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Truly one of God's blessings! Very glad for yor family. JB

As printed signage becomes more prevelent, I have a bad feeling that "hand lettering" may come to mean vinyl cut letters...sad day, indeed. JB

SignCraft had an article a few months back where they made a pen drawing pattern and then used it to align the letters using transfer tape. That was with plastic letters, so you might have a challenge with metal lettering. If they are metal, here's a better way if the letters have threaded...

In addition to the products you make, you're also going to have to be a marketing "evangelist", and your very first (and foremost) customer will be your own company. Your job, ultimately, will require you to prove to your prospective customers why they should spend more money with a...

Does it make any difference if you create outlines (convert to curves) before you do the extrude / bevel? JB

All I see is a white Google logo that appears to be impressed into the page. Very plain, yet quite appealing. Well, crap...two minutes later the photo appeared. The options at the bottom only let you select more photos. Looks like Google has been hijacked by some artists guild. JB

Yep. Our local "marketing expert" who does the whole package (signs, shirts, etc...) doesn't seem to mind telling us how great he is. If someone spends an hour with him, I guarantee you that 45 minutes of that time centers around his own accomplishments and interests. Maybe that's why he's...

I have my email account set up through my web domain on Yahoo. Does anybody know a way to batch print multiple emails at one time without having to open and print each one? I have Adobe Acrobat and want to be able to archive emails as individual .pdf files. I've heard it can be done through...

CS3 to CS5 is definitely worth the two bills. Skipping the anniversary gift might cost you more than the two bills in the end. JB

Sounds like you're closing in on the problem. We also had the same issue with the plotter cutting ok all by itself (keyboard input), and then acting up with the software. It appears to be a scaling issue. Does it consistently produce the same "wrong" results? Jim

Gerber Trouble I've been down this road with a 4B and SignLab. Are you running off a serial port or a USB/Serial converter? Slow down the baud rate to the slowest setting and try to output to a plot spooler instead of directly to the plotter. They have nothing to buffer the data and need to...

Bittersweet weekend for our family. My wife's grandfather passed away back in January and we are setting his head stone on Sunday. First time we've made a memorial for one of our own. He was a WWII vet, and we wanted to make sure his stone was set before Monday. JB

Multiple Artboards CS4 and CS5 have multiple artboard capabilities. I have a made one single file consisting of several artboards the sizes I use most. I've even included two artboards that are the size of my plotter media, so all I have to do is drag my artwork onto those boards when I'm...

Yep, for sure Double ditto...I try to keep both office doors open so the breeze can clear out the office, but they just keep accumulating...any solutions? JB

I just upgraded from CS3 to CS5, mainly for the multiple artboard feature. CS4 users most likely could skip this version and not miss much, but there are those technophiles out there who always like the latest and greatest. The multiple artboards are absolutely awesome. My typical...

Suitcase Fusion 2 I tried the 30 day demo and really liked it. For some reason, after installation, I found that Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Acrobat (.pdf maker) had issues with freez ups when the programs were loaded. Not sure just what was wrong, but I would like to know how to correct...

Cutting .pdf files I've been down this road with a water jet cutting machine. Trying to cut a .pdf converted to an .eps is marginal at best, however sometimes you do get one that cooperates. Depending on how the .pdf was assembed, you also may even have issues with layers, overlapping...

Or hey...wanna see how a neon transformer works? ...here, just hold this....

If a man speaks in the woods, and a woman is nowhere around to hear him, is he still wrong? JB

I do on-site cemetery engraving and sometimes our jobs can be up to 100 miles away from the shop. One day, I sectioned off a corner of the shop and piled up everything needed to take on the job, including the contents of several tool boxes. I made a list and typed it up in MS Excel...