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North Carolina has had a very rough start to summer so far. For the past couple weeks we have been just below or past the 100 degree mark. I have been working in fire department bays doing installs on trucks, most of which are not insulated and have metal roofs... which leads to extremely high...

I picked up a used but like new 25" US Cutter Little Lightning Lam laminator today. I got a great deal on it, and it looks to be a pretty solid machine. I played with it some today, but I am looking for any helpful tips on using it. The instructions are horrible, I already tried reading through...

I purchased new equipment and no longer need my Edge LE and GS15 plus. They are both in great condition and were being used up until I got the new equipment last week. There are two very faint "streaks" showing up in the prints, however they aren't visible once the prints are laminated. I...

I found an awesome deal on an Edge 2 with an Envision plotter so I picked them up to replace my Edge LE/GS15 Plus. The Edge only has around 1,000 print minutes on it and both machines look brand new. I got the printer set up this morning and have been running some test prints. The first thing I...

I am trying out a new polyester 10 year UV scratch resistant laminate. It sounds like the perfect match for fire apparatus graphics, but one thing is bothering me. The supplier said that it "may cause wrinkling and bubbling if put over vinyl" due to the vinyl shrinking and the polyester not...

I know all paint masks are "low tack" but I am needing the lowest tack possible. Does anyone have a recommendation for a very low tack paint mask that can be laid down on new vinyl that is still on the liner and then removed without pulling the vinyl off of the liner?

I need (1) yard of 24" blue 3M 680 reflective for a job I am working on, 15" would probably work also. Does anyone have some laying around I can buy or can you point me in the direction of someone that sells 3M reflective by the yard? Normally I don't mind buying full rolls but for whatever...

So after using an old version of Flexi for quite a while I bought the new Flexi Cloud. Unfortunately it hasn't been working that great. It crashes at least once a day and does some weird things, like when I copy and paste groups of objects it will randomly change some of the colors in the...

I guess it is pretty much impossible to find Rolco size these days, so I am in need of a substitute. I know One Shot quick size sucks, so what is everyone using now?

I am preparing to purchase a solvent or latex printer within the next few months so I have been doing some research. I am a full time firefighter so I am only in the sign shop 3-4 days a week on average. There may be times that the printer sits for a week or a week and a half without printing. I...

Is there any way to find the Pantone values for Gerber foils? I am sending a job out to be printed with a solvent printer and I need to match the Gerber Ruby Red spot foil.

I have always gotten great advice from the members on here so I figured I would post this design for critique. I do a lot of fire truck work and a little bit of heavy truck lettering, so vans aren't exactly my normal canvas. The logo on the front doors is not my design, but must be included. I...

And order one of these. I used to use the air powered version of the MBX Vinyl Zapper, but I figured I would give this a try. It's made by Dynabrade and will mount up to any standard sander/polisher with a 5/8-11 arbor. I stripped a ton of printed and laminated reflective off of an entire ladder...

I am looking for short term removable reflective vinyl, preferably 15" punched. I remember seeing it somewhere, I just can't find it now that I need it.

I noticed the prints coming off of my Edge have two faint scratches in them running the length of the material. After checking the wipers I looked at the printhead and found two very small specs of something stuck to the printhead... they are smaller than the tip of a ball point pen. Wiping the...

I posted a while back asking for suggestions on how to make a printed imitation of real hand laid and turned gold leaf. I have never been satisfied with the seamless tile fills or even AlienSkin's version, it just doesn't look like the real thing. I got some great suggestions in the original...

So today I went to do an install on an airport fire truck. It should have been a simple install... two color logo on the front doors using Oracal metallic silver with black Oracal 5600 on top, and then a two part logo on the sides of the tank using more black 5600 and printed/laminated 5600 in...

I have an Edge LE and the latest FlexiPro. I am needing to print 4' long by 6" tall stripes on Oracal 5600 reflective. The gradient is light grey to dark grey. I haven't found a setting yet that doesn't have bad banding. It is currently set to angled screen and double dot with super gradient...

I just upgraded to the new Flexi Cloud (I bought the full version, not the monthly deal). I can only seem to find one profile for my Gerber Edge.. Custom Media 300? There should be more than that? Also, should I run my Edge LE as an "Edge" or "Edge2" when I'm adding the setup in production...

Is there such thing as a manufacturer refurbished printhead? I found one on eBay for a decent price, and the seller has a great feedback rating. Ive just never heard of Epson selling refurbished printheads...