Nigel Pugh
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Ewan, you had a busy week working which is a plus for you but we have people calling everyday asking for quotes and if we have used machines for sale, I did tell you that I knew where this printer came from and how well it had been maintained by the owner
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Ewan I gave you all the info regarding this printer including the fact that it was only 3 years old and had been under Roland care for the three years and was in tip top condition, we like most dealers will have a long list of people wanting a good used machine and therefore offer them on a first come first served basis.
Ewan you told me you would confirm your purchase over a week ago once the weekend was over, you didn’t so this printer was still available, someone took the deal and you lost out and now we are the bad guys ????
Peter why would you lose confidence in any company if they gave you an honest opinion rather than just try to sell you something and not care, your purchase was fully refunded………..shouldn’t you feel more confident in dealing with a company who does this ?
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20yrs ago I used to work for a parcel company, the amount of deliveries you had to do (without breaking the speed limit) was getting absurd back then, my delivery area used to be on average 30-40 drops then about 20 collections, nowadays you can see easily 100 drops.
I agree with what you say Phill regarding a premium rate, but I think next day delivery should be forgotten and just have a 2 day or 3 day service.
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We received a couple here today with a word.doc attachment, nothing there when previewed !!!
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Would have replied earlier but I took a weeks holiday last week, if you want a Jaguar IV 132S then we have a couple coming into stock in two weeks time.
Not sure why the Jaguar doesn’t seem robust enough, there are original Jaguars out there still running well past 10 yrs of use.
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Tim you will do from Sue’s email as she leaves early on Fridays, she will see your email on Monday morning.
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John I would send the email to Sue asap, just checked and we have less than 10 places left for either day.
David not thinking of coming yourself ?
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Hello Nick,
Just as Rodney says and you should be fine, if you get stuck with anything then feel free to give me call or our tech dept for help with any LaserPro model 🙂
Nigel
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This is where it can all go t**s up, I’m 34 pts off the top of the Sun’s predictor competition, #759 at the moment so not too shabby considering I was outside the top 51,000 before the knockout stages.
I think Germany will be too strong now Brazil are missing two major players, and the Argies will just have one trick too many for the Dutch.
Nigel
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Sable 60 is no longer available, there will be some new entry models available soon but not just yet……………..mind you not sure I would want to sell to Mr Wilson as he is a pain in the a**e 😉
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Some of the finance companies we use do or will offer extended warranty policies to run for the duration of the lease deal.
Nigel
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Semi’s Germany v Brazil & Argentina v Holland
Final: Argentina v Germany
Winners:Germany
That is the latter end of my prediction via The Sun’s dream team website
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The ADL range have been a little hit and miss, by this I mean we ordered 8 of the 1600C and 8 of the 1600 H1, the 1600C have had mechanical issues which are been resolved by ADL and without question or hesitation on their behalf.
The 1600 H1 however have apart from one faulty control panel been a huge hit and now we are just waiting for our next shipment of 21 units to arrive.
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quote Ghais Din:fespa london was great, and would love to go to another fespa event, hopefully it’ll be back in the uk again soon
Not so great for us exhibitors…………way way too long that show !!
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quote Clive.Griffiths:quote Nigel Pugh:If those two areas are the start and finish point of the cut then if would be the blade offset is incorrect.
Nigel
Thanks Nigel, but do i increase or decrease that setting?
Clive the offset is too low so increase, you will get an over cut if the offset is too high.
Nigel
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If those two areas are the start and finish point of the cut then if would be the blade offset is incorrect.
Nigel
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Paul the TTD application tape is sold in the same sizes as the t-shirt vinyl, the TTD is re-usable for several applications until too many fibres from previous garment applications have surrendered the adhesion into submission…..sadly the TTD has to be let go at this point 🙁
"I would want to cut the designs up and then apply small amounts of app tape to each design as in normal app tape for Cad material"
We also sell scissors and have slitting facilities too……..you only need to ask 😉
Nigel
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quote Martin:So a comparison might be me & you Nigel :lol1: :lol1: :lol1:
Yes Martin and yes Alan 🙂
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It is as it says and will work with your VersaCamm no problem, easiest way to describe the material is it is not as hairy as cadcut flock 🙂
Nigel
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Chris,
If you are still using the original set of inks that came with your BN-20 then roughly half of the 220ml cart would have been used just by charging the printer during it’s set-up. As for the waste tank then yes the first one does fill up quicker as the ink lines would have flushed prior to adding any ink.
