The biggest advantage to combining printing and cutting in one machine is that it increases speed and efficiency when you create. There’s no need to reposition graphics for cutting, and the technology lends itself to a wide variety of applications – be it stickers and labels, T-shirts and garments, car wraps, signage, packaging, art and decor, and more.
You can use a wide variety of print media for any of these applications. For example:
- Calendared vinyl for durable stickers
- Wall Flair for removable wall stickers
- Vinyl for car wraps
- Photo paper
- Heat transfer material for textiles
- Transfer paper for signage and intricate designs
In our recent webinar, Amtek Company Support Specialist Corey Cohen shows how to use a Roland DGA printer-cutter and VersaWorks6 software to design, print, and cut stickers or wall decals for your school or lab.
He’ll demonstrate the following tips for preparing a design for printing and cutting:
- Designs can be prepared in your choice of graphics software. You just want to make sure it can output in PostScript, PDF or EPS format so that it can be imported into VersaWorks software when using a Roland DGA printer-cutter.
- Cut lines must be formatted in the correct width and color
- For cutting irregularly shaped designs you will need to create an outline of the graphic then format it correctly
- A variety of instructional videos are available for various graphics programs on YouTube
This is the typical print workflow to go through for printing and cutting. Follow along with us as we go!
- Design graphics in your selected graphics program
- Format cutlines (if using)
- Export graphics in an appropriate file format
- Import file into VersaWorks
- Add graphics to a queue and arrange on sheet
- Hit print!
