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I live near the lighting capital of the world which is Tampa. Fla. I have had the power company company come out and install a different type of meter that has special surge protection and it comes with something saying that if any equipment is damages it is covered up to around $10,000...

I have always used FrontPage for building web sites for the past 7 years but this time I found a something that is much faster and it had more tools for doing more things. It's called Pagebuzz.com and I found it after looking an other site which I thought looked cool. I tried it for a few...

I need some postive advice. Should I purchase a Mutoh printer or a Roland Versacamm? Both printers appear to be great and I am just not sure which one to buy. Please let me hear the postives and negatives of each. I understand about needing a plotters for the Mutoh but I really need to...

I have never used a Gerber Edge 2 printer so I have a few questions. I have a chance to purchase this printer for under $2,000 dollars and it prints fine with no problems but it does not come with a plotter. This printer was just serviced and appears to work fine but my question is what else...

How different is the printing quality between and SP-300 two head model and the four head printer. I understand the speed difference but how about just the print quality between these two printers. Is the four head model that much better for print quality...

I am going to lease a new Roland Versacamm and have a few questions before I do. What you lease from a local dealer or simply look for the best deal no matter where the dealer is located and why? I have already looked a few used Roland Versacamms and some were over 5 years old and some just...

When you produce a vector image in Corel and send it to a mimaki printer and plotter how are you putting a cut line around it for the plotter to see? I have been putting a white contour line around my images which you can see in wireframe but you cannot see in the normal view. Is there a...

I am using CorelDraw version 12 and all of my images are done in vector. I am sending these images to a Mimaki printer cutter and need some help with how to put the cut contour line around each image so that the cutter can cut it. I have read how to do this using the contour tool in Corel...

For those of you looking to learn more about CorelDraw without spending any money check out Utube and do a search for CorelDraw. There is one guy named Alex who has posted many videos on doing all kinds of neat stuff and if you open your Corel program and minuimize the screen and also...

I purchased Tom Knights bundle of video's on using Corel and they are great. I did not know that the plugins would not work with CorelDraw 12 so I guess I will have to spring for either X-3 OR X-4 Since all of his video's were made using X-3 do you think everything would also work in X-4...

Could someone walk me through the steps to put the cut contour lines around an image for sending it to a cutter? This is something the printer has been doing for me but I was wondering if I could do this step and then just send it to the printer. Thanks Jim

I have a question that has been on my mind and I really do not know the answer. How many times a week are you not using your VersaCamm and what problems do you run into if let's say you don't use it every other day or so? I am going to purchase a VersaCamm V 300 but will not be using it more...

I have been using CorelDraw 12 for the past few years and I like it. Today I received an email from a company named Purplus Software and they are offering Corel Graphics Suite X4 for $149.95 Is this the teacher version? I would like to hear from others who have purchased software from them...

I use Corel to create vector images and love using the program but I find myself using Photo-Paint very little. My question is if I wanted to use a some of the features in Photo-Paint such the flames would I have to convert my vector image to a raster image to do it? The more I work with...

Do signs made with the Epson decal imager pro model 9800 last as long outside as say signs made with a VersaCamm or must they be laminated to get the same life out of? Any other comments on the Epson would be helpful. Jimbo

I was wondering if Roland still supports and services the Roland ColorCamm 600 or it is hard to get parts for. I also understand that this is considered old technolgy and some of these machines could be problems. I know someone that has of these machines and wants me to purchase it and I...

I have CorelDraw version 12 and there are a few fonts I like to use such as marking pen and cornerstone. When I send things to the printer who uses Corel X3 they tell me that they do not have these fonts in X3 I have been changing the fonts to something else but I was wondering if there is a...

I have a few questions about the Gerber Edge machine. 1. Do they cost more per SF to operate then a Roland? 2. Which model would you purchase if you were looking for a used model and why. For the type of work I would be doing the Gerber size wise would work great using 15" material. I...

When I send an image for printing that is a 300 dpi and done in RGB colors in Corel to the printer I was wondering what settings they use to change the image? What are they using to convert the image into CMYK Jim