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You can get both types, cadcut cast vinyl and digital cast for printing and both with a grey glue.
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Hello Mark,
Good to have you here 🙂
Nigel
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You can get SignLab CutPro for £350 + vat atm
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Bill now paid and lines reconnected 🙂
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Wow I can tell people I know the bloke who done that………bit like knowing someone who has won big on the lottery……..nice one Shane 🙂
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quote Chris Windebank:there are different makes, have you looked at skybond, amaribond, reynabond?
jamesbond 🙄
It had to be done 😀
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This printer has now been sold.
Nigel
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Spoke to this customer today and they are prepared to drop the asking price to £4,995 + vat – or a nearest reasonable offer.
If you are interested then just contact myself for the sellers details.
Nigel
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Ewan you can download a 14 day free trial of SignLab from Cadlink, worth having a play to see if you like it.
Nigel
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Had a few good laughs and it was great to see both you John and Scott, it was a very good two days and seeing some old faces made it even better, with some fantastic help from Rob n Joe from Roland and Bernhard from CadLink.
Thanks to all those who visited or helped.
Nigel
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Lol just shows how good I am at multitaking 🙂
Nigel aka Adil
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Adil, I spoke to James yesterday and learnt a little myself, our normal cast range of vinyl you would laminate prior to wrap but the new colour change wrap material range is roughly the same thickness as laminated cast vinyl and so you wouldn’t need to laminate.
I appreciate your feedback as it all helps us provide the best service possible, so good or bad feel free to let me know.
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Adil, I spoke to James yesterday and learnt a little myself, our normal cast range of vinyl you would laminate prior to wrap but the new colour change wrap material range is roughly the same thickness as laminated cast vinyl and so you wouldn’t need to laminate.
I appreciate your feedback as it all helps us provide the best service possible, so good or bad feel free to let me know.
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Adil just to set you straight regarding the vinyl used on the wrap course, our wrap vinyl is a two part film, cast vinyl and cast laminate, so whether you used a printed cast vinyl or just a coloured cast vinyl then both films would have been laminated at 90c temp prior to use, hence we didn’t just use a coloured cast vinyl that hadn’t been laminated as it is not strictly referred to as a wrap film these days.
I will pass on your remarks to James, it could be worthwhile showing the differences regarding initial tack between a cast film and a wrap film.
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Do a test cut across the full width of your cutter, perhaps the cutting strip is damaged or seated higher along the part of the width and so reducing distance between vinyl and blade.
Nigel
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Hugh we put labels on our boxes stating that goods need to be checked on delivery, not just to make sure the material is correct but more importantly if any goods are damaged by our courier then there is a 72hr window from delivery for us to raise a claim against the damage.
On a side note the time spent by you typing your post would have been better spent checking your vinyl delivery 😉
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Tim to use with the removable series vinyl then medium tack application tape should be fine.
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Tim if you are going to look up the company John has mentioned then look for Grafityp 😉
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Last week I found a new level of knackered !!!! But just to see some good friends been part of it and those who took time out to visit our stand and the show.
Good times 🙂
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Q55S is where we will be, just be careful any vehicles illegally parked by our stand will be clamped 🙂
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Thank you all for the suggestions on various cameras the info given and the make and models we looked into helped so much, we finally decided on the Panasonic Lumix DMC G3 model.
The camera has arrived today and will be used for real at the start of June, so expect some photos later 🙂
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Cheers Colin for the advice and giving other makes a mention from your own favourites, the boss likes the Lumix based on colour I suspect 😉
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Stafford as usual is spot on, always allow your media to come up to room / working temp, a head strike will hurt your pocket more than waiting an hour or so for the media to be ready………….don’t leave a heavy roll on the back of your printer for too long, the weight can cause a distortion at the resting point of the roll.
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I asked John a question regarding wrapping and at the show this year the answer John gave me back then was still valid when talking to a visitor.
Mr.Childs you are sorely missed.
Nigel
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quote Robert Lambie:quote Nigel Pugh:I will do the whole three days and more than likely do the whole five days at FESPA…………..please bring me food and water 😉
oh so you need food and water for the 3 & 5 days and i dont? 😉
ill settle for beer for 3&5 days if anyone can help me! :lol1:I have to stay sober for the customers………….hmmmm I may have to rethink that strategy………anyway Lambie you was sight for sore eyes after just two days last year 🙂
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I will do the whole three days and more than likely do the whole five days at FESPA…………..please bring me food and water 😉
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Restructuring the business according to this editorial
http://www.printweek.com/Business/artic … structure/
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Hello Rob & Matt, Rob the video shows parts of several attachments been used, such as the top plate 15cm and the foot attachment, I do believe the foot attachment has or is undergoing a change in design.
