Others dont? Contour cutting? Could you recommend me a good beginners machine? Nothing advanced but easy to operate, not something I end up throwing away and give up on vinyl cutting. I think some are automatic some are manual, some have lasers and servo, step motor etc. Thank you David, I will go for a vinyl cutter but there are so many different brands and technologies, I have no idea how it works. You can be the middle man in the transaction and still make some profit. Instead of trying to buy a printer you need, find someone that will print for you. What a great many do, especially people with only a vinyl cutter when needing printing, is out-source. Again it is usually for ecosolvent printers. There is a material called Window Cling or Static Cling that might do what your asking. Is it possible to transparent paper that is self adhesive on both sides to stick it on the printed paper and stick it to the window from inside the store? Would that not protect it against UV damage? I take it that you are quite experienced in this field, should I start with the printer I mentioned and use lamination? What do you recommend me doing?Įdit: Something just came to my mind. Right now I need to be able to print out a complete photographic picture made with for instance photoshop and turn it into a window sticker. I watched a few videos on how vinyl cutters work and it is definitely something I would use but not at the moment. As you said it is impossible for me to compete with speciality shops with lots of investment and the right machines and tools. I appreciate you taking the time to help me out. If you have no computer graphic design experience, specifically with vector graphics, count on another 6-12 months. Count on a year with the equipment before your comfortable. It is difficult to hit the ground running with a vinyl cutter, as with large format specialty printers. A one man vinyl cutter operation can sometimes compete with the larger shops, if there is a demand for such in your area. An entry model of a vinyl cutter can be had for under 1k, with the nicer ones higher. The more colors your design has, the more difficulty in producing a product with these machines. They do not print ink, they cut precolored rolls of adhesive vinyl, to make lettering and logos and such. Most people in here are using vinyl cutters, which are not printers. This makes it difficult for do it at home types to compete with specialty shops with lots of investment, and more importantly lots of experience. An eco-solvent printer in such a shop will do the window deals, but it will also do vehicle decals and wraps, banners, stickers, thirts, sandblasting templets, and more. Signage creation is often not a specialty, but one gun in an arsenal of output capabilities. Some have garage bays to deal with vehicles. This is a difficult endeavour to run out of an apartment. Throw in a lamination step to complicate it all. Care should be taken that the two models are compatible going this route. Some shops use an eco-solvet printer to print and have a vinyl cutter to cut out the design. They cut out the design as well as printing, which is something a normal inkjet can not do. Most of these type printers are print/cut machines. So if you did laminate, you would have to apply some adhesive to get it to stick. I am not sure you could find adhesive backing in large sizes for normal inkjet printers. Typical eco-solvent printers have media available with adhesive backing. There IS the possibility with lamination, the prints could be made more uv and weather resistant. The inkjet printer you listed, is I think a 24" model. Most pick an ink type and never run another through their printers. Switching ink types is a monster headache, requiring flushing the whole system, wasting ink that costs more than fine champagne. HORROR stories abound of failed and clogged inkjets with the wrong inks. The printer must be designed to deliver these specialty inks, it is not a matter of just switching inks. There are some knock off ones that are out there, that are cheaper, but dear god you don't want to skimp on quality and support here. It is 20", which is in some regards small, as other printers in this realm are 24", 30", 54" and 64". One entry level model of these is the Roland VersaStudio BN-20 at around 9k. Longer answer, you pretty much need eco-solvent or solvent ink printers for uv and weather resistance. Short answer, this printer is not right if you want to print uv resistant outdoor signage.
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