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Ah that explains it, stupid cs4 files lol I just use the Send to Signcut pluggin, works fine.

I have yet to successfully import anything into signcut, the only way I am able to get things to work is to use the plugin for illustrator that looks like it just copy/pastes things over. Its crude but it gets the job done.

Oracal 8400 Invisible High Performance Cast #000

Post what setup you have to, what cutter, size of design, etc

The heatpress vinyl is VERY THIN so i looks like it just made a slight mark, but it does indeed cut through it for weeding. If you are using cheap back of the shelf material that has been sitting around for a long time, you are going to have trouble cutting it. Spend the extra bucks for Siser or Thermoflex and I'm sure your cutter will work fine with it at the right settings.

K so I got my samples of mactac and its a tight roll... I have an Epson 1100 that I'll use for the printing but its rather picky about feeding in pages. What is the easiest/best way to flatten the vinyl out. I've cut some strips down and rolled it in the opposite direction but the edges still keep rolling up.

I work the cost of the app tape, including the waste into the total cost of the project. Its only a few cents per foot but I dont take a loss. I only use one roll of app tape until its almost out, then I get a new one. So for small projects I have extra tape being used, which is only a problem if you are a penny pincher.

I wish there were more options for mac. I use Illustrator to signcut, but I would rather have a cutting software that works with mac shortcuts apple+o to open, etc. Not just a quick unstable port.

make sure you overcut your stuff too to prevent any hangups on corners that can slow down weeding

What is lightning vinyl?

I have some sororities as clients, they sometimes order within time to get materials but sometimes they need a banner or something quickly and my local supplier doesnt have everything on hand. Fellers is east texas, I'm west texas... 400+ miles away

I've had a couple of people contact me for rush orders on stuff that I dont regularly carry and was looking around town for suppliers. I was only able to find one, Reece Supply. I could order the stuff online and pay the overnight shipping, but these projects arnt big and the shipping would take about 50% of the total being charged. So I'm wondering if anyone knows of distributors/supply shops for banners, vinyl, heat transfer stuff in El Paso, Texas or Las Cruces, New Mexico other than Reece.

Hmm I guess the whole post wasnt read, was looking for somewhere local that I can get stuff the same/next day without having to pay overnight shipping. But thanks anyways... I think...

So I printed some stuff yesterday and everything came out great, today I was asked to print some photos of my cousin and I sent them to the printer. I look over and half ways through the 3rd photo the magenta just stops. The tanks still have ink in them but it seems that its not making it way to the cart or the head is clogged. I ran the clean head nozzle thing and the magenta still is blank when it prints the test. Is there a reason why the magenta ink isnt making its way to the cart and paper?

Yea I got his emails a few minutes ago, said there might be air in the system from shipping so I did a few clean cycles and it seems to be working now. Didnt expect a reply from him until tomorrow or maybe even Tuesday, being zombie jesus day and all. Great guy.

It shows them as a bit over half full so I dont think its that, when i did the nozzle clean test thing the magenta one was blank, so it seems to me that the ink isnt getting to the cart for some reason.

lol you will soon figure out how much everyone hates weeding, especially those little dots inside the tree.

That is exactly what I thought as well

I don't mean to be rude or insulting, but if you can not make a simple arc/curve design, then you shouldn't be doing work for customers. Learn the software and equipment before you start getting jobs, especially ones with deadlines.

In illustrator you need to combine them by using the compound path tool, it makes them one shape and ready to be cut.

I have the same setup as you, except i have CS4. I use Illy to design then the pluggin for signcut. it copies it all to signcut and just edit the sizes and cut. very simple, you get a year of signcut for free when you buy a cutter from uscutters

I've been doing work for this local band and they asked me to do a drum head for them for a show tonight, here is what it looks like. 3M vinyl, 2 colors cut and overlaid

From me, $45 for single color vinyl, taped and RTA

I just posted what I did on it with full details on here: http://forum.uscutter.com/index.php/topic,26780.0.html

Got 40 for that one, they order alot of stickers from me, so I hook them up with discounts for repeat business.