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I get it. Carrier sheets. That was my missing link. I have a hard time understanding why anyone would use them so I never think of them in these discussions.
Quote from: Gilligan on September 05, 2014, 08:45:11 PMI get it. Carrier sheets. That was my missing link. I have a hard time understanding why anyone would use them so I never think of them in these discussions.What if you don't use a trilock? Carrier sheets is not a problem.
ps: I'm cheap, so we re-use our tape for film to screen.
It's interesting as we learn more and more about each other's shops we can see where some shops do something really smart or well but are terrible at other things. Some shops boast time savings on X but give it up on Y. My shop included. We are terrible at giving up some tasks to employees and that creates a bottle necks. Some shops screw themselves in other ways like space, time management, sales, marketing, books and so on. Not one of us have the perfect solution or shop. Our shops are all very different. It would be fun to visit many shops and create a hybrid of several shops. I'd love to have the time to analyze our processes like Alan.... I'd want to print and sep as well as Danny's shop. I'd love to have Dave's and Tonys experience. I'd want to have volume like Castle or Greg and I'd like to do all of that via my shops internet style business with no walk ins or phones and all prepaid in a building the size of M&R so there is room for go cart racing.
Quote from: islandtees on September 05, 2014, 09:12:43 PMQuote from: Gilligan on September 05, 2014, 08:45:11 PMI get it. Carrier sheets. That was my missing link. I have a hard time understanding why anyone would use them so I never think of them in these discussions.What if you don't use a trilock? Carrier sheets is not a problem.Good points, I can only speak for M&R equipment because its all I have ever used for 17 years. If you have a blue press that was made after the trilock and you are not using it, you are wasting time. The I-image is made for the tri-lock. It probably does work for other machines, but better with M&R equipment. I went my first 17 years in this business and worked for a super successful large shop and only used film. You can be successful without CTS, I just choose to have it, makes my life easier.
Max image area is based on screen size. It really is a question of how big your press can go with that frame size.
Yes, you can gang images on the unit, if you want both images to tri loc you gave to remove and flip the screen in between them.
Quote from: dirkdiggler on September 05, 2014, 09:30:17 PMQuote from: islandtees on September 05, 2014, 09:12:43 PMQuote from: Gilligan on September 05, 2014, 08:45:11 PMI get it. Carrier sheets. That was my missing link. I have a hard time understanding why anyone would use them so I never think of them in these discussions.What if you don't use a trilock? Carrier sheets is not a problem.Good points, I can only speak for M&R equipment because its all I have ever used for 17 years. If you have a blue press that was made after the trilock and you are not using it, you are wasting time. The I-image is made for the tri-lock. It probably does work for other machines, but better with M&R equipment. I went my first 17 years in this business and worked for a super successful large shop and only used film. You can be successful without CTS, I just choose to have it, makes my life easier.M&R here to. We tried the tri lock and didn't like. The sheets were one of the biggest things we didn't like. Made our own alignment system that works well without using sheets. Since you can use the I image with trilock and no sheets would make me try the trilock again.What I still don't get is how you input info to the I image. Does this have a rip. Do you do the seps first and input all the seps and then start loading screens?