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  1. Suggestions Cutting Stripes Straight

    Hi All We have around 100ft of 2 color stripes to produce. Any suggestions welcome on keeping everything perfect straight on the plotter. Also getting the colors lined up as per image shown. Stripes are cut vinyl and not printed. We will be cutting at approx 9ft legths and joing together with...
  2. Question Printed Perf & Optically Clear Laminate

    Hi. Loooking for opinions and or experiences with printed perf to glass with optically clear laminate. So the lam wants to stick thru the holes which is understandable, but we have seen some clear lammed perf that it looks perfect, not sticking thru the holes of the perf. When it does stick...
  3. Website Designer/developer Req

    Hi All Could anyone recommend a website designer/developer in the Los Angeles area, or if you know of one elesewhere that can be recommended then great too. I have no idea about building websites, Ive had a look before and have no intention of trying, I prefer to pay someone :)
  4. Need Help Artwork Help

    Hi Guys we have a bunch of labels we need help with. We have been given a excel spreadsheet of 900 individual coded non sequantial numbers that we need one of each of, and need to get them into illustrator. Any ideas, or would someone like to provide a service and do the art for us? Thanks
  5. 3D Channel Letters Los Angeles

    Hey guys Looking for a referral for channel letters company in LA area (not Gemini). Got someone Texas, but need a local co for LA. Any help appreciated.
  6. Mimaki JV33 Carriage Motor

    Hi Our JV33 has become very noisy over the past 2 weeks when the head carriage goes back and forth. I have spoken to an engineer who gave me a price for a new motor, but thought I'd check with other JV33 users before I spend a bunch more money on it. I just spent over $2.5k on a new head after...
  7. 3D Letters Texas

    Hey guys. Looking for a wholesale company that does 3d stainless steel letters, painted and with backlit LED illumination in Texas. Any recommendations appreciated. Thanks S
  8. Frosted vinyl by the yard - LA

    Hi Guys Looking to see who sells frosted vinyl in LA area by the yard. Only need 15 yards not a whole whole roll. Any help appreciated. thanks :smile: CG
  9. Rasterlink 3 & Tiff

    Hey Guys Can anyone help. Having a problem with one file in Tiff format. Printed other similar Tiff files fine. Just seem to be running into an error on one of them. Its a 1gb file high res image and have to keep it that way. We have, Flattened the layers Made half size tried PDF...
  10. Mac Adobe CS3 or later Wanted

    Hi. Anyone out there have Adobe CS3 or later version for MAC? Delivery if available will be be to California (not London unless a UK seller). Thanks S
  11. Applying Vinyl on Vinyl

    Hey Guys. We have a promotional vehicle for a customer were we wrap a large dibond clad box on a weekly basis with new graphics each time using Mactac removable. So each week we strip and apply a new graphic, easy stuff. Now though they would like us apply two promo versions on top of each...
  12. Polished Stainless Refurbishment

    Hi All We have been handed a set of polished stainless steel letters from a client who had used them on a former shop. They moved the business, and now want to use them on the new store, but a few of the letters have a few light scratches. They have asked if we can clean them up. Looking for...
  13. Los Angeles Graphics Installer

    Hello all. Can anyone recommend a vinyl installer for Los Angeles area. We may need some help applying to some internal walls Thanks a lot
  14. Best banner material for welding

    Hi guys We have a couple of biggish banner jobs and have found in the past the cheaper 13oz material does not weld joins too well. The banners are for short term indoor use, stapled to a lumber frame (no hems or eyelets needed). Can anyone recommend a suitable material that will weld well...
  15. Color Variations on JV33

    Hi guys. Wonder if anyone can advise whst is causing color variations in panelled print? Basically we are printing a solid color over a 15 ft width, which of course we are tiling. The problem is the panels are printing slightly different but enough to notuce. Same file, profile, inks. I...
  16. Grand Format PVC materials Recommendation

    Hi Guys We have a 20ft x 20ft banner pvc graphic to do. Previous material didn't have any give at all and was a pain to stretch over lumber frame. Any of you guys have a media recommendation that might have a little more stretch to do this type of application? Its for an outdoor purpose...
  17. Dust is our biggest enemy

    Hi all, Dust, its a pain in the a**. We have a small but nice workshop, all open plan, no special room for the printer, or applying vinyl. Im sure its one of the biggest bug bears in our industry, so just wondering how you all out there tackle this potentially job wrecking little beast? We...
  18. Grand Format Banner East Coast

    Hey guys. I need a 14ft x 30ft banner for Georgia area. Any suggestions? Would like to keep cost of shipping to a minimum so Geogria may be best for us. wholesale would be preferable. Thanks
  19. Vinyl is NOT made for Signmaking

    A short rant. Why is vinyl not really made for sign making? What are you talking about I hear you say! Im sure, like me, you all have had the problem, right!? Vinyl marks and scratches far too easy. So today we decided to make a sign with a flood coat black background with text on top...
  20. Signvox Shout Out

    Last week I signed up with Signvox, today i had my training session. There is a lot to it, but looking forward to using it and seeing if it makes difference to our business. Especially looking forward to managing the workflow and sticking to dates and schedules. Been using Estimate until now...
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