[eddie cotter]

€5995.00 if your in ireland, i may deliver it & get it up & printing for you as well, if you buy me a breakfast roll, coffee & throw some diesel in the
van, its a great machine, selling due to upgrade cadet.

😉

[eddie cotter]

nice one richard, pitty the poor sod thats got to take it off

[eddie cotter]

i had this problem as well though i dont do much paper, try turning the heat down & see how it goes

[eddie cotter]

i am outside today fitting a truck, its bloody freezing, this is my last winter doing this, i live on the top of a hill, the wind is realy strong up here,
any way, the land owner behind me has just agreed to sell me a few acres
of land, so in the new year, i will be putting up a 35ftx65ft shed
with a fifteen ft automatic door at one end so i can get any size truck in,
i just came back inside to get some circulation back in my fingers,
i have lost count on how many vehicles i couldnt finish because if the rain
& it realy annoys the customer as well, having to come back!!
so i reckon the money it costs to build the shed will be a good investment
as i can get more work done & on time……

[eddie cotter]

hi john, hate to say this but i have the same problem on my cadet banding on most stuff, 😮 have the machine around 15 or 16 months now!

[eddie cotter]

very nice job, well done!

[eddie cotter]

nicely put chris, the weekend working is realy getting to me now 👿
the usual story is ….er but i need the van all week! then when it turns up on saturday, its coverd in s*** i recently put up my price for work &
felt that if i lost the job, at least i wouldnt be killing myself working for no profit!! last week a bloke came in & asked me how much to do his traffic van, normaly i would have been around €400+vat just for the laugh i sead
€495+ he looked at me & asked how soon i can do it!
i suppose if you are to cheap something has to give!

[eddie cotter]

😳 sorry adrian, i knw what you mean! the edge does nice stuff on metallic silver & gold, i did a test print on my cadet printing on to metalic gold & they came out ok, but the inkjet i dont think will ever be able to do
reverse metalic gold on to clear?

[eddie cotter]

hi freddy, roland have just launched the exw soljet which prints white,
i recon b&p Will do the same with the grenadeir soon, i would wait & see
whats happening at sign uk next year, should be intresting if its a success
then i think the gerber edge is dead?

[eddie cotter]

Hi Brian, why dont you use the vhb 3m tape! the red stuff, its very thin
i recon it should do the job 😉 eddie

[eddie cotter]

Hi Hugh, try & get as much as you can for your work, never mind the begrudgers, phill you were in the same position once! a wannabie i think you call it!!!!

[eddie cotter]

frog mans right, use the cleaning kit pour some flush fluid on to a cleaning stick ( sponge bit) gentaly rub the heads, only do a mechanical head clean when absolutly nessasary as it causes wear on the print heads! 😉

[eddie cotter]

very nice rob, nice design work, very smart, well 😉 done

[eddie cotter]

thanks a million lynn & graig, client will meet me tomorrow & ime shure
one of the two will be up his street! onece again, thanks for your help, 😉 eddie

[eddie cotter]

nice one gritz 😉 wats the sunglasses for 😀 are you undercover
or something 😀 😀 😀 yeah deffinatley goin to sign uk next year
cos i wont live it down if i dont,

[eddie cotter]

i knew ide be famous one day 😀 😀 😀 a couple of gangstars who i call the two ronnies kept pestering me to go over with them for the show, but i was so bogged down with work i couldnt make it & left em down at the last moment, sorry lads 😀 i promise i will be with you next year,
as i will be ordering the new grenadier if its doing white by then 😉

[eddie cotter]

nice one orville, looks realy well, i went up to have a look at the job just after you did it, very nice well done 😉

[eddie cotter]

Nice one claire! told you they wernt a bad lot 😉 welcome aboard
you wont be stuck for any help here, so get posting and ask for any help you need, cos thats what we are here for, best of luck eddie c

[eddie cotter]

hi mark sorry to hear of your troubles, i have a cadet, same machine
any time i get an air lock, i remove the front cover & in front of you is two
tubes, a red one & a black one, ther is a connector on each one disconnect
one then get a syringe from a vetinary shop attach it to the part of the tube that goes back to the capping station & suck some ink out & in to the syringe, then connect the tube back again, do the other one as well,
you may have to do this a few times, hope this helps, i dont know about the reg marks as ive never had to laminate a print to re allign
as i am on true solvent ink & just use the od bit of clear jet spray if i am doing anything that is going to get some real abuse, best of luck with the machine, 😉 eddie

[eddie cotter]

i know the feeling james, any way if thr customer was happy, then thats the main thing! i did a van recently for a block layer, when i started to explain the best way to go about it, he started to walk away & shouted, your the sign man, i am a brickie! call me when its ready 😉
came back for van & was well impressed if only all customers wer like that!!

