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if not, pretty sure you can still run in compatibility mode. right click program > properties > compatibility > as far back as windows xp.

textured overlaminate or wallscapes media.

doming epoxy is fun. looks super cool on a metal laminated letter too. I mean, laminate is cool but the doming resin really makes metallic effects POP.

you can always "freshen up" both panels with full-coverage printed white trans as a "cheap fix". will give you identical clean white faces at the cost of vinyl vs. substrate. But then again, sometimes new polycarb is cheaper than the labor involved in removing old graphics. Also, any...

what's the nozzle test look like? banding that shows itself in one channel, and not in the others, usually means there's an issue with clogged nozzles. if it shows in all channels, then its just a feed calibration.

agreed. i'd rather cut the panel gap out of the logo, and barely notice it as a whole (at that scale), than adjust the kerning of a logo and intentionally change the appearance of a client's image.

CWT > Rollover, imho, but both great machines. Price check one against the other and make your call, but apparently the same engineer designed both. Keep the laminator around for sheet lamination, but the applicator table is my new favorite vinyl application tool. Which is a shame, since my...

need a quality substitute for IJ180 in a pinch? Go with Arlon DPF6000XRP or Grimco's Briteline wrap vinyl. Both are solid cast vinyls with a price point that puts 3M to shame. Have laminated both with 3M 3519/20 in the past without issue. ....and Avery can suck it.

welcome to signs101. highly doubtful anyone on here has done this, but I'll say a prayer for you and recommend simply buying a new printhead for now to keep your machine going & making money while you continue down the rabbit-hole of printhead restoration in hopes of salvaging it someday.

they connect those by screen printing "low temp solder paste" onto the ribbon, and then clamping the cable to the board and heating it up juuuuust enough to set. too much or too little solder and you're in trouble. not exactly in the wheelhouse of your typical sign guy, but a...

you'll never get a seller to replace defective printhead. they aren't exactly in the business of trying to pass off defective printheads as new, and if their response is seemingly questionable its because they're trying to find a nice way to explain to you how you may have ruined your own...

huge fan of matte or satin finishes for wall wraps, overlay with glossy text/artwork if you want to mix/match for some pizazz. if first time, avoid any sort of tiling that would force you to align crazy amounts of pixels/lines of copy. Easy to reduce the amount of effort of your install when...

1 + 1 = 2

the flexible translucent banner-like material needs to be stretched on a frame, or it will just sag/warp under its own weight & heat from the lightsource.

what were you expecting and pics of the results? are you trying to buy/make edge-lit signage or backlit signage? i'm sure plenty of people on here would be willing to suggest terminology/spec/source, but need to know the win-conditions :)

except when you do sign work at or near an airport!

its my understanding that UV inks have no VOC's, but +1 to MSDS request from ink supplier because you should be checking any & every chemical you're exposing yourself to anyways. I even have MSDS documents for my soap&water application fluids. edited to add: i've also seen people put hoods on...

pics, or it never happened. have you tried grinding up some ramon noodles and using it as filler? works on the tik toks. edited to add, the cool thing about hoods is that they can be their own separate design, if you wish to flex your newly-aquired in-house production skills then its not...

oh to be a fly on the wall when his receptionist plays their nightly voicemail.

never any issue here, aside from fine tuning my spotcolors/profile to eliminate colors that wanted to reflect a different color than intended. helpful information to include with these posts, would be your printer, your material, and pics as a reference to your "good vs. bad colors".