[Neil Kelly]

Thanks Andy I think it might well be yours ill get a pic to make sure.
Many thanks for your help.

neil…

[Neil Kelly]

Great Site Rob you have done a solid job how are things going in your new role at the BSGA would good to chat with you about subscription and benefits for smaller businesses.

[Neil Kelly]

Nice job Martin

[Neil Kelly]

Thanks MArtin.
There are suppliers selling Chapter 8 kits made from standard reflective (Nikkalite Crystal Grade Red) are these not Chapter 8 I am no expert with this but i have been fitting self cut chevrons for over 5 years and never had any rejected.

[Neil Kelly]

Totally agree William Smith are great I think Jean misunderstood my comment directed at big brand products. they are great and as good and no better in my opinion than Oracal but you pay a premium for an established brand name behind them.

neil..

[Neil Kelly]

Weight it

Full roll – core weight divided by 50 gives you an estimate weight per meter
I have had some success with this +/- 1 m but be careful as different manufacturers use different density of Core’s so you have to adjust.

neil…

[Neil Kelly]

Feel your pain Jean
I hope someone can secure a distributor deal and a supply chain in the UK

I have contacted Antalis twice about supplying me and twice been promised a call back still no joy
I was spending average 3k + a month with Paperlinks you would think they would be chomping at the bit to pick up new customers.

I have gone with 800 series from William Smith as a cast alternative but paying for the name…

neil..

[Neil Kelly]

Is the buying group still active or has it been dissolved.
At a loose end now Paperlinx has gone on who to go with.

Always seemed to get the best rates from Paperlinx.

Neil

[Neil Kelly]

Very Sad Shane 🙁

he was always a Gent

[Neil Kelly]

Are my post getting through ?

Neil

[Neil Kelly]

Thanks Rob
great advise we are stuck for space and looking for a dust free option that can be fitted along the wall of the vehicle fitting workshop.

currently we are cutting composite with ruler and blade on the bench it works but I am looking for a safer alternative.

cheers Neil..

[Neil Kelly]

Hi John just wondered how you are getting on with the Apollo cutter
Neil..

[Neil Kelly]

We did this yesterday and as we have auto updates activated

it re installed the bad updsate again it last night so we reomved again

you can turn auto updates off until this is fixed or just keep removing it daily

[Neil Kelly]

I have that one but we fitted it on a fiesta ill send it over

[Neil Kelly]

Just email;d you an eps of what i have its a few years old so dont no how current they are.

neil…

[Neil Kelly]

Grafityp seem best value and used by a few so must be OK I will give it a go and report back thanks for all your advise.

Neil …

[Neil Kelly]

Thanks David
I didnt no S
age did that. You all have a great weekend.

COME ON ENGLAND !!!

[Neil Kelly]

Thanks Ian
Can 316 be powder coated.

[Neil Kelly]

Thanks for all the tips.
I just placed a scrap piece on the printer and the metal in front and back of the print area is steel and the Magnetic sheet does stick is this a problem just with Mimakis when printing or is everybody else’s printers made of aluminum so it wasn’t an issue.

Your probably thinking just do a test and stop bothering us. my dilemma is it’s about 100m of 1200mm wide magnetic material I dont want to order coated magnetic if i end up printing onto white vinyl and laminating it onto uncoated magnetic materiel.

Ill phone around today and let you know how i get on.

Thanks again for all the feed back

[Neil Kelly]

Ashbey do thease

[Neil Kelly]

very slick thanks for sharing

[Neil Kelly]

This has only happened to me once and it still hurts when i see it driving round but hey only bad Carma will land at this Muppet’s door. good look with your claim.

[Neil Kelly]

I got my dampers from
http://www.digiprint-supplies.com/index.php

but i havent fitted them yet as all is working fine at the moment

the syringe would definatly be the better option to draw ink through the line

no drips from me I would check they are seated properly.

the only time i get drips contaminating the print is if the head is dirty usually find a tiny hair or a piece of fluff is the problem and once cleared it fixes the problem I use foam pads and a torch so i can get a good look at the head when im cleaning.

foam buds available from

http://cpc.farnell.com/1/1/43005-foambu … olube.html

best of luck let us know how you get on

neil…

[Neil Kelly]

Yes i was shooting up all night thats why i coudnt sleep 🙂

[Neil Kelly]

well Good news I had a gut feeling that it was an ink starvation problem off some sort. After running every clean in the book I did a system flush and put the original flush cartridges that shipped with the machine (so glad i hung on to them i remember the guy who set it up was really keen to take them away with him) back in and cleanned the lines and head it was quite scary and anyone who hasnt seen your machine do this be prepaired for a violent back and forth shaking of the head halfway through. I think this is it swilling the solution around within the dampers to clean them out.

