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  1. Is this a pipe dream or fairly close?

    This is for one sign but would it change your pricing if you were doing 3? 48" x 36" Sign Cost Breakdown Example 1. Material Costs Let’s estimate per square foot first: Size: 48" x 36" = 12 sq ft ACM Sheet (Full 4x8 = $50 / 32 sq ft) → ~$1.56/sq ft ACM: 12 sq ft × $1.56 = $18.72 Vinyl...
  2. New guy interested in pricing thoughts?

    I am interssted in what your general rule of thumb is on pricing. I certainly know it will vary from different areas of the country. But when making a sign are you generally using a multiplier on material assuming you are not doing installation? What about a delivery fee or do you hide that...
  3. Setting up media in Onyx

    Newbie here struggling with new media. Is new media have to be entered in both the epson edge dashboard and the onyx system or in only one place. Sorry I know this elementary to most. I am not seeing Briteline in the system so I assume need to find something comparable. I assume our Epson...
  4. Sign business startup questions

    So we are a product based business that has been selling wall decor and personalized gifts for over 2 decades and we would like to diversify as a sign business in our area and online. We have the following equipment 4 - Mimaki JFX 200 1 - Epson Surecolor s80060L 1 - Shopsabre CNC 1- Epilog...
  5. JFX200 Vacuum issue - Not working

    Hello everyone. So went in to print on our jfx200 yeaterday and pushed the vacuum button and the light next to the button on the control panel came on but no vaccuum. Anyone ut there had this issue before? Just wanted to check before I start digging too deep. Thank you!
  6. Flatbed CNC laser recommendations

    Thanks for reading... So I am in the market for a flatbed CNC laser. Anyone having luck with equipment from China, or are the US manufacturers the way to go...I think I know the answer to this but would like some feedback. I know I can get junk for $15000? Or spend well over $200k. If you...
  7. Looking for help with UV spray coatings and UV conveyor oven

    We are looking for ways to make our UV prints off of our Mimaki flatbed have a longer life outdoors and also to have a gloss finish. Could someone recommend a production line or company that might over this kind of setup or manufacture it. We print on thin aluminums that is coated white. We...
  8. Outdoor acrylic sign for golf course

    Hello, been in the flatbed print business for a couple decades but we primarily make home goods and wall decor but are expanding into local sign work. I have been approached by a local golf course to make an outdoor acrylic sign to provide inromation to the members. I have a load of questions...
  9. Could not be more dissappointed in LEXJET

    Not generally a big review person, but felt the need to share the short version of my nightmare. Bought an Epson 80600s, Summa S Series and a laminator from them a year and a half ago and still have not been able to cut a sticker I can sell. In fairness, my troubleshooting has been sporadic...
  10. Issue with flext cut - it perf cuts and then goes back over again

    I am fairly new to summa cuuter and epson 80600s and Lexjet basically came out and dropped them off and drove away so doing a good deal of trouble shooting on my own. I am making stickers that involve a kiss cut and a flex cut. The problem is the flex cut is doing the perf cut and then going...
  11. Need Help Mimaki JFX200 - Y Motor help

    We have a few JFX200 flatbeds and one of them has a very high pitched whiny sound has the head goes back and forth. Is this a full Y motor replacement? Also another printer is saying replace Y motor brushes. I suppose this could be the problem with both? Any sood sources out there for the Y...
  12. JFX200 Mimaki - Issues printing on ACM

    Hello everyone, We have recently decided to print on ACM with our flatbed. We use L100 inks and are getting odd smudges or issues every once in awhile. We have torn the laminate off and printed, we have torn the laminate off and wiped with alcohol(even worse) and we have 3 - JFX200 printers...
  13. Questions for making stickers.

    Hello have been in the flatbed world for over a decade and recently purchased an Epson S80600L, S Series Summa and Laminator and Onyx software We are turning our current product line that we do on other substrated into stickers for our customers. I am running into a few questions/issues. 1...
  14. Mimaki JFX200 System Halt Error - SYSTEM HALT (*) 509 : HDC POSCNT

    Hello we have one of our Mimaki JFX200 macines acting up. We have been getting the system fault error SYSTEM HALT (*) 509 : HDC POSCNT. It is happening in the middle of the print job usually toward the back of the machine and the head assembly stops at or near the the capping station. We are...
  15. Increase the Vacuum Pump on my JFX200

    We have a 4 x 8 table flatbed printer and I was wondering if any of you have every increased your suction with a larger vacuum pump on your flatbed printer?
  16. Most versatile entry level roll to roll printer

    We are looking for advice on the best entry level roll to roll $15k-$30km under 72 inches most likely. Our early focus would be to make make die cut stickers so we are needing the printer and wanting to go with a summa or graphtec cutter most likely the Graphtec FC9000. We were leaning towards...
  17. Bulk Commercial Die Cut Stickers Machine

    Hello, could someone please guide me to a solution to manufacture die cut stickers and labels. Trying to find a fest efficient machines that might be used by some of the bigger sticker and label companies. Looking for something that might even include labels being cut with lasers etc...
  18. JFX 200 -2513 Printhead Life Expectancy?

    Hello, we have 3 JFX200 flatbeds and two of them are about 2 years and 6 months old. One of those is presenting a perfect test draw but we are having issues with banding/ lines. Mostly when we print green colors. My question is, why would a printer with a perfect test draw all of the sudden...
  19. 3M™ MCS™ Warranty for Traffic Printer question

    Hello, I am new to roll to roll as we only have 3 UV flatbed mimaki printers. We were printing onto reflective material on the flatbeds and as expected the life is shorter than we would like and I was just curious if someone could recommend a good latex printer that would qualify for the 3M™...
  20. Color matching 3 - jfx200 together

    Yes we are looking for someone that can color match 3-JFX200 together. We paid someone recently to make the color matches but in the end they are not putting down the proper colors. Do any of you have someone that you've worked with in the past that might be able to help?
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