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    <blockquote class='ipsBlockquote'data-author="arty-rc" data-cid="376440" data-time="1415197688"><p>

    I have been using the plastic letter openers. They have an enclosed blade that cuts great and straight. The plastic housing won't mark up the cutter. Wally world has them as well as any stationary store. You can also shop on the big auction site for them.</p></blockquote>

    I bought two different brand letter openers like this and neither works well for me on my CE6000. They are just wide enough to bind up in the knife track. They also seemed awkward to use. (too small in my hand) I use a large snap-off blade knife and set it so it won't bottom out in the track.

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    It was painted over five years ago. I test cleaned a small inconspicuous spot with rapid tac2 using light pressure and my rag turned blue. I figured a alcohol mix would be worse. This area is high on the wall so no chance of hand oils. I figured water was good enough for the cleaning.

    My wife is pretty disappointed so now I'll have to find a different substrate to hang. Maybe a pic frame.

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    BE CAREFUL! It was recently brought to my attention that some of these guys selling clipart for commercial resale use in fact DO NOT have the right to sell some of the artwork. They mix in copyrighted and trademarked art in their files. You can weed through and delete those but you have to tread lightly.

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    I went to the biggest printer in town and the guy who runs the press and printers wasn't there. The lady I spoke with got out the press pantone set and we found one that was pretty close. The digital swatches didn't even come close. But I left the sample and cmyk from Oracal for the "guy" to work with. They should have a sample tomorrow. No Idea on price yet but their cards seemed awfully thin and I forgot to ask about thicker stock.

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    heck,. the colors can vary day to day from the same ink set. Even in offset printing. If you need a specific color, pay the price and pantone match it. 

     Hey mopar! How you doin? I appreciate your input. I DO need a specific color. And I have to admit my LACK of related knowledge is playing a huge roll in my frustration! What is this pantone match? For me it's not about the money (within reason) it's about an exact match. It's my OCD

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    Thanks 101 I'll give it a shot. If I take this code to a local printer to get a sample and it's a match then I should be able to give the code to Kustom printz and it will match the vinyl?.? Oh wait they only print the file you send them.

     

    Another thing that ticks me off is the fact that they will not send one card for approval. When they come right out and tell you that the "proof" may not look like the actual card due to display differences. I have a lot of experience with paint codes for both automotive and wall use and when I order a particular code it is the same every time. I don't see why I can't send them my design and the color codes and be done!

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    I want my cards to match the vinyl that I will be using on my truck which is lime-tree green. Sounds simple right? Wrong.....at least through kustom printz. 

     

    I designed my card using the general color format and just picked the color that appeared closest to the vinyl. When I received the proof it was a much darker green. I questioned it and the response was...

     

    "Your file was in RGB format which allows for those ultra bright neon colors. We are a CMYK printer which does not allow for printing of those neon colors. You will need to find a printer with those special inks if you are looking for those neon colors. If we receive an RGB file, we just convert it to CMYK. If you are looking for neon colors, CMYK won’t provide that."

     

    I thought neon? It's not neon. It is a soft lime green. So I went to the oracal sight which now shows you the RGB color format when you hover over a color sample (R99 G196 B60). I plugged that into my advanced colors and it is much darker than I hoped for but I sent it to kustom printz anyhow. Needless to say it came back even darker. 

     

    I then called Oracal to get the CMYK format (C64 M13 Y100 K1). Figured at this point we should be on the money............WRONG! Kustom said that code converted to (R107 G168 B67) which is different than the RGB listed by Oracal. I thought WTH? 

     

    Called Oracal back and explained the issue. After a few days he called me back and said the RGB listed on the sight is what "their guys" in house see the color as and the CMYK he gave me comes from the guys in the Germany factory. Go figure. They should still convert right? 

     

    At this point I am pretty frustrated! I just want my cards to match my vinyl!

     

    So aside from taking a sample to one of the shops in town Does anyone know how I can make this happen?

     
    .........fyi I don't know anything about color formats :)