Media Applications- Marketing Applications “Outside of the Box”
Specialty advertising, custom wallpaper, window signage, boat graphics, t-shirt graphics, magnetic prints, short and long term outdoor signage… Large format solvent and eco-solvent printers can print on so many kinds of media. How can you take that output and turn it into a finished product ideal for any application? And what can you give your customer that is “outside of the box?” We will give you a list of ideas and suggestions and spend time sharing ideas.
½ day- $195, 2+ people- $150 each
Flexi Sign Software 101- Beginner’s Use of Basic Tools To Make the Basic Sign
If you are just opening Flexi for the first time and learning its functions, this is the class for you. We start with a very basic skill level and build on it. This is a class of helpful tips and tools in Scanvec’s Flexi Sign Software. See how this sign making software can make your job easier and fulfill more customer requests, all in one program. For Gerber users, you can see how to make use of your library of PLT files. For new sign designers, you can learn basic text and layout tools to create signs with simple text and graphics. This class takes the novice and helps them to feel more comfortable sitting in front of new software. Don’t be afraid of it… have fun with it! This class will cover the “do’s and dont’s” of signmaking.
1 day- $345, 2+ people- $255 each
Flexi Sign Software 201- Intermediate Development in Decorative Effects
As you get comfortable working with Flexi Sign, you will find that you are searching the menus for what more it can do. This class is for the next skill level, learning more about scanning, cleaning up and editing images-- preparing them for plotting, printing and routing-- and working with clipart. Take that simple sign that you have become comfortable making and kick it up a notch. This class will help you create printable and print and cut images.
1 day- $345, 2+ people- $255 each
Flexi Sign Software 301- Taking it to the Next Level with Special Effects
Learn how to take your software to the extreme with expanded capabilities. Your skill level is up another notch and now you want to do more with shadowing, vectorization, special effects, distortion and more. You are making signs, but what more could you be doing with your printer and software? Print and cut signage, vehicle wraps, photo manipulation, and more. This is a class for people who are already working with Flexi and are looking to hone their skills.
1 day- $345, 2+ people- $255 each
Flexi Sign Software 401- Advanced Techniques & Color Management
This class is for a Flexi user & advanced printer user. You are comfortable with the software’s tools and you want to know more about how it does what it does so that you can take the reigns. Flexi Sign Software, as you have now learned, has a lot of powerful tools throughout it. There will be a focus on print quality, tiling multi panel jobs, and print/laminate/cut. Learn how you can take your signage to the highest level of design with the special features of this software. Additional focus on color topics, soft proofing, and ICC profiles. Focus on output features of Flexi.
1 day- $345, 2+ people- $255 each
Oracal Professional Vehicle Wrapping Academy
Vehicle wraps are one of the more up-and-coming money makers for large format printers. From laying out your print and properly placing seams, to applying the graphic to vehicles with complex surfaces, learn how to get your foot in the door of this increasingly popular application. The idea of this class is to get you comfortable with creating your designs to vehicle specs, printing and laminating the graphics, and applying them.
2 Days- $795
Lamination Tips and Tricks
Laminating prints is an ideal solution for elongating the life of outdoor signage and vehicle wraps. Beyond that, your laminator can be a money maker in other ways—as a mounting machine for all of the large pressure sensitive output that you have, for example. You can laminate with pieces or rolls, and you will learn how to easily use a “sled” to web a roll. Learn how to make the most of your laminator and lamination media for various applications. This class can be attended by users of virtually any laminator.
1 day- $345, 2+ people- $255 each
Wasatch Softrip Profile & Color Management, A Complete Explanation
What is a profile? How do the white point of your media and the color gamut of your inks come together to make the perfect print? How can CMYK printers successfully hit spot colors? What is involved in the process of making an ICC profile? Learn about advanced color management and how expanded RIP solutions handle this immense issue. Knowing what goes into it helps you be a better resource for your customers, and helps you to get the best print that your machine can output.
1 day- $345, 2+ people- $255 each
Adobe Photoshop 101
Adobe Photoshop is a powerful yet daunting tool. This training class will explore the tools on the main Photoshop toolbar. It will help arm you with what you need to know in order to crop, sharpen, brighten and work with your customers’ digital photos. This class will prepare a beginner to know the difference between raster and vector artwork and, then, how to open and work with your rasterized digital image. The more you learn about the process, the better a resource you can be for your customer when they ask, “What kind of file do you need?”
