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Working with an older VP-540 VersaCamm and yesterday I started getting this weird message after trying to start a print: Printer is disconnected. Check for cause. We had just printed an 18' long banner with no problem before I switched media and was starting a run of decals. I've restarted my...

I know, I know, it should not take a year and a half to make a new sign for yourself, but the procrastination is over.

Hey all, I have a client who is a car salesperson who is trying to start a cottage industry for supplying dealerships with printed and contour cut reusable decals for the pricing you see up in the corner of the windshield, specials, etc. The dilemma I see is even if I use a low tack adhesive...

We just put the final paint touches on this sweet little HDU sign for a client. After it was done, I realized how cool it would have looked if we had done the black background of the address in black smaltz.

I don't know if anybody has had this issue, but every time we try to thin solvent based FrogJuice with the recommended solvent, Mineral Spirits, it congeals in the container, gets lumpy, milky in color and basically unusable. This has occurred over the span of a year with several cans worth of...

More of a rant than a request for input, but I'm all ears at this point as the client(s) are driving me up a wall. We were engaged to design this logo and were first given pretty simple instructions. They want a wave, a tree and the mountains behind the tree represented somehow. "We want the...

I guess this falls into the portfolio category. Here is the link to our newly launched website. We had some struggles with our developer as he and and his team are geeks not designers. There was a really nice template they were supposed to use and mirror, but a few things didn't get handled...

Hey all, just can't put my finger on this one. Its so obvious, but I had tooth pulled yesterday and am not thinking clearly again yet.

I've got a colleague wanting to sell me his used Gerber EDGE for $500.00 with a box of foils, an old CPU (don't need it) for it, and an ancient 4B ( really don't need that). He says it runs fine, but he hasn't run any test prints off it for me yet. It looks clean but has been stored for...

Hey all, For some reason the take up reel on RSC 1400L isn't keeping up with our feed roller. The liner slowly starts creeping towards the main rollers and if not caught would end up in between the lam and print. I can't find anything in the owner's manual on making adjustments for feed or...

I'm trying to find a better supplier of all my consumables for our Gerber Ion Solara and came across this company with what appears to be incredible pricing on everything I need for it and it looks like their pricing on Roland and other brand name ink is similarly good. Anybody use them, is it...

Hey, My normal supplier is always notoriously low, out of stock or slow on certain consumable items for our Gerber Ion Solara. Any recommendations?

I'm curious how others react to the ad by Computerized Cutters, Inc. for their channel letter bending machine and the fairly insulting description of the "human" worker they are comparing their machine to. Aside from the derogatory stereotypes being used, their overt use of the Made in America...

We have a good customer building a cool pizza/brewpub/music venue that we're doing a complete signage package for who just dropped off a cheapo 3M yellow plastic hardhat that he wants us to put a cut vinyl logo on for his partner. Its more of a gag, but I want to take care of him. I just cannot...

Hi, Our search for a decent clearcoat (mostly for scratch protection) on direct print stuff coming off our flatbed continues. We've tried rolling on Frog Juice, One Shot clear and others with mixed results. It seems like putting it on DiBond is our worst experience. It either sets up too fast...

So after years of struggling with accuracy on rock walls with irregular surfaces, we tried something today and it worked like a charm. Before we started drilling with the masonry bit and hammer drill, my partner went along and used a carbide tipped ceramic tile bit instead of a punch to give me...

We just returned from installing this and I must say, this one turned out really well. As my wife was putting the colors on and it was progressively getting more and more finished, I couldn't help but think of how simple, yet elegant and pleasing it was looking.

After doing this stuff throughout the entire ADA era, I am constantly amazed at how many project managers for even major construction companies don't even think about getting all the required signs until the day before their inspections. Big or small, local or not, everywhere I've ever worked...