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Quality print and cut machine ?
Hi, I’ve been busy this year with "other stuff" which has kept me away from my little sticker business, now getting back into it. I do mostly black and white work on the gerber edge2, its a friends machine.
I have noticed a couple of companies in my field doing a lot of great full colour stickers which look really high quality. They are printed on white vinyl and laminated for protection and I guess cut last.
I want to know what sort of machine / costs are involved ? I’m a bit bored of my job and I know I could do this sort of thing, I just dont know where to start to look for information / costs / print samples etc.. -
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Do a search on the boards for Uniform Cadet, Roland Versacam, Mimaki JV3. They will all knock spots off of the Edge for print quality. A 760mm wide machine will cost about £9k.
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Thanks
I dont suppose you know where I can get print samples from these machines ? I am super fussy and like stuff to be as nice as possibleHow does the lamination work ? is it a machine or some hand-done process?
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jimmy
Brian (above) at Impact Graphic Solutions maybe able to help with samples along with nigel at grafityp, or adam booth at b&p lightbrigade.
all three are uksg suppliers so you will me more inclined to get a good deal from them as any other.
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No worries about being super fussy, you hopefully won’t be able to fault the output on any of the machines mentioned.
There are different ways of laminating, some do it manually with a clear vinyl, some use a liquid laminate, or you can by a dedicated laminating machine. On many applications you may not need to laminate though.
Where abouts are you Jimmy? I am sure there is somewhere local to you that you could go to have a look at a few machines. That would be your best bet rather than just have some samples sent. That way you can take some of your own files to see how they print.
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