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  1. Vinyl install toolbox

    That's a sweet looking cart, but damn they're pricey!
  2. Vinyl install toolbox

    We use mobile job boxes kinda like this, same brand, but this one looks shorter. The compartment in the lid is great for extra blades, knives, and tiny stuff. Has a removable tray inside for small tools, tape measures, tapes, squeegees & stuff. Bottom has plenty of room for bigger stuff, heat...
  3. Discussion Are Facebook ads really worth for running Sign company Ads?

    Paying for FB ads doesn't always reach your target audience, and yes, like pw66 said, every other competitor paying for ads will hit the same people the algorithm thinks will fit, so you just made it the same as looking up "sign companies" in a phone book, and paid more for it. Having a FB...
  4. Grainy prints engineer visited

    To save ink, just make a smaller swatch of the most problematic color/ colors for testing, or just use scrap material if you have any laying around, that way you won't be using as much ink or media while you're troubleshooting. Since you just had a tech in, and if it does that on all media...
  5. Grainy prints engineer visited

    Yes, try some of what garyroy says.... Also, Rolands are notorious for printing more grainy when print temp is too low, and worse for glossy material. Don't remember what temps I used, been a minute since I ran a Roland, but raising it till I found that sweet spot for problem media eliminated a...
  6. No yellow. Very strange

    Whenever you mess with cables, make sure the printer is unplugged for a while first. Any stray voltage when you disconnect/ connect them can fry fuses, or a board. Figure that info might be helpful
  7. Mimaki CJV Clean Refresh

    We have 2 CJV's and I use nothing but the refresh every hour, that uses virtually no ink. As long as your head caps are good, and if you print daily, that's all you really need. The only exception for me is long weekends, or if I'm going on vacation, then I'll turn the auto clean on, light...
  8. One time ink chips Mimaki SS21

    Yes, you can do that. It won't show expired till it's a year old.
  9. Hard wearing mouse-friendly vinyl

    I'd consider using something like a polycarb floor laminate over a cast vinyl. Would probably last a lot longer with a mouse sliding across it all day.
  10. Lifting Oracal Reflective Vinyl

    Is it a new trailer, or an older one that may have some surface oxidation? Even a small amount of oxidation will cause anything to lift/ bubble. I run a buffer over them quick when they're not in shiny new condition. Are the exterior panels painted, or powder coated? If it's a new/ newer one...
  11. Question static electricity on sheets of coro....

    Is your office area attached to the warehouse? Build a room off of that wall it off, run suspended ceilings, insulate, and add ducts to the office HVAC. That way it's a contained area (with AC) that'll be easier to control temp, humidity, dust. You can still run freestanding humidifiers if you...
  12. External Monitor for HP Flatbed 500

    That's interesting FrankW... If that's how they're set up, touch screens with VGA/ RS232 are pretty common for use in kiosks, POS systems, and equipment use. Used to use those in trade show exhibits before everything went USB and HDMI. Unfortunately, the issue getting one to work would be the...
  13. Question static electricity on sheets of coro....

    Back when I dealt with pallets of coro. sintra, and other static prone materials, we used those ionizing anti-static guns. We had a couple variations, one was just a blow gun attached to an air hose that we could use anywhere, the CNC even had an air hose with one attached, and big units that...
  14. Do you give customers little samples with their orders?

    One of these days I'm gonna hook that big ol' neon transformer up to that POS iMac, see if it'll glow :cool:
  15. Do you give customers little samples with their orders?

    I have your hot sauce assistant Stacey... That's actually a good way to get people to remember your business, and kinda fun. One of the places I order car parts from for my toy at home always comes with a handful of little bags of Skittles.
  16. Are all marketing departments slow??

    Some are like dealing with committees, they let too many get involved, all have their own vision, none can agree on anything, and everything stalls.
  17. Outgassing in 6 hours?

    There really is no set number of hours for for solvent to evaporate, the 24 hour thing just covers pretty much all scenarios. It's all dependent on ink, coverage, temp settings on the printer, print speed, shop temp, humidity. Just like paints, conditions dictate cure times. Over the decades I...
  18. Improving precesion of old summa cutters

    If you had to shim the rollers you put in, they're not right. That could eventually wear other parts, not clamp properly, cause twisting in the roller or holder which will cause media to not track straight... (If one roller is crooked, it's like driving a car with one wheel not pointing...
  19. Lead Graphic Designer

    That takes all the fun out...
  20. Lead Graphic Designer

    You can make grilled cheese sammiches on the hood of your car for lunch ;)
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