[eddie cotter]

all i can say is, i got my cadet from b&p & the back up has been exelent
if i heed any tech help, its only a phone call away, they are realy nice people & very professional, i drove over to collect my cadet &
would do it all again, 😉

[eddie cotter]

Dave, i have my cadet just a year now, its the best decision i ever made,
maintenance takes me ten minutes!!! every now & again as for any smell
just open a window for a few moments & its gone, i am deffinatly going to get a grenadier with a bulk ink system as soon as i have the dosh!
oh & get the troop rip!!! 😉 eddie cotter

[eddie cotter]

hi ian, had a go the other day on my cadet, my dad came round, he is an artist, he gave me a bit of canvas to try, it printed perfect!!! no problem
at all, i was a bit nervous though as you would want to make shure the canvas didnt warp & cause a head strike! if you do it make shure the canvas is nice & flat, eddie

[eddie cotter]

thanks lynn & justin great stuff! 😉

[eddie cotter]

lynn thats exactly the one i need any chance of it 😉 & thanks to all!!!! for your time on this one eddie

[eddie cotter]

its the r on the front of this bike if i can up load it?

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[eddie cotter]

thanks a mill thats just the one i needed 😉 thanks again for the help
eddie cotter 😉

[eddie cotter]

well done, nice work 😉

[eddie cotter]

thanks a mill james, just the job, 😉
thanks tim!! sorted now.

[eddie cotter]

i use tar & glue remover first, then rub over with meths! works fine for me 😉

[eddie cotter]

try this

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[eddie cotter]

i used to sub out print stuff to a firm with a versacam the prints were crap
& faded within weeks, it turned me right off that eco sol stuff,
rob lambie sujested the cadet! & i can honestly say its the best thing i ever did, i have the machine now nearly a year, its done wonders for my business & i even supply the trade, as for the smell, my cadet sits about three feet from my work station & even if its running for hours i dont even notice any smell, once every few weeks i do a maintenance clean, only takes ten mins, now & again i get the odd air block, only takes a min to sort, my next step will be the cadets big brother, the grenadier,
& the best thing is the back up from b&p they are a great bunch
always happy to help, its great to know if you have any tech problems
you can make a call & get back printing in no time at all,
😉 eddie

[eddie cotter]

thanks a lot norma!!! but if at all poss i need something a bit more serious
funny ol lot over here!

[eddie cotter]

Cheers rob, thanks a bunch, Best wishes to you & yours For 05
hope the grenadier is going well for you 😉

[eddie cotter]

i use troop rip with the cadet, great peice of kit from B&P 😉

[eddie cotter]

uniform cadet 😉 for now… grenadier next time!!!

[eddie cotter]

most of my work comes from word of mouth! tried the local papers & stuff
but, business people with vans & shops dont get time to read the paper
so it didnt work, i tried direct mail letters & flyers with a stamp
they got on to the bosses desk, i got loads of work from it straigt away
i will never advertise in a paper again, unless i decide to sell washing machines to house wifes!!!!! eddie ps i had to stop sending out flyers as i couldnt handle the work! 😉

[eddie cotter]

confirmed order by fax on a wendsday from tipperary ireland & collected it myself in surrey on friday 😉

[eddie cotter]

nice stuff 😉 pictures speak louder than words, thats my sales pich!
rob if you ring me again make shure i have a comfortable seat, coffee fags & food near me 😀 😀 😀 eddie

[eddie cotter]

nice one orville 😉 great work mate! the car looks fine & the photography sign is fine, the only thing i would have changed is to do the frame in black, as it wouldnt stand out as much, but in white, you kind of look at the frame first, nice to see you posting, lets see some more,
😉 eddie

[eddie cotter]

lovely work as always steve 😉 wats the story with the roal canin (?)

