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  1. Good avery vinyl!!!!

    Avery left a bad taste in my mouth many years ago with some crap vinyl. I've never fully trusted it, but they are the only vinyl manufacturer that has my EcoMouse Green (PMS 375) I've wrapped many machines in my shop with it, and so far it's holding up. But I've got back-up of custom PMS 375...
  2. Yellotools Bodyguard Knife Teflon Pads?

    The just make your life easier, and get a roll of teflon tape: http://www.amazon.com/CS-Hyde-Conformable-Silicone-Adhesive/dp/B000REJN48
  3. Yellotools Bodyguard Knife Teflon Pads?

    There are two different YelloTools websites. One is the German one, that has many little cool tools that the US one does not. And I was just looking at their site the other day, and these little teflon pad thingys actually stood out to me as well as the long reach handle for that little cutter...
  4. Printing grey....

    Nearly all lamination film has a slight yellow tint to it. Plan your gray mix accordingly. Also, the white point on nearly every "White" vinyl is completely different. From cool to warm. You really need to be working in room with full spectrum lighting in order to see the subtitles in colors.
  5. Large Format Negatives Printing on E9900

    Seems simple enough. I see that they added green to the negative to increase tonality. In my experience, trying to get true black and white prints off an inkjet is impossible. All the colors are needed to make up the tonal range of "gray" and if looked at closely yields stippled dots. But when...
  6. Large Format Negatives Printing on E9900

    Outsource to someone who has a Durst Lambda film printer. Client will be happier with the results over inkjet, plus they can print on actual film/negative like materials. The 9900 is an aqueous based printer and the materials available to print on are extremely narrow. Especially since you'll...
  7. Another Fume Scrubbing and or Extracting thread.

    If you are trying to have a dust free room, you don't want to blow air in... you want to suck it out. Keep it low on the floor on the wall to outside. Then opposite the room, up high, you want to install just a grill or louvered vent that will allow you to attach at least two stacked air...
  8. Creepy Animatronic Sign Wavers

    Here's the thing with those... many city ordinances are cracking down on A-Frame and Sidewalk Signs. So in comes the fad of having a guy standing on the sidewalk holding a sign. Because technically that's permitted. Since the sign isn't left unattended. These mannequins are just A-Frames all...
  9. labels2trade.com

    Meanwhile, 4Over is ramping up their label production side, and are getting more and more competitive with some of the other large label printing companies. Plus there's a discount code this month for labels, if I'm not mistaken. Labels are an interesting part of the printing industry. There...
  10. Vehicle images

    http://www.the-blueprints.com/vectordrawings/show/2514/dodge_ram_3500_crew_cab_4x4_srw/ But this one is designed for sign shops. Has lots of cool features. I'm considering it myself. http://www.ccvision.de/en/index.html
  11. Vehicle images

    Google. Or take your own picture of the customer's vehicle. I sometimes buy them off of shutterstock.
  12. What can't you live without?

    12x18 Color Laser Printer
  13. Banner Jet Walk-Thru + UV Ink Conversion!

    These are all the way up in the 395mn range. Not really even good enough for virus killing. Which needs to be in the UVA range of about 235nm. I'm not going to be staring at it all the time. And this is the UV length that if you wore glasses or contacts you'd be ok from. However, that being...
  14. Maintenance engineer problem vj-1604 help?

    Oh man... I am not gonna miss the days of ink chips. Many nights pulling my hair out trying to get this problem solved. Oddly enough I had fewer "Not Original Ink" error messages after I switched to the bulk ink tanks that held the little rechargeable smart cards. Made sure to have plenty of...
  15. UPS boycott

    And mobs. (unions)
  16. Banner Jet Walk-Thru + UV Ink Conversion!

    Here's my secondary UV light bar installed. I routed some curved brackets out of 3/16" aluminum. It's a good knuckles distance off the bed of the printer. Plenty of clearance for roll materials, and I made just high enough that I can still pass aluminum sheets under it, when I decide to use it...
  17. UPS boycott

    So you think it's unreasonable for an employer to be unhappy with a large group of people taking an extra 90 minute "lunch" with no reprisal? Say, you fired some ***** who's been with you a long time. But he gets the job done, and everyone on the floor likes him. But he's a pain in the arse...
  18. UPS boycott

    Not only do we pay them to deliver our goods, but we also TRUST THEM with our goods. Think about it, we have no clue who handles our packages throughout it's delivery cycle. However, we all assume and trust that whoever handles the packages wants to complete their jobs, because that is the faith...
  19. Reverse roll on takeup reel?

    Well, the common prevailing theme here is to never let your prints out-gas or dry up right. Mainly because of particle contamination. So going through all the trouble of winding your prints in reverse, which I'd never do for ink contact reasons, many guys on here use a modified home depot bucket...
  20. Does anyone know what materials get used for printed ads on the mats in UFC fights

    As you know, Las Vegas is host to all kinds of main boxing events. Well, I was able to meet to guy who does the boxing ring mats and see his facility. And it's barely bigger than the ring material when stretched out. It's a canvasy cotton like painters tarp material. And they are painted by...
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