[TimDouglas]

Thanks guys always trying to get the best colour matches possible , didn’t get a chance to test today but will do this week at some stage thanks Tim

[TimDouglas]

don’t sell them , only way to get them is from used Gerber Cartridges thats why i need to buy them of someone who is going to be dumping them after use just if its possible ?

[TimDouglas]

Thanks for the Info jason _ As were based in Northern Ireland we cannot get a price from Spandex and must go through the dealer here , I purchased one and paid over 2k more that the 7k , Not going to get annoyed about it as I have the deal done and deposit(50%) paid till its installed all be it with new software and Delivery / installation, Do you know the easiest way to convert the foils as i think i have approx 100 to do over time, and anyone that sells the refil cartridge ?

Thanks Tim

[TimDouglas]

Does anyone have an Edge FX that they want to offload ? thanks Tim

[TimDouglas]

Thanks for the help guys ! I have a vs540 also but opted for the double cmyk as we have the edge 2 if I get white / chrome jobs ! Will look into the new fx ! Is there any other foil manufactures out there , looking for flo yellow , Zeronine , sign foils , duracoat , renown , original , is there any others we could look at ? Keeping my foils would make the changeover slightly easier to swallow !

[TimDouglas]

our cuter is the GS15 Plus , the material will def not flow in around the sprockets. Is there a way of dawning in illustrator, Making a reference point ( zero point ) print it on the gerber then bring it back to the Graphtec FC8000 , line it up to the reference point manually and pressing cut ? without looking for Registration points on all four corners. Just like if you were cutting plain Cut vinyl?

Tim

[TimDouglas]

nearly 90percent of our prints or artwork require the 300mm , We have the GSX15 sprocket cutter but it don’t cut the vinyl the way I would like , its to stiff go go in around the sprockets , stay tight and not move. Don’t fancy the 5k for the Envision when we have a good cutter. thanks for trying anyway jason. Tim

[TimDouglas]

I think I know what your doing jason but i need to print 300mm wide once I add the registration marks it takes it to 320mm wide , to wide for the gerber to print? or am i missing something?
Tim

[TimDouglas]

Does this count to the Northern Ireland branch?, I cant manage to get free delivery even if i spend £500 never mind £50
Tim

[TimDouglas]

I have same issue still not found out why myself?

[TimDouglas]

We just bought a graphtec FC8000, it can contour cut perfectly each time, It can decal cut out as well we just not set it up or tired it yet but i think if you have the printers already then the high end cutter would be a good match, we love ours and only have it in a month, the versacamm can’t cut or match its performance! I dont even have a blade in the versacamm anymore!

[TimDouglas]

Is there any other settings i should be looking at when printing apart from the colour pallet, we are getting different output on same job when we changed from X3 to X5, we use a corel standard CMYK and RGB pallet but same jobs printed from versaworks on same profile come out different?
The x3 being brigher, but we have changed to X5 and want to stay that way. ?
We got the banner2 profile sent to us, many thanks
Tim

[TimDouglas]

Sorry its a Sp540v
Cheers, tried generic banner 1 but it is not got the pop im looking for ! been told the banner 2 is much better !
Thanks tim

[TimDouglas]

Sorry how do you load that into corel ?

[TimDouglas]

Is there any other chart that i could print from coreldraw to get me a range of colors without making my own?
Tim
Cheers steve

[TimDouglas]

Brand New cutter ordered , Hopefully its as good as its You tube clips!!

[TimDouglas]

Many thanks ,
Job ready
Tim

[TimDouglas]

I hate the font just doing a repair job, its that good its not on my pc !Thanks Jill

[TimDouglas]

Cheers lads , like yours peter will get something like that up, always mean to get some photos up of new premises but its always in a mess, might get it cleaned up over the Christmas break and put some photos up.

[TimDouglas]

Versacamm and Gerber Edge, both printers and cutter set-ups

Tim

[TimDouglas]

We have same machine but where never able to get it to read any reg marks so unable to help, we could only get it to read front two only.
tim

[TimDouglas]

Its on fresh files that it crashes , same file crashed 5 times yesterday , copy and pasted it into x3 and no problems. gutted cause spent alot of money on it and want to use it !!