Matt, heat press machines there are so many out their to choose from and you will find most will do the job no problem at all……….at first, the main pitfalls on a heat press poor heating element design and quality, lesser spec of materials used for the platens so overtime the cheaper presses platens will distort, and finally support and warranty.
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David is the contract on a monthly or yearly basis, you say £40 per month and also mention spreading the cost over a year which may mean a 12 month deal, just curious on how flexible the contract is ?
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True Rob, he will copy n paste it all over the internet lol
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Big Up to Mr Wilson who not only dropped off some donuts but for the fact it took the best part of 4 hours to finally catch me not talking to someone else, some staying power you have there 🙂
Really busy first day and looking forward to the next two days, roll on Sign UK and Fespa.
Nigel
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Steve the Sable 60 as a desktop is £354 + vat
Regards
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SAi produce the SignPal software we supply via GCC, as an OEM product I would expect them to only give support to the supplier and not the end user, I have seen this with several OEM products.
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For all the Pro’s I would rather supply someone with sellotape and a set of crayons…….
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East European food shop, there are big numbers due to hit these shores this year.
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quote Rainbow Designers:Hi Nigel, Im new to this forum and apparently Im restricted from sending direct messages at the moment?
Thanks
AkeelAkeel use my works email address you can find it via our website.
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I can work it out at 18.17 per cc, if you want to drop me an email Akeel I will be happy to send you running costs for the VS model.
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COME ON YOU ENGLAND 😀
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This laser has now been sold.
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Maybe one way vision film could be an alternative once printed ?
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In good working order and nothing needing to be replaced for 12 months then around 5k – 8k as a private sale………………….but I have seen some really stupid high prices on a well known trading website for lesser models.
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quote Gwaredd Steele:It’s clearly a fault with the material & annoying that Grafityp won’t compensate you for your time or damage to other substrates when it’s clear the product has failed, but I believe this is standard warranty practice for any manufacturer. Shameful really.
I’d get a full refund, never darken their doorstep again & use Nikkalite from victory design in future.
Gwaredd as stated by Lee this reflective is sitting on other vinyls from different manufacturers, without testing this vinyl on its own how can you be so certain it is faulty???
At least give us the time to test samples before donning the black cap!
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Lee until we can get a sample of the reflective you have there to test against other rolls we have in stock then how can we guarantee the same will not happen again, if it is a bad batch we need to compare first of all before we can replace.
I understand you are sending a sample piece back to us now, when we receive it then we will test it against a sample from every other roll we have in stock.
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If tomorrow is the end then I would like to say right now that you people on here are the best people I have ever known………by some strange event that we are still here in 24hrs I will slightly redress this post 😉
Nigel
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You are welcome 🙂
Nigel
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Sounds like you don’t have the blade holder sitting correctly, when you open the clasp that the blade holder sits in you will notice a groove on the inside of the clasp, on the blade holder you will have about halfway along a wider thin part, bit like a metal washer, this sits inside the groove.
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Hello Matt,
Drop me an email and I will give you the prices on the heat presses, any solvent / eco solvent printer will do for printing onto textile vinyl, take your pick from Roland BN-20, VersaCamm or Mutoh or Mimaki etc.
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Matthew we offer that many heat presses now that it does my nut in 🙂
TS-One as Rob as mentioned, just brought out a footwear attachment for this press so you can deco up footwear.SEFA presses we also do and have for a fair few years now and they come with a very good warranty, give me a shout if you need any more info.
Nigel
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Signlab, Flexi or CorelDraw would compliment what you already use, you should be able to download free trial versions of these packages and see how they fit with you.
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quote Jason Middleton:I wouldn’t bother with white ink for t shirts as the media you print onto is white not clear
We do a Crystal Clear textile vinyl Jason, so there are some available.
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quote James Duff:nigel i will send the pics to your works email address or send me a email address to send the pics to
Works email addy will be fine.
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Kevin is correct we are GCC’s UK dealer and have been for over 15 years, do you know what parts are required ?
How much did you pay for the Sable 60 ?
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Hugh you have to pre-press the nylon extra before giving it the full press, we can send you the application instructions when you order or sooner if you want.
