Which Machine to Buy

[Northern Design]

S60600

 

[CanuckSigns]

if you are looking at printing 5000 decals a day at 2" round, that's only about 45 feet of vinyl, a roll cutter can through cut those no problem all day long.

We also have a summa F1612 and it's great for most things, however through cutting decals is still hit or miss, we find the decals don't fall out like they show on their videos, they are still attached to the sheet slightly and require a light touch to pop them out, also as Pat mentioned picking up 5000 decals from the catch basket and sorting them is almost as time consuming as cutting them by hand in the first place.

Have you considered outsourcing for a while before you invest at least $40,000 on a printer, laminator and plotter.

 

[Indecisive]

Did you choose your avatar name, or was it given?

JB

Oh I chose that name lol

 

[Indecisive]

if you are looking at printing 5000 decals a day at 2" round, that's only about 45 feet of vinyl, a roll cutter can through cut those no problem all day long.

We also have a summa F1612 and it's great for most things, however through cutting decals is still hit or miss, we find the decals don't fall out like they show on their videos, they are still attached to the sheet slightly and require a light touch to pop them out, also as Pat mentioned picking up 5000 decals from the catch basket and sorting them is almost as time consuming as cutting them by hand in the first place.

Have you considered outsourcing for a while before you invest at least $40,000 on a printer, laminator and plotter.

We have been outsourcing for several years now but would like to expand. It’s going good but I could do so much more with my own equipment.

 

[Indecisive]

I’m leaning towards the Epson S40600 or S60600 along with the Summa OPOS-CAM S2 TC160 Vinyl Cutter. I went to see a S40600 demo a couple days ago. Any recommendations on a laminator? The GFP 563TH-3 63 inch looks like a good machine, but shouldn’t I get a laminator that is also 64 inches so it’s the same as the printer and cutter?

 

[Indecisive]

I suggest that you might consider a laser marking machine, which is more clear and beautiful for the patterns on clo

Thank you for your suggestion. I'll be doing more decal production than clothing so i'm planning on going with the S40. I'll keep that in mind when once i get the far!

 

[FireSprint.com]

Guys, our live stream this week (FireSprint's FireHour) is going to be over how to choose and justify large equipment purchases.

https://www.youtube.com/c/Firesprint/

Check us out on Thursday at 3pm CST.

 

[rjssigns]

I’m leaning towards the Epson S40600 or S60600 along with the Summa OPOS-CAM S2 TC160 Vinyl Cutter. I went to see a S40600 demo a couple days ago. Any recommendations on a laminator? The GFP 563TH-3 63 inch looks like a good machine, but shouldn’t I get a laminator that is also 64 inches so it’s the same as the printer and cutter?

Widest readily available material you can get is 60", you'll be fine. I've had my 65" laminator for over a decade and it's never run anything wider than 54" material.