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Do you use 6MM ACM for 4x8 signs? I find the 3MM isn't rigid enough at that size. 6MM and MDO are pretty much the same price point for me.

We use a lot of MDO and have seen it a little more recently.

We use ours but mostly for some narrower web (12”) specialty materials that have to be UV printed. Works pretty well with that because the material is narrow and pretty rigid so we don’t see a ton of tracking issues. There is a guide on how to operate it in the manual which you should be able...

I might be mistaken but I think you are printing with LM and LC whether you want to/think you are or not. If the machine is setup for LM/LC then it's going to take those inks into account when building a color. We run white so we don't use LM/LC but that just means my color gamut is narrower...

Just did one the other day, 16” center, 3/4 down on a 24” wide sign.

We also make our own. We have a large customer who uses these exclusively and we used to make hundreds a year for them when houses actually went on the market to be sold lol. Since listing volume has been low the last few years we have just been using existing stock (we also install and remove...

Hey all! I have been using Nazdar inks for my FB for a while. Last few months had multiple issues and in that process found that their inks are almost the same price as OEM at this point. Who is using an alternative that they like and haven't had any issues with? We have had issues with...

I am on the hunt for an HP service tech in Miami / South Florida. I need to have a machine decommissioned and prepped for shipping on short notice. I have reached out to a bunch of places I found on the web but haven't heard back from anyone.

Same exact thing happened to me recently on my FB700 with yellow ink. Replaced a pump, filters twice, thermistor, and it started working when we changed ink manufacturers. Tech I talk to thinks it’s bad ink, not viscous enough. Ink manufacturer claims “it’s all within tolerance” after we went...

Damn dude, sorry to hear. On another note, how to do you like the Celero? I am obviously in the market for a used cutter haha. Our Colex is getting old and out of tolerance. I wanted to stay with Colex but they are hard to find these days, except ones as old as mine.

It is wild that he could fleece so many people. I sure hope companies like Cutworx don't have him selling or installing new equipment for them (his website and social media make it seem like they do).

Jim is an equipment tech, specializing in flatbed cutters. He breaks down, transports, services, installs and sells used cutters and printers. He used to work for one of the bigger industry names which is where I met him years ago. He went out on his own as Tritech USA a few years ago. We...

Interesting, we have some similar issues and ours is an older machine too. Did you buy the part from Colex? We took the covers off and the belt seems tight, gonna run in a bit with the covers off and see if it looks like the bearings are having any issues.

Are you putting an underfloor of white?

Thanks everyone for all your input! I’ll definitely check the tool/blade alignment. We always suggest PVC because like a few have mentioned, we hate foam board too haha.

We have been cutting foam core on our Colex for years and never had any issues. A few months back we had a small job and it started tearing the face and/or the foam. Now it happens every time we cut foam core. We tried single and double edge blades, same result. Tried brand new blades, same...

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I think back in the old SignLab days they had an option that would do the lines through the text. We called it the “power weeding” setting (no idea if that was the official name). Don’t know if anyone has that setting today. I have tried to get my production team to do it that way but they...

Haha trust me I’m over here kicking myself for not figuring it out sooner. We have used this material for a while from the same supplier without any trouble, some of the scrap I was testing with was from our last order with them. Now to wait and see what they have to say about it. I can only...