UndercoverPunk 5,000+ posts
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really???it's called a plotter.
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really???it's called a plotter.
Um... Im not sure of the exact model or name, I will look at it tomorrow, but i know its pretty big. He uses Flex Sign Pro? Pretty neat program, and a ton of stuff can be done on it... But it better be for a retail of $3500...
He's been doing this for about 10 years, and I just learned to run it today... It stands about 4 feet tall...
He has some jacked up material... I've seen carbon fiber look a like, chrome, just about any pattern/color imaginable...
Wow... is it oldschool? or just huge? oh well if it cuts it cuts. They do have a lot of varieties of vynil, I usually just stick to the regular looking stuff cause the crazy wacko **** usually isn't available in 8 year. The CF stuff just wasn't convincing enough for me personally.My dad uses... casmate something or other...
No I ment that usually the fancy pants stuff is only available in 3year (durability), I usually use the higher quality stuff (8 year).Yeah, my buddy bought a bunch of the carbon fiber stuff, and I personally thought it looked like ****... And yes, special patterns take FOREVER to order...
And oh yeah, its old school, I think, as I haven't seen the newer styles out...
You wouldn't need to do that unless you were doing something HUGE and solid.... they probably do inkjet stickers too don't they?For oversized designs or graphics that involve conjoining several smaller pieces to make up the overall design some places just put the vinyls close to each other on the transfer paper to be mounted to its intended surface close enough together that the casual observer wouldn't notice. However if you were to get up close and really look at it you'd see that what originally appeared to be one big piece of vinyl is really comprised of several smaller pieces placed close to one another.
Better graphics shops (like the one where a close friend of mine works) weld the edges of the various smaller pieces to make what actually ends up as one big vinyl even if it started as several smaller ones.
I do not know the specific process involved in this - that's just what my buddy who does this ish for a living (the same guy who made the graphic I posted above) told me.
exactly..You wouldn't need to do that unless you were doing something HUGE and solid...
It probably isn't totally necessary to do so on projects that weren't truly huge but this particular graphics shop does it on all projects regardless of size. I cannot say with any certainty that this is company policy, per se, but my friend (who is the graphics design/production manager - he's been at this for almost 10 years now) claims it both makes for better product as well as happier customers. He's a bit anal that way - somewhat of a perfectionist.You wouldn't need to do that unless you were doing something HUGE and solid.... they probably do inkjet stickers too don't they?
My dad really wants an inkjet plotter, but for something he just does on the side he can't justify spending that much... it would be sweet though.It probably isn't totally necessary to do so on projects that weren't truly huge but this particular graphics shop does it on all projects regardless of size. I cannot say with any certainty that this is company policy, per se, but my friend (who is the graphics design/production manager - he's been at this for almost 10 years now) claims it both makes for better product as well as happier customers. He's a bit anal that way - somewhat of a perfectionist.
Inkjet stickers? Yep. If it involves custom graphics of any kind (outdoor 7yr vinyl, screen printing on Tshirts, etc etc etc) they do it.