Hi, looking for a printer suitable for printing stickers - also details on cutters capable of cutting them out afterwards.
Thanks
Hi, looking for a printer suitable for printing stickers - also details on cutters capable of cutting them out afterwards.
Thanks
i've been looking at printers for over an hour and i'm now completly baffled. We just want one that will print our vinyl stickers (they'll prob never be bigger than a4) and has a reasonable ink that doesn't fade or smudge easily.
I haven't printed onto vinyl for years my brain is now mush.. what is the difference between the dye ink and pigment ink.. and do the cis that you find on ebay actually have the right ink in them?
I don't think you are going to find what your looking for, for under 10K - you'll need a large format solvent printer. If it was cheap and easy, everyone would be doing it.
10K is a bit steep. We can print and cut stickers on a small scale with (1) a colour laser printer, (2) printable colour laser vinyl in A4 sheets and (c) a craft robo cutter. Prices (a) colour laser printer anything from £150 - £600 depending on preference and running costs - often cheaper laser printers = higher toner costs, (b) A4 printable colour laser vinyl around £1ish per sheet and (c) around £195 +vat.
Prints are not as permanent as solvent but will last years, are water proof and durable. If in direct sunlight then colour laser will fade overtime but solvent is much more permanent. Solvent printers though increase costs of setup dramatically.
I use a laser printer which prints directly onto laser vinyl then cut using a Craft Robo or a guilotine depending on the shape.
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i have a craft robo - i didn't think it was going to be good enough to cut out with - does it have a setting for picking up the registration marks?
I've just got corel i was going to try using that as the robo software is a bit naff at times.
What sort of colour laser printer should i look for?
where can you buy this laser vinyl?
and .. thanks :) your all very knowledgable
In the main menu you tick "use registration marks" box then print through CR hardware after getting outline marked. That way it will cut around shape using the pre-set vinyl setting. I got my sheets from Martin @ BMS and am very inpressed with the end result.
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New A4 Laser printers on e-bay for £69:99 free p&p.
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In my opinion your not going to get the quality that people expect when paying good money. Laser stickers won't last, for one thing the adhesive isn't strong enough and secondly they won't last outside due to the UV exposure. If you want to produce stickers that will last, and the end customer will be happy with, then your going to have to pay for decent equipment or farm out to someone running a wide format or screen print operation.