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  1. png file when exported puts a yellow box behind bitmap

    I can't figure this out. Customer sent me a png file, I set up a proof for a decal in Signlab, sent them a pdf proof and get the job. I send the png, the pdf and I also exported the file as a jpg and a tiff and every time I import it into Flexi it puts a yellow background around the copy...
  2. Weekends

    During the winter months I don't mind coming in on a Saturday for a few hours to play catch up, but I don't generally take on customer work as all suppliers are closed and if I need something I am out of luck. From Mid may to sept. I won't come in at all, unless I need to get tools to do...
  3. need a general idea what a dye sub pillow will cost

    Gino, of course I will pay the piper. The customer, who is a friend but also a very good friend of the designer who left it a little too long never asked about a price. I just was curious what a piece this large generally goes for? I never do anything without knowing a price, but when...
  4. need a general idea what a dye sub pillow will cost

    I had to get a single sided white back pillow cover done for a display that is about 10' x 8'. The people I normally use were jammed so I took it to another large wholesale printer and they came through, but their price for the same item was almost 3 times as high. It puts me in a bind but...
  5. JV3-130SP new ink reads near end

    I get this with 3rd party ink at times and usually turn the main power off on the printer and take out the cartridge, re-insert and then power up and back to normal. My printer is 10 years old and the 3rd party ink is less than half of OEM ink, so I don't worry to much if I have to replace the...
  6. Discussion Thought I'd try something a little easier.......................

    Sales of Playboy and Penthouse would sky rocket lol
  7. Can a cut file change over the years?

    If you look close at the wire frame everything is perfect... File is never resized either. The plotter cuts just about everything else perfectlly. I will say that on some files that have a lot of copy that were sent to us as eps files I generally break the paths and then re-make the path as...
  8. Can a cut file change over the years?

    I have a couple of files I can think of that over the years get more and more screwy... I just finished weeding 25 logos for a customer that I have been cutting for well over ten years. They take a long time to cut and are a bit intricate with quite a bit of copy. I can see in this particular...
  9. Summa D160R accuracy problem

    It may have misread one of the crop marks is all I can think of. Mine has done that usually when I am not watching and it somehow finds a crop mark that is not there...sometimes it actually picks up the edge of laminate as the mark.
  10. Just removed a 4x4 decal off a brand new ford f150 and....

    It's outside until I work on it Saturday...So the same customer has this Lube truck brought in...Brand new from the dealer... So as I am looking at what the customer mocked up I see that there are these 2 rather large decals on the back end of the box, so I call her to say that the decals have...
  11. Just removed a 4x4 decal off a brand new ford f150 and....

    Never ever have I seen this before..... I have to take off the 2 4x4 decals on the rear of the bed of a pickup and I just used a heat gun on the low setting and basically peeled the decal off in one piece ( nice vinyl too BTW). So now there is a yellow discouloring left behind...sort of like...
  12. Problem with removing glue from a Graphtec FC8600 or which ever cutter

    you can try wearing a disposable glove too, they create enough friction so your thumb does not get sore...and speaking of these teflon strips...why the hell do they cost so much? I have no idea where they would be used anywhere else as I did a search years ago and found nothing.....
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    After Life Narcos Mexico
  14. Need Help Signlab CDL files

    I'm on 8 and it reads all the old files...mind you some of the font names must have been changed over the years as my really old files from the century before can have issues finding fonts..not all but some
  15. trailer rivet question

    I would love to hear the techniques people use to go over a line of rivets. I have no idea how it is done without getting the vinyl to bunch up creating those tiny wrinkles. Do you heat the area first before applying pressure. I even get the wrinkles using a foam roller I bought specifically...
  16. I'm a blessed man today...

    My best to you Jim, and your family. I hope your son finds the strength and counselling to live on. Very scary indeed.
  17. trailer rivet question

    How do you deal with the silicone along the top of the trailer where the aluminum panels meet the raw aluminum trim. '
  18. trailer rivet question

    I took them out and the install worked out fine. As mentioned I am not a wrap guy, so dealing with rivets has always been an issue. Not sure how you get them around large screws like these without getting the crimping of the vinyl.
  19. trailer rivet question

    They are the screw type that a robertson screwdriver works perfect on. I always remove, but with such a large area my concern is that they are there to secure the panels to something inside....but if you guys say it's OK then I am good to go. I am using cast vinyl with cast laminate.
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