Gold Color on Vinyl

[Fred Weiss]

Another question for you Edge owners...... if the Edge only prints 11.7".... can't you still put a piece of vinyl through at 12".... because the printing doesn't go to the edge, if you printed a gold foil onto a brownish vinyl ??

Yes the cut size can generally go out to 12.5" or more. I could print shiny gold medal foil on brown vinyl because it is totally opaque (assuming I have brown vinyl on my racks). Any other gold foil would require a spot white base coat which is a pain in the butt. Generally I think in terms of always printing the darker color on the lighter color. So, if I had to do a 12" x 18" I would do it with a .125" gold border all around. I also love the look of transparent brown on gold metallic. You end up with a brown metallic look that's very rich looking.

 

[Fred Weiss]

Fred, Quick question. Do you have a piece of brown vinyl that you could print the Gold onto using the Edge?

The artwork is only 11.50w x 17.50h inches the brown background is the part that is 12"w x 18"h

Yes, I have a roll of 3M/220 Deep Mahogany Brown.

 

[Bill Modzel]

Transparent gold on silver metallic works well on the Edge also.

 

[gabagoo]

Yeah, the cut/vinyl can be larger, but the print can only be 11.7

I am almost 100% positive that my Edge prints up to 11.8"...Do the newer ones print a little less?

 

[bob]

Its a one off sign and we dont have any gold vinyl in stock and can't get it here in time. This is a rush job for a client that another shop in town screwed up.

You don't need gold vinyl. Just print yellow on silver vinyl. It works better than trying to print on gold since the silver is far far closer to having something resembling a white point.

 

[Locals Find!]

Sent the job to Fred. Sent him the file hopefully all is going well on his end.

Will be a Merry Christmas for all involved.

 

[RobbyMac]

yes. it's 11.8. I didn't want to nitpick figuring .1 was removed for bleed.

 

[Locals Find!]

Fred's edge print arrived today. I just finished applying it to the aluminum. Wet install like Fred Suggested. Letting it dry now.

Thanks so much Fred for coming through for me. I loved the price and the speed. I will definitely be ordering some additional prints in the future.

I have some great ideas I would love to try out using your edge.

 

[Fred Weiss]

Glad you got it okay.

 

[RobbyMac]

The edge rocks for one offs/small qty's... metallic prints, prototypes, intrument panels, etc etc etc...

 

[CanuckSigns]

pics of the finished product?