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  1. Head Strikes?

    I can't figure out what is going. My printer keeps printing these marks in the exact same location on the media. Only today, since I've been printing on Arlon 6000XRP. However, I can't see anything on the media that would be causing this. Any ideas? It seems more mechanical, but what could be...
  2. HP L26500 Odor

    Hey Guys! I'm LOVING my new HP L26500. I love how I don't have to smell eco-solvent all day. However, one thing I do notice is that I'm now smelling media due to the high heat. Different medias have different smells but most get fairly strong. I run out of a 400 sq/ft garage. What are some...
  3. Summa D140R Error In Y Axis

    Alrighty, I've had a SummaCut Series D140R cutter for the last 2.5 years. The last 2 months, I've been getting an "Error In Y Axis" error every 3-5 opus cut jobs. I've been on the phone with Summa a few times about this issue and we can't figure it out. It isn't consistent, the motors and...
  4. Initializing Please Wait

    My printer is about 2 months old and my printer just alerted me that one of my print heads needs to be replaced. According to what I saw, it is within warranty and well before the normal time that it would need to be replaced (The only cartridge I've had to change so far is black). Anyways, I...
  5. Removing door handles 2011 Dodge Ram

    I'm doing a partial wrap on a 2011 Dodge Ram 3500. I'd like to remove the handles to make this install as clean as possible, but the door handles are kicking my butt. I can remove the door panel just fine, but once I'm inside there isn't really easy access to the door handles themselves and the...
  6. Flexi for Mac via Parallels

    Does anyone use Flexi 10 on their mac via Parallels? How does it work? My PC specs are pretty low so Flexi tends to "Not Respond" and crash sometimes when going from the Editor to the RIP. However, if I'm going to get a decent computer, I would much prefer spending money on a Mac than a new...
  7. Label Color!!!

    Hello! I'm doing some address labels for a friend and I'm having a hard time getting the colors right. I've attached a picture. The problem is with that ribbon in the design, it's either over-saturated, or it's the wrong color. The ribbon in the top label is PERFECT, but to get it this way, I...
  8. The next step...an employee

    So, I've been pondering the idea of an employee for a while, but I'm not sure in which area of my shop. Out of Sales, Production Manager, Installer, and Graphic Designer, I feel like a graphic designer has the most demand in our shop and would be the easiest to come by. It would free up a lot of...
  9. HP L26500 Blurring

    Hey all! I've just had my L26500 about a week now and I'm loving it. However, this evening, I'm running a bunch of decal jobs and this just started happening (see attached). The blurring is at the very beginning of the decal job and then cleans up pretty quickly. Right before it started...
  10. Cruise ship wrap

    So... the resort in my town does a pirate cruise every year and they want me to bid the job. The wrap is all banner material, held on by velcro. They reuse the prints for 3 years and then reprint. There is roughly 1950 sq/ft of banner and about 100 sq/ft of actual adhesive vinyl to fill in where...
  11. IJ180C vs 3751RA

    So, I was just about determined that IJ180C would be my new shop cast/wrap vinyl but I keep reading about people loving Oracal 3751RA for their wrap film. If it's equal or better to IJ180C, it's worth the savings. However, if it's harder to work with and can cause problems then the savings are...
  12. IJ180C vs IJ180Cv3

    I'm trying to decide what should be my standard media for wraps and high performance signage. Is there a difference in ease of installation between the IJ180C and IJ180Cv3? It LOOKS like IJ180C would be easier to install because the air channels look really big. Is that true?
  13. Wrapping a Truck Hood

    I just purchased a 55" RS Laminator. It's on the truck and headed this way. My salesman told me that everyone is using 54" media for doing wraps so I thought nothing of purchasing the 55" laminator. However, I just noticed that on my 2002 Dodge 2500, the depth of my hood on the edges pushes 57"...
  14. Remote Monitoring

    Can you remote monitor the L25500 and L26500. I thought I heard that somewhere that you can have it notify you if you are running low on ink or media. Is that true? For both machines?
  15. Thermal to Latex

    Hey Guys! I would like to hear your feedback. So, I've been using a Summa DC4sx this last year as my main printer. However, a few things have come up that are making me seriously consider a Latex printer right now. 90% of the work in our shop is printed decals and vehicle graphics. I...
  16. Removing Arlon Truck Wrap

    A customer hired me to remove vehicle wrap graphics since they sold their truck. A different sign company in town did this wrap and they used Arlon. One side came off fairly clean, but the other side is coming off horribly. It's like the adhesive and the truck have become one and it will not...
  17. Wrapping an Econoline

    Hey Guys, I have a customer that wants to have their 1986 Ford Econoline wrapped. From what I can tell, it's been in the sun it's entire life and there is no paint left. Would you dare wrap something like that? So far everything I've wrapped has had a decent glossy paint job surface. I'm...
  18. Summa DC4 and Apple iMac

    Is anyone using a combination of Summa DC4 and Apple iMac with Windows via Parallels? I currently run a PC, which works fine, but I do all my design work with Mac. I'm thinking about going from my old Macbook Pro laptop to a new iMac so I'm not so spread out and I didn't know if anyone had...
  19. Arlon 4560GTX and Summa DC4sx

    Anyone know if these two will work together? When we previously printed on a solvent machine, we used Arlon 4560GTX all the time and really liked it.
  20. Mounting Tiled Prints without Stretching

    I have 2 tiled prints that I will be mounting onto an 8'x3' aluminum substrate. Yesterday when we did this, the prints stretched a little and didn't exactly line up. We thermal printed with our Summa using 3M's premium cut vinyl, so it's thin. We typically use the Big Squeegee for this sort of...
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