Gordon Forbes
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As far as I’m aware there is a download from Cadlink website for your hasp dongle for spack2 mine worked without it and I think there is an update for Signlab 7 to 7.1 just do it through Signlab update when it comes up tell it to look on cadlink web site but I think you have to register your copy first.
Goop
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Why are you priting at that resolution
720×720 seems ample to me.Questions same as above.
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Silverskies he trades under noel (can’t remember his last name
here’s a linkhttp://www.solventprinter.co.uk/I got a secondhand heat press from ebay and works great bought from another sign maker
but you can try Victory for Hot mark etc etc do a search of the boards and you will pick up a lot of infa as you said you would.
I like the T shirt vinyl with the sticky carrier weeds absolutely great and sticks to the tee lightly when applying.Hpoe this helps you.
Goop
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Allo m8 welcome to the site.
Had a guy visit me yesterday from up your way. Very knowledgable in the print and cut market and not to far from you if you need info on any of the print and cut machines. Up the Dornoch way won’t say much more as it might be edited ’cause of advertising.Noel is his name and very helpfull he was to.Goop.
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Called “Kelvin” don’t know why tho’
Goop.
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ya probably wouldn’t have got paid anyway judging by the quality of that work.
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I’ll tell you a good one about SKY year ago a friend of mine got a monsterous bout £800 i think it was maybe slightly less.
To cut a long story short turned out to be the sky box calling the automatic clock to sort the time it was doing it all the time. Did SKY compensate him er NO so be wary of it being plugged in to the phone socket. (this is what I was told anyway)Goop
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Its the same when I take .ia files into signlab seems to see the lines as outlines (probably me anyway) and a simple weld sorts it out.
Goop
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You won’t find a supplier of “ORACLE” vinyl neither LOL
Goop
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Well well not to happy to hear about all this as I almost bought this machine but someone else advised me to buy a cadet as you can go either way with the inks.
Outline saidb
quote :I wouldn’t give the previous owner any earache as you don’t know the history and the conditions the machine has been subjected to. The problem is you saw the machine running to a standard you was happy with, you personally agreed to purchase on the basis of thisHe also said it was all paid for as well I have an email saying so.
But at least I have a warranty with my new machine which should be up and running today.
Goop
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Summa has 2 model D60 think its the D60s that has Opus not been out for very long.
Goop
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Lee try the cabelas web site I have a friend who swears by it for most things.
Goop
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Yeah same old story some stupid TV programe gives em names and the soppies just love em
Worst one is rolf harriss and his vet show “Oh the cat needs an operation”Ok do it that will be £300 quid please for a £20 cat. .22 lr paracetamol 5p
get a life.
One of the best ones I heard was what my father in law replied to a question about buying the cat something for christmas. “When the cat wishes me a merry christmas it will get something.
might upset some but as I said “get a life”
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Non stop do a search of the boards here some good pointers were posted last year.
Goop
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Had to make it really small but should do for you
saved as a version 6 format
Goop.
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You can get barcode software can’y you other than that I don’t see why not. Sorry I can’t be of more help.
Goop
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I think you mean BUCKLE or warp in dee sun.
Goop
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I think Rob and Mort should have one for breakfast every day.
Tee Hee!!!
Goop.
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I just have the same as everyone else I’m afraid.
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I’m sure I’ve got some somewhere I’ll have a look when I get home.
Goop.
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Then again he could’ve been bluffing to get your price nearer the £300 (maybe what he was prepared to pay) mark unless you seen the quote that is.
Goop.
None of the larger companies supply the same level of support that they did 5-7 years ago it’s the way things are done now less stock = less overheads, less employee’s etc etc.
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Mike The Sign had a very nice one he used to sell for about £20 Try his site you never know.
Goop
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If the gold, silver etc is non Roland check that the bar code (black and chrome barcode the machine reads) on the cart is the right code for the colour. I got caught out like that from another supplier had to put an orange ribbon in a silver cart to print orange once.
If they are wrong tell them to send you proper ones.
Worth a check anyway.
hope it helps
goop.
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You will need plenty luck if you want one for a grand mo old chap!!
a good one that is.
Goop
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Thanks Nik told today it’ll be wed or thurs now.
