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I disabled the Edge Dashboard shortly after getting my S40 almost four years ago when setting it up to print via TCP/IP (don't even remember exactly everything I did, but printer has been running fine ever since using Onyx GamaPrint RIP). However, now I'm seeing there is a firmware update...

FYI, Midwest Sign will no longer exist soon. Got the scoop from an employee last time I was in there picking something up. It's a shitshow right now, for sure, and I feel bad for the employees caught in the middle. They are in the process of transitioning everything over to Grimco, including...

Anyone have a media recommendation for an 8"x48" printed graphic being applied to interior vinyl roll-up doors? (See pic.) We put some graphics on 5 of these doors just over two years ago, used the very aggressive Arlon 8100 with 3420 laminate because we wanted to ensure they would stick and...

Things at Midwest have seemingly been going downhill for years. It started years ago when I was only running my business part-time and they suddenly would no longer deliver to residential addresses. Fine. Not the end of the world. I've been in my shop full-time for 3+ years now, so that...

I think what was happening is the nut was slowly loosening over time and creating a very small gap between it and the ring terminal. The gap was causing the arcing. I tightened it up yesterday and that seemed to stop the sparking, but I replaced the ring terminal today just to be sure, and...

GBC said just to snip off the ring terminal and replace it, which is pretty much what I was planning to do anyhow. I also added another nut so the ring terminal is sandwiched in between two nuts. All better now!

Now that I look at it/think about it, there's plenty of wire there and it's in perfect condition so I think I can just cut off the ring terminal and replace it, rather than make an entirely new wire. Still curious why this might be happening. Does it just get carbon build-up up over time and...

So I have a GBC Arctic Titan 640T laminator, the one with the heated top roller. It's probably close to 10 years old (maybe older) but still in perfect condition and it functions absolutely fine. However, today I turned it on and turned the heat up to 110 and waited for it to warm up. As I...

Never quite sure which forum to post in...but does anyone know if Grimco acquired Midwest Sign & Screen? I buy from Midwest all the time as I have a local branch 15 minutes from me. Just looked at my invoice from yesterday and the remittance address is now showing as "Grimco Midwest LLC...

(If you were following my last post regarding which new plotter to buy, after getting my FC7000 back up and running via the serial port, I've decided to try to squeeze every ounce of life out of this machine...mostly because cash is really tight and I just can't afford a new one right now...

I know, I know...I guess I was just hoping for someone to really sway me one way or the other. As for service, I honestly don't know. My FC7000 has only had a tech look at it once in its 13+ year lifespan, but that was five years ago and we actually had to drive it two hours away to the only...

UGH!! You guys sure aren't' making my decision any easier. It seems like those who like their Summa, LOVE it, and those who don't like theirs, absolutely DESPISE it. Why do some people say Summa's service/support is second to none and others say it is abysmal? I don't get it. Talk about...

Still leaning hard towards the Summa. Sure seems like for every two people that tell me to stay far away from them, ten people tell me it's the best plotter they've ever used. Maybe they just have slightly sub-par quality control and their lemon to good machine ratio is higher than other...

I do a fair amount of contour cutting. I used to use Onyx with my old Epson GS6000 printer, but ever since I got my S40600 two years ago I've just been using the free Onyx GamaPrint RIP (a stripped-down version of Onyx 18) that came with the printer, and it suits my needs just fine. Didn't...

I think I get what you mean...you have to account for the registration marks and necessary extra media for the pinch rollers. I pretty much only keep 54" media in stock, and I just limit my contour cuts to about 50" max for the FC7000-130. If it's bigger than that, it's going to be two pieces...

Yes, I've searched, but I was hoping for some updated opinions before making such a major purchase. I also feel like if I search enough, I'll find folks who love and folks who hate each of these plotters for various reasons. In my 20+ years in the business, I've only ever used Gerber and...

Well that's a bummer. Although I'm pretty sure if I do enough searching, I will find a bunch of people that hate and a bunch of people that love each of the three brands I mentioned. I don't hate my Graphtec, but it's got its share of issues, so I don't really love it either. I'm intrigued by...

This is like asking me if I turned it off and back on again. :D I guess you didn't read the entire thread (I don't blame you.) It has pretty much been determined that the USB port on the plotter is dead. Serial connection was my only hope and it required a proprietary cable that Graphtec no...

Thought I'd update everyone on the current status of my plotter...IT LIVES AGAIN!!! I ordered a solderless DB25 and DB9 connector from Amazon, cut up an existing serial cable, and today I made the Graphtec-specific serial cable according to the pin diagram I was sent by the tech. Hooked my...

Graphtecs are certainly popular, but they also seem to have their share of issues. Mine has NEVER had perfect print to cut registration, so I always need to shift my plot files a bit to compensate before sending them. That's always been kind of annoying, never been able to fix it. Also have...