stillhasdust
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I am trying to perf cut with my versaworks and vp-540 but I cannot figure out how to do it. Please if anybody knows help me out. Thanks in advance
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perf cut with versaworks and vp-540
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petepaz
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i don't think you can perf cut on the roland machines(vp540)
i think they are just set up for kiss cut
but if you want to try
i would use a segmented (sectioned/dotted) line where the cuts are and give it the CutContour value and raise your blade pressure so it will go through what you are cutting
see if that works
i think they are just set up for kiss cut
but if you want to try
i would use a segmented (sectioned/dotted) line where the cuts are and give it the CutContour value and raise your blade pressure so it will go through what you are cutting
see if that works
Decal Designs
New Member
Hi There
Version 3 of versaworks supports perfcut see link below for how it works.
http://www.rolanddga.com/rnet30/files/support/versaworks3_faq_eu.pdf
Basically you set a spot colour and call it "perfcutcontour" like you do for the normal cutcontour feature. The feature only shows up in versaworks if the image you have loaded has a perfcutcontour line in it.
I hope this helps
Kev
Version 3 of versaworks supports perfcut see link below for how it works.
http://www.rolanddga.com/rnet30/files/support/versaworks3_faq_eu.pdf
Basically you set a spot colour and call it "perfcutcontour" like you do for the normal cutcontour feature. The feature only shows up in versaworks if the image you have loaded has a perfcutcontour line in it.
I hope this helps
Kev
Decal Designs
New Member
It works with my SP300V, but to be honest I think it will kill blades and cutting strips. I tried it with laminated vinyl and could not get enough blade pressure to perfcut properly, but the blade was not new. A great idea that would save me a lot of time cutting up sheets of stickers, but I think I prefer killing scalpel blades rather than plotter blades!!!
Kev
Kev
Sports4Less
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I have been trying this for a little while tonight. Had some input from a tech with one of my suppliers and hoped it would work but not having much success so far. I am cutting 6ml material. Does anyone have some settings that might work? I was told to put a 60 deg blade in and have it stick all the way out but it is ripping my sheet. I do a test cut and that works fine but the perfcut only works until it cuts along the edge and then it gets caught up. I am not sure it is even worth doing, but I will be doing a fairly large amount of stickers of different shapes so thought it made sense. It doesn't make much sense if I am going to ruin my machine trying to get it to work. Currently I have the pressure at .050, the perf length at 1.5 and the per pressure at 288. I haven't been able to find any support on Roland's site. Any help is appreciated.
mac_man_luke
New Member
what you need to do is have the blade just sticking out far enough that it will go through the backing paper, needs to be very sharp and id suggest you should only need 150 to 200gram of force
Sports4Less
New Member
I will try that and let you know. Thank you.
Dot Matrixa
New Member
The perf cut contour didn't work. I have a 1000 sticker run of 2" x 2" but can't get the profile right in versaworks. I don't want to have to punch out 1000 stickers or have them in 8" x 11" sheets. Any other ideas?
mac_man_luke
New Member
we recently had a 500 run of stickers - in the end we cut them to manageable sheets accurately then got them guillotined by a near by printer
Dot Matrixa
New Member
Okay, any recommendations for guillotines? I saw one at ISA Las Vegas, it was right as you walked in, but have since forgotten the company name.
jasonx
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I'd like to know this information as well.
grafixemporium
New Member
In the time you have spent trying to figure out how to perf cut your 1000 decals, you could have run to your nearest office supply store, purchased a cheap guillotine style cutter, sliced your 2x2 decals into strips and then used the guillotine to cut them into individual decals.
messmedia
New Member
I have an electric guillotine, some chines thing, costed me 1000 euros, and it's cut area is 450 x 470 mm - I got it 'cause I have a small run laser print house, and provide complete laser printing service.
Now, I do cut vinyl decals on it, but there are some problems:
1: minimum cut length for my guillotine is 5cm (2''), because it has press on it - a peace of hard iron to pres paper so it will not move or anything like it. Most of electric guillotines have a press on them, therefore, they have minimum cut area
2: glue from vinyl is coming from sides of decals and remain glued on guillotine knife, which deteriorates cut quality, and it must be cleaned often.
There are also smaller manual guilotines, some - better ones, have a press, therefore - same problems as above, other do not have a press, but U can only cut few papers/vinyl decals.
Second one mentioned U can buy for, like, 50$ or so, but, I'm not sure how much different it is from doing it with scalpel.
As for guillotines - IDEAL brand is a good choice if U want quality, durability etc.
Though, I am pretty happy with my chinese no-name one (acctually, it has a name, but of a company I bought it from, so, good chance is U can find one who import them under their own name - there)
Now, I do cut vinyl decals on it, but there are some problems:
1: minimum cut length for my guillotine is 5cm (2''), because it has press on it - a peace of hard iron to pres paper so it will not move or anything like it. Most of electric guillotines have a press on them, therefore, they have minimum cut area
2: glue from vinyl is coming from sides of decals and remain glued on guillotine knife, which deteriorates cut quality, and it must be cleaned often.
There are also smaller manual guilotines, some - better ones, have a press, therefore - same problems as above, other do not have a press, but U can only cut few papers/vinyl decals.
Second one mentioned U can buy for, like, 50$ or so, but, I'm not sure how much different it is from doing it with scalpel.
As for guillotines - IDEAL brand is a good choice if U want quality, durability etc.
Though, I am pretty happy with my chinese no-name one (acctually, it has a name, but of a company I bought it from, so, good chance is U can find one who import them under their own name - there)