kyjeeper

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  1. Are you keeping the vinyl up off the surface while working from left to right?  generally if it touches the surface before its meant to be and you squeegee over it, it can create wrinkles and bubbles.  You also need to squeegee it very well, don't worry about being too hard on it, the tape will protect the vinyl. 

    What surface are you trying to put it on?


  2. Joe:  Sounds like a lesson learned here.  I would give them a preview in a non vector format before handing over the real deal from now on. :huh: They'll get theirs at some point in life.

    No, I didnt send him the vector file. I just sent a jpeg. Thats how I usually work (might change tho). I vector, I send jpeg for preview, customer approves or request changes, customer pays, I send vector. I did not send a vector file, but I worked it.

    Riddle, I dont chrge $5 for all jobs. It depends on complexity. $5 is for one color graphics that I can make in one trace, like a continuous shape.

    Complex things are priced different.

    Ahh, gotcha! Good deal, even if a trace from your jpeg will be easier for them to do than the original, they'll still have to work a little for it.


  3. why not put both?  also depends on how catchy your website/business name is. mine is really catchy that wouldnt be hard for someone to remember after only seeing for a couple seconds. if you have a long hard to remember name then you may want some other method that is easier to write down/remember.

    the whole calling at unknown times is a good thing i like about having an android phone. you can get google voice which gives you a whole separate number, you can use that as your business number and it also lets you go in and set up times to where calls are automatically directed to voicemail.

    You can do this with just about any phone and a google voice #.  I've done this with my iPhone.


  4. Your pen and your blade have different offsets (pen will always have a .000 offset, whereas blades can vary depending on each blade).  You mentioning knowing the proper offset, but I don't see that you've tried it.  I would tinker with your offset and see if that nets you anything closer to register than you're getting now.

    Bottom line is if your pen is getting it perfect, the file is likely perfectly fine. Try adjusting the offset in small increments with some scrap to see if it gets you a better result.


  5. Try rolling it around a smaller diameter tube, pipe, etc.  The reason its rolling differently is because it has nothing to conform to.  The backing with vinyl still attached is more rigid than the backing alone, which is causing your problem.  I've had luck wrapping about around a smaller tube (be it another mailer, pipe, dowel rod, etc.) then sliding it off and into the mailer. 

    Hope this helps!


  6. In Illustrator, make your path (be it a curve, circle, etc.) then hold down on the type tool and a box will pop out.  Choose the "Type on a Path Tool." Click on your path and when you start typing, your type will follow it.