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Often you can also improve on an old logo as the old printing techniques often gave quite a fuzzy edge, so with modern printers you can get them looking a lot sharper, more how the company would have wanted the original decals to look

Most simple ish text logos I can do in under an hour with a half decent copy to work from. This logo was done from scratch and probably took about 40 minutes. You do get a lot quicker the more you do them though. I normally find it easier just to work from scratch rather than trying to...

I agree with above. You need to consider that the decal is applied to a curved surface, so the baseline of the top word will be flat. You also need to take into account how the curved surface effects the width of the text. if the decal was laid flat it would be wider than it appears on the photo...

Yes, I do quite a bit of this. I scan or photograph what I can get, import into draw and then recreate the design as a vector over the top of it. It's the only way to get a decent original result as pretty much all old labels were screen printed, so printing scans never gives a good enough...

Check the cyan hose all the way from the ink cartridge to the damper for any leaks or signs of air in the hose. The connectors to the ink cartridge dock can often let air in. A powerful clean will often draw enough ink into the hose to print for a while as it uses a lot more suction than...

They are, but the main thing is they hate being left idle. The best advice I give people is make sure your printer prints something every day, even if you just make up a graphic of coloured blocks to print out as a test to keep the ink flowing. The amount of times you hear the printer was fine...

Manual cleaning is fine though to keep the outside of the head clean, and clean the cap top, wipers etc.. it really depends how much work you are putting through it, but regular changing of wipers etc.. is always a good preventative measure

Just keep it printing and running and always plugged in so it can run the auto cleaning. The only time you need to do a head soak is if the head is causing problems and missing nozzles. Too much head soaking can actually damage heads, so really it is only needed as a repair, not as general...

Yes, for some reason Roland didn't add the network connection option to the 300, only on the 540. No idea why they did this as it meant needing a different main board in both printers.

You do design work, yet can't even do the most basic layouts or designs and make them look professional :o That pic isnt even a design, it's just the most basic font stuck onto a pic of a building.

Possibly, running the printer from a PC or laptop directly plugged into it tends to work a lot better. I have seen similar problems a few times though, and it was nearly always the cable to the printer. The other time I saw it was when a laptop connected to the printer was going into sleep...

How have you managed to work as a sign maker for over 10 years and not learn anything about layout and design? OK if you want constructive criticism... your designs look like they were done by a 13 year old on publisher 25 years ago. If you really have no talent for design, then employ someone...

It can also depend a lot on you OS. My design PCs run on Win7 as it is the most efficient I have found. Anything after this is full of bloatware and loads of crap running you don't need. Win10 in particular is awful! It seems designed to just watch photos of cats falling over on youtube, and is...

Check your damper for signs of cyan ink in the magenta. Also check the cap top is sealing properly against the head. My money would be on the cap top needing replacing, but the dampers should also be replaced as a service item anyway. Also look for build ups of ink on the wipers and give them a...

It is normally the cartridge sensor switch in the cartridge dock. They do fail with time. Roland don't sell the switches on their own annoyingly, but you can get used cartridge docks on Ebay. They can often be quite intermittent as well which makes them even more annoying to diagnose!

To be honest you are supposed to be a designer. You have taken on this job for the client on the understanding you can offer them a professional looking design. If even a simple good design is beyond your skill set then perhaps you should think of a change of career? Just coming on here...

Also Epson never designed the heads to be a repairable item. For a print company they are a consumable item and you expect them to wear out and need replacing. One big company I used to tech for would change all the heads every 3 months as part of the service. Those printers were used about 12...

And really the only way to stop it happening is for a printer to be in regular use, and left plugged in so it auto cleans up until the day you collect it. Sadly this rarely seems to happen

Yes I know, just pointing out that in most cases a non working printer cant have the head saved. Epson heads really hate not being in use regularly, so when buying a non working printer always assume the head is going to need replacing :)

Anything is fine as long as it has plenty of memory, storage space and a good graphics card. It doesn't have to be mega fancy. Illustrator doesn't use many resources anyway