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380mm Sprocketted Vinyl – Suppliers?
I just spoke to Print1 who supply various foils for the Gerber Edge. They only supply vinyls in either white or clear.
Are Spandex the only alternative? I’d like a black vinyl.
Cheers
John
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John Europoint do 378 sprocketed
Lynn
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Thank you Lynn, I’ll look them up.
Cheers
John
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Hi John
Grafityp also do 378mm sprocketedSteve
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Watch for printing onto dark colours John,they will come out wishy-washy!!!
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Thanks guys.
Hi Fred, do you have experience of using any of the metallics on dark vinyls?
Someone asked if I could do gold on black – maybe not.
Cheers
John
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the pc60 600 gold prints lovely on to gloss black so give it a go
chris
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The Gerber prints metallics on dark vinyl really well.
The Foils from Print1 are great value for money. I didn’t use anything else when I had mine. -
Don’t forget you can always print white first then a colour.
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Amari also do sprocketed Vinyl.
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Most suppliers will do sprocketed, you just have to ask. Then another royalty goes into the pocket of Charlie Dobson. (the only person I know that has patented a hole!) :lol1:
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That was a question worth asking 🙂 Here I was thinking Spandex was my only alternative! Gerber do seem to ‘wrap-up’ their products, foils, cutters and software.
Presumably these vinyls are okay in the heat process of the Gerber printer?
Nick, if you’re a gerber user, how accurate is the the printing? Laying down a white and then printing on top would need accuracy so the white doesn’t show at the edges.
Thanks for all the input guys.
John
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John
just use white vinyl, and print the black. then overlay the gold/silver/chromeif you do need to print onto black laydown white or silver first to create a mask. as for registration, you need to make the white slightly smaller than the actual image, that way it will not be seen
Peter
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quote Mike Grant:Most suppliers will do sprocketed, you just have to ask. Then another royalty goes into the pocket of Charlie Dobson. (the only person I know that has patented a hole!) :lol1:
Just to explain to those who wonder what is special about a hole, Nothing,
it is the iregular spacing that has the patent, a very clever idea at the time to restrict other suppliers getting in on the gerber market.Buy a gerber and only gerber approved products…….
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Hi John,
Have used silver/chrome from print one onto black came out spot on.
I was on about standard foils which will not come out the same as printing onto white and lighter colours.F
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Thanks Fred, great help.
The metallic foils must be quite dense I guess.
Glad to see you haven’t disappeared into the black hole. You & I might be the only forum members in existence just now. I do feel a bit dizzy though.
Cheers
John
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bl***y scientists 😮
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