Just a few projects we did

Sometimes in business we make choices. We make them because it feels like the right choice at the time. Then when the choice is happening it feels so wrong that it messes with your mental reality of why you made that choice in the first place. I had to remind myself of all the business sense that it makes to rather sell this printer. I remind myself it was broken, it cost to much to repair, this would be the 3rd print head in 5years, repair cost is a third of a new machine. It all still makes sense. But when it is loaded and paid for at a fraction of the cost that I invested into it. When it seems I did all that work and it feels like it was all a waste…. It hits hard. Choices are never truly right or wrong in business. You just let the outcome come and you deal with it. In this case, it was a loss and tomorrow we get up and we go on. The next hurdle happens, time passes and we have to handle other obstacles. This too shall pass. Ciao Medusa, I hope you serve your new owner well.

Hello to all. I graduated in 1999 with an EHS Degree (Environmental Health & Safety). I worked in my professional field during some years. But due to many turns and twists in life 7 years ago I ended up in the sign industry, learning and practicing, watching and taking so many notes. Learning basics as sign installer, learning sign painting, and soon sign design with software design as CorelDraw and still learning. My goal, open my own shop. The Skool is very nice place to learn and share. I will be very happy to learn from everyone and also to share with you all every knowledge that I have. Feel free to contact me if I can be of help. Best regards to all and the best of days.

Any one joining tomorrow for a call to discuss design and sign shop stuff?

I recently opened a print shop in Fountain Hills, AZ, and my first major equipment purchase was a Roland VG3-640 (white, green, and orange setup). Honestly, the experience after the sale has been rough. I bought the machine through Pacific Office Automation, and things went sideways fast. The sales rep who handled the "sale" disappeared after delivery (I later found out he had been promoted and moved to LA). The printer arrived with bad printheads and dampers — they replaced those, but the whole process left me feeling like I was on my own from day one. The training I received was very basic and rushed. It was more like “here’s the control panel” and not real, practical training. As soon as I started running jobs and getting errors, I learned that Pacific Office doesn’t actually service or support the printer at all — so now I’m stuck submitting forms to Roland and waiting days for replies, which just doesn’t work when you’re trying to run a shop. I’m not looking to complain — I’m just trying to make the best of it and really learn how to use this machine the way it was meant to be used. If anyone has solid advice, workflows, or practical tips for producing high-quality HTV transfers with a Roland VG3 and heat press setup, I’d really appreciate it.