rodbuilder

I'm far from a "pro" but have ben scoping out printer/cutters for about 6 weeks now and while a lot of guys say the Roland 300 and 540 are tops I like the idea of using a Summa with the ribbon cartridges, because the ink lasts FIVE years without laminating and I'm gathering that the Summa requires very little job-to-job maintenance or cleaning of the heads?. Let's face it - while Roland DOES have a good name "no maintenance" and "great life span of the inks" sounds awesome to me!

Check with your city zoning commissioner.

YOU NEED A PRINTER!!! Anyone that says you're going to do a nice-looking raccoon with a cutter must have a LOT of time on his hands!! And unless you have a LOT of coons to make decals for, remember that a new printer is gonna sock you $10,000-$12,000 MINIMUM. Telling you that you can make a photo decal of a coon up a tree, is like telling you that you can make a new set of pistons for your car with a pocket knife!!!!!!!!

I just bought a 36" Mutoh Falcon Jr. Outdoor that has not been used in a while. Should it be OK to print with no major work and if the print head(s) are dirty can a guy simply clean them?? Also - I'm looking for a replacement disc for the PhotprintV4 dongle that came with this printer. How about it?? Please respond to: pbbm@comcast.net THANKS!

Get an "Eco-Solvent" printer and make sure it's for vinyl! HP and Epson make Eco printers but they're not for the vinyl industry!!!! A printer that uses only "solvent" ink needs serious ventilation!!!! Eco solvent does not.

Yep, the economy sucks and businesses are dropping like flies buy I finally bought a Graftec CE 5000 with Flexi Sign and short of not knowing snot about how to use the software (!!!) i'm "ready" to go! I figure that even an old man like me (62) who has worked in the C/N/C machine trrade as a programmer/operator for over 25 years, ought to be able to make a sign cutter walk the walk - right? Well....................maybe! With your help maybe I can get this done. I make my first cut today with great success. I got the machine all set up and, using my machinist's eye I made a visual 1st set on the knife depth and BINGO - I got a perfect cut the very 1st time! I was TOTALLY stoked. But now, unless I'm gonna' be happy making really simple sikgns I'm gonna' need some serious help with the Flexi Sign. These graphics programs are way too intense for me. So let's dstart with something that I hope is as simple as I would want to be.............how in the heck do ya' add a BORDER to your text? I looked at the help index and it was as helpful as asking the teller at my bank if she could install some RAM in my computer!!!So let's have it.................I have a word up on my screen and want to throw a border around the word. How do I do it? Many thanks to anyone that can help IN SIMPLE TERMS!!!