Well after refilling it appered to be slightly better and from a 45% failer it had reduced to 25% after a few more refills and cleans and and some blocked randem blocked nozzels , probably due to not having enough ink to refill straight away so the machine was in limbo for awhile untill I could pick some up today. (Big THANKS to Steve at Rising Signs for letting me pinch his spares ) I am happy to report It eventually came back to 100%.

My conclusion is it was not the Print Head, or a pump and was probably something restricting the ink flow to the print head, blockage, air bubble, dirty line, who knows? Anyone who may be concidering a Mimaki remember hang onto your Flush cartridges you may need them one day and never do a system flush without having two full sets of ink ready to refill imediatly after clean.

PS. Stafford I had already swapped the dampers yesterday exactly as you suggested but it didnt seem to make a difference. or maybee it did in combination with the flush and clean.

PPS. Many thanks for the advise Colin and Stafford and I hope this info might help any future Mimaki owners who come across the same problems. I will add that during my research I found a spares company in Belgum for all makes of machine and they do the dampers for 4 euro each and a six month service kit with full instructions on how to install inbox me if anyone wants the details..

Not one of the possible service companies I spoke to about an engineer call out suggested that I try the above, before they sent out an expensive tech. and there cost estimates were from £250 to £345 to come and take a look. I am not against thease companies making a living and one day after a major problem will rely on them to keep my machine up and running but I was disapointed that they lacked Integrity I suppose it would be like us fitting green letters on a blue van because thats what the customer asked for. well sometimes you you have to offer Free advise it pays dividens in the end. I will have to think carefully who I purchase an ongoing service contract with.

knowledge is power

Regards Neil…

[Neil Kelly]

Great Website David thanks for that. I have discovered two websites in Australia one in India and 4 in the united Kingdom that have all copied blocks of text. fortunately none have copied any pictures. I am glad to say that the offending Website is now not showing any of my pictures or bodies of text.

It took one email and 72 hours later I get a reply that simply read.

" The Web site will be taken off line shortly ."

no explanation or apology. well what do you expect.
Thanks to all who contributed and lent there support A problem shared is definitely a problem halved. I hope i can return the favour one day

many thanks …… Neil ……

[Neil Kelly]

Polly prop for me but i could only get 8 x 4 sheets last time so worked out a pane as our bench is 1400 wide Craig 10 x 5 ‘s sound great who stocks them at that size as i need to give my benches a refurb..

[Neil Kelly]

Thanks all for the support.

Its quite strange but i feel like i have been violated I imagine this is how a person must feel when they have been burgled and had their personal belongings tossed out of their draws and stolen.

I’m going to give them 24 hrs to respond and then ill get the big guns out. What seems a shame is that some of the other work on this site that seems to be local so probably done by this company seem quite good and client list looks reputable. As you say David they have been around since 1999 so should have a great portfolio of work to display. it smells a rat and I hope that the Web master is to blame and not one of the sign fraternity.
As I will not enjoy having to take a fellow sign maker through the courts.

Good work detective Johnston… 🙂

[Neil Kelly]

Thanks all for your reply’s

The more I look into the site the madder I get they have copied downloadable pdf’s word for word I would estimate 75% of the images are from my web site. estimated 200 plus so i imagine most of the rest are from someone else’s, the FAQ section is word for word the section headers are almost identical. I am gobsmacked that someone in this creative industry should show such a lack of creativity to copy the info so blatantly. I have sent an email but have had no reply yet.

I really feel like naming and shaming, I know some here have suggested it may be the web designers fault but the owner surely would know that the images were not his signs and unlikely available in the public domain. and as you say Kevin why would you want other peoples work on your web site.

