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  1. Discussion Do you advertise your capabilities in your shop/offices?

    my shop is an absolute pig sty, there are old signs plastered all over the walls, but not in any show off way, more like i can't throw this out, pick up a hammer and closest nail and fill an empty spot on the wall. one wall looks like an abortion, it has a large banner covering the wall (8x12)...
  2. Suggestions Time to update, Latex or Solvent?

    you had to do it.... merchant members can, you can't
  3. Suggestions Time to update, Latex or Solvent?

    i never have any problems with the touch screen or loading, i had three 25500's before this one, i liked them, but this is an upgrade for sure. the kinks have been worked out in my book.
  4. Suggestions Time to update, Latex or Solvent?

    I got an HP 315 20 months ago. 65K sq feet printed, about 43 carts later, haven't replaced a head, zero issues. $9999 with free take up unit, install took 4 hours because i helped the guy can't say enough on how much this thing rocks
  5. Sign post to Porch column

    I tried scrapping the first column and painting it black and it looked like a half asssed job, they needed to be sandblasted and that wasn't going to happen. I then looked into cutting out the posts and putting in new ones but the cost was looking to be close to a grand and that wasn't going to...
  6. Hello from Colorado

    Welcome, sounds like you may pi$s off a couple people by taking sign work away from sign companies, I don't have a problem with it if you do things right. Most of the time I find that companies who follow the path you are on end up making chit looking graphics, please make me wrong...
  7. Sign post to Porch column

    I took from the experience of building this sign post ----> https://signs101.com/threads/das-haus.147279/#post-1399279 to creating covers for my front porch rusty iron columns
  8. For Those Still on Win 7...

    3.1 was great, i"m sure if i had to use it now i'd last 34 seconds before taking a hammer to the tower, but back in the day it rocked
  9. Best material for cinder block wall

    granted this is on painted block wall, I put this on my shop wall a couple years ago to see how well the material would stick (DPF8000) and it hasn't lifted anywhere.
  10. Back in the business after 22 years away.

    that's like asking a chef if he can make a meal put it in a can and serve it when ever you want... i get it why paint when you can print, but there must be a market for old school somewhere
  11. If somebody has not paid for a sign, do we have the right to go take it back?

    i probably wouldn't now because it's not worth it and I don't put myself in that situation but back in the DOTCOM era I ripped a nice subsurface sign off of a wannabe online weather company main entrance wall. beautiful oak finish wall, left it with hammer marks and holes.... that's probably...
  12. Panels have mismatching colors. Printed from same file. Help!

    what does your test print look like?
  13. Who the f*&^ does this??

    faces kept blowing out because it was a crap sign from the get go, sign guy had to go back and replace because he guaranteed it wouldn't blow out again, made sure this time it didn't, made sure who ever touched the sign after him would think of him...
  14. Latex-Printed HIP unadhering from Powder-coated Signs

    are these the specs your using?
  15. ROFL.... "Print" shops

    I usually mark up 100% or pretty close to it. I don't get all the jobs, but when I do they are worth my time
  16. ROFL.... "Print" shops

    this is why we need basic income, there are too many people out there trying to run a business that should stay home and collect a check. might as well pay off all the student debt, cuz they didn't understand borrowing money meant you had to pay it back... people who work hard and do things...
  17. 2000 sq ft of printing, what are the best practices for long runs

    do a printhead test, if all looks good, fire away. heads in motion tend to stay in motion....
  18. What kind of employee (job title) am I looking for here?

    JOATMON Jack of all trades maser of none
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