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The biggest question that you're going to get from people in our area, Toucan, is the age-old "You can't install a sign in this weather, can you?" When I worked for a local franchise shop during their first winter (my fifth in the industry), that was a very common question we'd get, because a...

Hi from your neighbor in Kzoo!

Took some graphic design classes in college, but focused more on lithography. Got a BA in Art and then worked at a newspaper doing ads. After a year, got my first sign job, which was a complete eye-opener. College classes may teach you how to layout designs for print and such, but there's a...

I'm an employee, who's worked in three very different sign environments. 1st: a small family run shop (5 people) that has been around since '86. 2nd: a small family run franchise shop that I walked in on day 1. 3rd: a large (30 people) specialty shop that's been around for 20+ years.

I'm assuming you're using a PC? If so, you need to go into your control panel and officially install the font before opening SignLab. It may require a restart just to get everything going. Normally (I say that because I haven't worked with SL before), the programs will automatically recognize...

What does this font look like? Is there something close (searching on Google and Fonts.com didn't yield any results)?

Thanks for the help. Unfortunately, while typing "wide format printer reviews" is a good start, after a month of sifting through all of it, I thought maybe a couple leads would be more productive at this time. I see what you're saying, Jon. My whole point in doing this report is twofold. One...

I've done as much research as I can possibly do by myself in regards to checking out all the wide format printers that are out there. What are some better resources to go to aside from the manufacturer's sites? I'm supposed to make a report at the next management meeting (the week of the 23rd)...

Ah, I see now! It's one of those things that I'd personally like one "magic" machine that can handle both printing digital banners and making negatives, but if the speed makes registration from panel to panel difficult, we can still rely on the Epson. And, if you're familiar with it, we also...

Rob, thanks for all the info. Since the majority of our banners are up 25ft on light poles, the best resolution in the world will still look fuzzy to people going 35mph by it (which is a hard thing to get some of these artists submitting artwork to realize). The boss really liked the Sprinter...

Yes Rob, you are correct. We are going to use this machine for banners, instead of sourcing them out (like we do now). Secondly, if we could find a machine that will also print on a clear film for screenprinting, that would be a bonus. Thanks for all the help so far, gents!

The boss is looking at a Matan Sprinter B (which is around $90,000), so the ColorSpan wouldn't be that far out of the estimated budget, although I'm trying to just do research so I can see how practical the thing really is to us.

Does anyone have any information and/or experience with the ColorSpan digital printers? I'm trying to do research on a variety of options for our company to print banners with, and am looking for some more info on ColorSpan in terms of customer reviews, pricing, etc.. Their website hasn't been...