This message was posted by signman on AmayaUsers.com. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY VIA EMAIL. Instead, respond to the thread on the WEBSITE by clicking here: http://www.amayausers.com/boards/ultimatebb.php?/topic/4/430.html#000003 Now that he's got the jitters under control... ;-p We have an All in One Hooper (and if you contact Sal Lucchese, tell him you are an AMAYA Chat board member-you get a good discount) and I bolted it down to a roll around 'microwave' stand-flat top, not the kind with the back shelf. All the supplies for cut backings and extra pieces are in the draw, and rolls and large bundles of backing in the storage underneath. Works great, takes less room. Thread- Madeira...ARC (melco) is great, but Madeira ships your order usually the same day you call it in! Not 2 weeks later...and for us, the USA main office/warehouse is only an hour and a half away. For drawing/graphic program-I do it all on my MAC since I run a full service graphic/sign/banner/screenprint business anyways and can design in Freehand 11 faster than any PC program...export the vector lineart right into Design shop, auto digitize or manually auto digitize one piece at a time. Unusual fonts (I have 7500+ on the mac) I just convert to path, in Design Shop, apply a column fill or whatever I want and use the 'font' as 'artwork'. Works great, saves me tons of time. Usually I already have the clients logo on file as vector file anyways if I have done any other type of job for them-so I can digitize it for embroidery in a couple of minutes. Time for me to go get a 22 oz. low carb Monster...need that 'wake up' call! Can't have coffee...but Monster fits the bill and cleans out the plumbing better than beer! LOL... =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================