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  1. Font ID Please

    I was trying to match this up with some form of Helvetica but it's apparently not that. Anyone have a font ID on this? I have a bunch of directional signs to update on a college campus and have to match it up.
  2. Where can I get painted steel blanks? Everyone just has aluminum.

    I've called every supplier on my list, even ones I haven't ordered from in years, and no one has steel blanks. I'm hoping I don't have to deal with a local metal shop, because it's such a small deal, they won't want to mess with it. I just need (2) 2' X 3' in something like .040 or .080...
  3. Creating a vector map from google maps

    Anyone know of an online source that would let me create vector art from google? I have a town that came to me wanting to blow up a parade route and I'm trying to figure out the easiest way to get it done. Worst case I'll just have to do it by hand, but figured maybe there was something I...
  4. Profiling suggestions around Chicago/Indianapolis area

    Ever since my HP was installed about 8 months ago, I've had trouble getting the red that I needed to get in my main profile, and I've had a problem printing at higher speeds for when speed counts and DPI isn't quite as important. I've tried to mess around with it a little, but either my HP or...
  5. What all do you remove on trailer door when wrapping it?

    I have a trailer I'm working on the design for a wrap/graphics, and I'm trying to figure out what to do around the latches on the doors (where you'd put the pad lock). Do you guys normally just run the security type bolts out of the latches, or do you leave those in? I've been in this...
  6. Does Graphtec have a cut length limit?

    I recently had to do a factory reset on my Graphtec, and so far, it fixed one problem, but now has lead to another problem. My cutter just randomly stops cutting whenever it feels like it. I had 10 yard signs printed, it cut a little over half the vinyl. I just tried cutting some giant...
  7. Dry Erase Vinyl Failing. What to clean it with?

    I'm really starting to hate my life right now. I've had a couple failures come back in a couple days, and I'm tired of eating them all. I had Signs365 print me some dry-erase vinyl about 6 months ago, and the customer just sent me the picture below. They said they're cleaning it with Windex...
  8. Is this a 3M problem or am I just a hack installer?

    I've been putting graphics on vehicles for 15 years now, and never had anything going on like stuff I've had in the last year. I got a call from this customer, 6 months after we installed the vinyl, and it's all blowing apart. I do my best to work stuff into the contours, and I'll be the first...
  9. Tell me I made the right move dealing with this customer

    Over the last 10+ years in the business, I've had those customers that have always tried to push me around and run MY business the way THEY think it should run. As I've gotten older, I've taken less and less crap, and seen more and more bad warning signs. Here's how this customer went. Just...
  10. Wrapping over a contour and having your images look straight? How do I do this?

    I finished up a partial wrap this morning, and once I got back from it and looked at it, it appeared as though the text was dropping to the left. To get a straight line, I tied a string between the wipers on the back then measured down to the "FLOWERS". It's all straight there as far as...
  11. Onyx 12 - CUT-Server Default Change?

    Anyone know how over on "Layers" you can change it from always being "default" to read what I manually have the cutter set for? Far as I know when I was running Onyx 10, it would always cut what I had my cutter set on. Now, if I forget to click that default setting off, and change it to...
  12. Mimaki JV33-130 & Mimaki CG-130FX Combo FOR SALE

    My new printer and cutter were delivered this week, so it's time to move out with the current machines, and in with the new. Cutter is approx 10 years old, and I am the only owner of it. Works as it did from day one. Has been a reliable machine over the years, and only upgrading so I can cut...
  13. Do I repair my JV33, or do I take it to the dump?

    I'm being told that my JV33 needs (8) New Dampers, New Cap Assembly, New Pump Assembly, and a new printhead. The dampers and printhead were all replaced 9 months ago, and two of the dampers, pump, and cap assembly were replaced last week. I understand that this is the "fix all solution"...
  14. Are there any Mimaki dealers in the Chicago region?

    I've called Mimaki about 6X since last Friday, and I can't for the life of me get to talk to anyone that's allowed to help me, able to help me, whatever... My JV33 has been down for two weeks now, Mimaki cut ties with all the main carriers of their product in my area, and I can't even get a...
  15. JV33 can't print magenta for the life of me.

    I'm hurtin bad in the printer world. I've intermitantly not been able to print random colors from time to time (CMYK X2) and normally if I do an ink fill or extended cleanings, I can always get them back. Monday I came in, and didn't have any magenta on one side, so did a bunch of cleanings...
  16. Do you guys sell "blank substrates" to retail customers? Customer Rant...

    I seem to have every couple weeks or so, someone coming in wanting me to practically give them coroplast. It's starting to annoy me to no end. I had 40+ minutes with a guy this morning. He came in last Friday when I was out, I returned his call this morning and left him a message saying I...
  17. Did I get bad vinyl, or did the customer install this wrong?

    I'll try to keep this a short story, but I already have a short fuse with this customer, and now this is just the icing on the cake. I have a customer that came in...oh, two years ago probably, needed signs, and like an idiot, I didn't get a deposit. Guy approves the design, needs them right...
  18. Mimaki JV33 Color Drop Out

    I'm not sure what kind of an issue I'm having here. I came in today, printed some stuff, all was well, then on my next print, my Magenta dropped out mid print. I did several cleanings and an ink fill and got it back, started to print, and it dropped out again. Repeat the cleaning and ink...
  19. Does anyone know where to get these banner hangers?

    I need these, but I only need 25. I was ok buying 30 like they were going to make me, but I can't find anything else I need to hit the $100 minimum. I've bought these before, but can't figure out where, don't think it was here...
  20. Wholesale Digital Signage

    I had a customer asking me for something (basically like an outdoor TV) that they could mount on their building that is 6 to 8 ft wide, and whatever scale high, that they could program the messages to. Does anyone know if something like this even exists for small company's to purchase?
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