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which software
thanks all, certainly seem like a friendly bunch!
dont worry, i’ve got lots of numpty questions waiting to ask! (may seem numpty to you pro’s, but i have to start somewhere)
now then…
pcut 24" is as good as on order from signwizard. i have demo versions of signlab7 and winpcsign, but wondering if either of these are of any benefit to me over artcut or signblazer elements. from what i can tell, the winpcsign comes with a vectorising tool, although it doesnt operate in the demo version. is there any decent (preferably free) easy to use vectorising tools out there?
Also, i’m obviously going to have to make my first order of vinyl and application roll, so that as an impatient male, i can plug it all in within minutes of receiving it all, and make a right hash up, trash an entire roll, and have to re-order more. I know nothing about different vinyl’s, so what would you recommend to use for vehicle application?
should i just get cheap, low quality from ebay until i suss out how to cut an 8" logo without using an entire 610mm x 10m roll? or is that just throwing money away – maybe the cheapo vinyl makes hard work of it all?
ah, so many questions, so little time….!
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Hi there and welcome to the madness…
Ok, heres two questions for you upgrade to Windows Vista or stay with XP?
Whats best, Raid 1 or raid 5?
In answer to your questions… do you have any experience using Illustrator / Corel Draw or vector based design? Most of our vectorising is done in Corel but mainly by hand and no special automatic tools.
There will be lots to learn in the vinyl world… you will see from this site how to make logos if you are a member, I have no idea what machine to buy, I think it will come down to circumstance but this company started with a Roland 24" cutter, the width of cutter will play and important roll when you get to do bigger jobs.
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quote Dave Rowland:Hi there and welcome to the madness…Ok, heres two questions for you upgrade to Windows Vista or stay with XP?
Whats best, Raid 1 or raid 5?
EDIT: i’m not sure if you were genuinely asking me, or using those as an example to point out that it all depends on your personal requirements… in case you were genuinely asking:
The upgrade path to Vista is going to be limited by your hardware. Personally, i’d say if XP does all you need, then stick with it. Although i have no hands on with Vista as yet, so couldn’t tell you the benefits or downsides.
It’s been a while since i’ve done server maintenance/config (although hold current HP APS cert), i believe theres newer raid configs out there nowadays. but Raid 5 is good for all. If you only have space for 2 hdd’s, then your limited to raid 0 or raid 1 anyway.
I do more printer and desktop breakfix than anything at present. I work in a trade floor environment (stock exchange type trade floor), so if a pc goes down, i usually have 20 minutes from when it is reported, to it being back online and working. No pressure then! the beauty of having hot swappable spares. 😀 It’s mostly HP workstations (d530, xw range) and HP printers (laserjet, b+w/colour) but the odd IBM laptop (T40/41/42/43 range) occassionally as well.
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wow thats pretty impressive… i must admit i have made most of the computers at work now Dell Dimensions 5150’s so I can hotswap easily on the network.
I think I sail into Vista at some point but I was fairly content with XP, I now want to concentrate on Sign Making instead of computing, done many years on computing and programming, never got around to certs etc., maybe I should have. We did format to raid 5 last year after replacing the server from 2000 to 2003 SBS, working really well now.
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I am in the right forum aren’t I ????????? This is still the UK signboards?????
Sorry for a minute there I thought I had logged on to a different forum !!!
As for software people have asked before and there is some free vectorising software available but can’t comment further as I haven’t tried it myself. A search of the boards may help as it has been talked about before. How much of that sort of thing do you think you will be doing because that will ultimately determine what software you use for vectoring. For now I would make a start with some of the basics, learn to walk before you run sort of thing, as most of what you are buying the kit for to start with is text based start by getting to grips with the basics of the programs and boring things like cutting, weeding, taping and applying !!!!
Vinyl, read a couple of the more up to date posts as this has been asked a couple of times in the past few weeks. As I said in another post start by contacting a few of the suppliers and getting some samples you can try, wastes less money as most suppliers will send you a sample of an unpopular colour free. I know it takes longer but it is worth it in the long run as there is not one vinyl that everyone thinks is the best, its a personal thing and worth taking a bit of time over unless you are happy to stock lots of different makes of vinyl.Dave I’m not in the same league as you to guys but on the vista versus xp issue, stick with xp until vista reaches its 3rd upgrade, Microsoft should have most of the bugs sorted by then. I have been running RC1 and RC2 on one laptop for about the last eight months and haven’t really seen anything to make me want to rush out and buy it. There are lots of fancy add ons and gadgets but these just use valuable system resources so once you have had a play with them for 5 mins then they get turned off so you can do some proper work. If you are a Microsoft fan then it might work better for you as all the microsoft software has the same feel to it with the introduction of Office 2007.
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