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vinyl cutting

  1. Wanted Subcontract work

    My business name is la sikaria custom graphic creations, we focus on printing and installing custom vinyl die cut lettering and designs. We have been growing and now we offer T-shirt htv , sublimation, partial vehicle wraps. I’m looking for to afiliate my self with company that would subcontract...
  2. Thick line attributes? Outlines? Strokes?

    Our designer keeps sending me text to cut from CS4 with some kind of thin outline or stroke on the letters. It makes the plotter cut the image twice. So I have to select each character separately and delete the ghost image before I can send it to the cutter. I've ask her about it and she says...
  3. Vytek gem series cutter/plotter

    Hi everyone, i recently came upon a vytek plotter/cutter/printer. There isn't a manual unfortunately. It appears to function properly but a manual would be a tremendous help in figuring out the control buttons on the machine. The machine is from the mid 90's time frame. Maybe you have one...
  4. Bad Tracking And Skew Cuts

    Hi all , this is my first time opening a thread here and I'm hoping desperately for some help . I am using a Summacut D140R for cutting labels along a CutContour set in Adobe Illustrator . Printer : HP Latex 330 Software : Onyx 11 The problem is that my labels in the middle of the sheet...
  5. Cut Vinyl on Semi Trailer Advice

    Hello! I'm doing a cut vinyl job on a semi trailer, that will remain stationary. The letters are large, 22" high, 3 lines of text, longest line of text is 30'. I used our Gfp 463TH laminator to apply the premask to the cut vinyl and I'm having a difficult time with wrinkles because the...
  6. US MH Cutter

    Hello Sticky Richey here I was cutting some vinyl decals today, It was ok Speed at 500 and Pressure at 100 for one color, now I changed to another color and now it isn't cutting all the way thru but it go's all the way in some areas. Just wondered what I was doing wrong? The cutting strip has...
  7. Told I was Too High?

    Heya, I was wondering, what your alls opinions are on charging $.05/sq inch for vinyl cutting? I figure this gives me enough to cover application tape+vinyl+my own misc charges(electric+wear/tear, etc..)? I changed it to sq inch. Shew! You guys really come in packs! :P
  8. Layzply.com - a new way to lay vinyl

    :wavingflag: MADE FOR SIGNMAKERS BY A SIGNMAKER This amazing machine was developed in our sign shop. We have been using this for several years and decided to start manufacturing them and sharing this with the rest of the world. It saves an unbelievable amount of time laying the images on...
  9. Cutting Directly from Corel X4 with Graphtec CE2000

    I know it's possible to cut vinyl directly from Corel X4 (running on Win XP 32bit) with my recently purchased Graphtec CE2000-60. Graphtec support has been no help, I'm wondering if anyone has step by step instructions on how to do this. I've heard changing the language from HPGL to GPGL works...
  10. Gerber Embosstrack - Jagged Edges issue

    Hi I'm new to the vinyl cutting business and I hoping that someone can shed some light on my problem. I've run into an issue whereby I get jagged edges on the rounded corners on the vinyl that I'm cutting. Does anyone know what causes this and how to fix it. Thanks in advance, Brad
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