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Just use the Shear Tool after converting to outlines to "un-oblique" it :cool:

Don't even bother trying to use an indoor, dye based inkjet printer for outdoor use. The special receptive aqueous coating "adhesive vinyl" actually sucks. Sure, it will work for about a month. But even if you use pigment ink set, then try and laminate it, the laminate doesn't really like to...

Convert your printer over the UV inks that cure in the 395mn range, Then get a wide format liquid UV laminator if your clients want gloss. Instant curing both ways, and liquid UV coating is vastly less expensive than film lamination.

And going off that example, it's like the difference between a Realtor® and a real estate agent. They both can sell you a house. But one is more respected in the industry, can command a higher listing price, and you have to pay, test and qualify in order to call yourself a Realtor® I think we...

Thanks for that insightful commentary. It totally added to the discussion. I'll bet you sit at the kids table at parties. :Big Laugh

It's way easier to do if you are the one ordering the vinyl. You go based on immediate availability of the brand that you can readily get most of and the quickest. For me, I just stick to a brand and not deviate unless specific colors are required. For instance, Avery, has some decent colors...

A poorly design sign can actually make a business fail too. There is more than one aspect to consider when taking on the responsibility of someone else's image and reputation.

I get charged $1 sq. ft. by a local shop when I bring my own lam. (Coincidentally that's what he charges when he laminates using his material but makes the prints)

GAC05, if you knew the things I was up to in my studio you'd be inspired by the fact that I've rebuild my business from nothing since the time of that post. I was sleeping on a friends couch when I came up with the concept of Eco Mouse. I'm developing some really great products that I truly...

I think that's just it, Gino... anyone who has a copy of Photoshop thinks they are designers. Anybody with a plotter thinks they are sign makers. While, crappy work will only hurt them and their reputation. But a lot of times that kind of subpar work gets passed off as "Professional Quality"...

My bridwalk made plenty of sense to me... it was a stream of consciousness ramblings of an "old f*rt" Anyway, I've been helping out OP through PM anyway. This topic is just something to do to pass the time while I await delivery of some vinyl.

You know there are audio wave form files you can listen to that help the brain function on both halves. centerpointe.com They are awesome!

OK, I used to knock these out all day long. I've done every method known... then on a whim, I busted out one of my "Big Squeegees" and decided to just "push it on" from the top down. HAHA!! I just laughed it was so easy, and got mad all at the same time for not having tried that before. So the...

Since this industry is also hands-on... the answer is two fold. Yes, reading, but also taking hands on classes and workshops whenever you can. There's some really awesome guy on here that holds classes up in Canada... but he's sought after from around the world. Makes some of the most awesome...

Walid, save your money on HP. I wouldn't buy anything they get their hands on anymore. They have a nasty habit of ruining really great ideas and the companies that invent them once they take them over and re-brand them. Their only goal is to sell you overpriced ink only to drop support when...

I see you must be posting from the front lawn at the White House right now with all the other protesters... because you must be mad as hell about the Affordable Health Care Act being "FORCED" upon us, or we face a fine/tax. You must be in utter outrage! The fact of the matter is that NO ONE...

Yeah, I'm aware of that guild... but it holds no power. It's crest means nothing to the general public, anymore than a union logo. It will automatically be assumed that if your business is part of the guild that you'd be more expensive as long as there was a choice. But if it had legitimate...

I'm making my own next week. Bought a 65" chinese mounter for a couple hundred... so I could steal the heavy roller. Then the table will be made out of either welded steel or t-slot extrusions. Most likely t-slots since they also have linear guide rails that glide along the extrusions nicely. (I...

Honestly, I feel this is one of those industries that needs to "Grow Up". And by that I mean, there needs to be some universal, legitimately recognized licensing or guild to belong to in order to even make signage, even banners, yard signs and decals. I mean really, this is one of the few...

Rolls Roller, and/or the 5 other brands of flatbed table applicators out there. Way better than a laminator. (There's a US made one called Rouge Roller)