[TimDouglas]

Its with a company at the minute , I will update you with the result,
Tim

[TimDouglas]

Thanks Jason, had a mate check it out, Power supply dead!!
Tim

[TimDouglas]

Thanks Jason, had a mate check it out, Power supply dead!!
Tim

[TimDouglas]

Just checked its OK as well, we replaced the 3amp fuses in plug and they blow, put a 10amp fuse into the plug and then the 2 on side of machine blow, is there any Engineers in Northern Ireland that would work on them that you know of Ian?
Tim

[TimDouglas]

the only way i have been able to do it is to output it to an AI file and then import into composer and then sit and add all the colours to each part again, takes ages but only way i have been able to work it from coreldraw to the Edge.
Tim

[TimDouglas]

Tough one – small claims court didn’t work for me.
Estate agent – new company – £1000 bill

From memory as couple of years ago now.
£175 to take to small claims, they failed to respond
Nothing happened , so CCJ issued against company
Another £120 to enforce it ( whatever that means )
Spoke to someone in an office about it ,
She told me that if the company goes bust which was what they were letting happen, then Max i would expect was 10% of original bill which was £100 , decided to cut my losses at that point and learned a big lesson. The assets they had was a desk and chair !!

For me it only works if a company does not want a CCJ issued against them and you settle the issues between you.

So i would have spent £300 ( Plus materials / Time ) to get back £100

Tim

[TimDouglas]

yeah when its bent or stretched it breaks or separates , but once you try to stick it and replace it the thermal white print comes apart, if i do it all thermal then no problems at all , its only when i digitally print it then try to flood it on the edge this happens – The white vinyl Avery 800 works but its two pieces as the edge way is one piece so should be better, Is there other vinyl manufactures that would have a really strong adhesive to them?

[TimDouglas]

print one flood coat foil, its when we put double sided adhesive to it and it touches anything it cracks the foil and it comes away form the clear .

[TimDouglas]

Sorry should have read the post, don’t think its the same car, to early:)

[TimDouglas]

Is this the one your after, which logo you need ? , did this one a couple of years ago.

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come on lads now they want sexy ladies – funny pics !!

[TimDouglas]

take far to long to set up needed for tonight’s opening ! 2 hours and counting still nothing that suits !

[TimDouglas]

updated with advice ,
Tim
Any more improvements that i can make ?
Grey is a silver colour?

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[TimDouglas]

We have the GX24 – Love it , and the versacamm , Only use the GX24 for vinyl cutting but have done A4 stuff with the optical eye but since we got the versacamm there was no need to use it for that. its 4 years old and is as good as the day it arrived with no issues , used daily , great machine.

[TimDouglas]

No problem i vectorized it myself there as wanted it printed today, thanks anyways. Tim

[TimDouglas]

sorry, maybe didn’t explain correctly, its not the corel paint that opens, i use it daily but today its loading a different program – standard paint that comes with windows not corel? but i can go to windows open corel paint and the program is there which works just the two corel programs not talking to each other ?
thanks Tim

[TimDouglas]

this is the original photo i took at the time, i could retake another latter tonight and see if i can get it better

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i cant this is from another lorry , it opens OK for me .

[TimDouglas]

thanks for having a go, I’m beat on this one – i have the lorry in the yard and could really do with it but i might have to use one which is just close.

[TimDouglas]

found it after my post, 😛 , the guy is telling me he can get the sign with graphics for less than the site is selling them so i guess i should send him on his way to the cheap shop:) :lol1:

[TimDouglas]

Your probably right Richard , will save all the hassle, just cant understand how there is so many companies selling it if its not a good colour match that’s all.

[TimDouglas]

thanks Brian, yes im printing it, did a few signs yesterday, rush job so just used a jpg but this should work better for the long term signs, many thanks again

Tim

[TimDouglas]

thanks for trying pdf version ?

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Omega composer 1.54

Is it possible to upgrade software?, I design it in corel and transfer it over to the edge, Doing Blue metal chrome, flo orange/red, chrome karts at the moment and black/ lime green and chrome engine covers all that i cant do on the inkjet . look good once done but

[TimDouglas]

Thumbs up for Print one from me, I have an Edge and use them for lots of things , excellent company , I would like to see a gallery of edge stuff , see how far people are able to push them , I love using mine , worth there weight in gold when i need a clear sticker with white.

[TimDouglas]

If you live in Northern Ireland then you need to go through Dennis Evans In Belfast if you want to speak to anyone at spandex, I cannot speak to them directly, also a nightmare on delivery as it has to go to them first and then re post to me , extra day or two waiting if your in a rush, This is a roll of PVC and I have been researching it for 2 years , Its the only material that I have been able to get that I can print on , Tried about 20 different samples from all the UK companies that I could think of with no joy, none of them what I’m after.