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Chris enjoy getting married mucka and enjoy the time off too 🙂
Hopefully I will get to see you and the boss sometime next year.Best Wishes
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Hello Gordon,
It is a re-badged Roland, a couple of things you need to check, what inks is this printer set up to use, genuine Roland inks or third party inks. What RIP comes with the printer, is it VersaWorks or another RIP. Will the seller buy inks to show you this printer doing what it is supposed to do……….print !!!
If it requires print heads and you can buy the printer cheap enough then it might be worthwhile but it all comes down to what the asking price is and your budget.
Regards
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Any waterproof garment would need the nylon extra material, as the adhesive is designed to sit on top of the waterproof coating.
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Congratulations Chris have a fantastic wedding and holiday’s 🙂
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Great to see you Chris, Stu and Caroline plus everyone else who attended, I like it when we do these seminars, relaxed and informative and no sales pitch to worry about.
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Hello Gary, welcome to the forum 🙂
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Ewan, hard for me to reply without it been seen as some sales spin, goes against forum rules and I agree with those rules, but feel free to contact me if you get time to do so.
Nigel
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Even though this make of cutter doesn’t have it’s own forum in the "vinyl cutter" section it is if you haven’t already checked them out, worth taking a look at the GCC SignPal range of cutters.
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quote Stuart Davies:nigel said he will take us all for a beer after
stuOf course I will take you all for a beer………..Stu you can buy my first beer and I will work may way through the rest 😀
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Craig the next one will be around April, if you or anyone else wishes to attend then let me have your email address and we will contact you closer to the date to confirm a place for you.
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Hugh, sorry but fully booked for the two days next week and tbh we could have filled 5 days. What would you learn well it is hard to say because you will take from the seminar what you want to take………..but………..
At least 6 or 7 different vinyls for vinyl cutters and the same for inkjet printers, ways to combine several vinyls together to get amazing finishes rather than just standard one colour flat designs…….put it this way, neoprene diving suits, leather jackets, handbags, footwear are all items among many that you would not normally think of for textile vinyl application.
And if that is not enough I will even serve you drinks when thirsty 🙂
Nigel
PS. Based in Tamworth, Staffordshire….so a bit of a journey for yourself, but trust me it is worth it 🙂
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quote Eddie Cotton:Fruit of the loom, its a brand of clothing
Thanks Eddie now it makes sense, but at 80p per shirt is probably floot of the room lol
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What does fotl mean ??
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Hello Nancy, long time no see 😉
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Jason do a few shirts with the same design for your customer FOC, you just might open up another revenue stream from the same client, great design btw 🙂
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Take your pick, Roland, Mutoh, Mimaki etc for solvent / eco solvent print & cut models or just straight forward printers, then you have the HP latex printers, will all come down to budget, floor space and support.
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Wayne you can buy new printers from 5k to 10k so if your budget falls within these figures then a fair few used printers will be well with your scope too.
If you are considering doing larger jobs such as vehicle wraps then at least a 54" printer will be what you need to look at, for indoor and outdoor work then a solvent or the newer eco solvent printers will be the choice for you.
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I dunno Phill, to Joe Public it could look like Mike is cleaning pigeon crap off the wall !!!
Hope they got better pics of your work Mike 🙂
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quote Nick Tunstill:Thanks for the info, looks like I will be replacing a window then!
Shame the suppliers didn’t warn me of this when ordering.Nick I find your comment regarding suppliers does seem harsh, suppliers offer a huge amount of films that you can apply to glass, how you use it or colour combination is down to you and your customer, suppliers can only advise what vinyl’s are suitable, how you use those materials is down to you signmakers.
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A electromagnetic press will open itself when the pressing time has expired, choice would depend on how many items you would do a day / week plus your budget to buy the press.
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Hello Matt, glad we finally got you sorted and you now back up and running 🙂
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Matt call me on 01827 300500, if it is going to be around 11 or so it might mean the tech is onsite then, but I will tomorrow morning arrange everything so your call is dealt with as soon as the tech is free / 1 hour whichever sooner, I will push this through so you don’t have any further delay.
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Matthew give me a call at 9:01 and I will have a tech ready to speak to you.
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Hello Matthew, sorry I have been away on hoilday last week, has no one been in touch ? If not I WILL get it sorted tomorrow.
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You are not that from from our showroom here in Tamworth, Staffs. We supply the GCC LaserPro range of lasers, all you got to do is arrange a date to visit us.
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Hello Matt, it will work for any Jaguar.
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Matt sounds like you need a new driver for Win 7, drop me an email at nigel.pugh@grafityp.co.uk and I will get it sorted.
Nigel