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How much were the owners taking out? If they were both taking a salary worth - even 20k each, is that business profitable?

Pretty vague question. It would help if you let us know how much knowledge you actually have so far - I.e you’ve been making signs for years and want to try your hand at wraps.. Or you’ve somehow acquired a wide format and want to make your wraps in MS paint. Do you have experience in...

There’s a nozzle test in post #6. Needs to get that sorted first before trying anything else

I’d worry about getting a decent test print before doing anything with the profiles. Have you done any hard cleanings? Basically in print mode, hit the cleaning button, scroll down to “hard” and hit enter. Do that a few times and do a test print each time to see if you’re getting any nozzles...

If you’re looking for the cheap option there’s always YouTube. This will obviously depend on what software(s) you are using but should still be helpful.

I wouldn’t bother trying to print any new stuff until you can get a decent nozzle test. Give it a few “hard” cleans and then maybe leave some of the cleaning fluid In the cap top overnight to see if that helps. Have you tried a “fill up ink” If the machine has came to you in that condition...

When you say “idle”, was the machine plugged in/allowed to do its cleaning cycles and/or ink flushed before being left idle? If you just plugged it off and left it for a year I’m surprised you’re getting anything back at all.

If you find a printer that meets all your specs I’d be very interested to see it! As others have said, every type of printer has its pros and cons. You’d need to find one that suits you. I’d avoid solvents completely unless you have lots of ventilation in whatever room you’re putting it in...

For ease of use you’re looking at some sort of banner/sign frame if they need to be super durable (8 hours/day). Naturally this will also depend on size. Repositionable vinyl would likely be a PITA for the customer/whoever needs to remove/store/reapply it. (Though that’s also fairly dependant...

I’ll admit I clicked on this thread purely to see gino’s answer! Completely agree with 2B, you need to know if something can be done before you do the design. Before any job like this it helps to know if it can be done before putting a design together. We had a problem like this with our...

Might just be me but I prefer being told a spade is a spade and not a giant spoon. There’s always going to be people that disagree with one another so it’s just a matter of how people deal with that now.

Have you actually got confirmation he’s been banned/banned indefinitely? Would be a shame for them to lose such an active member here. I’m still relatively new here but if there’s an ability to hide posts from members they don’t want to see. Just do it. I’m sure with 30k posts he’s helped a...

Would still prefer 2-3 latex machines for the cost of the one Colorado. Out produce it and actually reliable on the media’s it’s supposed to print on

They’re fully aware of the issues and probably have been since development. Probably just put in too much money to not send it to market and I guess they figured they’d have any potential fixes done by now. After speaking to an engineer, at first they didn’t even have kits to fix any broken head...

if this printer was say 30-35k it would be more realistic given its problems. At three times the price you need an all rounder that can actually print good quality at the super speeds they advertise. From what I gather you need to drop the speed to slower than solvent/latex in order to stop...

Really this is the first comment and the last one you need. Taking graphics down should be the absolute last option. As long as you have your paperwork in order/proof they ordered all the stuff you’d win in a court. Just a lot more hassle! Granted it’s also not as fun as showing up and ripping...

Agreed. All those savings count for nothing unless you’re only doing banners all day.

Canon went waaaay above my head to a guy that’s never run a wide format in his life. Made up some potential savings that we could make per annum (that I tore apart - went from 17k “savings” to a more realistic 2.5k). Pretty much solely all ink savings. Then I pointed out that we’d need to have...

My work just signed a PO for a Colorado (against my wishes I might add, I’ll be the one that uses it 99% of the time). We mostly do vinyl labels/decals. This thread does not fill me with hope.

This has only happened to us maybe once in the last 5 years and we relinquished the artwork no problem - gave the customer the files, we were under the impression we wouldn’t be seeing them again so they were sent all the files along with a note that we’d no longer hold any of their files in our...