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Cutting IP 2408 Heavy Poster Paper
Got some IP 2408 heavy poster paper today from Spandex and looking to get into a bit of poster work in our online store in the run up to Christmas. Managed to get some really nice prints on our roland vs-540 only issue is what is the best way to cut this?
We’ve always been in the cut vinyl world so this is completely out of our comfort zone.
I had no idea if it would work or not so tried printing a row of 5x a4 prints and using a perf cut on versaworks… Worked fine around the first print then when it moved over to the next one the card seperated and ended up mangled in the pinch roller!
We also have a Graphtec ce6000-60 cutter but have only ever ran vinyl through it so not sure if this would be able to do the job if we print with reg marks from the roland.
Or is the best way just a steel ruler and sharp knives or buying a guillotine, obviously we have the capabilities to print big so would like to offer up to A0 to customers.
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We just cut with a rule and knife. You get through them pretty quick.
The profile we use blocks the cut option/perf option straight away.
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Thanks for that… I thought it may be the easiest method to be honest, if it came to a point where we were doing a lot then it may be worth investing in a A0 trimmer. As for profiles i’m having a nightmare trying to source any profiles for the VS-540 at the minute everything seems to be for the VS-540i or the VP/SP range.
I have attached an image of the profiles we have on versaworks at the moment still not sure which one would be best for printing to this media. Spoke to Spandex about getting the exact ICC profile for the IP 2408 but the adviser asked me if it was the 540i to which I said no and she then said she would need to speak with the hardware department and get back to me… Needless to say I’ve heard nothing back.
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Thats the same profile i use on my vp-540 when i print posters i use Metamark MD PP210 which is a semi gloss 210gsm poster paper and get good results. I find that i cant use the take up roll as the prints come off wet so i leave them to dry overnight and trim in the morning….
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Somehow managed to get a load more profiles from rolands website whilst searchig for an update for the machine and after a bit of searching on this forum and elsewhere i’ve found a profile and method that works much better.
Think the profile is SGP2 (solvent glossy paper) printing on high quality… Longer print time I know but seems to be less pooling of ink and the quality difference was unbelievable.
The way I did it on standard printing with the other profile took almost 2 hours for touch dry. This way took roughly 20 minutes before I checked and by then it was touch dry! Really happy I feel this one is sussed on to trimming tomorrow to try my hand at that.
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I was rather hoping that someone would say there was a way to get a cutter to trim heavy paper – we print photographic exhibitions and other work on a Canon 8400 aqueous, and I would love to get a machine in to trim prints, so we could cost effectively offer smaller prints than our base A3 size.
We cut everything by hand, and don’t have the space (or budget) for a big flatbed cnc cutter, but could fit in a 44" (or ITRO) cutter. From what I have read to date, Roland, Graphtec etc are not deigned to cut the heavier papers, but I would love to be wrong!
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Yes it is a pain, i used to work at a printers and we had a gullotine, but you still had to trim two sides head lay and side lay to knock them up into the gullotine ……..as far as i know the only way is a cnc cutter…
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If it’s just posters you’re looking at cutting, a Fotoba cutter may be what you’re looking for 😉
Although you’ll have to be cutting boat loads to make one of those pay I suspect.
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