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  1. 4'x6' Diamond (Orajet 3651) on rivet-less trailer - wet or dry?

    I'd apply it wet also. Especially if I were doing it alone. As for baby shampoo... I use Johnson & Johnson, has a nice aroma to it!
  2. Converting raster image to vector for contour cutting

    The Illustrator trace tool is great and helped me out many times. With a job such as yours I personally would digitize a contour line (in vector) using illustrator with the pen tool and make this your CutContour line. Then all you need to do is resize the image to the desired size and send...
  3. Trying to use Rolands Colors in a gradient

    When designing in Illustrator and using the Roland Color System Library make sure your Document Color Mode is in CMYK Color. Once your design is finished select the entire design and 'Flatten Transparency' (under object). My presets are High Resolution. Save this file as a pdf (High resolution...
  4. Trying to use Rolands Colors in a gradient

    I have used Roland colours in gradients in Illustrator. I would normally flaten the transparencies once I finish the design (due to effects etc..in the design). Save it as a pdf (hi res) then open it in Photoshop. Here i make sure that all the colours and effects have come out then flatten the...
  5. Signstech Laminator

    I've personally seen one of these laminators and carefully inspected it well. It was being sold by a car wrapping company that was shutting down its doors. The owners purchased this from China brand new via Ebay, shipped via port to port. It only come with chinese instructions and a majority...
  6. How many of you actually use PerfCut?

    So I started to use the perfcut feature just the other day. I made up some give away stickers that had a square cut then I created the perfcut around 10mm outside of the square. Was very easy to setup. The design was created in illustrator. The only trouble I had was with Versaworks. 'Cut...
  7. Matte Metalic Black Car Wrap

    Hell yeah Matte Metallic!
  8. What to Look For When Purchasing a Used Printer

    I'd personally go for a 54" wide printer/cutter or even 30" if your not so fussed with the size. But as phxsi stated you will outgrow the BN. But this depends on your budget. I purchased my Roland used and did a lot of research first in the models that interested me and other users experience...
  9. pc 600 help

    You need a new head. Can I ask what do you intend on printing with this printer? and how big are you planning to go?
  10. Font ID Help Please.

    Hi Threeputt & WI, Thanks so much for this. Absolutely perfect! I squeezed it in a little bit too.
  11. Font ID Help Please.

    Hi All, I have been searching for hours trying to figure out what font this is can anyone please help........ Thanks
  12. Motorbike wraps?

    Watched a utube vid of justin pate wrapping a bike tank. Didnt look easy, but I rekon the more you do the easier and quicker you'll get. Im gonna try one myself.
  13. how to get good Black to Red gradient?

    I manage to get good gradients by creating 2 layers of the shape or subject to be filled in. The bottom layer create a solid black fill. The 2nd layer above create the red gradient fading into a white. Double tap the white colour gradient bar and turn the opacity to 0%. This should eliminate...
  14. My new toy!!!

    Thats an awesome piece of machinery! Congrats...
  15. Hi From Melbourne Signs Australia

    Hello there from Melbourne too!
  16. Men Are Just Happier People

    Hahaha. Made my day!!
  17. What watch do you wear on your wrist

    An old Billabong watch on the right wrist, I use to wear for swimming. It stopped for about three months due to something internal getting stuck, but I still wore it! Lol I banged it up just the other week accidentaly and it started working again!
  18. New member

    Greetings from Melbourne Australia!
  19. Packaging your decal orders

    I use the plastic cello bags that are a peel & seal for all decals and create custom boxes out of 465um board for larger orders. At times I use the cello bags with hang holes for certain customers.
  20. Designing in windows 8

    I'm currently running Windows 8 on a 32bit system. Running Adobe CS5.5, designing in Illustrator, Photoshop, ripping and printing in versaworks. Haven't had any issues at all. So far I've notice its performing much smoother than Win 7 & Vista 64bit. Mind you its only a 32bit Win 8, 4gb ram, quad...
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