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  1. Snap-off Knives

    2nd fletcher cutter if I don't have access to one, then I use my big blue ruler and xacto for foam core board
  2. Window Graphics To Be Viewed On Inside Of Large Windows

    Never tried GA, but, by the looks of it, GA would be great for this. As far as heat and glass breaking, if you are only covering the first 15" of a 9' pane, provided the interior is well ventilated, you should not worry about the glass breaking unless we are talking about some substantial...
  3. General Rant Concerning "schooled" Designers

    I see these very same posts on here every once and awhile. Truth is, file prep for printing in a lot of schools are the very last thing learned if at all. So much emphasis is placed on the process and core competency in the programs to bring ideas to fruition that, at least in my experience, it...
  4. Anybody Know What Might Cause This?

    I barely see it because of the heavy compression, but it's where the shadow gets cut off hard, right? Most likely due to the font you are using. EDIT: try increasing the resolution under Document Raster Effects Settings and set background to "Transparent"
  5. Headstrikes With Xr640

    make sure the vacuum setting is on high double check those temps. you need to adjust all three locations, pre, print and dry make sure the media is loaded correctly and evenly evenly distribute pinch rollers try, after loading the media and locked in, unrolling a good amount and loosely...
  6. Floor Graphic Damage Disclaimer??

    Just explain what the product is and capable of and express that the customer understands and accepts the limitations and nature of the adhesive, overlaminates used/not used on the given floor's condition and finish.
  7. Suggestions Difficult Client. Just Want Opinions.

    This is how you've always done this project for them? and was never an issue in the past? Their taste has changed; therefore, the scope of the project has changed as well! In the very beginning, the customer should have known about options and pricing, but your customer believes their end...
  8. Design Software To Sign Software

    I never see pixelation after rasterization with the exception of extremely small art that I attribute more to resolution as I can make out the individual lines- like small text at around 6pt and smaller, but that is my printer's limit. I just output to the right resolution and I'm done. I use...
  9. Design Software To Sign Software

    If you're not the one running the rip, flatten it. you aren't doing anything wrong necessarily. You should flatten your work unless it is simple lettering. The thing is, while Adobe products are an industry standard, there are certain aspects that are still rather proprietary or specific/finicky...
  10. Indicator Flags Have Suddenly Disappeared In Illy Cc

    Preferences>General>Show Tool Tips
  11. How to achieve this shadow in illustrator

    so, in the situation, each step in the blend would be composed of a different color. Depending on the transitions, you are looking at possibly hundreds of different colors. Honestly, some changes warrant action within the producing application than the rip. It can be convenient to make some...
  12. How to achieve this shadow in illustrator

    Shadow is a RASTER effect and may as well be considering set in stone rather than something that resembles an XML file that can easily be edited. Hence, vector art can be edited on the fly as opposed to a static pixel
  13. Software To Make Virtuals Easy?

    this is pretty much how I do mockups It's very easy and there is no one way of doing them, but you will save time using the automation scripts within Photoshop. I have mine asking for an export file right up front and I spend very little time messing with things 90% of the time. PHLEARN - How...
  14. Software To Make Virtuals Easy?

    Invest some time in creating mockup templates in photoshop using Smart Objects. Then it is just a mater of importing artwork and saving a copy for preview- at that point, you can build an automated script to run for you. Look for some premade mockups online and you will get the idea quickly.
  15. Is this normal? Pic

    I think we need more information about this project. Kinda hard to follow you. 5, 6" x 8" squares, cut routines runs twice? and I see it is slight off to one side, right? Running crop marks? using heat while you cut?
  16. Script Font (font Id Programs Need Not Apply)

    Wisdom Script straight up
  17. Signlab 8 - Making A Bitmap From A Vectored File

    So if I'm understanding correctly, your artwork, once flattened in to a Tif, is being cut off? While I don't use Signlab or Flexi, this is normal behavior when you choose to save an EPS file as a raster. You should have an option to "maintain" or "keep" the original working artboard to prevent...
  18. Need Help Family Crest Help

    A coat of arms is extremely specific to the family that includes iconography, symbols and sayings usually representing achievements or memorializing some kind of event or combination of all sorts of things. You can always buy a stock vector or similar raster image, but I'd see this opportunity...
  19. Need Help With 50,000 Decal Order.

    this is my experience with the XR-640 I run
  20. New Versaworks DUAL Rip?

    do elaborate!
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