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  1. Vinyl on Corrugated Metal Building Peeling/Shrinking

    I'd agree with a lot of what is listed above other than the statement that calendared films aren't good for outdoors....I do agree that with the shape of this metal wall that a cast would have been a better decision for sure, but if it was flat, there are plenty of polymeric calendared film...
  2. HP Latex 800 upgrade to Canon Colorado 1650

    There are a few ways to do double sided printing on the Colorado...there is an element of measuring and making sure you have your files setup correctly. I've got a few customers who swear by it and a few that say it is harder than it should be. I can put you in touch with a few people or even...
  3. Best vinyl for temporary museum wall wraps.

    Retac is thicker, more opaque, and less expensive than PhotoTex. The adhesive performs the same. It's a killer product for walls.
  4. Pulling the trigger on a printer? When is the right time?

    I can't answer your question as I'm not a user, but I'd love any opportunity to put some solvent, resin, or UV printer information in front of you as we blanket the midwest.
  5. HP Latex 800 upgrade to Canon Colorado 1650

    One part you aren't considering is the cost-per-square foot in ink. Most of my customers claim $.07-$.08/ft2 which is going to be half or more than half of a typical solvent printer. If you are paying around $.20/ft2 for ink, that's the equivalent of saving roughly $75/roll in ink (54"x150')...
  6. new roland truvis machine coming should I get white

    A a distributor of Roland printers, I would say skip the white unless you know you are going to use it. If you don't, you'll go through about 2 cartridges of white a year just in the spitting process.
  7. New (still in crate) CWT 1640 Worktable

    The customer is willing to sell the unit (brand new and still in crate) for $18,000.00. This will save you around $3,000 vs. a new unit.
  8. New (still in crate) CWT 1640 Worktable

    I've got a customer in Grand Rapids, MI, who purchased a CWT worktable model 1640 which they never took out of the crate. It was purchased for a job which never came in. They are looking to sell the unit at a modest discount. If anyone would like to know more, please email me and I'll put you...
  9. UV flatbed

    Handtop is a well established printer manufacturer in China...easy to fix yourself and customizable. Most certainly worth a look.
  10. UV flatbed

    Typically unlaminated UV inks will last outdoors for about 2 years before fade begins. With a UV laminate, you can get closer to 5 years. UV inks are usually pretty durable and scratch resistant, so if the graphics are not going to be handled much, then you may not need to laminate. The...
  11. Need recommendation for entry level flatbed cutter

    I've got a customer in Michigan looking to sell a CWT Apex router...it appears to be the Iecho device. it has a conveyor for rolls of prints and works well. He's asking $40K for the unit. I'd have to check on Caldera compatability....you can email me if you want to learn more.
  12. Vinyl for raw wood outside

    These scenarios make me cringe....as a guy who sells adhesive vinyl, I love when the question is "here's a really hard surface to stick to....but it needs to be removable". You should set the expectation that it is a very difficult surface to adhere to and you need to choose - make it stick...
  13. Question Kala Mistral 1600HR: any good?

    Okay...so i've seen that unit once. It is a very different unit than the 1650 models. What people love about the 1650 is the ability to reset the nip so the machine runs perfectly straight whenever you need to (not very often and it only takes a minute). I'd make sure this entry-level unit...
  14. Question Kala Mistral 1600HR: any good?

    Honestly I don't know what the 1600 HR is....all of the models we sell in the US are the Mistral, Arkane, or Atlantic 1650 with an occasional 2100. I don't see a 1600 on their website.
  15. Lamination issues

    Your nip is likely out of alignment and needs to be reset. What laminator is it?
  16. Kala Laminator Won't Feed

    Call the dealer you purchased it from....should be an easy fix. I'd check the tension on your supply shafts...it might be that someone has the tension cranked to the max and the machine is unable to pull the material through. Less is more when it comes to infeed tension. I can also provide...
  17. Question Kala Mistral 1600HR: any good?

    I'm a bit of a laminator snob....I worked for Seal for 20 years and sold thousands of laminators. I never thought I'd sell any other brand of laminators other than Seal and then I met the Kala guys. The machines have the only real innovation in laminators in at least a decade. They are easy...
  18. Canon Colorado M Series.

    The M3 base unit is going to be around $47K all-in....but that is glossy only and slow (no white). The full blown fast machine with white is going to have a street price of $72K all-in (delivered, installed, trained, inked up etc). The promotions are really aggressive right now through the end...
  19. Best UV Printers for Braille Signs

    I sell them, I don't use them. If you are within an hour of a Canon service office, I'd expect service results within a day or two max....sometimes they are there same-day.
  20. Best UV Printers for Braille Signs

    The Canon Arizona flatbeds, when utilizing the Touchstone software, does braille very well. Problem is a 4x8 bed is likely larger than most ADA people want
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