Is it good idea to print stickers on pigment Canon Pro-4100?

[bartlondon]

I was thinking to start printing stickers on Pro-4100, I'm not sure if it's wether good or bad idea. I have UV Mimaki printer but Canon prints faster and better quality. As long as I'm aware Canon prints would have to be laminated. I've seen on TikTok few people who print their stickers on Epson pigment machines.

 

[Rmurray321]

Media is significantly more expensive, I’m sure you “can” but it wouldn’t seem to make a lot of sense to do so

 

[damonCA21]

How are you going to contour cut them if people want something you can't just cut out with a ruler and knife?
The Canon printer is really a poster printer, not for printing decals

 

[Humble PM]

When needed, I print on 24" IJM838, laminate then cut on a Graphtec CE6000-60. It's doable, looks fine, but I have better things to do with my life than push this! Things could be improved with a take roll on the 8400, and a laminator that does roll to roll.

 

[bartlondon]

How are you going to contour cut them if people want something you can't just cut out with a ruler and knife?
The Canon printer is really a poster printer, not for printing decals

I have Summa to cut stickers, basically I have already Mimaki UV printer, I wanted to add another machine to print stickers

 

[damonCA21]

The canon may print quickly, but then add on the time for removing the vinyl, laminating it and then loading and cutting on the summa. A print and cut machine would probably work out quicker and a lot less hassle. Also if you print in solvent inks then for most jobs you wouldn't need to laminate them

 

[bartlondon]

The canon may print quickly, but then add on the time for removing the vinyl, laminating it and then loading and cutting on the summa. A print and cut machine would probably work out quicker and a lot less hassle. Also if you print in solvent inks then for most jobs you wouldn't need to laminate them

My Mimaki is print and cut but it's pretty slow that's why I invested in summa

 

[damonCA21]

To be honest, if you want to print and cut stickers, get a machine designed to do that. If speed is an issue, lots of people run multiple print and cut machines ( a business I used to do their servicing for ran 5 Roland SPs ). Just load up the job, set it going and wait until it's finished while running another job on another machine.