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Feature Requests / Re: Print to Cut functionality & Mach3 on router
« on: April 28, 2013, 03:28:49 PM »
Hi Guys,
It is brilliant that that some smart minds attending to my problem. The question of linear and non-linear distortion is not as important to me as the fact whether the whole process could be automated in Mach3 as Ian described in his post to produce 10s/100s/1000s. The automated production is the key problem.
It is true that when you print on vinyl and mount it on substrate that non-linear distortion occur. It occur less so if flat bed applicator is used as you effectively roll the print with same force on substrate. If you wet apply or if you skilled enough dry apply the sheet vinyl with strokes of squeegee you create obviously more non-linear stretch. Non linear distortions only happen when you print on roll media. If you have flatbed printer and you print directly on substrate only linear distortions occur.
It is quite normal in signmaking to add bleed (additional colour to extend the image over the vector cut line) to contour cut image to avoid white non printed borders in case of vinyl print being contour cut on plotter. It is to create shaped sticker.
The packages as i-Cut and Optiscout can compensate for non-linear distortion and therefore the graphics designer is not required to add any bleed to combat the white borders. But as I sad earlier we are relatively small sign company which can benefit from automated cutting of sheet material where the design was printed on roll media and mounted hard substrate. We would not mind to spend little more time designing the artwork if only we can then mount it on sheet and cut it in one operation on our router in similar fashion we produce shaped stickers on vinyl plotter.
Keep the good work.
Petr.
It is brilliant that that some smart minds attending to my problem. The question of linear and non-linear distortion is not as important to me as the fact whether the whole process could be automated in Mach3 as Ian described in his post to produce 10s/100s/1000s. The automated production is the key problem.
It is true that when you print on vinyl and mount it on substrate that non-linear distortion occur. It occur less so if flat bed applicator is used as you effectively roll the print with same force on substrate. If you wet apply or if you skilled enough dry apply the sheet vinyl with strokes of squeegee you create obviously more non-linear stretch. Non linear distortions only happen when you print on roll media. If you have flatbed printer and you print directly on substrate only linear distortions occur.
It is quite normal in signmaking to add bleed (additional colour to extend the image over the vector cut line) to contour cut image to avoid white non printed borders in case of vinyl print being contour cut on plotter. It is to create shaped sticker.
The packages as i-Cut and Optiscout can compensate for non-linear distortion and therefore the graphics designer is not required to add any bleed to combat the white borders. But as I sad earlier we are relatively small sign company which can benefit from automated cutting of sheet material where the design was printed on roll media and mounted hard substrate. We would not mind to spend little more time designing the artwork if only we can then mount it on sheet and cut it in one operation on our router in similar fashion we produce shaped stickers on vinyl plotter.
Keep the good work.
Petr.