[eddie cotter]

hi billy, my cadet is situated about 3ft from my computer & their is no bother with any smells, my office is small & i wont be putting in any extractor as i recon it dosent need it i find only a mild smell & thats only when doing longer print runs, by the way when i got the machine up & running i stuck a sample sticker on the back of my mobile phone
to see how it lasts! i cant see any fading yet & my phone gets some abuse
all day, in & out of my pocket, i can guarantee one thing though!!! a grenadier from B&P is deffinatly on my shopping list for christmas 😉

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[eddie cotter]

thanks all! it was the clientns idea to loose the wipers, the van is a refrigerated unit & the back doors are insulated with that white stuff
so he aint going to be woried about his wipers 😉

[eddie cotter]

thanks for the fast reply rob! yeah digital is the future of our trade isnt it robert 😉 thats what was on my mind before i got the cadet,
no point in being at the station when the train goes away, you need to be on it, or you get left behind! i usd to think! what if i dont get much work for it, now i dont care if i dont switch it on all week, although it does get plenty of use, its the convenience of having it, only tonight i got a tranny booked in for the weekend he wants some photos on it, normally i wouldnt be able to do it at such short notice, as i couldnt guarantee i would get prints in in time for the weekend, now its no bother, i am even getting a good bit of trade work, as i can offer a service that cant be beaten, like
whear can you get a digital print on a saturday or sunday?
i can do it 😉

[eddie cotter]

Exellent mate!!!! congratulations on the new machine….. now go and treat your self to a new pr of shoes :lol1: :lol1: :lol1: , i used to wear those rigger boots when i was a trucker, i needed them as i used to collect & deliver blood & animal offal, great for keeping the toes warm though 😉 eddie

[eddie cotter]

nice one arthur! the gang at b&p are the biz! my cadet is runnig great &
the prints dont rub off 😉 last week i did a few labels, simple spot red on white background, the red was coming out a kind of orange color
when my client saw the proof he wasnt happy about the orangey shade of red, then i thaught hell i am in trouble now as i heard inkjets have problems with spot colours!, so one quick call to B&p & problem sorted in a second, just change the setting to spot colours in the troop rip,
the labels came out a rich vibrant red just as the client wanted!
great machine the cadet, & hopefully i will upgrade to a grenadier next year, best of luck with your cadet arthur 😉 & thanks to robert lambie
for saving me, as i was just about to get a versacamm (:) thanks rob, you saved me four grand i would have paid for the bloody laminator 😉 eddie

[eddie cotter]

nice one steve! very neat, well done as usual 😉 eddie

[eddie cotter]

thanks robert & rodney, i must have messed with the cut settings on the troop rip, rang b&P & graham sorted it over the phone, now thats what you call after sales service, so guess who will be getting my next order for equipment 😉

[eddie cotter]

try this 😉

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[eddie cotter]

yeah rob, did 50 8″x4″ oval stickers today with contour cut, first class job!!
then this evening my first trade job came in, 100 5″x3″ simple labels plain text white back must have by tomorrow, so as i am only feeling my way & afraid of loads of media in the bin! i did a sample print & cut of five &
when the machine went to contour cut i did a smaller cut over all five labels!!! each cut was a lot smaller & well of line, its like its like the plotter isnt communicating with the printer! bloody typical isnt it, just when i need to deliver the goods things go pear shape, (:) eddie

[eddie cotter]

😉 your right lads! left the next print for a few hours & it went on perfect,

[eddie cotter]

thanks a million kawy 😉

[eddie cotter]

about ten minutes rob 😮 mabey i was being to cheeky, i didnt print right to the edge as i was worried about it lifting, so i left a small white border, it still buckeld abit at the edges it was like the vinyl was to thin?
i have a feeling the ink was making the media extra soft if you know what i mean 😮

[eddie cotter]

wach this space rob 😉

[eddie cotter]

hi rodney, i did some printing today, auctioneers signs, 24″x24″ all on the one peice, then mounted it wet on to 6mm corriboard, i found that the print was realy thin & it had a big tendancy to pull out of shape as i was taking it of the backing paper, it was hard work getting it on to the board
& getting it even, i got it in the end, maby i shoul have left it dry longer,
vinyl was metamark 5-7 digital 😮 eddie

[eddie cotter]

😉 thanks a lot mate!

[eddie cotter]

thanks adam 😉 , i was stuck yeasterday for vinyl in a hurry
to try out the cadet so i got a roll of metamark 5-7 yr digital gloss
but will keep it in mind for next time, thanks again, eddie

[eddie cotter]

does this help

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[eddie cotter]

great work andrew, the design works very well 😉

[eddie cotter]

nice one paul, your probarbly right, if their isnt much profit in it,
not much piont in doin it, i might follow rodneys advice and just do a few
classy ones, god idea rodney about the coasters, 😉

[eddie cotter]

mines a bmw520 like it cos its safe for the kids,
would love a range rover, but cant afford one 😀

[eddie cotter]

i heard that you can only drive the versacamm from signlab e6 or 7
anything less has to be exported to corel or somethin then done from their. eddie

[eddie cotter]

a work of art! great design, first class, now how did you do it,
those beveld edges are the biz, thumbs up for the versacamm 😉 eddie

[eddie cotter]

sorry lee dont recognise the font, but as a last resort, you could go over it with tracing paper, clean up the lines, scan it in, then vectorise it,
eddie

[eddie cotter]

thanks a million rob, for a very interesting reply, the smell wouldnt bother me, as i live near a pig farm anyway 😀 😀 😀 , i suppose i could sub out the window stickers, does it run from signlab?.
the edge does seem like a bit of work now that you say it,
why have i never heard of the cadet before, & the roland is plasterd all over the place? eddie

[eddie cotter]

just had a look at the cadet rob, nice bit of kit,
how much are they! they look like the versacamm,
they say no lamination needed, what do you think!
what will it do that the versa cant, eddie

[eddie cotter]

keep em comming!! i have had labels done on the versacamm
& the quality was pure crap!!!!!! Well i didnt know any better until i got the same job done on the edge, same file, quality was fantastic, why!
every one says the edge cant do small text, from what ive seen
its just fine, when i questioned the roland people that did the prints for me
they told me the usualy use the low res setting as its faster & uses less ink
so does that mean for proper quality work, the versacam is realy more expensive on ink, also some labels i got done on the versa, started lifting around the edge, even the client complained! apparently if the ink is printed to the edge it burns in to the vinyl & starts to lift!, as rodney explained erlier
now if the versa takes all four colours to make one, say red letters on white back, shurley thats using unessasery ink, the edge uses just one spot colour, i think, whats the cadet machine, who makes it, ive not heard of one before,, many thanks for all your help gang!, i have to make some phone calls, tomorrow to either go ahead with the edge or not! 😮

[eddie cotter]

thanks dewi, but am i right in saying the versacamm cant print white?
i beleive you can only use white vinyl in it, (?)

[eddie cotter]

richie, as far as i know, osullivan print supplies in dublin sell
frog juice, they do a next day delivery as well, hope this helps 😉 eddie

[eddie cotter]

thanks rob!!! as an ex trucker, i enjoy working on trucks, thing is, i gave up lorry driving cos i was drivin 18 hours a day all over ireland north & south, now i am working just as many hours, even sundays, but at least i can wach the kids growing up 😉 & i am at home all day with the slippers on! you cant see from the picture but ther was a big pool of water just under the back doors of the trailer, i couldnt get hold of a lorry to shift the trailer a bit so i ended up tip toe in the water every time i got up & down, i did it on my own, the bloody wind was cutting me in two as well
as loosing all the feeling in my fingers 👿 the haulage company is a new client, & needed the trailer on the road as fast as poss, so i had to jump when asked, he was well pleased & told me he has more new trucks & trailers on the way 😀 , phill your right about the bars, i think the letters always look more professional behind rather than on the bars,
thanks for the encouragement lads, eddie

[eddie cotter]

i did a 4×4 wheel cover last year using sericol ink, bloody great job, its still going round hear every day & looks as good as new 😉

[eddie cotter]

very mod steve, a nice job indeed 😉

[eddie cotter]

phill, i know how you feel mate! i had two rolls of vinyl specialy deliverd this morning as i needed them for tomorrow for a van, five mins after the courier left client rings up to say he needed the van this weekend & could i do it next week end instead (:) so now i have to pay the courier extra money for the urgent delivery 👿 eddie

[eddie cotter]

nice one steve, as always 😉

[eddie cotter]

ime with phill on this one rodney! thanks for the very informative info,
it makes great reading, i will be getting a versa camm next year i hope!
eddie 😉

[eddie cotter]

lovely one steve mate! ive got one of these vans to do soon & i wonderd about going over the recesses on the side, yours looks great.
well done 😉

[eddie cotter]

brill gray, realy nice work, just one question 😮 is ther a reason why you didnt weld up some of the letters on harbour, dont shoot me, only askin 😉

[eddie cotter]

hope this works! 😉

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[eddie cotter]

not bad, cant read the text on the back mabe the colour is to dark
😉

[eddie cotter]

i am in the same boat as martin phill, to soft, any way,
i suppose the best thing is to say nothing & mount them flat on,
at least he cant say anything bad about you, & next time he comes back for more work, just bump a little extra on to the price, to cover you on this one 😉 eddie

[eddie cotter]

well done gav, great design 😉

[eddie cotter]

i heard that the roland colour cam is a lot cheaper to run, & the quality is a lot better, & they are a lot cheaper to buy! 😉

[eddie cotter]

no problem gray, will organise a few shots for you soon

[eddie cotter]

Sorry grey, looks like a new kitchen table for aisling 😀 cant get the plasterers back to do the inside of the work shop for another while,
now about kotters new logo,grey! poor old mr braughton spent weeks putting together my current one and although he isnt much good at it 😀 😀 😀 i better stick with it so as not to offend him 😉

[eddie cotter]

😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 ive had a great laugh at that one phill, great stuff mate, what did he say when he found out 😮

[eddie cotter]

with lorraine on this one as well grey, exellent craftsmanship its amazing what you can do with a bit of imagination, well done 😉 eddie

[eddie cotter]

hi grey, thanks for the response, ive just spotted two mistakes in the bloody thing as i look at it now, i forgot to weed the inside of the letter a in cashel, also the caption, solid as a rock is to tall for the box its sitting in,
its to close to the edges dont you think, any way the client was happy,
now the rock logo i made up my self, i got the original picture out of a local phone book, but when i scanned it in the quality was real bad,
so i enlarged it, then out to the kitchen table, a black felt tip pen in one hand, a cup of tea in the other, fag in the mouth 😀 😀 😀
and cleaned up the image as best i could then scanned it back in & vectorised it, & bobs your uncle, it took ages to cut though,
any way chance for another cup of barrys tea 😉 eddie

[eddie cotter]

robert you naughty boy. not like you to miss a post eh! 😀
grey smashing sign design, just one thing, make shure you weld
the h & a & the u & r, in the word harbour as you did in the bottom line of text, have to say that is my number one font, i just love it, cant wait to see the finished sign……… 😉 regards grey, eddie

[eddie cotter]

bottom one for me steve 😉

[eddie cotter]

well steve! dont think you could do any more to that one, the client should be well pleased 😉

[eddie cotter]

as always, a great sign, mdf, is it! was it an 8×4! or is it in two halfs
eddie

[eddie cotter]

lovely work steve! any questions i had had, have all ready been answerd
eddie

[eddie cotter]

hi steve, lovely job on the mini bus mate, how long did it take you from start to finnish, shame about the mud splasher 😉

[eddie cotter]

terry, thats an amazing machine, one hell of an advert for any business,
i was often thinking of checking around the net for a repro street rod type of van in fiber glass so i could mount it on a chassis and put a diesel engine in, then i could put the fuel through the books 😉

[eddie cotter]

😉 i second that ! the uksg, & all the regulars have been a massive help to me in getting my business off the ground, if i ever have a problem
all i have to do is press a few buttons & the uksg comes to the rescue,
any one looking in, is stupid not to join in………….eddie

[eddie cotter]

john, i did a primstar a few weeks ago, i noticed the back windows had a renault badge in the corner of them, also they have a six speed box,
i dont think the rest have 😉

[eddie cotter]

kawy, thanks very much, just what i wanted, lovely job 😉 eddie

[eddie cotter]

thats what i call a set of wheels, tell us more about it terry,
i would die for a motor like that, 😉

[eddie cotter]

nice one paddy 😉 , if you do a plain simple job, i recon most punters will say, is that all he can do!, i was talking to a lad the other day & he looked at my van & told me he didnt like it (:) i asked why! his reply was
it is to fancy & sticks out to much, i laughed at him & thanked him for what i took as a compliment, after all its supposed to stick out,
i get at least two jobs a week from people looking at my van,
so go for it paddy, do the biz 😉

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[eddie cotter]

thanks to all, i am a bit wiser now 😉