the graphics lab

Update: If anyone is interested, I got a sample sheet of Sihl 3988. Here is a comparison-greenstar is on the left. There is no laminate on these. They have been up for about 2 weeks and it has rained and snowed. The sihl looks pretty good but the greenstar does not. The greenstar is very cheap, but I think it is only good for indoor use. Even with a laminate it doesn't last very long out side. The color shift could be because the second photos were taken with flash.

Here is cleaned up with proper welding and divisions. Also added registration markk. Awww. Beat me to it. bee.eps

Here you go. Font was Latin Wide. Badger Wrestling.eps

Actually I just spritzed water on it every 30 mins or so. I need to test it on a vertical surface.

I appreciate the replies. I put the greenstar aq vinyl with greenstar UV lamiante in the sink, along with aq vinyl with frogjuice on it. I also put a mimaki sample i got fromt he recent AC Sign show. The frogjuice one flaked off very quickly. The greenstar combo looked fine, put when I picked at the lam, it came off with out much trouble. I also tried an overcut on the laminate. I didn't like how that turned out. Hopefully mactac and sihl send me some samples.

I ordered some Greenstar Aqueous vinyl just to see and figure out contour cutting. It prints pretty well with my 1100 and cuts fine. I laminated it and put it outside and it rained the next day. It looked a little faded but still acceptable. I decided to remove it and the laminate peeled off as if there was no adhesive, taking the ink along with it. I tested a print i kept inside and it is great. So it took some material, half laminated it and submerged it underwater. About 30 minutes later I checked on it and it seems like the aqueous coating is dissolving where there isn't any laminate. I think what happened to my outdoor stickers was water seeped under and dissolved the coating, making the laminate have nothing to hold onto. My question is: are all aqueous coated printable vinyls like this? I am trying to get samples from sihl and mactac, but I just want to make sure they all are not like this before ordering any more. The price of the greenstar seemed a little too good. The photo is: Greenstar UV laminate Greenstar AQ vinyl 30 mil magnetic

sometimes in illustrator, ungroup doesn't work. There is an option "release" compound paths. I think that's what I did.

Lowercase and outlined. Font is Bleeding Cowboys. ECSR.eps

Generally, 300dpi is the accepted resolution, but depending on banner size and intended viewing distance, lower resolututions can work just fine.

I bought one about two years ago. The UV ink is just HP's pigment ink, and for me it was extremely expensive, around $250 per color. I just run the dye but I hardly use it and most of the time I spend about an hour reviving the print heads. My model is a 3000cp. You can't mix systems and you need the entire kit-ink, print head and cleaner. The print heads have a counter inside so it knows when a bag has passed through, even though it prints fine, however I haven't used it enough to go through one bag. For me, it was good to learn on but do your research before you buy. I had no idea about the ink systems or how expensive it was.