September 2011 Blog Posts (8)

Where is the best place to get A signs like the ones standing on sidewalks that are portable?

Need help! I am trying to acheive a distressed look witht he actual shirt showing thru. Need any ideas or suggestions. It would be on dark tees. Wasn't sure how to do this with the versacamm if it is even possible. I have a brother GT541 but cannot print on the darks. Please any advice welcome! Thanks!

To celebrate our 30th anniversary, Roland has launched a worldwide Creative Awards competition. Enter your projects and you can win a VersaCAMM, a trip to Japan, or a bunch of other prizes. I know at least one member of this community has already entered. 

Details here:

http://rolandcreativeawards.com/

Before we had the Versacamm we relied heavily on heat transfer producers and outside screenprinters. We have discovered that the Versacamm allows us to have greater control over our workflow. Time wise, I no longer have to wait 2 weeks for an order to be proccessed, it can be done in 2 days now. Usually, using the Versacamm is actually cheaper than outsourced screen print and transfers. The other day we took a look at the money and less ia flowing out in regards decoration suppliers (other than… Continue

During a car wrap workshop in May, Steven Jackson explained that calendered vinyl is more prone to shrinking than cast vinyl and that shrinking can produce a glue line, also known in the vernacular, as a snot line.  How bad could it be I asked Steven with some trepidation?  He said it depended, among other things, on the size and age of the material.  As luck would have it, we recently installed a sign on on a store-front window next to a round vinyl sign that was about 3 1/2 feet in diameter… Continue

There have occasionally been questions about coloring fading in banners.  Attached is a photo of a banner (12' x 4.5') that we installed last September in southeast New York 100_0741.JPG and the same banner a year later… Continue

We just printed and laminated a sign using 65/35 perforated vinyl.  By chance, after trimming the sign, I put a scrap piece of perforated vinyl on top of another piece.  To my surprise, it produced the illusion of larger holes.  The first photo is the perforated vinyl and the second is the two pieces stacked.

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It seems that everytime I open up a sporting goods magazine, all they talk about is the need for a Facebook and Twitter account.  It seems that most of our business tends to be word of mouth.  Our customers are our best salesman.  Although I place that belief above all else, I went ahead to set up a Facebook page for my store.  After buying a smart phone and realzing how easy it would be to post pictures and messages to Facebook, it gave me some incentive to get going.  Now, I don't plan on…

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