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I am looking into Buying signlab
I am looking into buying signlab as i was used to that where i used to work.
Can anyone recommend me a place to buy it from and what are the costs?
Thanks
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Prices and packages
Brian may even give you a bit off if you mention the uksignboardsPeter
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Cheers Peter. I would of tought that sugnlab Vinyl would of been ok for your everyday signage like being able to do outlines and vector converts etc etc.
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Matt,
check your email
Ade
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Ade i have just checked my email and there is nothing there
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Sent u a PM
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Result!!! spoke to that impact place today and they have told me signlab have reduced their price of the vinyl package. Instead of £600+vat its £350+vat. So i am going to be ordering on Monday
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Hi Matt
Would this be due to the lower VAT Rate Monday M8 😉
Paul 😀
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good news Mat, did you tell Paul/Brian to hold on to my commission.?
Peter 😉
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Lower VAT rate on Monday i dont know what you mean 😉
Not that its going save a fortune but as tesco say, Every little helps. Will tell them on Monday Peter. :lol1:
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£350 for Signlab is a bargain – go for it 😀
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so why should it be devalued by 300 quid then?
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£350+vat is the crossgrade price for Signlab version 8.0. To qualify for that price you must have an existing competitors package.
It is a new deal as pre version 8.0 there was never an option to crossgrade to Signlab Vinyl.
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Matt, I have just dropped you an email please have a quick read. And I will speak to you next Monday. 😎
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so when you have a ‘competitors package’, do you have to surrender the dongle?
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What qualifies as a competitors package?? Illustrator? Omega? Never used Signlab before is there a huge difference between the above?
Jason
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quote Dave Rowland:so when you have a ‘competitors package’, do you have to surrender the dongle?
No, you just need to photocopy/scan it & let Cadlink have a copy.
It’s just so you can’t give/sell it to somebody else & for them to crossgrade it again I think.
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quote Jason Davies:What qualifies as a competitors package?? Illustrator? Omega? Never used Signlab before is there a huge difference between the above?
Jason
Jason, I will ask Cadlink tomorrow for a comprehensive definition. I think they describe it as a Professional Sign Making Package. That would generally be one that is dongle protected i.e. Flexi, Omega, Graphix Advantage, Casmate, Castop, Sign BLazer etc.
I don’t think Adobe Illustrator qualifies as it’s not a dedicated Sign Making Package.
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my corel v10 is due a upgrade how we fixed 🙂
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No worries, we use Omega sometimes but prefer Illustrator, I would be interested to know the differences and if it’s worth crossgrading.
Jason
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quote Chris Wool:my corel v10 is due a upgrade how we fixed 🙂
It’s a bit sketchy on their web site…
http://www.cadlink.com/products/signLab/sl_xgrade.php
"Are you currently using sign software? A generic design/graphics application?"
It would seem possible? although Cadlink’s UK’s policy may be different here than it is in the U.S.
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quote Jason Davies:No worries, we use Omega sometimes but prefer Illustrator, I would be interested to know the differences and if it’s worth crossgrading.
Jason
The best thing would be to get a demo version sent out. Then you can take a look for yourself.
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what the bejeebus is ‘crossgrading’? I’ve just got a grip on vectorizing, there’s more????? Where’s me brushes? 😮 😮 😮 😀 😀
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quote :“Are you currently using sign software? A generic design/graphics application?”
how about my dos based sign prog.
😉
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Sorry just made a post that has already been made by someone else, I wish rob would go back to more posts per page now he is on the new sever!
Peter
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Hey I do all my digital print designs in M$ Paint, I must qualify for a crossgrade surely 😳
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Have spoken to Cadlink. You are ok with Corel Draw or Illustrator, you just need to supply the serial number for the product.
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quote Dave Rowland:Hey I do all my digital print designs in M$ Paint, I must qualify for a crossgrade surely 😳
If you already have a Large Format Printer it is safe to assume that you also have a RIP. SO could X-Grade from that. Thus no need for that extra piece of cracking software. :lol1:
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quote Chris Wool:quote :“Are you currently using sign software? A generic design/graphics application?”how about my dos based sign prog.
😉
I started with a DOS program called VinylWriter from Wight Scientific.
Now that took some working out!
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quote Brian Hays:£350+vat is the crossgrade price for Signlab version 8.0. To qualify for that price you must have an existing competitors package.It is a new deal as pre version 8.0 there was never an option to crossgrade to Signlab Vinyl.
Does this work the other way I.E I’m using signlab 6 and I have been quoted £550 for each system (I have 2) to upgrade to Signlab 8.
If I decide to go to a competitor would Cadlink offer me the upgrade for £350?The other thing Brian what version of signlab are you getting for £350? I run colormaster. Which I’m told is the top version. So that could be the reason for the upgrade price.
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quote Shaun Harris:quote Brian Hays:£350+vat is the crossgrade price for Signlab version 8.0. To qualify for that price you must have an existing competitors package.
It is a new deal as pre version 8.0 there was never an option to crossgrade to Signlab Vinyl.
Does this work the other way I.E I’m using signlab 6 and I have been quoted £550 for each system (I have 2) to upgrade to Signlab 8.
If I decide to go to a competitor would Cadlink offer me the upgrade for £350?The other thing Brian what version of signlab are you getting for £350? I run colormaster. Which I’m told is the top version. So that could be the reason for the upgrade price.
Shaun, the £350 is for Signlab Vinyl.
There are 3 pacakges Vinyl, Vinyl Pro & Print & Cut.
If you upgrade your packages they will go to Print & Cut.
The retail prices are £600, £1300 & £1900 respectively.
You will get a little discount on the 2nd package of 10%. So one upgrade would be £550 and the 2nd would be £495.
A comparison on the 3 different packages can be found here…..
http://www.cadlink.com/products/signLab … _compr.php
Signlab Vinyl has recently been reduced from £800 to £600. In version 8.0 there are also a lot more features then there used to be in previous version. There also wasn’t an option to x-grade before. These factors combined make the £350 a very good deal for somebody buying their 1st Signlab. It’s aimed at people with basic design programs. Not really for existing customers like yourself.
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quote :I started with a DOS program called VinylWriter from Wight Scientific.
Now that took some working out!
yes it did but it was the best in its pre windows time.
when a 20 meg hard disk was my aspiration to get away from twin 5 1/4 disks.
happy days😀
chris
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well have ordered it today so should be getting it in the post tomorrow. So big play time tomorrow night 😀 expect lots of questions signlab 8 users 😀
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quote Chris Wool:quote :I started with a DOS program called VinylWriter from Wight Scientific.
Now that took some working out!
yes it did but it was the best in its pre windows time.
when a 20 meg hard disk was my aspiration to get away from twin 5 1/4 disks.
happy days😀
chris
The Good Old 5 1/4" Disks (Pocket Size) Great Suff Remember Them Well 😀
Paul
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Who is that smiling bloke impersonating Brian in his avatar?
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Brian I have just PM’d you regarding a crossgrade, can you receive PM’s?
Jason
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quote Jason Davies:Brian I have just PM’d you regarding a crossgrade, can you receive PM’s?
Jason
Yes Jason but can’t reply to them. Have just sent you an email. (-)
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quote Alan Drury:Who is that smiling bloke impersonating Brian in his avatar?
Alan DMissed that comment Alan, the pic has been photoshopped. Surely can’t be me. :lol1:
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quote Brian Hays:quote Alan Drury:Who is that smiling bloke impersonating Brian in his avatar?
Alan DMissed that comment Alan, the pic has been photoshopped. Surely can’t be me. :lol1:
agreed! i never seen you so cheerful apart from that time….
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