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six figure charge for a US ship, a small fee for Chinese ship? That was the problem that precipitated this. Along with Panama letting China establish a colony there.

It's not Canadians crossing the border. It's Indians (not native Americans). There were 20kg of fentanyl seized by the Canadian and American authorities at the border. One kilogram of fentanyl has the potential to kill 500,000 people. If they seized 20kg, how much actually got across?

I'm pretty sure the illegal immigrants being rounded up in Chicago or New York aren't picking lettuce or avocados.

If we stop paying them more to not work and collect from the government teat than they can get working, then they will either resort to crime or go to work.

I would suspect that they were sold this credentialing system by the credentialing company and if you consider how much hassle it would be for a company that has a large number of vendors to keep up with all the COIs and tax forms, it probably sounded great to get rid of the hassle. I bet the...

It's not charging for potential mistakes. It's covering the cost of things that happen in the course of business. You've never had a print ruined because there were random ink drops on it? We deal with questions about that on this forum all the time. How about banding in the print? That is a...

Another item that I seldom hear talked about nowadays but was drilled into me when I started in the industry was that you don't base sign pricing solely on your costs but also on the value of the sign to the customer. That is to say that as sign professionals you are not just a vendor of...

Are you a sign professional? Then your price for a sign should include not only the full cost of materials necessary for doing the job, but also in case you make a mistake and have to do it again to deliver a quality product. In addition, it should include the amount necessary to cover your...

I looked on Amazon and considering you can get a set of 6 different shapes for $5.99 I think you could just consider them as disposable tools. You could also get a 20 pack of emery boards for $4.99.

Hand files for trimming vinyl? Are you talking about vinyl sign marking film? Or expanded PVC sign boards?

That looks like moisture penetration into the finish/protectant. It most likely will gradually fade away with exposure to the air.

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Perhaps you need to look at whatever it is that requires 5 grommet holes to see where you need to put them. I've never sold a realtor a sign that required grommets.

I don't know about other RIPs but Onyx has specific tables to convert Pantone colors to print accurately.

Kawasaki green is not just one color. Practically every 3 years the color plastic Kawasaki has used is a different color. It's also easy to replicate the colors using practically any printer. You don't need a special profile, jut the right one for the vinyl you are using. Then start with...

Perhaps rather than the $1000-2000 trade-in discount you would be better off taking the January 2025 promotion of a $7000 instant rebate...

You can download Briteline profiles for Onyx here: https://www.grimco.com/info/SoftwareSupport On that page, select your printer and a window pops up. Scroll to the media you want and download the profile. Make note of where you save the file because you will have to import the file to Onyx's...

When I called the Grimco equipment sales rep and told him what I was interested in, the first thing he did was send me a formal order request showing the equipment, price, discount, promotion, etc. along with a contact for the financing. Nothing moved from there until I signed and returned...

I just switched my main design station to Windows 11 last week and from a work standpoint there is no functional difference. I'll be gradually switching all of the other computers or replacing those which are incompatible over the coming year. Except the Windows XP machine which runs vinyl...

We use Corel Draw! for the majority of design work, Sign Wizard Pro for vinyl cutting, and Adobe Illustrator to convert files that Adobe users send us which contain proprietary effects that need to be flattened. All are the latest version because Corel and Adobe are subscription now and Sign...