[Glen Mathers]

If you want me to do it for you you can send me the file across.

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[quote="Ewan Chrystal"]Cheers John. I don’t have that option in my menu. Maybe it’s the next version up from what I have?[/quote]

Hi Ewan,
click "arrange" then down to "auto serialize" at the bottom

Sorry ewan, just clicked the link about it, what version of flexi are you in?

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Here you go.

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Here’s a quick go from me.

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Have you changed the off-set values in your cutting program to match the blade?, just a suggestion.

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A few shops in Bradford have this type of signage, looks different.

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Well. got a new cable but that’s not helped, going try new cartridges now, if they don’t work time for the big print shop in the sky, the knackers yard 😥

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Not really thinking it’s the cable Martin, think it maybe the firmware, i’m thinking the cable could be faulty and not letting me upgrade, just a thought?
The printer was running perfectly up until the other day and then the lines appeared.

[Glen Mathers]

Hello everyone, thanks for the info guys but no luck, i’m going to buy a new parallel cable and see if that helps.
No luck in updating the firmware, just keeps beeping 6 times, hopefully new cable might sort it.

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Thanks Martin and Chris, I will give it a go and see what happens, fingers crossed.

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If that’s the only thing you want can’t you vectorize it? It looks like a decent image.

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quote Mark Oughton:

Hi we had a similar problem when we were using a Novajet 700. We found that only half filling the tanks reduced the pressure and stopped the leaking.

Happens to us all as we get older!

Hope that helps

Mark

All done, thanks, no leaks, so simple if you know what your doing 😀

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Thanks for the reply mate, i’ll give it a try.

Cheers

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quote Clive.Griffiths:

Thanks Glen, that did the trick. This forum is brilliant. 😀

Glad to help matey.

[Glen Mathers]

Ungroup objects then just select the frame and delete.

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I’ve done windows bigger with a basic sprayer and all was good, make sure you use a nice felt squeegee, i use one about 6 inches wide, does the job in double quick time, does your etch have a design cut in them? if not it will go on in breeze.

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On my Gerber, it’s in the "initialization" menu then "Shuffle" then adjust the value in there of what material you want it to run through.

[Glen Mathers]

I have a Gerber cutter and the setting is on the cutter, is it not on yours?

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Looks like Wellingborough to me.

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/gatf/welli … gh/italic/

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quote Kev Mayger:

Weld the circle and square together and use it as a mask.

Kev

Exactly as i would do it, i’ve just done it but the file is too big to attach, the max file size is 700kb

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I have a old Gerber Ebosstrack 48, very similar to yours, i’m pretty sure mine won’t run on windows 7, i’m running mine on XP with a 25 pin to 9 pin cable (RS 232)

Regards

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Thanks for the info Chris, only problem is my panel does not have a cancel button on?

Cheers

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quote Chris Wool:

been there done that.

if you have a user manual it posibly has the menu tree in it so start from the begining and follow the button presses.

No luck there Chris, i’ve downloaded the manual but i can’t find anything, oh well, i’ll have to use "Google Translate" 🙂

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Quality , i wish i could do it.

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Just had a quick go, it will need a tidy up though, i can tidy it tomorrow if you still need it, just going out to watch the footie:-)

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Nice clean job Dave, i would have gone for blue for the fire logo as well mate.

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Here’s just the tick without the box vectored if needed.

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Great job there David, i was at Wembley and followed them all the way, shame all that good work was only temporary and got to come off, and i’ve got to say the Bradford ones were the best 🙂

Great Job.

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Waste ink. 😀

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8 😳

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Can you attach the file? see if we can find anything.

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quote David-Foster-:

quote Glen Mathers:

quote David-Foster-:

Rob is right about the colour fade if it is in a window, however, you can get A4 sheets of printable white vinyl, matt or gloss. Mainly used for model making stickers/decals. I have used it for stickers etc. using a Canon home printer.

How long would the print last on a vehicle? I have an old designjet 450c and was going to try out some of the inkjet printable vinyl, i’m only using it for small posters for my in-laws pub at the moment.