[TimDouglas]

Exactly correct , Only material that I can get is from Australia which is on shipment , its 1370mm wide I can print to it on my versacamm but wanted to use it on my gerber edge also ? thanks

[TimDouglas]

Loved the course myself, really big learning curve in front of me as its far from easy but James and the guys were great and James really knows his stuff and well impressed with his portfolio – Excellent Designer and fitter- Highly recommended

Tim Douglas

[TimDouglas]

Not impact as the zero is tall and skinny the impact font is fatter , if you catch my drift . thanks

[TimDouglas]

Thanks Jill its close but not exact but I could edit a few points , thanks

[TimDouglas]

That’s exactly what I’m after , cheers folks

[TimDouglas]

Thanks guys just off the phone to robert , cheers both look good didnt see the custom part on koolart to after i posted.
thanks

[TimDouglas]

I need to print onto my motocross vinyl which is white to make it stick to the plastic of the go carts, I have the colour chart from gerber but didn’t see the yellow, I have the red/ orange foil but the backgrounds needed are flo yellow, I have a set which looks printed buy a Gerber in flo . yellow , thanks
Tim

[TimDouglas]

Anyone able to help with fluorescent foils for the gerber ?

[TimDouglas]

fluorescent Is prob what I’m after, Its a race teams colours of Blue / chrome / fluorescent orange and yellow, I can get Gerber foils for the other three but not the yellow?
thanks peter

[TimDouglas]

sorry richard, only have from 2002 up on the YZ250.

[TimDouglas]

thanks chris , gave something a clean! 🙂 solved it perfect full width:)

[TimDouglas]

is this cleanable by me or does it require a engineer ?

[TimDouglas]

Little more information. When the bi directional setting is done at the base point its fine when done in the second half of the material its completely a mess and unreadable, is this normal ? Even over 300mm its not printing straight and is about 5 mm off.
thanks

[TimDouglas]

Thanks chris , tried reseating it and the rest of them with no success, even put the empty one back in and it didnt change, it has made the magenta jump from half full to full, the chip might have effected the lot possibly.

[TimDouglas]

I would go to it, Im in Londonderry, 1 hour from lisburn.

[TimDouglas]

2 cuts from versaworks solved it , many thanks

[TimDouglas]

The setting was as usual in front of my eyes, trying it now , many thanks lads

[TimDouglas]

i have one, got it brand new off ebay for 45 delivered, great machine for what i need it for, i was not able to get it to work on my xp system and had to put it onto my old win98 machine. would recommend it to anyone, even at 85 its a good deal.

[TimDouglas]

I got mine for £130 ( 8ft x 5ft ) Its two sheets of three mil together, love working on it , got lights fitted to it also. Great for getting your lines straight and don’t go offline, goes through about 5 scalpel blades per day at the minute but, don’t think i will go back unless something happens, Used it 2 months now with no scratches. Local double glazing company.

[TimDouglas]

Thanks phil , ordered from capri club £31 delivered, ordered two sets as its getting full respray in the winter and will need done again:)

[TimDouglas]

They are the job Jamie, much better than the ones I was going to use.
uksignboards saving the day again:)

[TimDouglas]

Anyone able to help with the Rothmans and Duckhams font, in capitals, there the only ones outstanding?

Thanks

[TimDouglas]

Thanks for the effort hugh, I need them to be exact copies, will keep searching . The rothmans and mintex are different fonts and lower case to what I need.

[TimDouglas]

need the fonts for Rothmans, duckhams , bilstein and the logo for the Rothmans, I can work with the rest, Thanks

Tim

[TimDouglas]

Im lucky enough to be in a unit joined onto a kitchen company who are kitting it out to my spec, I have 6mm laminated glass priced at local shop at £100.( 8ftx5ft) He tested how hard he had to hit it with a hammer to break it which i was impressed with . I don’t mind paying as i have been using polypro on the bench at the minute and after doing 5k stickers for the NW200 cutting them by hand made a mess of some off them due to the cut lines. The guy building it wants to put supports and divide the bench into 4. Then i could put 4 lights into it. As for doing other jobs i will have two other benches, smaller but will do.

[TimDouglas]

I just read some posts about others doing it,sounded good. Will it help with layering graphics? Whole new workshop being kitted out by a kitchen company so want to do it right.

[TimDouglas]

I use a OKI 5700 and use Noel eakin and sons software, something like lg plates.( really reasonable prices)You should try and get a demo. its great for fast turnaround show plates etc but when someone wants something harder I use corel and import it in, both ways prove ok, alot faster than cut vinyl.

[TimDouglas]

Thanks looks good, The corcora is in caps the n is lower case:)

[TimDouglas]

Thanks Andy Neuropol worked , still cant get a match for corcoran?

[TimDouglas]

No its to make stickers for a race team to hand out to the kids at the NW200 , I have other sponsors etc to add so there all red, black , yellow so didnt want to have to use so many foils. been playing about with it today and its not to bad, but if anyone has a go i would like to see it. 3/4 colour for spot colour printing.