The signatures in his testimonial’s may be getting an email from me letting them know what an unscrupulous scoundrel and internet vagabond they are dealing with…… Its internet highway robbery……

Dik Turpin is alive and well and he lives in Nottingham

[Neil Kelly]

it certainly is, I`ll give it a go. Cheers.

[Neil Kelly]

Thanks that make a lot of sense what temp should we be set at…

[Neil Kelly]

What about a tray fitted over a reverse tray lots of surface area to fix. To keep the cost down and weight make the trays from dibond

…neil

[Neil Kelly]

Thanks John for the tips and invaluable advise Re Twins another 6119 posts from me should make us a little closer 🙂

neil…

[Neil Kelly]

Interesting info hear I like the raised platform with the fan Shane. We are new to the print and cut world and still finding our feet. unfortunately due to bad planning we have laminated within 3 to 4 hours of printing what are the consequences are going to see these jobs back due to failure how long will it take to de-laminate if its going to. Whats the best method solution for gassing out hanging, rolling up, leaving out on the bench was our previous option but reading Robs comments im going to re think this and use an alternative method. Thanks for all the tips guys.

neil..

[Neil Kelly]

Some good points here. we quote all vehicles fitted at ours and add a premium for onsite and weekend installs. One thing to rememder also is if the customer leaves his vehicle it becomes your responsibility and if damaged when moving it around or in your workshop could cost you. Check your insurance covers you and any employees to drive customers vans.

neil…

[Neil Kelly]

Nice Job Steve verry effective.

re the purple Dinosaur ist your imagination………

Barney is a dinosaur from our imagination
And when he’s tall
he’s what we call a dinosaur sensation

Barney’s friends are big and small
they come from lots of places
after school they meet to play
and sing with happy faces

Barney shows us lots of things
Like how to play pretend
ABC’s, and 123’s
And how to be a friend

Barney comes to play with us
Whenever we may need him
Barney can be your friend too
If you just make-believe him!

4 kids later its funny what you remember.

keep up the good work neil…

[Neil Kelly]

who does the Allen key ones ?

[Neil Kelly]

They are OK outside but you might want to point out that if they get dirty on the reverse you may have to remove to clean. the fixings can also be easily unscrewed so a drop of locktight on the thread can help with this. But then its dificult to remove for cleaning. catch 22…… neil

[Neil Kelly]

Tanks Jason its good to get some feed back
these are going to be on a permanent application so removing shouldn’t be a problem.

Peter the fumes are amazingly not that offensive I’m glad i held back on the ventilation kit its not needed in our work room. i think we have got away with it. MIMI’s calling I have to go now…..

[Neil Kelly]

Pictures up

[Neil Kelly]

Hi Phill
We do a lot of these mostly 10 mm silica reverse printed on clear vinyl and backed with a crystal frost look the nuts.

[Neil Kelly]

Your a star thanks for the quick response

neil….

[Neil Kelly]

Thanks all for trying

much appreciated

Peter how did you get the pdf as this looks like something I could work with but the middle is missing did you manage to convert from the 3D.

Neil

[Neil Kelly]

Nice work Kev
what did you use to fit the composite to the truck if you dont mind me asking.

Neil…

[Neil Kelly]

Im using V 7.1 revision 1

i will see what later builds are available and try that

Thanks for all the feed back…

[Neil Kelly]

As a newbie to mailing lists and someone who sometimes lacks inspiration when righting copy is their a way we can pool our resources when it comes to news letters.
As they are going out to our existing clients its not like we are in competition I am happy to share my efforts with like minded people and contribute my ideas. If anyone wants to be put on my mailing list send me a pm and I welcome being added to yours. Thanks Shane for sharing your experience It would be great to see what you have done before.

[Neil Kelly]

Hi Ben Im in the market for a printer as well hope to make a decision at Sign UK toss up between mimaki and roland. I think Mimaki is print only and Roland is print and cut
this could be the decider for me or do mimaki do a print and cut now. we should team up maybe they will do a but one get one free offer. also are you going to get a laminater as well

[Neil Kelly]

This something i was thinking of doing with existing customers for the same reasons you mention Dermot. Do you know if there is software out there that you can use to create databases and design mail shots that wont get filtered out by spam filters.

