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Keep Your Computer Healthy for Optimum Performance
 | Keep your computer system healthy and perform a necessary
check-up periodically. Performing preventative procedures will guarantee optimum
performance for your sign business. Besides purging your system of unwanted files, running
Disk Defragmenter and Scan Disk, there’s still another way to gauge your computer’s
health. |
| One way to measure your computer’s fitness is to check for
viruses. What in the world is a virus? Computer viruses are bits of code that invade your
system and purposely wreak havoc. |
| Well, how do you catch a virus? You can pick up viruses by
accessing infected files or disks. What do some viruses do to your system? Some viruses
manifest themselves as nothing more annoying distractions; other viruses can make
computers unbootable and destroy important data files. And that can spell disaster! |
| What can you do to keep your computer healthy for optimum
performance? Purchase and install an antivirus program. An antivirus program rids your
computer of viruses and scans incoming files before allowing them in. Since new viruses
show up all the time, and since an antivirus program can only prevent those viruses it
knows about, it’s important to choose a program you can update easily. So perform
that check up now and continue to do so periodically. Your computer’s fitness can
mean your sign business! |
Why Won't My Signmaking Plotter Work?
| Check the cable connections from your system to your
signmaking plotter (connected? loose? Is it there?)
| Check to make sure plotter is ONLINE
| Use the cable that came with your plotter or system
| It is not recommended to use a cable over 5m
(Parallel)
| Make sure that No Modem is on the selected port for
your plotter
| Make sure that correct port is selected in software
| Check device manager for port conflict
| Make sure the drivers are the right ones |
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Why Isn't My Vinyl Tracking Properly?
| As simple as it seems, a major reason
for poor tracking is improper alignment of sign vinyl. Long runs will
be impossible to accomplish without learning to load and align vinyl
properly. Take at least 30 minutes when receiving cutter / plotter to
learn its 'personality'. Discover the cutter's alignment marks and how
to use them with different vinyl films. |
| Allow the sign vinyl material to fall away
from the cutter in both the front and the back. |
| Make sure desktop cutters rest on a
table no more than 700mm wide. The
table should be at least 300mm from the wall |
| Check Down Acceleration, the speed at
which the cutter comes to a halt, Up Acceleration, the speed the cutting
blade moves from one letter or graphic to another, and actual Cutting Speed.
All can effect tracking. Running any plotter or cutter at
an extremely high speed can cause slipping |
| Do not permit your cutter to pull vinyl off from a
heavy 50m roll. Since most cutters do not have an auto unroll feature,
they will pull on the heavy roll of vinyl at their usual working speed. The
jerking that results could have a disastrous effect on tracking. |
| Make certain you are using the correct sign vinyl
film. |
My Scanner Isn't Working. What
Should I Do?
| Make sure you turn your scanner on prior to
turning on your computer. If not, shut off computer, scanner and all
other devices. Restart system by turning scanner on first.
| Check to see whether all cables are connected and
secure between scanner and computer. |
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