1 day- $345, 2+ people- $255 each
Adobe Photoshop 201
Now you are at a point where you are comfortable resizing digital photos in Photoshop, and working with the toolbar. Now you need to go further. This class will explore the process of removing backgrounds and preserving transparency, working with color, brightness and contrast, managing the many layers of a Photoshop file and SO much more. Adobe programs have so many functions locked away in their menus—learn how to make the most of them!
1 day- $345, 2+ people- $255 each
Adobe Illustrator 101
Adobe Illustrator is a powerful program. This will be a basic introduction to what it can do. In this class, you will learn the functions on the basic tools on the toolbar and of the menus in Illustrator. This class will prepare a beginner to know the difference between raster and vector artwork and, then, how to open and work with your vector Illustrator image. Assigning color in Illustrator is very true in the digital print world—learn how to make your color matching careful and exact.
1 day- $345, 2+ people- $255 each
Adobe Illustrator 201
Now you are at a point where you are comfortable laying out shapes and text in Illustrator. Now you want more. This class will explore the process of working with the pathfinder, alignment, special effects, clipping masks, type on paths and SO much more. This is an advanced class for the more comfortable Adobe Illustrator user. Adobe programs have so many functions locked away in their menus—learn how to make the most of them!
1 day- $345, 2+ people- $255 each
Roland VersaWorks Software Training & Machine Maintenance Refresher
This class is the perfect introduction to Roland VersaWorks—a powerful RIP and print software paired with your Roland large format printer. Or, maybe there is a new person in your shop who would like to use your existing Roland but wasn’t around for the training. This class will explore necessary file creation processes, loading a printable file, and browsing job settings to set your file up for optimal print performance. This class is a good overview for new users and refresher for those who need to take VersaWorks further—Take it to the max with Roland. After we beef up on the software, then on to the hardware. We will go over Customer machine maintenance as well. Roland will be available to talk you through the process of customer cleaning and maintenance, to keep your machine in tip-top condition, always printing like it did day one.
1 day- $345, 2+ people- $255 each
Rimage Production Refresher
If you are working with a Rimage Publishing system, you might need to know more about what it can do. This class is a good refresher on the newest version of the software, as well as new media information and product releases. Learn what you can do to get the most out of your software, and learn where the market for this type of output is headed.
½ day- $195, 2+ people- $150 each
Xante Printing and Profiling
The Xante Ilumina Digital Color Press is the ideal alternative to unnecessary large volume runs on large offset presses. You can print low volume, variable information on this digital color press with the clarity and color vibrancy of the larger presses. Learn how to make the most of your Xante printer driver options. Learn which media will be best to use in the machine for specific applications. And learn how to use this new tool to offer so much more to your customers.
1 day- $345, 2+ people- $255 each
Type 3 Software
As a router or engraver owner, you’re looking for a way to simply and rapidly design front panels. Type3 is the answer! It is a powerful software solution for control panel manufacturers and sign engravers. All the required design tools can be found in this unique software. Benefit from over 18 years of expertise with sign makers and machine specialists. Whether you’re doing vinyl cutting, woodworking, display creation, sign making, or lettering applications, Type3 software is bound to offer you the right tools, and to save precious time on design and machining. This class is designed to help you make the best of this powerful software solution for your specific needs.
3 Days- $995, 2+ people- $695 each
Roland Print/Laminate/Cut Techniques& Machine Maintenance Refresher
Roland printers are capable of high resolution output, safe eco-solvent printing, and bright eco-sol max colors. But, what still sets them above all else is their print and cut capability. Learn how this technology works, and what it allows you to achieve. This class is full of new print and cut ideas and techniques. What is a banner printer to some can be a decal printer to others, and your Roland has got it all! After we beef up on the software, then on to the hardware. We will go over Customer machine maintenance as well. Roland will be available to talk you through the process of customer cleaning and maintenance, to keep your machine in tip-top condition, always printing like it did day one.
1 day- $345, 2+ people- $255 each
