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Glad to hear "copythat" agrees! MJ 1204- I'd by 20 more if my business grew to that capacity!

Happy Birthday Dale!

After 40 years in Indiana (I do miss the seasons,) we packed-up and moved to Hawaii. No regrets, other than we waited 40 years. Aloha from the Big Island! Chris

Come on in, the water's warm!

Design-Rip-Print-Overlam No problems so far with our MJ1204. In Hawaii, but have not (knock on wood) had any problems with fading or problems.

We have a fairly simple system for rush jobs. 1) We HATE to turn down jobs (especially in these economic times and especially from great or good customers.) 2) We try to respect our production staff, so EVERY rush order must be approved by our production manager. 3) If our production manager...

If they don't have the $ to invest in their brand, and (maybe) if they're starting to be cheap at the beginning, you may be best to recommend them to another company. But sometimes, there is "low hanging fruit" if you have the time to develop systems for these people. Once in a while, they...

You CAN'T win on these client misssspllezzings. haha No matter how you spell the terms out on your contract or proof email, you'll get these about 2% to 5% (or more) of the time. I thought of an idea the other day- what about offering a "proof insurance" package for about 10% to 20% of the cost...

Can you apply cast vinyl on Billy's sides to advertise your shop? Now THAT would be really cool (as long, of course, that it didn't hurt the fish in any way).

There are so many laws regarding photos, logos, trademarks, copyrights, etc, I guess what it really comes down to is how potentially "pissed-off" the defender is, and how much time/money/legal time you have to defend against a "pissed-off" defender. You have to pick your battles. Good luck!

This may sound crazy, but most of the time our vj1204 does weird things is directly traced back to the art file. Reading the posts from this site, I'm starting to wonder if we just got lucky with a "perfect" value jet? But in the last 3 years, we've not (knock on wood) had ANY problems other...

If you're confident on you're pricing, ask for 50% down. If they're unwilling to make a deposit, then you know they're strapped or not serious. We have a policy of a deposit prior to starting ANY work. We have credit policies but are very tight with granting credit. Our designers' time is...

Ever thought about hiring a secretary? I wish I could "shut-off" the outside world. Unfortunately, my customers would probably go elsewhere. I bet some of yours did too.

We have a VJ 1204 and I would buy another in a second. This machine rocks. But, I will admit, I've had other equipment (where the first machine kicks ass, and the second is a lemon.) In fact, we bought a second digital card printer in 1998 and were so happy we bought a second. And the...

Sucks! Just one of the very big negatives in this industry. An "iron-clad" contract and chain-link fencing probably goes a long way (hind sight is 20/20.)

Been there done that. And guess what, it should have been my retirement account. ONE WORD OF ADVICE: NEVER REFI. If you're on a 15, keep it and work towards the magic moment of payoff. We purchased many commercial properties and were stupid enough to keep refinancing until the debt-load...

Sorry I didn't read through all the threads above, so someone may have already offered this: I just bought Flexi 10 software and I was instructed to go to: http://www.saintl.biz/reg/ But I ran into a few twists, as we had already registered and SAI didn't send a new password. So I waited two...

After almost three years of trying this, it's come down to two things: 1) knowing when to use Dale's "Big Squeegee" and 2) knowing when to purchase the right vinyl and overlaminate for jobs not allowing number one above. Oh, and I should also say, "when and how to use a cold-lam" for the right...

We have a really cool system that's worked for years and years- (way before I entered the sign industry!) It's based on departments/stations and a really basic Microsoft Access database. We prioritize jobs by two categories: 1) Delivery dates (for the project or sub-projects in general,) and...

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