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I've had this Mimaki JV33-130 for many years and last had a new print head installed by a technician in 2018. My print head definitely has issues. I've done several overnight soaks but it doesn't seem to improve. Should I attempt to manually flush the head using the syringe method or just bite...

Weirdly, in all my years making signs, I've never used ACM. I've been thinking about buying a few years to play with. How do you cut this product down to size?

We often put new vinyl on old aluminum flat panel signs. We strip off the old vinyl and try to remove as much residue as possible. But, on a large aluminum sign, it can take hours to remove. What do you guys use to get rid of the old adhesive from signs like this?

I'm closing my commercial print shop at the end of the year and will become a print broker working out of my home. We've been in the same location for over 40 years but the lease it up soon and I want to "sorta" retire. I've worked hard over the past 5 years to move all print production (about...

As I was downloading yet another family of fonts that I was looking for, I wondered why its so easy to find free fonts. I've been a graphic designer and print and sign shop owner for 20 years and have never found a problem finding almost any font I've ever needed. To be honest, I have over...

We sell 18 x 24 and 24 x 24 corrugated plastic real estate signs everyday. But, I have a client who wants 24 x 24 signs that have two pieces of coro glued together so they slide over the odd metal stakes they use. I've seen these signs but don't know what type of glue one would use to fuse them...

I'm primarily a commercial printer but make a lot of outdoor vinyl signs mounted on aluminum. We're located in the Virgin Islands which tends to be extremely hot and sunny all year round. The vinyl on these flat panel signs tends to burn over time if installed where direct sunlight hits them...

Among other things, my print shop also makes flat panel signs mounted on aluminum sheets. I'm down here in the US Virgin Islands where its very hot all year round and the sun is intense. We've always had issues with the sun literally "burning" the printed vinyl and I'm wondering if there is any...