[Neil Kelly]

I think that’s a very reasonable price i would be looking at £400 for the same job the reason he was let down was probably due to the other company cocking up on his price and not being enthusiastic in doing the job.

[Neil Kelly]

Didn’t quite no what you meant at first by publish to PDF
as i hadn’t noticed the button in the file menu

but good news it works the only negative is their is no preview even when i ticked the preview box.
thanks Peter / Phill

Hi Simon i tried what you suggested to solve the print to pdf problem but it just wont flip it round even after i have rotated and save as new file when i open it is still upside down. there’s got to be a setting somewhere hidden away
that i haven’t found yet.

Thanks for your time and input ill keep looking and in the mean time use the publish without preview.

Neil…

[Neil Kelly]

yes that what i am doing
any ideas what I’m doing wrong Tim

[Neil Kelly]

Last seen in one piece in the side pocket of my laptop bag. with 8 m tape measure. power supply including 13 amp plug. and yes not in its case.

[Neil Kelly]

Not sure what you mean by publish.

i select the design and clik File Print
instead of my printer i click on Adobe PDF in the list and it creates preview
i hit print and select the folder to save into
hit save and then Adobe Acrobat opens showing what it has just created but has the item upside down i have tried rotating and saving but when you open the document again its upside down again.

[Neil Kelly]

Its just pdfs

not sure about tiffs and jpegs as they are saved and not printed To

my concern is customers having to rotate onscreen to see them the right way up. i can rotate in Signlab and then print and this works but is a bit of a pain but if you have dimensions on screen they stay upside down.

[Neil Kelly]

Thanks chaps
I have spoken to Hamish he was very helpful
nice product but not sure its exactly what i need as we don’t need the notice board area.

I will give applec a try tomorrow.

Cheers

PS Come on England…………..

[Neil Kelly]

(Felt tip ) is another alternative for kids handwriting

[Neil Kelly]

Phone 10 Builders introduce yourself as a local sign writer thats trying to expand in the area. start with the builders that are advertising in the paper you advertised in as chances are they have seen your add when they checked their add out. Tell them you are doing a promotion free correx site board with every van livery and untill the end of Feb your offering free design service.
if by any slim chance that you dont get a job Phone another 10 and keep going untill you get one.

let me know how you get on Good luck Neil….

[Neil Kelly]

Wow Katie you know the Author impressed.

Howard thanks for the Signlab tip

I have found a Font in Signlab that’s called RIGHTSEE but i don’t have RIGHTBAND so that’s a bit weired any chance you could mail me the font
il send you a PM

Thanks for the Quick response Hope i can return the favor sometime.

Neil….

[Neil Kelly]

If you get stuck for a T section use two small angles back to back with a 6mm gap between you could nut and bolt it threw so its easy to dismantle when transporting. Neil..

[Neil Kelly]

Orical do a Black and White performance Matt in the 751 range but no other colours

[Neil Kelly]

We don’t do a lot of these but Is because I am not cheap as a rule of thumb I take the purchase cost and double it I swallow the delivery cost but tend to reduce this by ordering 2 or 3 at a time, then add the cost of the graphics typically between £30 and £50 a side depending on complexity and time taken to design. This method weeds out the time wasters and the ones we do get are worth doing. On the larger forecourt signs and multiples I might be a bit keener but generally I apply this rule to anything that costs me up to £100. I have been down the painted timber route in the early 90,s but I’m no painter and after I had spent hours cutting ply and moldings buying hinges and chains paint and then applying graphics and then on delivery to be told I was looking for something a bit more professional I gave up… each to there own.

[Neil Kelly]

Inspiring Stuff I will have to give this a try.. Well done

[Neil Kelly]

Clear vinyl !!! that’s how you do it. Did you finish at the door jam or did you trim around the graphics as I notice you have a faded print running of to white. I did a job about four years ago on some vans it was our first attempt at partial wrapp we struggled to match the cream colour of the van but but i bet if we had used clear it would have been better. The colour stuff is all new to me so im glad to pick up some tips its surely going to save me money when we start printing in house.

I have attached a pick do you think this would have worked in clear I appreciate any feed back.

Thanks Neil….

