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  1. aaarghhh... Customer Sends Me ANOTHER PPT File

    And... it is a WHOLESALE customer, not the end user. Wholesale weenie has AI, CDR, and PSD, but STILL sends me PowerPoint files. Here is what I wrote back...
  2. This is what you do NOT want to see in the morning

    UGH... One day all is well, the next day the thing is banding like crazy. (see photo 1) So, I park the head on the left, get out the swabs & scare off the dust bunnies... everything looks ok. Until I print a nozzle check. 95% of one black is missing, 50% of the OTHER black, and maybe 10% of...
  3. Pizza Signs

    I was reading this months PMQ (Pizza Industry Trade Magazine) http://www.pmq.com/digital/201009/28.html There is a 3 page article about using signage to increase business. Starts on page 34
  4. A Million Bad Female Logos

    http://www.artfagcity.com/2010/09/21/img-mgmt-squiggles-trees-ribbons-and-spirals-my-collection-of-womens-health-beauty-and-support-group-logos-as-the-stages-of-life-in-semi-particular-order/
  5. Interior Block Wall... Tips?

    I may have to install a 3x5 printed/laminated decal (probably use 3165RA & 210) on a painted interior block wall... I am not sure what the best way is to handle the mortar grooves between the blocks. ANy tips?
  6. Almost Eurostile

    The O's is a bit more square and weights wrong, but a similar font.... anyone recognize this?
  7. recognize this clipart?

    recognize this clipart? Most of Fred's do no display on my PC.
  8. OMG, How Do I Compete?

    Had a regular customer (mostly A-Frames & Banners) ask for a quote on some coros last month. I putzed around and never got back to him. Now last week I see the signs around town. So, I drop him a line: "Sorry to not get back to you in time for that coro job... what did you end up paying...
  9. 4over & BEPO

    Anyone using the 4over "BEPO" program on your website?? Any success stories, or is it a waste of time. It looks pretty easy to setup, but will anyone use it to buy anything?? https://trade.4over.com/orders/bepo.php
  10. translation help - Spanish

    We made a banner a while ago that the customer is happy with, and now they want another one, exactlt the same... Except in Spanish...! Here it is in English: "Sign the red light camera petition here" I googled a bit and called a friend, but still want to make sure this looks ok to someone...
  11. What does this look like

    Closest I could get was Parade, but the serifs are too fat. It may be stretched... THX!
  12. Customer Doesn't Want To Pay Sales Tax

    I have the customer a quote in an email for a banner, and later when she asked me the total I sent her the Quickbooks Invoice showing the Banner and the Tax. She says "ok... let me just pass it by everyone else. I thought the quote you had given me included tax so that was what I told the...
  13. Customer's Geometry FAIL

    Custy sends me a 2.4" x1.8" 300dpi JPG and wants me to make them a couple 24x24 banners... Now I can understand them being stupid about the JPG versus EPS thing, but even a 10yo should understand that a 2.4x1.8" rectangle will not make a 24x24 square Hello!... SQUARE... RECTANGLE...
  14. Conversation with a wholesale customer

    Customer: <sends email with an attached TIF logo> "Can I get this file vectorized" Me: yes.. $25 2 hrs later Customer: "The customer canceled when he relised he would have to pay for it." WTF!? Did my wholesale customer think that I was going to vectorize it for free?
  15. CNC'd Vinyl Rack Done

    1st one is done and loaded up... They turned ou great, but I think I really want to add the PVC end caps to keep the pipe from sliding left/right.
  16. Is this one of Steve's??

    This reminds me of one of Steve's SignFonts....
  17. Hey flatbed CNC guys

    I want to make a couple vinyl racks so I drew them up and have everything laid out on a 4x8 sheet. My plan was to find a local guy with a 4x8 flatbed CNC to cut it out for me. 3/4" plywood. My questions: 1. Can he use an EPS file? 2. How close can I pack things together in the...
  18. Using a Solvent Printer to make transparencies

    Would it be possible to make transparencies using my Mutoh 1604 Solvent Printer?? I am imagining a 24" roll of something clear, then print a rich black. Is the ink too translucent? What material would work?
  19. Transparencies for 18x24

    Since I will be cutting black 651 vinyl to make transparencies I am looking for some mylar or film that I can use to mount the vinyl to. An 18" or 24" roll of some .01 clear film would be perfect... The tip earlier to use glass (or maybe acrylic) sounds like a good idea...with one exception...
  20. Homemade Coro One Color Screen Press

    Built a home-made one color press (using the loosest definition of the word) to screen print 18x24 bandit signs... $10 A simple 30x40 melamine base from Home Depot $22 A set of Jiffy Clamps $0 Some scrap Rowmark 1/8 spacers (to build up off contact) $0 Some more Rowmark to use as a guid to...
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