Sue2

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  3. Posted

    3 minutes ago, Wildgoose said:

    While I agree wholeheartedly with the rest, I can't begin to count all the clients that I have had who don't have their files. Either they never knew enough to ask for them, didn't pay the original designer or lost them somewhere. Most times the significance of a true vector file is lost on 90% of the general population.

    On the devils advocate side, this company obviously has someone doing their work to be showing up on race cars etc... so it doesn't exactly pass the smell test.  

    OR they deleted those files cause they "couldn't open them!"

    so they were worthless.

  5. Posted

    1 hour ago, Dakes2 said:

    I never known such a crap program as signblazer, its like out of date software with lots of bugs and no help files, you cant even import an image with this, even if you use a converter to convert to eps, I wasted so much time on this trying to get it to work and time is money

    It's FREE and was created many years ago...it was and is a great little program.

    Kudos to Jerry that it still works with the newer PC software.

    If you want some more "up-to-date" design software... buy it.

    Just my 2 cents.

    Sue2

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    Well....I run a copy/print shop and we get hit-up frequently.  What I have found the most reasonable reply is

    that I save my donations for those people/companies that do other business with me during the year.

    It's reasonable to support those who support you......

    If I see a cause that I want to support I will make the offer to provide free or discounted tickets/items to help the cause.

    But they know in advance how much it would have cost them and we make up an invoice showing the regular retail cost

    of the items and then the dollar amount donated ......keep a copy of that in a file for your tax accountant.

    ***Every time you donate, write up a regular retail invoice and mark the donation as a separate line item

    showing the dollar amount discounted (again keep a copy for taxes).  It all adds up.

    Sue2

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  12. Posted

    HELP!

    So, my brother's office wants logo shirts for when they are out doing "Good Deeds" or

    at area fund raisers/events.  Today they sent me a box full of grey Nike 100% Polyester DRY-FIT Polos and Ladies T's...

    ALSO, they have a very little bit of a stretch to them...

    Do I need a special heat press vinyl for these 100% polyester shirts? 

    I KNOW I told them to send cotton or cotton content shirts!!!!!

    Last time I pressed a 100% poly shirt (didn't know it was poly) the black dye in the shirt bled into the bright orange vinyl and it now it is a muddy old rust color.

    TIA

    Sue2

     

     

     

  13. Posted

    We have managed to get by with the aqueous prints by covering the outdoor stuff with a UV Laminate.

    Holds up well....the imprint colors outlast coroplast substrates.  

    Attached is a picture of a sign I printed on our HP5500 wide format printer on coated adhesive stock

    with UV aqueous inks.  I put the UV laminate on the top half to test the longevity of the inks and substrate.

    The sign was out in the full sun and weather for 3 years.  

    The UV laminate really worked well for this.

    Sue2

    Sign_Fading_Sample.jpg

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    Here is your file with the Beyond the Mountains font laid over it....no node editing has been done.

    It's very close but would need some manipulating to match the original.

    And yes, the Mopar Logo is available in vector on "Brands of the World" website. 

    You will have to learn how to manipulate and node edit your text & graphics or you won't get very far in vinyl cutting.

    Sue2

    South-Tx_Step-1.jpg

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    9 hours ago, Go-C Graphics said:

    20 shirts it about my maximum for heat transfer vinyl shirts.  After that it's worth it to me to save my time and order Plastisol transfers. The time saved is WELL worth the little bit of added cost.   I can have 50 shirts done with only putting in 1-1.5 hours of work.   

    Hmmmm.....good idea to keep the business in house.

    Who does your transfers and what is their turn-around time?

  21. Posted

    CDR files can contain vectors, text, jpg, png, pdf pieces, etc....

    It's a graphic design program similar to Illustrator....I like it better and use it almost exclusively.

    The benefit I like most is that Corel stores the graphics/photos in the file itself...no outside links to get lost.

    Sue2

  24. Posted

    I had head clog issues with the Cobra Ink tank system with pigment inks.  I am told you have to run the printer at least once a day just to keep things from sitting & clogging.

    The tank tubes would also get air bubbles in them.

    I have a worthless Epson Workforce 1100 right now.  When it ran, it worked nice though.

    Sue2

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