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Oracal 3551 Rapid Air, Briteline Intermediate Wrap Film - two good choices with low price points.

We have a customer that wants us to print a polycarbonate face for a compass. The inks must be resistant to mineral oil or the vinyl and inks must be resistant to mineral oil. Anyone have any ideas what will work? We have Gerber Edge, a Roland Eco Solvent, a Mimaki UV roll to roll, and a...

Can also print on clear and apply that to SignGold and then cut it out (using cropmarks/barcode)

We use mostly 3M ScotchLite 680CR series - removes well, air release so lays well, comforms better than others. Have used Oralite 5650 and Avery reflectives, but changed with no regrets

If your guys clean it properly, including crevices and edges, remove some parts, how can you do it in less than a day (unless you have a NASCAR crew)? If a customer bulks at the time explain that if the vehicle is not properly prepped then they will get a poor wrap with bumps from dirt spots and...

We never promise a full wrap in one day. technically the vehicle should sit overnight in your shop before having the customer pick it up. Over 50% of our customers don't pick their vehicles up on the day they are supposed to... better to call a customer and let them know you need another day...

You are going to love the addition of the flatbed printer. It let's you print onto signs up to 4x8 (or5x10ft) without having to layout and apply the individual graphics. Fast. We do a fair number of Real Estate and Lot signs on ours. If they are going to be up for just a year, then we don't...

When we send to Versa Works and Raster Link the first dialogue box has a box to check for Selection Only. When we send to Onyx it does not and so we go File Export and drop it in the hot folder - during this process a dialogue box comes up and we choose selection only...

Put 3 layers of Application Tape on the back of the magnets and then they do not stick. Keep your runs kinda short if possible. Help support the weight of the magnet by having one person feed another catch. keep your fingers away from the knife while it is cutting... We use a force of 48 and...

You have gotten two great suggestions: the Cannon M series and the Epson S60600/S80600 (the first Epson comes with dual CMYK heads, the second has more ink colors to hit a broader range of colors). If you are doing a lot of wraps, the Epsons are a great choice. If not, the Cannon will walk...

Pull the masking off the polycarbonate and let offgas for at least 24-48 hours before applying graphics. Clean the sign face - we use alcohol but you could use something like Matthews Paint and Plastic Primer. Apply the graphics. if that is not firm enough for you, you could use a vinyl for low...

We always cut to shape first, then print. You will damage pieces if you always fabricate after printing. Create the shapes in your design software, send to the fabricator, print a jig on your flatbed printer, print the piece - works 100% of the time...

Yes. Have to figure for the printing taking longer to print and you may have anywhere from 1-4 layers of white to get the desired effect

Looks like Oraguard 290 is over $400 for a 36" roll. We buy the 30" Oraguard as it has been more widely available. Grimco Offers Briteline WrapCast Overlaminate in Optically Clear - a 54" roll is about the same price as the mentioned 290, but for about $20 Grimco will slice the rolls to 36" and...

Some of these do this when you first start the computer and the printer and the solution is to do a restart on the computer. You might have to do this start computer, start printer, restart the computer every day (assuming this works).

I would use a high performance white vinyl, not an intermediate with RA (raipd Air, aka air egress channels). I would also clean it with glass cleaner first and alcohol second (to remove waxes) and post form heat to get the adhesive to fully tack. Wiper blades will wipe off and/or damage vinyl...

First thing to do is find out what sign supply companies deliver in your area. You can also look up to see if you have acrylic distributors or fabricators local to you (we do and sometimes they have better prices). Acrylic sheets are expensive to ship... A fabricator could be particularly useful...

PET Banner material. We use stands much like the Orbus stands. We use 24" and 30" wide units the most

I remember those. I remember the early Gerber plotters too - manual weights you put on top of the blade holders. It was a big deal when we could finally scan a logo and reproduce it.

Pastel colors are printed using fewer ink drops per square ink, thus they reveal issues in material prep more readily. Static usually causes your print to look fuzzy (like an old TV) and leaves overspray after some areas (the static causing some droplets to miss their mark or make an odd shape...