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I run Cutmaster 4 off a MAC for my Graphtec. Lately my Mac has been buggy. So I would like to update, sometimes when I do this though cut master has not been updated to allow for this shutting us down. So I am a bit reluctant to update. I cant tell from the website if this is something that is...

I did a manual cleaning on my ROLAND UV printer, thought I closed it all up and left the shop. Came back today to see it did not complete the cleaning cycle after the manual cleaning. Apparently the cover was just off the sensor, so the printer thought it was still off. I ran a test plot (all...

Out of the blue, both my plotters have been cutting inconsistently. I cut a lot of text panels for museums and galleries. 1/2" -3/4" text that usually weeds with a few I dots missing and a couple letters. Recently across 2 plotters, I loose about 25% of my letters. sometimes 75%. The colors it...

Just wondering how the attached air scrubber does on smell? I did not realize how much smell these uv's give off. It's getting into my clothes and makes me dizzy. I got about 1000 sq ft with plenty of windows (closed now for winter) 10 ft ceiling. anyone have a UV that successfully dealt with...

My shop is in a building with old school heating which shuts off and goes to 50degrees min to prevent pipe freeze. The other day the printer would not start up in the am cause of this. My question is is this bad? I cant seem to get a straight answer from Roland, and I dont want to run a space...

I have decided after many failures with my HP to upgrade to a Roland UV specifically this one in link. Any feedback, advice, pitfalls to avoid or harsh warnings welcome. It hits all the marks for my shop, better color, scratch resistant, size, simplicity, speed, power needs, venting is ok etc...

I have officially had it with my HP 315. Anything mid tone, CMYK black and white, or sepia just does not print right. It's usually pink, pink pink freaking pink. I could make valentines day cards forever with the amount of pink I have to toss. I have tried everything too, it's not the heads or...

I am printing a job that is mostly white with texts in the middle of each tile, (not printing white the white of the material). Being that the tiles are material white, what is the best marking system for trimming them so no marks are left in the overlaps etc.. pic attached Printer HP315...

my Graphtec being cranky cutting lines off level, see pics not even sure how to describe this. Material? pinch rollers? machine old?

a little birdie on here told me that HP is coming out with a new 700 series that is cheaper and better than the previous model. anyone know when that is? And is there more information out there yet on it?

I been cutting vinyl letters for almost 15 years now, printing for about 5. Got a big job which to outsource would cost about $1800, a 40x 40" machine seems to go on the low end for $500. My question is what is the learning curve on these? I know plotter cutting frontwards and backwards...

I have a 315. it's just not able to hit marks my clients require. is the 700 worth it? or is 360 a big enough jump? mostly the 315 struggles with grays and mid tones going pink or blue

I been getting more jobs where color matching is pretty key, wondering if a monitor like this one would save some time in the process. In other words if I can match it on the screen and roughly get what is on the screen to print that would save a lot of time and guesswork especially with curves...

I often wonder if I charge too little for printing. My rate is $6.50 a square foot for non-laminated printing on stocked vinyl. Any specialty vinyls I add a surcharge for the roll on top of the sq ft price. Trying to get a sense of what others (especially those in NYC) charge. As my subject...

I gotta say the new Cut Master 5 is seems so different, I gave it a look and nothing was in its original place. I am all game for learning but when, our business does not slow down enough where the machines are down for days so I can learn tweak. Maybe I am just slow at this, but perhaps there...

Ive had some really bad experiences with SandF. 20min hold times to order, orders going to wrong addresses, billing me 2x sometimes 3x over. And today the grand slam, wrong material wrong substrate, demanding payment on site, then countless calls for my credit card which they have had for 4...

Over the 20 years I been doing this this happened a few times here and there. but now its happening on almost every install with a colored wall. Specifically the material it happens most with is Oracal 631 exhibition matte vinyl on colored walls. We have adjusted the transfer tape, the type of...

I saw something like this at the SIGA show in 2018, but forget the name of it. It was specific to the sign industry, but really any software that can simplify installs and hours worked on installs would be welcome.

I been cutting vinyl for at least 15 years. About 10 of those on Graphtec's I love them. I currently have an 8600 30 inch that I love to pieces. However recently I have been losing a lot of letters. I have done all the diagnostics that usually fix this common problem. Knife depth, force...

I've been printing for about 5 years, most jobs do not require laminating (temp wall coverings in secure galleries) so I have little experience on my Royal Sovereign cold laminator 54" I have worked out how to feed it without bubbles and wrinkles, how to get a good lam, but the skewing is...