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just gonna post to see if i have one
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I like the way the Summa D60 has the two inserts that go into the end of the tube of yinyl and you just screw them tight and it sits on the two rollers on the back of the machine. So much so in fact I use them on the PC600 as it can be a real pain to align but with the Summa end caps makes it a breeze aligning the Roland.
Goop.
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Think B&P are insisting on you using Troop when you buy so would explain the cost difference.
I am in the process of buying one should be delivered Monday Tuesday waiting for confirmation. Comes with a days training couple of rolls of yinyl and Roland colour rip.
The price? I am not going to say as it is special circumstances (a long drawn out story) and got a small but fair reduction.
Goop.
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There certainly seems to be a few
10 GALLON HATS WI A WAN PINT HEED going about.
Hope this helps and thanks in advance
GOOP
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Do you have a BRASS NECK.
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Hi Viz
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Made em up in Signlab don’t take long.
Glad I could help.
Get a brochure then u see what u need.Goop
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Illustrator opens .eps files anyway ??? so why did you need a .ai extension?
just curious
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I have a D60 and half the speed to stop it chewing vinyl as it occaisionally did also I turned off the automatic pre feed so all it does is measure the width of the vinyl and I manually motor through the page size needed just to check it if you dont do that it comes up with an error in the X plane I think it says. I just prefer doing it this way not so much kinks (not that it makes much difference anyway they disappear when applied).
Should check your origin and end I personally don’t use wincut though but you should have Summa cutter control installed as well to set it up don’t you? easierto set it there you can change a lot of settings there.
Goop
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Huh most wimmin u can reed like a book anyway.
That should stir it up a bit LOL
Goop
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If you take in a bitmap of with a lot of complex curves in it you just lock the bitmap draw the bits on the bitmap you want make that a path put it behind the bitmap and then clip it and if gives you a bitmap the shape you want and then you can contour cut it of just the bits you need.
Goop
well thats the way I do it anyway an it works for me.
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Can I here silence??
You might be able to phone Cadlink for support.Goop
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Summa also have a plugin for there stuff but I think it was Corel Draw not to sure though.
Have a .pdf of how to set up Illustrator with a cut line for a plotter and how you do it.Goop.
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Thats the same as I found tends to kink vinyl now and again at full speed.
goop
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Does it just do this with signlab had a crashing pc that did this occasionally ended up being the motherboard when one of the connections burned out
Goop
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welcome
have you been to the roland forums there is an article there somewhere bout weak redsGoop
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Is this the RS one??
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Don’t get easter break in Scotland not a reconised holiday for my company.
Goop
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Thats a wheel on the front of that bike not an R
Goop
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Posted in the file swap a few days ago have a peek
Goop
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Or this?
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This do ?
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Disastar maybe but not a monstar
Lol
Goop glad to help
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Ho Hum
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Mil is an American measurement as far as I can make out
I did look it up but can’t remember what it meant nowGoop.
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Do a SAve As .eps, .ai or whatever and after you do that it gives you the Compatibility option click the arrow click version type and save when it tell you it might not be comatible with the version you are in.
Goop
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I think you are right Martin there seems confusion on the subject The plastic helmets ie cheaper one are affected by the addition of solvent glues
All the helmets that are sold in the UK have stickers on them anyway 2 infact approved stickers.
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You can disable DLL’s by unregistering them through DOS don’t ask me the way to do it but you can an this will stop em. I had to do it for a troj before but not soon after Adaware had the ability to do this the only one that does or did Have you tried it by the way?
Goop
An spybot is graet as well but watch it can damage.
To see if you are infected with anything a program called HIJACK THIS can be downloaded and records everything at boot.Go to the website and have a gander lots of info there on the nasties
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Not done any jobs for any councils lately have you Steve LOL
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Same for Signlab (well 7 anyway save as earlier version) bl**dy missed that didn’t I dooohhh.
Goop
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Speak to Rob this site is done on free software by the looks of it (might be wrong tho)
Forum etc is the same format as hundereds of other sites out there.
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I’m not an experienced user either (no CSeither) but the way I have found is using the pathfinder tool and here you can use intersect exclude etc etc. Just hilight the shapes you want to join and Intersect I suppose.
The way I have been doing most of my work was to draw an outline and exclude the bits I didn’t want but that was for pics mostly.
I’m sure someone more experienced will post later and explain I might learn something my self.
