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  1. Just bought a Designjet 5500UV 60"

    wow, the media is sure expensive for this printer! almost 6x more than the banners i was using before is it possible to laminate a banner?
  2. Help HP 5500 will not boot.

    Thanks for posting. You'd be suprised how many times I'm looking for info and someone has the same problem as I do but don't post what they did to fix the problem ;) now I know to try reseating the memory.
  3. Help HP 5500 will not boot.

    true ;) just thought someone here might know the answer. I'll probably try to get it out and create an image saved as a backup, just hope nothings hidden in the MBR or a proprietary filesystem...
  4. roland cx->gx conversion? or addon?

    I have a cx-24, I would liek to cut printed material with it, but would like to know it there is some sort of optical add-on of it to add an optical eye.
  5. Help HP 5500 will not boot.

    is there a way to backup the harddrive? I just got a 5500 and I'm scared about that.
  6. Anyone seen a true flame pattern on vinyl?

    :omg:uhh.. why? seems like a really bad president.
  7. Registration Marks

    lol! those exact videos helped me do multicolor vinyls :D
  8. The New DeLorean...

    Yeah, those are paint. (minus the SLR) I was thinking about buying a chrome-like painting system. but I didnt have the 4k to throw into it on a whim... so I stayed away ans stuck with signs and websites ;)
  9. Flexi 7.6 - Unrecov, now can't open

    I called them up when I had like an error like this back in 200X. they told me "this answer will cost you 15$, do you accept?" I was like seriously?!?! I accepted, and they said "click on start, all programs, flexisign, clear preferances. have a nice day!" man i was so pissed!
  10. Just bought a Designjet 5500UV 60"

    no prob ;) I dont know about banners, but he gave me vinyl to print on (a 24" roll, needed it for my 24" plotter) it's a matte vinyl and it prints really well on it, i dont know the name but I'll find out when i go pickup some more tonight. theres a 5500 a 5500UV and a 5500PS. mine in...
  11. Just bought a Designjet 5500UV 60"

    Thanks for the input. I'm not 100% sure about doing outdoors prints with it, I know I'm not doing car wraps with it, I would probably use this for smaller sticker orders. Like I said, this machine is paid off with the first job. I had 2 options: 1) buy stickers for 20cents each (10 000 or em)...
  12. Just bought a Designjet 5500UV 60"

    I've been doing sign work for about 6 years now, always part-time. Never really took off the buisness because I'm mainly a webdesigner, and all my business is through word of mouth. (plotter only, no printer) I found a HP DEsignjet 5500UV 60" for sale on kijiji and picked it up yesterday...
  13. What type banner material do you use the most?

    12 1/2 oz pre hemmed and pre grommited banners, I get them from my supplier within a few days (i can pickup stock of 3foot banners, but any other size needs to be custom made)
  14. Do you have a DVD drive on your design computer.

    yes, all my machines have dvd drives. I have around 8 machines, and the ones that do not have burners, have readers. my primary burners are both 16X, I have 2 8X's a 4X and a 2X.
  15. What kind of shop do you have?

    I just closed my office, which was a tiny little thing, and am looking for somewhere to put the stuff. I was thinking in a spare room in the basement, but we have too much stuff in the rooms as they are. my office was only 72 sqr feet. 36 sqr feet was used by a table.
  16. Monitor Resolution Settings

    yessier, it's dual 17" 1600X1200 monitors, but since this post, someone gave me a 2.8ghz machine, so I swapped one of the monotirs to that, and using synergy (synergy2.sourceforge.net) i use one keyboard and one mouse across 2 computers, it's exactly like dual montior setup, but each monitor has...
  17. Monitor Resolution Settings

    3200x1200
  18. How much does your shop make?

    my sign shop is not making enough money :P in the past couple of months I went one stretch for almost 4-5 weeks without a single client, and in the past 3 days I've gotten 5 clients on rush job :( one client called me up, talked with him about all the stuff he needed done (windows, outdoor...
  19. getting ready to lose it. CX-24 Write port error.

    Bryan, thank you for the help. unfortunatly it didnt work (exept for your suggestion to add a lpt port which is probably what I'm going to do.) BUT..... I managed to get these letters printed! and you will not guess how :p :p :p I enabled my wireless connection. I went to my neighbors...
  20. Greeting From the great white north ;)

    it will be in a few months! :Big Laugh
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