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I've ran almost every make of machine out there and a lot of different RIPS so I'll throw my opinion out there for ya. If I had my personal choice setup I'd run an Epson S60600 (dual CMYK) printer on an Onyx RIP, a GFP 563th Laminator, and a Mimaki or Graphtec plotter. I would recommend that you...

Hoard it, like everyone else. It's kind of like how they sell hot dogs and hot dog buns in different quantity packages. ;)

You might have to contact the local representative for the company you're looking at using materials from. We use a lot of 3M, so the rep gets us all the sample books/product we need. Other manufacturers seem pretty easy to get swatch books from also.

I cant say it smells that bad compared to other solvent/eco-solvent printers I've ran or even latex printers. Our latex seemed to smell the worst of all our printers, I think it was the heat baking the vinyl/backer, but it sure smelled bad to me. S60600 does have nice integrated filters on top...

We had Mimaki JV3 printers that were old and slow but dependable. Our workload increased so much that we needed a faster machine. We looked at the machines available then and were undecided between the HP 360 and Epson 70670. HP sold the owner here on the "future of wide format printing -...

It should be a "solid" color, so you should be fine, but it wouldn't hurt to put a base color down first.

From our current vendor we are still paying the 88.93 each we used to pay from A.S.S. for 45m standard color foils. Transparent foils are $103 though.

Those examples are a LOT different from each other as far as style, so you might be better off hiring a freelance artist to just draw them for you in a similar style to either. Have you already bid this job? This can get quite pricey and time consuming. I know a great artist we've used to...

Yes, as stated above, Illustrator has updated the Pantone definitions over time when Pantone updates their definitions. So, older versions of Illustrator are using older definitions to determine the color values. If you open these older-version-created files, edit them, and do "save/save as"...

It should ask you how much is on the roll every time you load it. Measure it yourself if you aren't starting with a fresh roll. https://www.signcraft.com/vinyl-length-estimator/ I wrote a macro of the same thing for Excel that we use to do our year-end roll-over inventory.

Definitely a break room, makes it a lot easier to de-stress during breaks. After that, multiple restrooms are really nice. We have 2 mens rooms and 1 womens room. (14 male employees and 3 female employees) We have a conference room, but really it could be combined with the sales office. The most...

Once you understand what humidity looks like in vinyl loaded onto your printer it is easily recognizable.

I am assuming that by "scuffing" you mean head strikes. Head strikes are either caused by incorrect media profiles, humidity issues, or cheap/old media. Taping it to the take-up reel really doesn't help anything with this series of printer. First, use a quality material. Cheap vinyl...

Yes, hard to see in the daylight, but REALLY gets your attention in the right light or at night. Kinda like the "stealth" black reflective on black cop cars.

White on 3M IJ680CR-10 from an Epson s70675. (crazy looking effect!)

Spot white and color from an Epson s70675 on 3M clear (wet application). Sorry the photos aren't the best, our installers aren't photographers.

White on Clear from an Epson s70675. The new series should be even better, but we went for Dual-CMYK instead since we already have a printer that does white and we do way more wraps.

There are a few different manufacturers of similar gold vinyls and all of their vinyls are slightly different. They also offer different grades/styles of vinyls within their own brands, so it is best to request swatch books from each to have so that you can compare to what is on their trucks...

They were here pushing it to us again today... We told them we're sticking with 3M.

Arlon DPF8000, as mentioned above. I'm hoping the "screw a panel to the side" is a joke, lol.