping this will turn out to be a nice resource for my occasional sign issue that comes up. My question is: Is there any plug-in or certain way to open up Omega .plt files in Illustrator CS? We have a machine on the other side of the building from...
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