[TimDouglas]

Just my bit, I got a brand new A3 scanner of ebay for £35 + £10 delivered, its no magic machine, its a few years old model but it works with windows xp ( not vista ) It does the simple stuff i need it to, think it must have been a warehouse clean out, he was selling 20 or so, this was only last week, comes with software etc. I was like the rest of you, 250+ market

[TimDouglas]

Good man Neill , many thanks

[TimDouglas]

how are you able to find his site ? Always looking for good inspiration pics

[TimDouglas]

Yep it will do, thanks Brian

[TimDouglas]

Have you a name for it Ian? anything is worth a try at this stage

[TimDouglas]

Brand new press from magic touch – 38×50 atkins I think, only done less than 50 presses, Can do polo shirts etc no problems, Problem was with the bleed through on the di sublimation poly shirts , used target transfer premium on this one with not recommended settings ( they are 160 20 sec med pressure ) I used 155 / 10secs each layer to help reduce bleed through , it helped but I am guessing its just not suitable .

Thanks

Need a vinyl that will block everything ?

[TimDouglas]

Back to the drawing board with this again, the 155 degrees 10sec on each layer, 60 degree wash and tumble dry , the lines came back and it lifted?
That’s from all the suppliers I know off,don’t want to list them in case someone is offended. need a subli blocker vinyl if you know what i mean, Any other suppliers I can try as I have cad cut shirts here from other companies that work well, Just got caught with £ 500 worth of the stuff which worked well on the colour samples I had, its the light colours especially white with the problem.

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Just found this on ebay, search for motocross sticker , maybe you can track this down somewhere

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[TimDouglas]

Rivalart do some good ones in the motocross section, none with one hand waving, will check what I have at home tomorrow but I don’t recall one with a hand off, i would like one of a standard whip myself but not been able to locate one either.

[TimDouglas]

These are cad cut , No printer. Purchased a OKI 5600 but even the new WOW material from the magic touch failed to keep out the bleed through, So everything cad cut, I think I need to have something along the full solvent if I’m to do print and cut with these shirts.

[TimDouglas]

Finally able to get a product to work as I need it ,Have tried samples from every supplier I could. Need a little advice on my next step but, The settings I’m supposed to use where 160 degrees for 20seconds at medium pressure, so I had to reduce to 145degrees for 15 seconds. At the recommended settings it was terrible but as like the picture its almost correct when i used my own settings, When I layered the first layer white down and removed the carrier it had zero bleed, perfect , then when I added the second layer for same 15 seconds I got bleed from the black of the shirt, not heavily noticeable but I can see it up close. Any ideas ? Keep reducing the heat further?

Will this affect the strength of the transfer using less heat? All corners seem good.

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[TimDouglas]

Whats the best way to put a watermark across it Hugh? Followed the help file but it doesn’t do what i was after, Do you just stick text across it ?

[TimDouglas]

thanks guys got it sorted now : )

[TimDouglas]

Forget it , im losing it INTERSECT button 😳

[TimDouglas]

That was a good tip, I just saved some time trying to do the print and cut ! I’m hoping that I can place a flag ( vector ) inside numbers ) . Is there an easy way, Using power clip is good for print and cut not cut /cut if you understand.

[TimDouglas]

Is it possible to powerclip a vector inside say a word and have it stay as a vector to be able to vinyl cut, every time I do it the powerclip disappears in wire frame ? Is this possible? Corelx3

[TimDouglas]

Here is some better results with Super flex ( xpres ) good for polo shirts so far.

The other shirts is the material I’m trying to track down, its so heavy that there will be no bleed through as its like rubber, its unlike any of the transfer samples i have received so far, Anyone any suggestions, its layered.

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[TimDouglas]

Exactly what i needed , 3 shirts to do within next 2 hours , will let you see the end results.

[TimDouglas]

thanks, using corel x3 so maybe eps or ai , think i can open both, thanks rush t shirt job today for a guy moving to Australia:)

[TimDouglas]

Will take a photo of it tomorrow to let you see, thanks once again for your input, oh by the way I ordered a c5600 oki printer, will get a R1800 then after.

[TimDouglas]

Yeah the stuff is like plastic , but it is diff cut as you can feel the layers.

[TimDouglas]

Went for my lunch at work and must have pressed refresh and it reloaded 😛 , Not sure on the shirts but if you were to do a google on motocross shirt printing there is loads in England doing it , not so many near me, The shirts I have done a couple of years ago by local companies are maybe 8/ 10 times thicker than super flex or ultra flex, they actually could stand up on there own :lol1: