Gregg Vaughn
02-25-2008, 3:57 PM
I just discovered something I'll pass on and maybe save others new to this business a few dollars.
I had a quickie order for 2 acrylic plaques (JDS CPQ9SBK). The plaques were the same, except for the names. Easy enough, a quick set-up in Coreldraw, put the 1st plaque in the Epilog and set the home position to the center of the engraveable area, choose print-to-center (a great time saver! thanks for the thread on that) and go.
The 1st plaque engraved great and centered perfectly. Then, change the name in Coreldraw, put the 2nd plaque in the Epilog, "print" and go.
#$%! $13.00 down the drain. I now know that the engraveable area on plaques is not always in the same area, even on "identical" plaques. In this case it was off about 1/16" and that showed up badly, especially for a new customer.
For $13 I taught myself to either measure the plaques first, or reset the home position on each plaque. If anyone would like to get off cheaper, I'll sell them my "lesson" for $6.50 and throw in shipping free!
I had a quickie order for 2 acrylic plaques (JDS CPQ9SBK). The plaques were the same, except for the names. Easy enough, a quick set-up in Coreldraw, put the 1st plaque in the Epilog and set the home position to the center of the engraveable area, choose print-to-center (a great time saver! thanks for the thread on that) and go.
The 1st plaque engraved great and centered perfectly. Then, change the name in Coreldraw, put the 2nd plaque in the Epilog, "print" and go.
#$%! $13.00 down the drain. I now know that the engraveable area on plaques is not always in the same area, even on "identical" plaques. In this case it was off about 1/16" and that showed up badly, especially for a new customer.
For $13 I taught myself to either measure the plaques first, or reset the home position on each plaque. If anyone would like to get off cheaper, I'll sell them my "lesson" for $6.50 and throw in shipping free!