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Production & Install

Everything after printing: finishing the job, getting it ready, and putting it up — plus work orders, the production board, and the machines the crew runs.

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Most Common Jobs

Fresh prints coming off the press Top product

Banners: Finishing & Installing

Our most important product gets one full guide: hemming, grommets, and hanging a banner the right way, start to finish. Everything about banners lives here.

Open the guide → A yard sign on its stake Guide

Yard Signs

Coroplast signs, start to finish: cutting them down with an exacto blade, sliding on the H-stake, and putting them in the ground straight.

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Installing a vehicle wrap Coming soon

Vehicle Wraps: Installing

Installing a vehicle wrap: surface prep, panels, squeegee work, and finishing the edges.

Installing window film Coming soon

Perf Vinyl: Installing

Installing perforated window vinyl: clean glass, alignment, and a smooth, bubble-free finish.

Trainings in this department

Applying film by hand Coming soon

Finishing a Job

Lamination, mounting, trimming, grommets, and packing: how a printed job becomes a finished job, ready to install or pick up.

Preparing vinyl for application Coming soon

RTA Preparation

Getting cut vinyl Ready To Apply: weeding, masking with transfer tape, and clean edges so letters never lift.

Roll laminator Coming soon

Laminating a Job

Running prints through the laminator: loading laminate, the settings we use, and a smooth finish with no wrinkles or silvering.

A metal sign being printed Coming soon

Working With Max Metal

Cutting, handling, and finishing Max Metal panels: clean edges, no scratches, ready to mount or ship.

Moving materials safely Coming soon

Transporting Aluminum

Moving aluminum signs and blanks without bending or scratching them: padding, stacking, and strapping.

Jobs on the board Coming soon

Work Orders & The Floor Screen

Production work is tracked in SD-Orders (Asana), and the Production section is up on the floor screen for the whole room. Change the Status and the task moves itself. When a job is done: Ready for Install, or Completed.

Supplies and vendor deliveries Coming soon

Outsourced Jobs & Vendors

Vendor jobs live in the Outsource section of SD-Orders. When Design sets Outsource Files Ready, the Production Manager places the order and moves it on when the items arrive.

Writing job notes Coming soon

Writing Production Notes

The shop standard: instructions live in the line item's Notes tabs, in sentence case. Production Notes are written after proof approval, including rush deadlines.

Installing

Broken glass held together by safety film Window Film

3M Safety & Security Film Installation

How to install 3M Safety & Security window film correctly, with the IPA attachment system. Two training videos and a step-by-step checklist, plus what comes in the installer kit.

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Handing off a job Coming soon

Ready for Install

Jobs arrive in the Install section of SD-Orders when Production sets Ready for Install. Whoever finishes a job closes it out: check the checkmark, then set Status to Completed.

Coming soon

More installation trainings on the way

New installation trainings get added here as they are built.

Machines & Equipment

Roll laminator Laminator / Mounter

Laminator

Laminating materials.

Open page → Mounting table, a flatbed applicator Laminator / Mounter

Mounting Table

Mounting table for applying prints and graphics to substrates.

Open page → Banner Welding

Banner Welder

Welding banner hems for strong, clean banner finishing.

Open page → Bucket truck with the boom raised Service Equipment

Bucket Truck

Bucket truck for elevated sign work, by the hour or by the day.

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