Question Where to get wholesale, precut Optix DA acrylic?

Hello, I am looking for a distributor of Optix DA for direct to acrylic printing. Does anyone have a wholesale manufacturer they can recommend that can precut sheets to certain sizes (8.5x11).

Do you think there are big savings to cut the sheet myself instead? I don't know if thats a slow process or what kind of hardware is used, however.

Also if anyone recommends any other brands of acrylic that are meant for printing without a promoter, that may be the same or less expensive, please let me know. Thanks!

 

Ah I was wondering what the bigger companies use to cut these sheets. I guess the main benefit with the laser cutter is you can set the whole sheet down to be cut cleanly and automatically? I might even investigate one of these machines for myself..

 

Question if you please - is the coating translucent? Meaning if I were to only print on half of the printable surface, would the unprinted part still remain see-through? Is there any haze that prevents light from passing through?