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Well got it blasted, since a bit over-sized had to blast in open air, will work on frame from raw stock wood and luminate as already tested it with LED back lighting and it is SIMPLY MARVELOUS....Finish this and it's on to next image of a LION that I used reference then painted it then vectored it so I can cut it....Looking at Ray and Ikonics products to lean away from vinyl and go with NONWASH templates..

Did my first store front the other day. Largest scale job so far. Learned fast it was a 2 man job. Luckily i was able to get help fast. Pictures dont do the Orange justice. Pops really well and clear from the road. Future image going in blank space under shop name. Whole thing was a dry install....PITA. This is the 3rd time Ive tried wet install on glass with rapidtac and it not work. Use it on metal and works fine, on glass the vinyl never sticks. Had to go back and recut the shop name because of it never adhering to the glass when tried wet at first. I did each line individually to make it easier to install. Curious if I shouldnt have went with more wasted vinyl inbetween lines of text instead of more measuring on site. Curious what some of you would have charged for this job installed. I offered them 2 prices, just cut and installed as I was hoping they would take the just cut as I was intimidated by the size. But wasnt AS bad as I thought lol. Windows are 66" x 82" and door is 30" wide to give scale.

I had in mind... graffiti

I would call support tomorrow - if you have already made sure all the rollers of the carriage are on the track (haven't seen it on the titan but on many other machines have seen them come off when shipped)

Ah good advice. I got my easy weed and actually made a couple shirts already and they turned out awesome. 305 for 15 and it worked like a charm. Also much easier to weed than sign vinyl which I like a lot. Hoping to get into just apparel at some point. Decals are a pain

AMEN to what dj just said about the Epson. Way cheaper to get into but if you aren't moving a LOT of ink you'll plug up and be throwing your printer away. Any guess why I know this? Bad part about the Ricoh is it's a huge initial investment. I am actually GLAD I didn't go the Ricoh way because the sublimation, while totally radical, has not been a seller for my clients so I plugged up my Epson but am only out the $200 +/- that I spent on it and actually more than paid for that with the jobs I did do while it was still working but not a great revenue stream in my niche. I do mostly apparel and not that many folks want 100% white polyester shirts. If I had a brick and mortar store with walk in's or hit the fair or even flea market booths then the almost endless array of trinkets that can be sublimated probably would be a selling point.

I like using thermoflex over siser . Maybe cause every place I shop only have that. I have used siser and it's thin but you have to have your blade perfect. Don't forget to mirror your image. And for the sublimation printer if you don't have customers don't go with Epson .

There is a easier way....I believe it's called Printing Looks Awesome though

USCutter has a section to help you get going also http://support.uscutter.com/support/solutions/folders/14000106627

Think Paco had a more current version but here is the one he posted on vinylforum.org that was still available Noob-V5_0.pdf

Never seen a program that does what you want automatically. That's where user skill and experience come into play.