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Just recently I have started to have an issue with my Mutoh VC-1300 plotter cutter. The cutting is very poor, almost jittery, and is nearly impossible to weed. I can even run it through a second time and it is still really bad and difficult to weed. I've tried changing the blade, readjusting the...

So, On your metal signs, how do you round the corners if you don't have an automated machine such as a CNC? Right now I have the corners drawn and cut with a jigsaw. It looks pretty good but is not always consistent. Is there a guillotine style cutter with different radius' for these types of...

I did a perforated window vinyl sign and it looked very good. People who were walking along the sidewalk thought it looked great and so did the traffic who were stopped at the light. It really turned eyes. it was a block long. This is actually a designer who subbed it to us and their customer...

I am putting up a sign for a press box at our local school football stadium. I was going to use screws but the time I'm supposed to take is small. I'm thinking that I would be better off using a nail gun to attach it to the building. It's about 30' off the ground and there isn't an easy way to...

Hello all, I'm working on a building that the corporate colors use Pantone Warm Red. Do you have a suggestion on a vinyl that matches or is very, very close? This for a DoIt Best Hardware store that is getting a new front sign and I'm not sure that I really want to print the entire color...

In the chit chat forum there was is a thread about the Leister Hemtek ST, but there isn't much going on there and so I'm asking for an update here. The Leister Hemtek ST is a banner welder that was introduced earlier this year and I was wondering, since several of you have had for a few months...

I am getting a project for a school. It's to refinish the aging signs. The current color of the sign is a faded brown. I've talked the school into going with painting the signs a bright liberty blue to match the school colors. We would then put new lettering on the new gloss paint on the old...

Just for discussion, I'm wondering what you would charge for this sign in the picture: Size: 4x8' design inlcuded, full color, 2 sides, matte lamination, 6mm alumalite. - $539 Install - 4x4x10' posts with top and bottom 2x4x8 all treated, grooves cut in wood to hold sign with no screws, 8"...

Is 6mm ACM the same rigidity as 6mm Alumalite? I'm working on a sign quote and the ACM is less expensive. I know it's a little heavier in weight. What would you use?

I can't seem to find how to rename the user settings on my Mutoh VJ-1324. Do you know how? I've got it setup and it's now just user type 3 (media). When my printer was brought in new I had worked with the guys setting it up and we renamed the first two to that we were setting up, but now I've...

I bought what I thought was a good printer back in late 2015. it arrived in March of 2016. It's a Xenons R180 UV flat bed/hybrid printer. After a year of fighting it, changing board, cables, and probably a 1000 hours, I'm just going to dump it. It's not worth wasting more time, and material, and...

I have been making small signs and signs people install themselves for a couple of years. From this thread here: http://www.signs101.com/forums/showthread.php?134884-What-do-you-think-this-is-worth-In-your-area How many of you would install your own: dig holes, concrete, post, etc.? If you...

I've got a UV printer. I need to replace some of the black tubes going to the dampers. I also need the rubber o-rings at the brass fittings. Do you know where to get these? My local small town hardware store doesn't seem to have these.

Got a Xenons R180 I believe we are finally ready for production print but have a few questions. We have an issue with nozzles being plugged. See the picture: This is even with many head cleanings. With a suggestion of the seller they said to pull the ink after the pumps with syringe and we did...

I have purchased a Xenons R180 UV printer. We've had issues with the motherboard and finally we've got it working. Now though, and I think this may be because of the time it's taken to get this working, it seems the dual DX7 heads are very much clogged. What do you think by the pictures? We've...

I just installed a rear mini-van window perforation and it turned out quite well. I made a mistake of using the liquid lamination to help protect it. I searched and noticed it's not a good idea to laminate perforated vinyl at all and to just tell customers to not use the rear wiper. So now I...

I have Flexi Cloud and I would like to add my new machine to it so I don't have to use another RIP. I went to add a new setup and they have the brand "Xenons" but they don't have the printer. I have the PhotoPrint (looks identical to Flexi) RIP drivers which l could add, but I'm not sure where...

This morning was running banners for a school and inside the banner material was this: It actually caught the head after it had printed in it a few times, stopped the machine and gave an error. I went and looked on the back side of the Mutoh and it's wound in the roll: I tried unrolling it...

Hello, I've done a few vehicle magnets now and I'm not extremely happy with them after giving them to customers. They look good initially and none have complained, but I see them warping and not adhering to vehicles on the edges after a month or two and I don't think this is acceptable. I...

Hello, I have a Mutoh printer VJ 1324. I'm looking to get a UV printer soon. The Eco solvent prints beautiful images but on the wrong material it can scratch fairly easily if not laminated. If you have a 2 sided sign and the printed side is against vinyl (printed or unprinted) it can tear the...