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Believe me I have the same thoughts. Is it fair to expect more just because it's a multi-billion dollar company who uses cheap Chinese labor to post record profits? Does that even compare with a local paint contractor that has 2 trucks and works hard for his living? Large corporations...

Interesting... So I still own the rights to all of those designs. So the toys are being manufactured but you don't make anything other than new designs each year? How is owning the rights benefitting you other than the yearly work? (Which is great, of course.) I'm just trying to get a...

Thanks for the figure Gary. It's a start. Pat, thanks for the link. I've been looking for something like this, examples of contracts, etc. I'll make the client undrstand that Mattell will be expecting something like this and hire a pro to represent my interests. Thanks all!

I would imagine mattel would be paying the IP transfer $$ not the dude That's what I'm thinking, but he will worry that I'll cost him his deal if I demand too much. I'm just trying to find out what would be customary, and not greedy, if ya know what I mean....

One thing that you may run into is the guy might just have a coronary, since you didn't provide him with proper contracts, etc., when you first did the design work. That's exactly what I'm worried about! I would have never thought to include a contract on licensing/copyright rights with the...

He paid to have the artwork created and the truck wrapped, but who knew Mattel would want to make a toy? As soon as this came up I told her I had the copyright on the design and we would have to work something out with Mattell.

I designed the graphics on a monster truck and Mattell will be making it into a toy. The owner of the truck has asked for the artwork to give Mattell and I see this as being worth a pretty good chunk of change but have to figure out how to approach it and arrive at my fee. Any comments?

It didn't work. I guess I'll have to re-load the program and lose my Rip log. I've already tried making small changes to the art in photoshop 3 times and still get the error. Thanks for the tip.

Trying to print a job and keep getting "RIP Error" message. Other jobs will rip and print, just not this particular one. It's a jpeg and I've re-saved under 3 names so far, tried to send and still have the error. All the details and settings and creation of the art are exactly the same as the...

The cut file was exported as eps from a plt out of Gerber Grafix Advantage into Illustrator. Since GA is an old legacy program, (like the CJ500 is a legacy device), my thinking is that the letters are treated as shapes. They are not grouped when they come in, even though they are grouped as plt...

I have a converted CJ500 running ColorChoice and I use it as much for plotting as printing. There doesn't seem to be any way to "sequence" plot with this thing. Today for example I cut a 140" long section with 4 lines of copy in reflective. It will cut the outside of an A then run all the way to...

Not for years, but watch a little on TV since family is involved. They've been running a truck for 2 years now full time without flipping it or totally demolishing it and are finally going televised this winter with both.

I don't think their budget will go for fiberglass, and I don't know much about it but will look into it. We've already talked a bit about making at least one spare in case they roll it. I've never made a mold, so would have to do some studying about that. I've been teasing my son, (the potential...

Hi! I'm planning a project including a carved full size clown, face down with head lifted looking forward on top of a truck that will drop 35' out of the air on a regular basis. I'll use HD Styrofoam. Any ideas on how to stablize the head to take a lot of abuse? The body is a "box", so the...

I'm prepping graphics for a truck for Homeland Security. What a fitting job for today!

The CJ500 is an able printer, converted, and prints beautifully. It's solid steel and "easy" to work on. I've been printing with mine for several years and it's been converted for 2. Don't go cheap on the ink -get the name brand. (That's how I know about working on it!) The only difference...

I had the color settings the same, and will try the embedded profile instead of working space.... thanks! I'm sure it's something simple.... (If only I knew)

I admit, Illustrator hates me and I have issues with IT! I can't seem to speak it's language..... Anyway, I have great art made in photoshop: the colors pop on the prints, it's beautiful. I have to put them through Illy to get a cut line on them, and then the color on the print is dark and...

I am printing a project on white reflective and have it 90% done, but for some reason I can't get the logos to print the correct color without the ink crawling. I've tried 17 different profiles, every head height, any thing I could think of. The logo is solid colors close to a reflex blue...

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