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    yep that was done 2 weeks and still have got nothing in return after repeat phone calls and emails.  Now I have the school asking for the banners they paid for now I have to advise them what is going on.  Im curious if im able to contact them myself?

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    I search brands of the world and seek logo and come up empty.  Apparently no one at the Cody's Roadhouse location near my house has the logo for the company they work for.  All they have is a JPG that is about the size of a business card.  I need their logo to put on a 4 ft banner for a Elementary School they sponsor.  This is my last ditch attempt to get their logo.  If not I will be using their 4 inch jpg and blowing it up to fit a 4 ft banner.  It will not look pretty nor will I claim I did it.  

     

    So would anyone happen to have their logo? EPS or PDF file would work.

     

    The main logo on their website is what im looking for.  Hell anything that has their logo on it would help.

    http://codysoriginalroadhouse.com/

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    Now im having an issue with this plotter finishing cuts.  If I were to cut 3 of the same items 2 of the 3 would have issue with it not cutting full circles or finishing the letter however 1 would be perfect.  I just replaced the cutting pad.  I read somewhere where maybe lubricating the blade would work.  With the blade tip barely sticking out is it suppose to freely move around?  

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    So went back and did some math...

     

    I buy all of my 651 vinyl in 24"x50 yard rolls and all my application tape in the biggest size as well.  I round up and come up with about $1 cost per linear foot of material, vinyl and app tape.  So about 50 cents a square foot.  I did this job of 90 small decals took about 9' of materials, so lets call it 10'.  So i have $10 in materials in the job.  It took me about 2.5-3 hours to weed, tape, and cut them apart.  I charged $1.50 each (which i'm told is WAY TOO LOW to charge) and got paid $135.  That's $125 profit for 3 hours work with no overhead, and that comes out to $41 an hour.  I think I'm ok with that... But everyone says I should charge more, but I can't imagine charging what this calculator tells me to.  I think I would lose customers.

     

     

    Im pretty much right where you are at.  $125 profit for 3 hours of work is Great.  If you charge him $4.00 a decal he is probably going to order less and not come back.  There are people undercutting us big time and I lose customers to it.  Anywhere from 100-200 decals I wont go under $1.25.  If they are purchasing less then of course the price will go up some and if they order more the price comes down.  I thrive on Customer Service, getting your decals done in a reasonable time and receiving a great product with nice crisp lines.  I get repeat business all the time.  I may end up being a lil higher then some people around here (according to here im really cheap) but my customer come back and spend more money with me.  Treat them right and get that repeat business.  Continue to get customers like that and you will be ok.

     

     At shows I sell decals 1 for $5 bucks.  Online I sell decals for $5 bucks.  I wont go lower then that and I do well online with sales.  I see it all the time on Ebay though Buy one Get one "Free Shipping" at $0.99.  How is this person making money and surviving.  It cost you $0.49 for a stamp, plus your cost to list and sale and paypal takes out a fee.  What is he making maybe $0.10 which goes straight to material cost.  that isnt being very smart.

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    Chambers Suck.  there are a few sign shops in the ones I been in and one company will request a quote and then shop it around until they get the lowest price.  Once they get the lowest price they take it back to everyone to see if they can beat that price.  I called some of the people out about it and pretty much said I dont have time for these games.  I dont think they like that but O well.  I got 1 job out of it which paid the fees which were about $200 bucks or so.  After that I never went back.  3 years later my name, website and contact info are still in the book.  

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    yea the VGA port not serial port.  They look the same.  so yea I dont have a serial port on the back of this computer 

     

    ----HOWEVER----

     

     

    I got it to work. I notice when I unplugged the plotter that it was still showing like it was plugged in. So I deleted that device under printers and plugged the plotter back in and another one popped up and uploaded the driver automatically. Goto cut and BOOM. it works. I can go to bed now!!!!

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    yes and yes.  The job appears to go through and nothing happens on the cutter end.  I read that some people change to serial connection and it worked fine however my desktop doesnt have a 2nd serial connection.  Its being used by the monitor.  So im curious if a serial to USB adapter would work.  I have one so I guess I can give it a try.

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    My main computer has Corel Draw, Winplot and my Summa Plotter connected to it.  My backup computer (which is the same computer that I bought duplicates of) has now the Cut Studio and the Roland connected to it.  Its just aggravating that I tried 2 different plotters and nothing.  Luckily I was able to return the one.  But I need this other one working b/c I have some fairly large jobs coming up that will be cutting die cuts all day.  The back up needs to be able to do my everyday work while im cutting this big job.

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    I tried getting the vinyl express cutter working and I couldnt get it working so I purchased a used Roland Camm-1 GX-24.

     

    Before buying it I seen the previous owner cut out 2 decals.  I get home install the cutting software and installed the driver and it doesnt cut.  I installed the drivers the proper way.  Changed port types.  Installed older driver and an updated driver and still nothing.  Im using a USB connection.  Any Help???

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    Using the USB port.  GCC sent me the driver for the plotter However under printers and devices it shows Jaguar ii-61 and then it shows and Unspecified item.  When I shut off the cutter the Unspecified Item goes away but there is a printer Jaguar ii-61.  If I could just merge the 2 I think it would work.  I tried going into the Unspecified Item and putting in the driver link and still come up with nothing.

     

    I probably spent at least a good 7 hours trying to get this thing to work.  Seems like im almost there but im seriously thinking about returning it and buying something that has the drivers with it.  I would like to do some "Office Space" stuff to it now but im sure the previous owner wouldnt like that.