Peter Richardson
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are those poles fixed?
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Although I would say yours is correct Rob. the centre of the letter “O” is completely black.
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Olfa 30 degree knives
Steinel Heat Gun
Avery blue squeegees
Avery gloves
8 Magnets
Knifeless tape
Laser temperature gun
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Thanks for the reply Graham.
I have come across Sloan a few times in my searches. As you rightly say, I want peace of mind and with something like this, i cant buy cheap. but must also be competitive. difficult.
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I have now been looking at these on youtube. is there anything they cannot do?
Very expensive, but what an addition to add to your capabilities!
Yes, I can only look on in envy. 😮
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I have been in this industry for many years now and I never realised you could have braille signs manufactured like this! I saw it done a few times over the years and it was always done by hand with tools. now i know!
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I used to have one of those old machines. I gave it away to a young lass doing t-shirts for a local charity shop. at that valuation, maybe I should go round and ask her for it back! 🤣
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This software started off life as Signflow and was developed with Action Graphics in Birmingham. I have had a go with the demo and it seems to have all you could want in a job flow and management system. I did not go for it because it only runs on pc, I have gone for Jobpro Central as it is cross platform mac and pc.
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I have the same kit and just done 15 banners in a day. Its worth the investment if you have the quantity of banners and want to have total control of the process.
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Hi Niklas
Seems to me you have understood and implimented much of what a colour management workflow system is about. I have been in exactly the same position, and have attened colour management courses, where I have come out more confused than when I went in. I have the opinion now from talking to people who do the colour profiling for various rips and substrates that colour management will only answer 70-80 percent of the questions asked of it. Colour is a subjective preference after all. Have you looked at http://www.color.org they are the controlling body for colour management, and there is some usefull information there.
Ian
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Thanks for the advice the chemicals were starting to kick in. Its not nice working with the roller doors open this weather so the smell got everyone quite high.
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Rebecca
Hexis have agreat range of products for the solvent printers not all are profiled but you can get away using generic ones with a bit of a tweek.
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running short on elbow greese any ideas where i can get some.
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Digital printing is a world of half truth and no truth. I have been printing for eight or so years and have looked at all the options over this time. The company started with vinyl cutters and out sourced the digital work, this built up to such an extent we took the plunge and bought a Roland Camjet. This was sent home because it did’t do what they said it would. We replaced with and Encad and all was OK. Since then we have had a number of Encads as they were good production work horses. All the machines were for the indoor market, still out sourcing the exterior.The market has now changed and the exterior market is a massive growth area for us.We now have Encads (dye base), Xerox x2 (oil base), Grenadier (solvent base) and a Zund (direct print UV base). This gives us every solution for digital printing. On average it took us aleast 2 months before we were happy with any one of them. Its not just the printer its the rip that runs the printer and all the finishing products that go with them as well. If any one has any specific questions about digital printing I will be happy to try and help.
Ian
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We have Neschen and Seal machines, they are anything from £7000 to £15000 for basic hot machines. I would have a look at the BP Uniform branded ones as they are more cost effective for lower throughput. If you are only going to be mounting vinyl all you need is a cold one. A heated top roller can be helpfull though. I do know of a nearly new Neschen 1600 wide heated top and bottom, but its not going to be that cheap, however they do last nearly forever.
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Hi Rick
The Grenadier is a modified soljet. I looked at nearly all the wide format solvents for quite a while and purchased the Grenadier for its speed, quality. We have Encads, Xerox X2 and a Zund flatbed the Grenader compliments this line up very well and as for market development I think it is a good machine to grow with. BP will be launching 2m and 3.5m Uniform branded machines at the next sign uk, if you can wait. The main issue with printers is support and I am impressed with the support that BP give. The level you are printing at at the moment is enough to install your own. Dont for get a basic laminator, it makes mounting alot quicker.
ian
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Hi Rodger
The Grenadier is a modified roland soljet. But it works well
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The Grenadier is a true solvent if you use the Screen inks as the normal inks they call solvent are an “eco solvent +” whatever that means. The up keep of the printer is not that bad keep it clean and it works.
As with regards to software Photoshop is a must as for layout and design Illustrator or Freehand and a simple cutting package works out much cheaper than the full sign packages.
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I have been Digital Printing for 8 years now mostly for the indoor market,
we have a wide range of printers and bought a 74 inch Grenadier two monthes ago. I can highly recomend it, you woul want the 54inch print and cut version which would come within your budget. They have 2 inks for this printer I would recomend the Screen inks as they are more agressive, and print on to a wider range of media.