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Hello everyone, I recently moved to a small, artsy town in Colorado, and I've worked for sign companies for over a decade. We moved here because we just had a baby girl and all of my family lives here. As pretty as Alaska and Montana are, it's really hard to have a little one and no family...

My printer: Roland SP-540V. My vinyl: FDC 4826 R Tape Vinylefx Chrome Colors 107 - Smooth Mirror Silver. In VersaWorks, I have no idea what the closest profile would be to achieve the best result (i.e. no banding, etc.) The print is a simple fade from PMS 072 C to white (clear). Tests have...

A few years ago, a buddy of mine came up with a joke logo for a non-existant "Squeegee Alliance". I was thinking about it the other day. You know how credit unions have their network of other credit unions that you can use so they can compete nationally with the big chain banks? What if all...

Any ideas?

Getting a new computer, Adobe CC, etc. Looking for the best RIP software to run a Mimaki JV3. Leaning towards Onyx or Wasatch. Anyone have strong feelings for one or the other?

I have a customer who wants me to build some signs for their ranch off I-90 here in Montana. I'm just curious as to be readable by the highway, what sort of size I'm looking at? Also, I'm in a small shop without the real capacity to do it, so if someone closeby wants a referral, I'd be happy...

I have a customer that has a very specific SignLab font, "Janes-I", that I'd like to either match or convert to use in Illustrator. Is it possible to convert fonts to TrueType or OpenType font from SignLab? Thanks again, Signs101!

Okay, so here's my situation: I've been in the industry for over ten years. I started out with a very specialized company filling a very specific niche, moved to a big city, worked for FastSigns, Sign*A*Rama, & Signs by Tomorrow. I worked for a huge company that specialized in working with...

I need a solid design station (preferably PC... I know, I know... but yeah, PC) and a solid RIP station. One will be for design exclusively. The other will handle RIPing, cutting, and that's it. Everything else... if I get my way, SignVOX and it won't matter. I don't want a Dell. I don't...

I have a customer who's wanting a partial wrap, and I have a couple of lo-res and slanty pictures of this new Jeep Fiat... I mean Jeep Cherokee... that I have to draw up. Has anyone laid out a new Cherokee yet, and/or does anyone know where a vector template for one of these guys may exist (and...

Anyone have any ideas? Seems so close to the tip of my tongue...

I realize this was hand-painted 25 years ago in the wettest climate in the continental U.S., but does anyone have idea of what a font would be that's CLOSE to this? Obviously not looking for an exact replica, but something close. Thanks in advance, as always.

I counted. Last years catalog: 74 pictures of Frank Fellers. This year, he topped himself, publishing (albiet, some of them vectorized) a whopping 78 pictures... of himself! Fellers is the greatest wrap company. Not the company "Fellers", but Frank Fellers himself! HE IS THE GREATEST WRAP...

I've had this question in my head for years. Is there a union for sign makers? I think it would be nice to have a loose alliance of sign shops, where we could collectively bargain for retirement and healthcare, and where, when companies decide they want to compete with us rather than sell...

Happy Monday brothers and sisters in the craft! I'm looking for the PMS Color translations for Interlux paint (for boats and what-not), Brightside finish, 4253 "Ocean Blue" and 4152 "Yellow". It's this, or open the cans, paint a sample, wait for it to try, and match the color the old school...

Anyone know where I can find video game wrap templates? I'm specifically looking for a Playstation 3 (the super wide one). Thanks a bunch, signs101 people! You are all helpful!

Not the best picture, I grant you, but I'm curious as to what would cause this weird pattern. All of the inks are equally bad. I suspect that the pump is starting to fail, but I'm not sure. What do you all make of this?

Or maybe like how FedEx runs a shipping company? Over the past decade, I've wound up moving from Colorado to Alaska because every move I've made from a failing sign shop run by entrepreneurs with ZERO sign experience has been a less than lateral move. Maybe I just haven't had the best of luck...

When I called tech support, they (of course) blamed the router and cables, even though it was pretty much an instant switch from printing to "Printer is Disconnected". Anyone ever run into this? Is it really as complex as downloading InterCon-Net Tool and all of that?

We switched from Activity to SignVox a few months back. (Love SignVox, by the way. LOVE IT.) When we converted over, we started going through some pricing... nightmare. Does anyone have or know where I can find a set of "national standards" that I can use to compare? For example, we have in...