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Yes I did, that much I remembered to do. I couldn't remember the other settings like cut force, speed, etc.

Yeah I've been playing with the settings and I also retracted the blade a little bit which seems to have helped a little. This job I'm trying to do this for is one set of vinyl and the other set of photo prints. The plotters tiny squares aren't helping much either haha

Okay, this isn't happening. It's working but it's not working. I'm doing tests from the plotter and it's cutting through but it's getting all messed up as it goes. Picture attached. What am I doing wrong? Can someone show me what settings they use?? Graphtec FC8600.

Thanks! I think I have everything set up right, now. We have 64 photo prints and 42 bottle labels due for tomorrow that I'm sure neither of us here want to hand cut. Haha!

Just want to revive this briefly cause I had another question. I still need to set up the registration marks like I'm doing a regular print with contour cut, right?

*shrug* Well it's not my call, unfortunately. The warehouse ones actually have an awning over, so those ones shouldn't be as exposed to the elements.

I'm assuming we'll need to use something flat under the craft paper like in this video, right?

I love threads like this. I had a similar group to share stories with when I was in the restaurant industry. Loving all these stories so far! Haha Can't say how many times we get people who send us a picture of a sign sample, and say, "I want a sign just like this made. How much would it be?"...

I thought they would be stud mounted, but when I double checked, that's what she told me. :confused: The truck warehouse, there's 13 docks they need outside and inside numbers for. I don't handle that end of it. Also it seems this area has a lot of PITA and uptight property managers about...

I got it figured out. Took the pen out and all the pieces for it. Seems easier than I was expecting it. Haha

Yeah and that's what we were planning to do with our plotter. We have a pen attachment and I can look up videos on how to switch that out. I've just not done that before.

I'm not sure where my boss is ordering these from. Neither in house, we don't have the equipment for that. The dibond numbers for the second job have been routed already by a local business that we've used previously.

We have a Graphtec F8600, the outer most rollers measure out to 64". There's actually two different jobs needing this. The address numbers are going to be HDU Foam with Brushed Silver Metal Laminate, measuring 24.75" tall and overall width 64.5". They're being mounted with VHB tape and silicone...

Forgive me, I'm not entirely sure what it's called because I've never made one before. We have dimensional address numbers going up sometime this week for a customer, and the installer requested a drawing for placement. My boss said from what she's heard that's something we can do on our plotter...

Haha thanks!

Thanks for the references! I'll check them out. I do have a couple prospects, but I'd like to have some options in case either of those fall through.

Looking for employment in or around Dayton, Ohio. Moving out from the Seattle area first week of July and looking to start employment around July 24/25. Overall 4 years experience on and off in the sign industry. Most experience as production artist. 2 years experience as graphic designer...

Just had this lady and her daughter walk in asking for a 6foot+ graduation banner for Sunday......and we close in less than an hour and a half. :rolleyes: Why do people wait until the last minute??

It's not always her being gone doing outside sales. She picks up material when we need it ASAP, or meets with customers for estimates on like building graphics, large vehicle graphics, etc. That kind of thing. There's been a couple of occasions where she had to leave due to family issues...

We have a Kala Mistral and laminate up to 60 inches. I've been asking for at least a part time person to help with production for months, nothing. While as a person, I really like my boss at the same time, there's lots of procrastination and the lack of extra staff here is why we aren't as...