Cameo ?

[Dave271069]

I use one, and cut vinyl and flock all day long for tshirts, after a cameo I would be looking at Roland's.

[GoldRapt]

which one dave? The Stika 15 is £799 GX £1200 and the Graphtec 6000-40 is £899.

[tlworkwear]

A graphtec CE6000 would be my next one after a Cameo, you would be able to use the same cut files which would be a bonus and sometimes the older CE5000's come up on fleabay which are good value IMO. Its personal preference at the end of the day, there will always be Roland fanboys and Graphtec fanboys and even Summa, which after seeing a demo I consider to be the best cutters but you pay for it. Best to try to get down to a trade show like Printwear & promotion and you can see for yourself exactly what these bad boys can do!

[NikGrey]

I would be grateful if anybody could let me know when and where the next UK Trade Show is, That would be a great day out.. and an excuse to get rid of some money

I tried the manual setup using the pen, I found it was more accurate to use the knife though - but it is very fiddly.

Will let you know how I get on with the Cameo, from what I have seen they are great little machines but we will see.

[socialgiraffe]

Best one for you Nik is Printwear and Promotion Live which is normally end of Feb

[tlworkwear]

Here you go mate: http://www.printwearandpromotion.co.uk/ ... ive14.html

You need to register but its a great day out and a chance to see all the machines, vinyl and clothing under one roof. Its the main one I go to for the garment side of things until I went to FESPA earlier this year which is HUGE! Both are now on my calendar for next year.

[socialgiraffe]

FESPA earlier this year which is HUGE! Both are now on my calendar for next year

So are you going to Brazil which is where FESPA is next year?

[tlworkwear]

lets just say that 1 is a certainty and 1 is the pipe dream lol!

[viccar]

Im a big fan of the cameo and its software, its used every day, and does exactly what i need. Had it since the first month it came out and never regretted my decision to buy it.

[NikGrey]

The Cameo came this Morning, Very early at 07:40 but even though I have it beside me, upgraded to the Design software and it is smiling at me (It's beautiful display is on) I have not had a chance to play with it yet as I have had a Nightmare of a day with a 9 colour vinyl job.. I made a mistake which means I need to start again (more money..lol).

I will expand a bit, I have a job of a Logo for the back of a Truck (Already been paid) - Nine colours. So I bought the Vinyl today at x680mm as the job is 350 tall so decided to do this turned around to save vinyl - BIG MISTAKE.. Registration Marks on the widdle on a few (I suspect due to tracking) but the worst bit is the Reg marks were out on the master (Black Outline) so all went to pot.. I need to buy everything again tomorrow in 610mm as this MUST track better due to the width.

I have found that certain layers seem a bit too small, I am using Gold and Silver (Plus other colours of course) M7 from Metamark so not a cheap mistake.

BUT, I will put this down to experience, and bill the missus.

I must say I do love the Cameo already for it's size and looks - It's 'White' = 'Apple' looking