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Thank y'all for your input. 45° it is. I'm also impressed with Von's small cuts on his Graphtec.

I think my old age is getting me now. We have a S2 t-160 series cutter and the blade we have been using needs changing. I see where Airmark recommends a 45° blade as standard, a 36° for reflective and a 60° for sandblast medias. I was under the impression a 36° would be the best for universal...

I have used IJ180CV3 to do that, but if the vinyl is layered or cracked, it will be amplified when over wrapped.

We had an issue with ACM on our 550. The ink would flake off. Look for a digital receptive ACM. It solved our adhesion issues. I also agree that a long term sign should be vinyl with laminate. The 550 ink is only a 2-4 year ink at best outdoors.

Have you reseated the cables? Sometimes the vibration of the carriage will loosen a connection.

On the 9000s I used to power off the machine with the carriage in the middle of the platen. I would then fill the caps with cleaning fluid and manually align carriage and capping station. you could then raise the capping station by hand by removing the side cover and turning the gears. I will...

I would recommend acquiring another roll. Provide the picture to the sales representative. I tested the 480 film before it came to market. It was great. When 3M brought it to market, I ask them why they changed it. It has been very inconsistent since it came to market.

You might also attempt printing in a uni-directional mode. Most UV printers have the look in the image you have provided when printing in bi-directional mode.

Have you attempted to clean the contacts in the carriage assembly? Sometimes the "misting" inside the machine will accumulate on the circuit board in the carriage. I used to use a 70% isopropyl alcohol with a lint free swab to clean the contacts.

I have a go to font called Magneto that I use. It's not exact, but most clients approve.

Have you contacted Metalcraft Industies in Ocala? 352-680-3555. I would send them a better picture. It looks like you took that one in an earthquake.

I cut some 1/8' the other day with a 120 tooth blade in my skill saw. Just had to watch my speed in cutting.

I ran a s80 for a year. Profiles are scarce. We found an older i1 with the table in our shop and wrote our own profiles. I have recommended the machine to anybody that would be looking for better color. It was slower than the Colorpainter M64's, but it held it's own, speed wise, with...

Ours started doing something similar, then the black went away completely. The technician came onsite and couldn't find anything wrong. Black came back as he was running diagnostics. We figured there was an air pocket(s) in the system that caused the malfunction.

We sent a decal to a client in Wisconsin about 10 years ago. I asked her the other day how it was holding up. She said it still looked great. We used ij180-10, with Oracal 290 optically clear laminate. It was printed on an HP 9000s printer.

We use IJ180cv3-10/8518 here. Works really well on our L26500.

We have used our Summa and our Zund to cut our edge prints. We do have to put the corresponding marks on the print for the plotters to read the cut.

Have you tried a known good yellow ink cartridge? When we were running the 9000, about once a year we would have a cartridge with a bad chip in it.

The best solution would be to call the point of purchase for the printer and explain what happened. It is possible they can talk you through the service mode of the machine to fill the black printhead with ink. Our distributor has been most helpful on these types of issues. Running test...

Have you tried powering up the machine with the yellow ink cartridge uninstalled? Then installing cartridge when it asks for it. The other thing to look at would be the contacts inside the machine itself. Check for ink residue around that area.