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Art Station has good templates.

I'm pretty sure the SP 300 has a white lever on the head assembly to move the head up or down. It's not marked but its on the upper left side of the head assembly.

We've had theRoland print/cut printers for years and have had great success with them. Our last one lasted us 11 years with very little problem until the very end. We literally wore it out and used it all day, every day. We recently replaced that machine with a stand alone Roland printer and a...

I still remember the good old days before having to bid on a job. We never had to bid on jobs even 10 years ago. The client would call up, have us do the job and say, send me the bill. If we didn't get that they'd ask about the price up front then we just did the job. This current economy has...

I dig it. Looks very professional

I appreciate the insight. Wow, about the first positive thing I've heard. I've signed up for the February class in St Paul. I think it will be worth it.

The only thing I can suggest is learning Pgotoshop. It's so much better suited for printing large files like that.

I did two Astro vans in my shop. 1 was with 3M the other Avery. They were both installed identical, used primer in recesses, post heated, Etc.... The 3M has lifted in quite a few very minor curves and the Avery has not lifted anywhere. It's still perfect. I'm sold on Avery unless a client asks...

I'll admit probably the biggest mistakes were made in the design process. Good point learning the design process is worth the time.

Around here we are lucky to get $12/ sq ft plus design. If you design in house that's really the only variable you have. Use that shop rate you calculate to set a rate per hour. In our case we have a shop rate of $75 per hour so we charge that for design. The client knows the clock is ticking...

I have to say something about the training. I've been in the custom auto graphics business for 28 years. I've laid tons of vinyl and have always been very good at it. Everything I knew, I learned from just doing the job. Developed a really easy system over many years of toning my skills. I tried...

Art Station has a wrap calculating software that really would be perfect for what you are needing to calculate. I think the disc is $150 but very worth the expense. It shows every vehicle from every angle you'd need. It shows the vinyl panel sizes for all those angles and even shows the total...

I read a post that said heat and stretch? No no no! You have to think heat and shrink. Position it in the middle and use the heat gun to shrink the outer material. Problem is the curvature causes the material to bunch up so you need less of it not more of it.

Another thing that works great on hemming banners is PVC glue. The stuff that you use to glue PVC pipes. It holds better than anything you'll ever use. It literally welds the material together.

All great advice. Sounds like I need to find the right guy in our area.

That's a great idea. Would sure love to find one like that in my area

The only thing Versaworks can do is work with files dragged from the printer. It even says on the que only dragged files can be placed here. They have to be ripped in the printer quest before I can drag them in.

Very cool stuff. I'd love to do it all in house.

Do the people you outsource to generally know what to do when it comes to making it look sign worthy?

Run like hell. This will be your car from hell. This will be your Elenor! Kudos you you guys that get that!