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  1. Window Perf...What Brand Are You Using?

    I used ClearFocus in the past but now I'm using Oracal's 3676. It sports the best warranty on the market (3yrs) and has better bonding. As for printing, I tried many brands and they all print the same. My problem is with overlaminate: after 2 years the lam usually breaks over empty cells so...
  2. Cartridge recycling woes - Challenge: Canadian

    My friend jump into 3rd party ink with Ink4U last year and raves about the fact the only thing he noticed is the fairly good amount of money he saves each month. Not only he haven't had to flush the system but all current profiles worked beautifully, w/o any issue since day 1. He swapped the...
  3. Laminate with 3M 180

    Sure if you can get 3M at this price, don't look anywhere else
  4. Template Software

    I know there's a bunch of 'em on Corel cliparts' CD...
  5. Cartridge recycling woes - Challenge: Canadian

    My pleasure. That's what forums are for... 'Been helped on few occasions so I make my part when occasion arise (sp?) Sorry I'm french-canadian...
  6. Laminate with 3M 180

    I pay $461.25 for the 290G and $487.80 for the 290F optically clear (same 290 but on polyester liner which I use on all my wrap jobs so it saves me from stocking a roll of each). I have nothing to say against 3M 8518 or 8519 but why would I pay $574.12 for the 8518 and the outrageous $665.88...
  7. Cartridge recycling woes - Challenge: Canadian

    I sent a bunch of cartridges (Roland) to Ink4U Montreal a year or 2 ago. I know they have a recycling program and according to their website, they offer $10 per cartridges for your Mimaki. See by yourself and ask 'em more infos: http://www.ink4u.ca/ProductSearch.aspx?qs=recycling
  8. Laminate with 3M 180

    I use Oracal's laminate on everything, wether it's Oracal, Avery, 3M or any other brands I print on. The 290G and the 210G are great films and deliver a premium gloss level. Prices are lower than 3Ms and you get same long-term durability. 3Ms are over-priced and over-rated. It fails...
  9. Identify this font

    Thanks buddy, that's exactly the font i was looking for. 'Love this forum..
  10. Identify this font

    Here's a font I really want to use for a project but I don't know the name nor where to get it. 'Look's like the one used for many WestCoast Customs' designs... Any idea?:help
  11. Epson GS600 vs. other printers

    Here's my 0.02¢... There's a place near Toronto that printed some Sprinter kits for me (graphics + letters/logos) with their Mutoh printer but last year they decided to get a new printer so they opted for the Epson one. WoW! great results, great colors BUT they used liquid laminate previously...
  12. GM Ground effect decal: a regular font?

    Thanks Dean, 'haven't found the exact one but one close enough to do the job w/o customer complaining. 'Didn't know 'bout Urban Fonts so big thumbs up for the link.:thankyou:
  13. GM Ground effect decal: a regular font?

    I have this windshield decal to reproduce for local bodyshop. I had in file the previous one made from Handle Gothic font but this one seems to be more recent. I just took a picture thinking I would find it somewhere (i.e. BrandsOfTheWorld.com) but nothing. I know I already seen a font like...
  14. Apple has reported Steve Jobs has died

    After iPod, iTune, iPhone and iPad: iCon R.I.P.
  15. Two new vector-based, retro inspired wraps, and a question on solid color printing

    Dan, in Versawork (Roland) there's a case to check to avoid the no-match panels. It's in Clip and Tile tab... called Place alternated. It prints panels with seam facing each other so in other words, it turns panels 180° every 2 panels to make sure the color is consistent at overlaps. It...
  16. Customer created pricing.........

    Here's mine (not totally out-of-topic but at a smaller scale...) My shop is right in front of a very big motorcycle/snowmobile/boat dealership. They sell at high prices but are very cheap when it comes to outsource some jobs like decals and boat numbers. They already made me waste my time on a...
  17. the ugly-est sign i have ever made!!!

    On a regular base, I told "prospect" customers that I won't do a sign with their design if I'm not 100% it will serve 'em right. Some folks out there have great ideas or decent graphic design skill so it might worth looking at others' concepts from time to time... Some walk in with a .doc file...
  18. wrap design critique....

    'Just hope you'll print it horizontally... you can almost do the entire side in 1 panel. If it's just to avoid the seams at eyes level, don't worry... 4-5 vertical seams attrack more attention than 1...
  19. Matte Orange Wrap material similare to controltac

    Oracal 970RA is usually glossy. Maybe you can take a look at: http://www.hexis-graphics.com/fichiersTinyMCE/Plaquette_Cast_FR.pdf They have few clips on YouTube showing total covering of car in matte colors (yes, I'm pretty sure I've seen orange) It's an European film maker. Maybe they have...
  20. Critique this layout

    Newbie here (1st post) Here's my observation: in your last layouts, try to use same character slant for all copies 'cause from what I see on monitor, each line has it's own angle (+ the safety stripes that have their own too). Bottom line where it reads Adirondack Northway / Exit 16 should...
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