I hope this gets you started anyway.I always seem to get “bits” under the artwork when I import just watch for stray things in Signlab I do a sweep selection and see if anything odd is highlighted. Be sure and weld in Signlab as well as when it cuts it may cut a double line.
Goop.
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Use your letchin eye Rob Squint if you have to an you will see an old woman picasso kinda style
Goop
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I know one of the best signmakers down south works from a shed in his back yard (he did a year ago anyway)
Dare I mention his name Mike The Sign and if you see his work well don’t tell me that no one takes him seriously even though he works from home.
I also know Joiners Plumbers and Electricians who work from home all self employed and they seem to have plenty work snowed under most of them.Goop
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I bought some sellotape low tack tape good but eeexxxpppensive just to try mind you.
Don’t let your masking tape get damp ever (while storing) thats when you get the tearing etc when yoy try to use is usuallt throw it away if this happens and it doesn’t need much of a damp cold place neither to put it like this.Goop
Oh an don’t use masking tape for applying anyway get some Application Tape.
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Welcome aboard m8 agree with BigG on that one.
Why do people type in Caps when they never write in them?
Sure you will find a lot of things to interest you here.
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Thanks will give you a buzz.
Goop.
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MMM don’t think that legislation applies if the company has less than 5 employee’s.
I may be wrong but am fairly sure that some of this doesn’t apply because of this.Goop.
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Nice work good for the time of year inside eh!
Dewi don’t forget your hat a balaclava preferrably.
Goop.
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I really like your designs.
One question is the main sign just layered vinyl ?Goop.
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No I read some where that for a road bike licensed taxed etc it is illegal to put racing numbers on the sides etc as race bikes do and run it on the road and I don’t mean covering the headlight either.
I’m sure it was in one of the bike mags or something similar but I do remember something to do with it.Craig everyone else in front of you in the pic then LOL
Goop
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Have you tried the link on the front page for blades E Mathias.
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Are you applying this to the inside Dewi with the glue side showing outwards and if so does it look alright then?
Goop
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Hope it ain’ta road bike as that is ILLEGAL you know (if it’s on the road I mean)
Goop.
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Ladies and Gentlemen thanks for the help and taking the time to help out.
Goop.
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True or they get knocked up get a house and we all pay for it.
Goop
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I totally agree with you Dewi every one really smart.
I think I will try and sell him a few extra banners.
Thanks for taking the time for all your contributions so far.Goop.
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You will need a 60 Deg blade as most of the thicker stuff needs it as far as I can make out.
If not too complex tell it to cut twice or even 3 times.Goop.
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Mort I don’t know what you used to write the text but check your settings in windows as you can change the type of ‘ in preferences I’m sure of it.
Goop.
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Dunno why it just is 300 odd KB
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Got a good one but too large for here gimme your addy an I’ll send it.
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I had a similar experience at the last company I worked for pretty large though and they recieved a letter from the police saying the same blah blah camerea need the drivers name. So following this they went to the drives log and guess what someone had ripped out the page of that date what a laff.
The manager had a meeting and asked the guilty person to come forward and there would be no repercussions no one did funnily enough.
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I have a cheeta background I found on the net but it’s 2.5 mb found it through google image search.
Hope this may be of use to you think I searched for wallpaper.
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Scotland four seasons in a day U can’t beat it.
Goop.
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Waste of a good shot I reckon!!
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Is a following a couple of young horses then ??
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Some devices don’t seem to workthrough a hub they need a port in the PC Dunno why just is.
I make sure all the machines are swithched off when I switch ports dunno if it will make a difference just feel happier this way.
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If you install any progs on your computer they almost universally install pdf reader at the same time.
Almost everybody can open a pdf ie Portable Document Format in it?You can download free programes that make pdf from the net. Qute pdf is a good one that I used to use.
Goop.
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You might be able to do it if you paste it into word then select it all right click the highlighted text select font then in the box that pops up under character spacing tab select spacing – condenced and condence it till it fits one page too late I know but a quick way to make it all smaller.
Goop
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Bought a Royobi 18V for just under a £100 seems pretty good puts any screw outa sight any way 2 batteries as well I would definitely go for an 18V dewi.
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Before you walk out though phone the speaking clock in America Australia or an 0898 and just leave it running I would. LOL
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Welcome M8 wot u bin sussin then??
Goop.