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[Neil Kelly]

Great job its difficult to see whats wrapped and whats paint. i still haven’t made the move to printing in house but want to soon what kit do you use and can you recommend it. Neil

[Neil Kelly]

Hi David
who stocks the poly prop you use i might try this

thanks N..

[Neil Kelly]

I use 10 mm Correx for pitch side signs at a number of footy clubs its cheap light weight and the balls don’t crack it.

neil…

[Neil Kelly]

Is the Poly prop the white creamy material

[Neil Kelly]

Thanks Lorraine

I have a truck I’m going to use it on ill post a pic when done

neil….

[Neil Kelly]

Nice work Jill does anyone know if the diamond plate vinyl is available in the UK.

regards neil..

[Neil Kelly]

Great Help for the walkins in the shop who ask us what size letters they need
thanks for sharing.

neil…

[Neil Kelly]

Trading for 15 years now and have only lost 2 jobs because we insisted on a deposit, I can live with that I’m a Sign maker not a Bank. And I have only taken one sign down due to none payment and then when they did pay I charged them again to fit it ( in advance of course ) Here is a copy of our terms that appear on the bottom of all quotes and emails. you are welcome to use if it helps get your position across.

TERMS & CONDITIONS:
All prices are quoted Net of Value Added Tax at current rate. Quotations are valid for 60 Days from date of Quotation.

Orders are only accepted in the following ways

A: 50% Deposit at time of order.

B: Account customer orders should be verified in writing or be accompanied by an official purchase order.

By supplying the above the customer enters into a contract of sale and agrees to all terms and conditions as submitted.

The final balance of payment if outstanding is due immediately on completion of work unless agreed otherwise and confirmed in writing.

Orders for screen-printing, etching, engraving, garment embroidery and printing, or on request are to be paid for in full at time of order being placed.

All goods, services and fixings will remain the property of and can be reclaimed by Action Signs until full and final payment has been received and has been cleared.

The customer shall remain a bailee only and title of goods remains with Action Signs until final payment is received.

After an approved length of time and a sufficient volume of trading a credit account can be applied for subject to further terms and conditions, available on request.

If any ones got any suggestions for improvements let me know

[Neil Kelly]

Thanks Rob
not been as busy as I would of liked but hanging in.

hey you still using that picture from your year book
you’v got to be going Grey by now. Id forgotton what I looked like with hair ? il send you an update.

PM’d you thanks for your input mate.

:lol1: :lol1: :lol1:

[Neil Kelly]

Hi Rob Long time no speak this job looks great I am having a set of built ups made by Phoenix at the moment and want to light them in blue led’s but don’t no where to start ill drop you a PM.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks Neil

[Neil Kelly]

Thanxs mate il give him a call

Regards Neil

[Neil Kelly]

Any ideas on a good source for fast food images
burgers kebads ect

Thanks Neil….

[Neil Kelly]

Thanks guys for your kind words.
Re ths smart it arrived red Its a crash repair hence the unusual Silver Transum Red panel combination I think they are normally Black transum Red panels I have to say its my favourite out of the bunch.

Neil…

[Neil Kelly]

Come on guys it will cost you nothing box em up and ill collect them

With the number of members in the buying group purchasing Oracal there must me loads thrown out weekly
its for the enviroment

dont make me beg.

Neil….

[Neil Kelly]

Thanks Nik & Laurance
any more offers

Neil…..

[Neil Kelly]

Some great short cuts their Thanks for that guys and girls

my favourite is ctrl alt del……. and then go home

works for me.

Neil….:P 😆 😛

[Neil Kelly]

this should help
regards

Neil…

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[Neil Kelly]

Got to ask why are you getting rid of the edge. it seems by your web site that an edge would lend itself to this type of work have you replased it with another machine thermal or ink sorry for being nosy but its somthing im looking at at the moment and its good to get feed back from people in the know

regards Neil…

[Neil Kelly]

Just about to buy a copy from sage as they have intergrated it so my existing accounts data base can be transfered accross. Is it easy to use are there any pointers you can give me.

Cheers Neil

[Neil Kelly]

Nice work Dave
😆 😆 😆

And its highlighted a great resource you have Lorraine, one that I and many others would pay to have access to have you considered selling copies
could be great little earner
😉
Regards Neil

[Neil Kelly]

I like your professional approach Ken.

