Recent content by Mike F

Need more info, it could be a multitude of different things, some that could be specific to the brand or model of printer you're using. So, what printer is it? What media? Does this happen with all media that you use or is it just this specific media? Has the machine been calibrated for that...

Lamination is the way to go. And s101 is a great resource, just do your homework and use the search feature over there before posting, some of the members can be pretty rude to newcomers and 9 times out of 10 you can find the info you're looking for in old threads.

Google Fonts Quote from that link: I think that's about as cut and dry of an answer as you're gonna get. Sometimes free really is, well, free.

New Jersey law states that you have to be trained in order to be able to legally pump gas. Don't know of any "gas attendants union", not sure where that rumor came from.

For solvent machines Roland and Mimaki seem to be the best options, but I would also look into the HP latex machines as you don't need to wait 24 hours for the latex inks to cure before you laminate or hand it off to the customer. Roland has some machines with an integrated cutter, but I would...

+1. Also, learn everything you can from those with real world experience and learn from their criticisms as opposed to getting defensive.

This x1,000.

This, this, THIS!!! This alone would eliminate so many headaches it's not even funny.

Love it, thanks for sharing. To add, and this is on the wide format side of things, no sir, I cannot take your 120px x 300px photo that you took with your phone and make you a 12ft x 20 foot banner with it... unless you want to look like you're in Minecraft.

We have a Roland VS-640, prints great and really haven't had any maintenance issues in the 2 years we've had it, but if I were to buy a new one today I'd almost definitely go with an HP L26500 latex printer with a Caldera RIP. Pair it up with a Graphitex or Roland cutter and a Royal Sovereign or...

Two that I've heard work pretty well are Clear Shield or Frog Juice, pretty sure both come in buckets as well as rattle cans.

+1 for Crashplan, they're great.

+1, that's the only aqueous compatible wall graphic media I know of. I haven't used their aqueous version but the solvent version prints great. As far as the issues with the print sticking to the wall, could be a few things: -I'm assuming you're wiping the walls down with a cloth to remove any...

It's a business model. There's no logical reason all software isn't free and open source, other than the almighty dollar (or whatever your local currency may be).

When I first started doing wide format digital printing all I had were Inkscape and GIMP for designing, didn't get Corel until about 6 months into it. It's definitely possible as far as just designing goes. The only problem I ran into was that Inkscape didn't handle Pantones at that point in...