Have a look at the link above. The stuff has great reviews and they do a UV spray top coat as well. They have a pack of 5 A4 sheets for less than a fiver so it’s worth a try. They have a BOGOF on 20 sheets so 40 for £20.

Just ordered a pack of 5, i’ll let you know how i get on.

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quote David-Foster-:

Rob is right about the colour fade if it is in a window, however, you can get A4 sheets of printable white vinyl, matt or gloss. Mainly used for model making stickers/decals. I have used it for stickers etc. using a Canon home printer.

How long would the print last on a vehicle? I have an old designjet 450c and was going to try out some of the inkjet printable vinyl, i’m only using it for small posters for my in-laws pub at the moment.

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quote Neil Beckett:

Hi all,

I’m soon to install the following 3 elements to a Pizza house – see photoshop visual – ( window frosting, opening hours and a finest pizza graphic. These will all be fitted internally looking out.

This will be my fist attempt at frosting. In your opinion should they all be fitted wet? Any tips for the frosting?

Many thanks,
Neil.

If that was me i’d fit all the etch wet with Rapid Tac (or similar) and all the rest dry, do the etch first and by time you’ve finished the rest you’ll be able to remove the app tape from the etch.

Just me though :lol1:

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quote lynn wang:

hi
ordered the 2 rolls of 24inch vinly and the seller asks for extra charge. as they cut half of 48 inch to make 2*24 inch?

is it common?

weird..

Seems like they are trying to rip you off to me, name the company to see if they have charged other people on here or just you?

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quote Peter Dee:

Nice lot of bread & butter work there.
Did Help for Heroes customer notice the spelling error? 😮

Took me a while to spot it 🙂

Very nice work though.

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quote Martin:

Just a guess Glen but I think it may be some sort of cling film that goes on windows :lol1: :lol1:

😀 😀 😀 😀

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Never heard of "window cling film" what is it?

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quote Warren Beard:

well that’s just it isn’t it? I want to know if the software is up for it and will work before I spend £1k on it.

Ask the supplier of the software, then if it doesn’t do what they say you take it back, simple.

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quote Graham Shand:

Chair Lift ?

Quality 😀

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I’d assign the job back to the owner of the van, removing reflective is the worst job going, whenever i fit reflective now i’ll always put a layer of cheap 3yr vinyl on the van first and then the reflective on top, saves a lot of time when it comes to removal.

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quote Brian Hays:

Adrian, select the whole thing & click the right mouse button on a colour other than back. A grey would be good for a black van. The right button changes the line colour rather than the fill.

"Adrian"? do you mean Andrew? 😀

[Glen Mathers]

Last week my pc kept turning itself off and when i turned it back on it would stay on for half hour or so and back off again, bought a new power supply and everything back to normal now.

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Are you trying to boost your post count? 😀 😀 This must be the 2nd or 3th time of posting on this topic 😀
It has got to be your decision only you know if your going to be in this game for the long haul, if you are take the next step up mate, i’ve had numerous cutters in the past including the pcut, it was good for what i needed it for at the time, it everything that i asked of it.
If you serious about staying in the business, UPGRADE. 😀

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I’d be proud of that wrap David, i’ve never even attempted one yet, if i ever get one i’ll sub it out 😳

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Got to "name & shame" so none of us end up using them for owt, saying that, i would have asked for the price first 😀

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It sounds to me your using the wrong driver, with the Foison make sure you select C24 driver in flexi.

[Glen Mathers]

If you know the height of the road sign just scale it up. It’s good enough for a quick quote.

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quote Martin Cole:

Top Marks Harry, really like that.

what do you think Nicholas (?) (?) (?) ….. 🙄

You could be waiting quite a while 😀 😀

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Nice Harry, i like the colours, still no feedback from the person wanting a helping hand though? 😕

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quote Martin:

Nicholas, I wasn’t having a go at you with the first post but having read through the whole post again it seems like your not listening to the advice that’s being given to you.

You stuck up a picture, ok good start but then John asked for a design brief, so what do you ask your customers when you sit down with them if you have to design something, sorry quirky, modern & eye catching doesn’t really cut it.

You have had some designs people have kindly done for you & someone mentioned no feed back on them so OK maybe it’s not what you are looking for but people are not mind readers, what don’t you like about them? What do you like about them? Maybe there is a design already done that you like but feel just isn’t quite right, wrong font maybe or not the colours you would use or even like.

So try putting up a full design brief of what you are looking for, if your not sure what you should be asking then ask, you never know it might help you in the future to do better designs for your own customers. Take the time to look over the designs that have been posted already & thank those that have taken the time to reply. At the same time let people know what you like & are not happy with about them.

Couldn’t have put it better myself.

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quote Nicholas.Gormley:

Martin I understand what your saying and I have read through them but it still doesn’t help me. I cant come up with anything that I like. This is the part of this job i don’t like (designing for yourself)!!!

Another reason why people won’t want to help is that you don’t bother even giving feedback on the ones that have been done for you, i.e Harvey has had a go twice and i had a small go but no feedback whatsoever? 🙁
And not forgetting Jill’s very good advice.

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quote Martin Gray:

Has to be a bulls face, the horse shoe has to have square holes. everything else has to stay the same.

So in other words not alot!

This is there logo i applied onto there van afew weeks back.

Martin

Whats wrong with this logo? it looks a lot better than the top one.

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quote Cheryl Smith:

kin nora!…..how much!!!

😀 😀 😀 😀
very polite way to put it.

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Love it, i wish i could extend my hand and do jobs like that 😥 Very nice mate.

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quote David-Foster-:

Had a few minutes….

Good spot, thats the actual pub, or did you already know? 😳

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quote Robert Lambie:

quote Glen Mathers:

quote Jill Marie Welsh:

If I saw that sign on an old pub I wouldn’t even go in.

I was in there a couple of weeks back, never mine doing a refurb, it wants knocking down, what a dump. 😀

Glen, your just raging because you never got the order mate. 😉 :lol1:

You can read me like a book 😀 😀

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Here’s a quick go at it 😀

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quote Jill Marie Welsh:

If I saw that sign on an old pub I wouldn’t even go in.

I was in there a couple of weeks back, never mine doing a refurb, it wants knocking down, what a dump. 😀

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2nd one is the best but i wouldn’t put the name on an angle, i’d have it in line with the trim, also wouldn’t go for red & black, horrid colours 🙂

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Amari Plastics (Leeds) but i think they have a few branches scattered about.

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Very nice bit of work there, i’d be proud of that.

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I always cut on the vehicle but i make sure i always use a fresh scalpel blade. I never tried licking it though 😀

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I once did throw away a perfectly good printer because of the "service" advice, then found out about the reset software, i had so much ink left so i bought the same printer and have reset about 3-4 times already.
We should get on to Watchdog about it 😀

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I’ve got a bag with about 100 in for free, just pay me the p&p and you can have them, i’m never going to use them. 🙂

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Never happened to me, it must have been painted very recent or it’s a very poor paint job.

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Hi Damilola, welcome mate, always nice to welcome newbees 😀

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I really like it but it i think it looks too much like a hairdressers (with the big hair) rather than a laundrette, very good job though, i love the colour scheme.

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I’ve never done a wrap and don’t think i will but thanks for the inside knowledge, very informative.

Cheers

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quote Chris Wool:

designer ” colours will be easy i have all the pantone ref.”

answer even easier i have a rack full of colours you come and choose.

😀 😀 😀 Good answer 😀 😀 😀

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quote NeilRoss:

A mess indeed. Personally I wouldn’t cover/box in the vents. Possible problems with trapping steam or chemical vapour – possible ingress back into the building causing damp/mould/rot in future, exposing you to a claim for damage etc.

I’d say, tidy up the cables. Paint around the vents in a med/dark gray generally matching the shade of the vents each end of the fascia leaving the central section (as in current use) for the signage. Could make a lot better use of that big window for display though.

I’d do what Neil says, i’d work between the vents and just tidy the rest up, by the state of the frontage and the sign they’ve got now it looks like they won’t want to spend too much 🙂

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Hello Warren, Sydney Beaumonts sell Aslan Vinyls, i don’t think it shows on their web-site but they have them in the shop.
http://www.selfadhesivevinyls.com/

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Looks like i’d have to go with the wood option, must be a picky customer though, it’s hardly noticeable, i’d tell them it’s their shop what’s out and not the sign (in a nice way 😀 ), you wouldn’t see that from below it looks like you have to cross the road to see the gap.

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Very nice, nice job done there mate.

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quote Mo Gillis-Coates:

Just my quirky take on it…….. would need some adjustment as the logo needs to be a bit bigger, but pushed for time

Quality, i love your first attempt.

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If your applying on a nice flat substrate i would layer it up with reg marks on the substrate but if your applying to a vehicle with contours and recesses i would layer it first (on my lightbox) then apply in one, i never get any bubbles.

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quote Dean Poulter:

Hi all

5000 digital prints and finished yesterday, now have been asked to price 56,000 foamex boards

Dean

I guess we’re gonna see a lot of "SCRAP CARS WANTED" boards about now 😀 😀 😀

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quote Peter Mindham:

quote Glen Mathers:

Hi Peter, i use Vector Magic, can’t you post the image on here to see if anyone can do it for you, i’ll put it through Vector Magic and see if the results are any good for you?

Thanks Glen
but it is quite confidential at this time so would prefer not to do that.

Peter

Ok Peter, no probs, just to let you know though, i think they do a 30 day trial of Vector Magic, maybe worth a try?

Glen

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Hi Peter, i use Vector Magic, can’t you post the image on here to see if anyone can do it for you, i’ll put it through Vector Magic and see if the results are any good for you?

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If your confident i’d do as Ian says if not do as Chris says and apply the second wet.

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If the back window doesn’t have a wiper i fit on the outside just because the colours look alot more vivid but if you do an internal fit the heating elements don’t normally effect them.

[Glen Mathers]

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You first asked where to get the posts from? i only replied mate, if you do your boards for estate agents and they want them painting then fair enough, i was only saying i couldn’t see the point in it, i do all mine for the private seller, if i painted all posts and charged them an extra tenner they’d go bananas.
All finished now, rant over. 🙂

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quote Glenn Sharp:

If I was selling my house I wouldn’t be happy with a tatty bit of timber stuck in the garden…..I would like to think the sign was clean and tidy and reflected well on my property as well the Estate Agent

Who said i do them on a "tatty bit of timber"? i do them on a 2×2 pse 8ft timber stake, if you know what pse means mate, i’m also a joiner and i don’t do things "tatty". 👿

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It’s a £40 sign on a wooden stick you put in your front garden, my god, every time i give my customers a "for sale" board they are more than happy mate.
Why is it the same principle? it’s not like it’s a £300 sign, it’s a for sale board, plain and simple, it’s only going to be in the garden 6 months max, none of my customers have complained and always come back for more. 😀
Why not gold leaf it 😀

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Why bother painting or spraying for the sake of a sign post 😮 can’t see the point to be honest, i just supply then they can do what they want with them, they’ll only rot if the house doesn’t get sold for a couple of years 😀

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Thanks Justin, do you know if it’s outdoor ink and would it run in a Roland CJ500?

Cheers

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I thought with the word "screen" on it would have been for screen printing but all the inks are like water, do screen printing inks have a thick consistency?

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quote Phil Craddock:totally agree as I do 100’s of custom bonnet stripes even for MINI dealers as attached …

Very nice job.

[Glen Mathers]

Go with a wet application all the time with etch, i’ve never done any etch dry as yet, Rob makes it look so easy in his video demo i watched a while back though 🙁

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Very easy to cut, you can cut it with a stanley knife.

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Is yours the usb connection or serial?

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Make sure the blade is not touching any of the re-set buttons (the red buttons at the ends).
If it is this causes it to stop, only a thought.

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Thanks everyone, i’m no good with numbers 😳 😳

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Google get it at 0.00984251969 but the conversion tool gets it to 0.0984252 which is right?

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That’s a handy little program, thanks for that Adrian. That’s useful aswell Alex, Cheers.

Thanks

[Glen Mathers]

Cheers Martin, how do you work it out?

Thanks

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It’s close, if i can’t find it i’ll have to mess with that one 😀

Thanks for taking the time out Jill.

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Nobody?, i can’t believe it.
Please….anybody??

Thanks