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  1. Wall Mural Print Set Up

    Any suggestions on wall preparation? Right now it has a texture that I have asked them to remove and smooth out. I know both materials are a bit translucent so I was thinking also to have them paint a solid white to apply over. Is this a good idea? and if so how long should I wait for the paint...
  2. Wall Mural Print Set Up

    Hey Everyone, We just landed a wall mural job. I will be using either photo-tex or graphitex for the material. The wall is roughly 130" x 96." We have a Roland VS-540 with a 6 color eco-solvent ink setup CMYKLcLm. We use Versaworks as our RIP software. My questions are... What is the best...
  3. Favorite Wall Mural Material?

    It actually printed great! I used the sample you sent us to cover a pillar in our showroom. However it doesnt seem to stick down completely. Should I apply heat and a roller to it maybe? The only other downside I have is that The company now needs the mural material to be fire rated. Koro...
  4. Font Help

    Thought it was balloon but not it...Anyone know this one?
  5. Favorite Wall Mural Material?

    Hey Guys, There is a good chance we will be landing a pretty big job doing some wall murals throughout an elderly care facility. I saw some cool stuff by KORO Graphics at the SGIA show that looks pretty cool with all the different textures available. I haven't done a whole lot of printing for...
  6. good glossy photo paper?

    I ended up ordering Intelicoat Magic GFPHOTO240 10 mil glossy photo paper. Oh man is this stuff amazing. The prints came out A-freakin-mazing. I would highly recommend this material to anyone in search of some high quality photo paper. Picked it up from Feller's...arrived the next day. :)
  7. good glossy photo paper?

    Anybody have any recommendations for a good glossy photo paper? We have an eco-solvent roland VS-540 6 color setup. I tried Roland's photo paper and was not pleased with it. Anybody know of or have used anything else with beautiful results. These are going to be mounted sandwiched between two...
  8. Window Perforated Vinyl

    +1 for Big Fish Josh. Stuff worked and printed great first try. Easy to print easy to install easy to sell
  9. The expense of our machines and Christmas Cards

    This year I designed our own xmas card, a sample of small "cute" window cling ornaments with instructions on how to use and the benefits of cling, and a 20% off coupon on their next purchase of any in house production item to our top 75 customers. I printed, stuffed, and mailed myself. I even...
  10. Printer Maintenance

    Ok so currently Im doing weekly manual cleaning every friday. We are usually printing every day, every other day on slow weeks (but a number of prints in the day). I let the printer do self cleaning every 8 hours. wiper is still in great condition. blade is sharp. Is there anything else I should...
  11. Installing long stripes on box truck

    Awesome....some great tips here. Thanks guys. think i might try a combo of some of these and see what works. Thanks again.
  12. Installing long stripes on box truck

    Hey Guys, Im doing some graphics on a big moving box truck 26' long. The customer wants two stripes going down the side of the box truck (red and black). The stripes are about 7 inches tall by about 20'. I have them cut and app taped already. Any suggestions or techniques on how to best...
  13. Printer Maintenance

    What do you guys all do? Daily? Weekly? Monthly? Yearly? Ive had our Roland VS-540 for about 6 months now. Just curious what everyone else is doing to keep their machines running nicely. Thanks!
  14. What is your company workflow is like ?

    We have a three man team. Owner who handles customer service, sales, marketing, cashiering, book keeping, etc. I am the Sr designer/production artist. I design, run the printer, the lam, and 75% of installs. I also answer the phones, survey job sites, accept payments, sit down with customers...
  15. Laminator question

    Thumbs up on the auto takeup of backing paper. Also see if it has a foot switch. I cant live without my foot switch when im running the machine by myself. I run a cold laminator with an eco solvent printer. havent had any problems with it so far. we have the enduralam bu-1400zj
  16. another font ID

    thanks! p.s. is there any software programs that help figure out fonts in an image. like a font scanner or something like that?
  17. font id please

    any help on either font?
  18. Favorite tools on installs

    +1 to felt squeegee and heat gun.... and also add the yellow wrap gloves. I love those things. You can touch the adhesive side with them and have no worries about doing so.
  19. Removing Shadowing in Lexan? Possible?

    Thats what I figured...Thanks for the help.
  20. Removing Shadowing in Lexan? Possible?

    oh and the The substrate is a polycarbonate or Lexan material
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