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I have made templates for these in the past by applying transfer tape to the indented logo and trace the letters with a sharpie. Then pull the tape off and scan the letters to recreate in illustrator. Now it's much easier to just buy the decal kit online and charge the customer for...

FASTSIGNS, can usually negotiate special pricing with their preferred vendors that independent shops and smaller franchises can't get, but I doubt those discounts get passed on to the customers.

Have the color muse, basic model. It's very handy to have in the field and in situations where close is good enough. The free app has built-in color charts for most of the big-name home paint brands but you have to pay extra for an annual subscription to get Pantone colors. The app does give...

Maybe try reducing the saturation or increasing the number of passes which would allow you to reduce the amount of heat for drying. Do a test print to see what is the lowest saturation setting you can use before the color quality gets to be unacceptable.

I found that the lowest price tier in the Signcraft guide to be at the higher end of pricing for my area. I don't think SignCraft has actually updated their pricing guide in years, it's like they just use outdated pricing and just increase the numbers for inflation. It does not take into...

Some of the towns I deal with for permitting require that a copy of the sign permit be kept onsite. Since the pandemic, most towns have switched to an online permitting system that anyone can look up and print a copy of the permits. I don't see any reason to not give them a copy of the permit.

I use Fontbase, at first I had a lot of issues like you describe when I was using it to manage fonts stored on a shared network drive. I copied all the fonts from the shared drive to the default Fontbase folder on my computer and it works fine that way.

I use "Right Off" adhesive remover to get the primer off, spray and let soak for a few minutes. I once had to unwrap a van that looked like the installer used a 4-inch wide paintbrush to apply the primer 94.

Check your plotting software to see if there is a setting to plot the letters in order to minimize the back and forth movement. You may be able to set to plot in sections: plot all the letters in the first 4 feet of the roll before advancing to the second 4 foot section. Some plotter programs...

Heat is the main issue. In addition to increasing the number of passes to reduce the heat needed for curing, you can also reduce the saturation of that media profile to reduce the temperature. Also having the material attached to the take-up to keep tension will also help.

The few times I tried photopaper on a Latex I had a lot of problems with head strikes, the paper tends to buckle with the ink. I had to turn down the saturation to avoid head strikes. Photo paper may require some experimentation the get a good combination of material and printer settings. I...

Running window perf on HP560 I found that it important to use the take-up reel to keep tension on the material so it wouldn't buckle under the heaters. I would just stand there pulling on the perf to keep tension until I could attach it the take-up, or just feed out a couple of feet and attach...

A little bit heat and it should just peel off. It may leave behind some adhesive which will come off with some adhesive remover. I doubt that 18 months would be long enough to create a ghost image from the paint fading around the graphic, but a light ghost image could be buffed out by a...

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Try cutting some 1/2 inch and 1/4 inch text in times new roman and see how well it cuts and weeds

If you are sending each panel as separate file you can set up two hot folders, one for the right side up panels and one for the 180 rotate. I think the flip every other file only works if you are creating the panels in onyx.

If it's just for an occasional job with long run like that I would just slow the plotter speed down and stand there and babysit it, guiding by hand into the basket or just let fall onto the floor. If you do jobs like this all the time then a take up system may be worth the investment.

The kala mistrial is a great laminator, with it you don't need a second laminator for spare parts.

It can be done either way, I prefer to butt the panels together as the overlap can be more noticeable. But I know some installers prefer to install with a half inch overlap.

If a premium vinyl is available in the colors you need, I would prefer that over printed/laminated vinyl. It would last longer, and the color would be consistent for a fleet job.