Walk in’s can be a distraction to us as a high st sign shop but for every one that wastes your time there are 3 with money to spend so skillful handling and fact finding is a must. I don’t like to barter with prices either my normal line is do you ask for discount at the till at Sainsburys ?
or well if you want to barter Wembley market is open on Sunday see if you can get a better deal there.

I tend to hit small orders with a small order charge normally £20.00 and have charged this for the word PUSH 30 mm caps
cut from a bit of scrap. if only I could do 50 of these a day wouldn’t life be simple……

the wacky racers we get in we have a standard price list. cash up front
sun strip £50.00
logo on the sun strip £50.00
x 5 corporate logo’s in a stacks £50.00
Clifford alarm sticker £25.00 each

Im not really that mean and have had an inclination to play with an odd motor myself in the past but the thousands these kids spend on dressing their cars nowadays. they can afford it…….

You would be amazed how many say yes and we and were still laughing along time after the thud of there stereo has faded into the distance.

Great to here about your day Phill.

Neil..

[Neil Kelly]

Thermal or ink ? to laminate or not to laminate is that the question ??
Thanks for the feed back chaps..

What I am after is a combination of durability and ease of production, cost is not the main concern, but space is limited, I have concidered an edge 2 but feel that for not much more money I could get a dc3 less joins not as high res but 300 dpi fine for what it would be used for (Functional Signage) my experiance with inkjet is not to good i have a small graftec signjet pro using GO inks and have had poor durability problems even when we have laminated with vinyl. havnt used it for 12 months at the moment all work is subed out to larger print houses that offer print and thermal.
I dont think that moving into large format digital printing is the direction i want to take at the moment. or the market Im set up to deal with.

But I would like to be able to print 10 750 mm x 750 mm prints for the side of 5 transit vans in the morinig 200off 100 mm x 50 mm 2 colour hard hat stickers over lunch and half a dozen A4 faded logo’s for some site boards before I go home for me dinner. We are a full service high st retail sign shop and I want a work horse that will plod a long complimenting the vinyl graphics that we do verry well at.

What i do understand now is that all need laminating if durability is required
but ink and cut or thermal print and cut ?

Your oppinoins and comments will be well received..

Thanks Neil…

[Neil Kelly]

Do prints fdrom a dc 3 need laminating as sugested in hedges original post
I am looking for a machine that will print graphics prodominantly for vehicle use. Whats the expected life of a dc3 unlaminated print and a laminated pint. Anyone got any experiance with this machine,
would be great to get some feed back

Neil…

[Neil Kelly]

Here are some we use on Dump trucks and excavators if there any good il send you an AI

Regards Neil

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[Neil Kelly]

Penny washers are good, we generally have our wall mounted banners made without eyelets and fix through the hem they hold up well. On bigger banners we use lengths of treated roofing batten and hammer fix’s. I have A 40 M banner up for over 5 years now still looks fine. I use bungee’s like Steve suggested if I have a sight that regularly updates there banners but find the bungee’s need replacing after a couple of years as they perish.

Neil…

[Neil Kelly]

Hi Joe
I agree with all above when I made the move to a retail outlet the things I was looking for were as follows.

Volume of passing trade
Customer parking
Workshop space
Cost rent & rates ect
Location in regard to local business estates and commercial areas

I already had an existing customer base so I wasn’t starting out from scratch and I think that that you would need to market the shop in other ways if you were starting out from scratch. Its about awareness and getting your name about a combination of.

Yellow pages, Retail Shop, Mail shots, Leaflet Drops
Put your name on everything you do if its a sticker on an aboard or a key ring attached to the van drivers keys just get your name about.

this will generate a steady flow of work that will ultimately lead to a solid customer base that provides repeat business and regular referrals.

Also the appearance of your premises is important I see so many sign shops that have poor signage that looks like it was rushed and done on a budget invest in an upmarket professional sign it inspires confidence and if you look corporate it attracts business from all sectors.

keep things fresh I change my window displays and graphics on the facia every 2 years it gives you a chance to show new products and creates interest when people visit display samples and show pieces of work its normally not relevant to the customers needs but it inspires customers confidence in you.

