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  1. Suggestions Adding slitters to roll laminator?

    The take up reel on there looks like it wouldn't hold a full roll. On our new rs... When printing on reflective, we can't do a full roll because about 130ft in the rolls too big and starts hitting the outeed table, that one looks smaller... Unless it's just the angle. Looks good though -...
  2. Suggestions Adding slitters to roll laminator?

    We have one on our new Royal sovereign at work... Not only is it 4x faster (less than 5 mins to laminate a full roll) it has 4 cutters on it.... And I have to say they're awesome. They use a proprietary blade that costs like $20.... And the mechanism to engage / disengage also sucks, you have...
  3. Selling a flatbed?

    We bought a used flatbed, we ran one city over, 45 minute drive. It's Not bad... Didn't even drain the ink lines, our machine had supports that you bolted in that kept the Gantry stable, we threw a tarp over it forklifted onto a flat deck and then forklifted it off in our location. It was scary...
  4. Cutter or Router: Colex v Shop Sabre

    We use a multicam - It does aluminum great, and print and cut aluminum. We replaced our mister with air cooling and we still cut 20-30 5x10 sheets of aluminum a day, havent noticed more wear and tear on the bit... buying pre-etched aluminum speeds it up a lot. We do lots of print and cut on...
  5. Laser cutting vinyl?

    Some people cut vinyl on their laser.... some don't. At the very least, you're putting more wear and tear on your machine that you don't have to.... so why do it? Theres a lot of PVC vinyls out there that are pretty cheap - I use avery 3901 For cheap coro signs, lasers fine... doesnt rust my...
  6. Canon Colorado

    For what its worth, my printhead is in perfect condition - I dont print 8 hours a day on it, but I've done probably 200+ rolls. Where as on my Latex machine I was swapping out every 1-2 months with my usage, my Epson is still going strong without 1 missed nozzle - saying that... I dont know...
  7. Canon Colorado

    Haha... How are you liking the Epson? I've always heard it's better to buy 3 19k printers than 1 60k printer if they're the same machine.... Faster print time, less cost, if one goes down you have 2 others and your production isn't halted.... Easy to color correct so they're all 3 the same...
  8. Can you use transfer tape in a laser?

    Transfer tape is fine - vinyl is not. You're not supposed to laser vinyl because of the PVC in it, it releases chlorine gas - the glue is perfectly fine, and transfer tape is paper so you're ok. Id stay away from the clear transfer tape just because I'm not sure if it has PVC... But your...
  9. Ghost Reflective - Dark Gray Truck

    Grey will be fine. So the road signs you see .. those are all printed. You get just as much reflectivity as the colored stock almost, except for black of course. We've done thousands of police cars, all are printed and work fine.
  10. Ghost Reflective - Dark Gray Truck

    But a color muse for $50, can the paint color, and use those values for your print. You will have to tweak it a bit once you get the base values since your printer probably isn't calibrated perfectly, and greys are always the hardest to hit nicely .. but with a cheap color scanner you can get...
  11. Tipping Question

    Ive been tipped a few times... Not at my "job job" but my side install gigs, customer will give a $250 on a $230 install and just say keep the change. At my official company everything is paid through the office - I imagine we'd get more tips if we were collecting payment though.
  12. Sinalite is a POS! I need a new printer

    rover stopped doing "free" shipping to Canada on certain items... No more all inclusive stuff, and their shipping is insane. That pretty much leaves sinalite in Canada ...
  13. What are some ways to show gratitude to past clients?

    I do the opposite. At least once a year I buy the techs that work on our printers pizza, sales reps from the few bigger places we buy free lunch somewhere, etc. The owner used to question it saying they should be the ones buying us stuff.... I can't count how many times they drop by to look at...
  14. Raises?

    I always hated when employers didn't give cost of living, even to a shitty employee.... If they're so bad they deserve a downrank in pay, they should be fired. We typically will do cost of living and use that as their "warning", if they don't improve... Then we know not even money as a...
  15. Raises?

    If you don't match what the current inflation rate is... Your employee is getting a demotion. Inflation is 3.5% in USA I believe? So at least a 3.5% raise unless its a shitty employee.... That's just to break them even. Then you throw another few percent for their actual raise. For...
  16. Questions for making stickers.

    Upload some photos of the issues you're having,.it's the best way for us to see what's going on and point it out
  17. Questions for making stickers.

    For #3 - cheap media can curl... As can too much ink saturation. How long did you wait from print to laminate? If you laminated right away that's one the the biggest causes of curl up / shrinking media... As you need to let the ink full dry. Try using the same combo, but let the material sit for...
  18. Stomp shear vs panel saw

    We use a panel saw and a sheer... Our sheer is only 30" wide. So we panel it into a size that fits then sheer it. The sheer makes a nice clean cut, it doesn't crush the edges and it requires zero sanding unlike our panel saw. Didn't realize stomp sheers were so cheap.... May buy a 5 ft one and...
  19. 1105 ON HP 700W DARK COLOURS BANDING

    Never had an issue on 180. That being said... If I've learned anything about hp printers, one may print length perfectly while the other doesn't.... one may print certain colors perfectly while one doesn't... So even if it prints fine for me, it may not for you. But I'm willing to try still...
  20. More HP FB700 mess - Outdoor Plus better than Indoor Plus?!?

    What's your nozzle pattern look like? Looks like quite a bit of over spray
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