Good luck with your project if you fancy a chat or are ever passing by feel free to call in.

Regards Neil

[Neil Kelly]

Brilliant stuff thanks guys

as Michael Angelo once said ”Im still learning”

Is their a way of saving it so it is the default pallet as if i close down and reopen signlab it reverts to the old pallet. cant see a save changes button
thanks again

Tim & Adrian

[Neil Kelly]

Just an add on to this post re Paletts does any one know if there is a palett for the 751 range available for signlab.

Regards Neil

PS
Merry Xmas To All
Merry Xmas To All
Merry Xmas To All

[Neil Kelly]

Thanks for the comments
re cutting depth I wonder if you could use a plotter blade holder like the ones on the graphtec plotters so you can set the depth to 60microns an just score the vinyl I bet Edward Mathias could manufacture a holder just for this job you would find it hard to cut in the corners but a cut on the vally floor may be just as effective.

Remember where you heard it first 😆

Re: what printer? I dont actually know as I bought the prints in from DDI
they are unlaminated prints ( Solvent I think ) on Avery easy apply, very conformable and with stood the Mike the Sign Rub test so I hope they hold up the printer gave me a 3 year guide to durability.

[Neil Kelly]

We spec all our digital prints at 50 dpi actual sise we dont print inhouse but all the prints we have had at that spec have been OK we try not to incorporate text and add that as a vinyl graphic after the print is fitted
Ive posted a pic of a job I did last week in showus your stuff. The vinyl was Avery (easy apply)
It went on a treat and ill think you will agree the quality is more than good enough.

Neil…

[Neil Kelly]

Steave dont take this the wrong way but your to cheep
for that amount of work id be after £350
very nice job I like the set square did you draw that up from scratch or was it clip.

A bit of constructive I dont think it neaded the second name as big
looks a bit crouded and if your intension was a water mark effect could the smaller text have gone below the trim line just a thought.

Great to see your work it inspires mutch needed ideas in my own designs.

Neil..

[Neil Kelly]

Pearl and Decal
supply to emergency services ect
01215508116

Neil…

[Neil Kelly]

I think the wet question is realy only relevent to the type of vinyl you are fitting and the way you fit it I fit all my window graphics other than frost dry but Frosted crystal which is my preferd frosted film is a Film like no other its strong adhesive and soft texture mean you get no second chances no option to whip it back and reposition, other more economical vinyls react differently and fit well dry but lack the lustre and sparkle of FC and at over £20.00 a meter you dont want to screw it up and start again. maybe it is a confidence thing but I would like to see any fitter fit a 1m wide x 4m 3M frosted crystal panel with fretcut text on a warm shop window dry, if you have done it then total respect to your skill and confidence. if it’s a line of text some dots or a 100mm band then dry is probably best.

When I price my frosted work I always give the option of a cheaper film but generally when you give the customer the option and show them samples they dont mind paying the extra.

I train all the guys that work for me and encorage all to fit dry its faster and when learnt a lot easier to do but some jobs need a little bit of slip to get position and to eliminate trapped air.

For reference my the Ideal slip solution for frosted window work is 1” Meths in a Spray bottle 3 drops of shampoo topped up with water. Drys out within 10 to 15 mins so no need for a return visit.

So when are we going to flex are squeeges and arange the vinyl olympics 😉 😉

Neil…..

[Neil Kelly]

Great work Rob
Frost is the only vinyl I fit Wet. use mainly 3m Frosted Crystal,
didnt realise Oracal did frost Il have to check it out.

Great to see your work

Neil… 😉

[Neil Kelly]

Thanks Dan
info helps alot can i take it from what you said that the dash in the name woudnt make any difference its just a set of letters within a name that match a search that would help someone find you

thanks again Neil…..

[Neil Kelly]

Just a bit of advise on this subject if anyone can help
to improve your chances of being found on the web is it better to have
a – in your name or to read as one line i.e. funkysigns.com or funky-signs.com

or would it make no difference any help would be good as I am thinking of registering a new company and have no idea

also is there an idiots guide to search engines as I was reading the previous posts and It may as well have been written in Swahili

not a tecky at all

Cheers Neil

[Neil Kelly]

Great idea can we see another picy of the whole thing

Neil…