Choosing cutting plotter for your vinyl film

As digital printers become more commonplace in the sign and graphics industry, the demand for cutters that can turn printed images into contour-cut decals continues to grow. Choosing your first vinyl cutter is one of the most important decisions an aspiring sign maker faces. A professional quality plotter can make your dreams realities.
A bad equipment decision can lead to frustration and failure. The most common start-up sign shop mistake is buying based only on speed, force, and price. Ten years ago, that wasn’t a bad strategy.  In the 21st century, you can buy a machine with 500 grams of force that can’t cut the mustard in a professional sign shop.

So what are the criteria for making this important decision?  What drive motor should your cutter have? How important is tracking? Do you need to contour-cut printed images? What other features do you need? What about tech support?

The ability to automatically advance a user-determined amount of media can save lots of time and money. This feature, known as auto pre-feed or “area”, is normally found in the control panels of intermediate and advanced vinyl cutters. The user can enter the amount of vinyl desired so that, before the cutter begins a job, it feeds forward the specified amount of vinyl. Then retracts it back toward the roll.  

This process not only enables users to make sure the media is loaded correctly but also places subtle grooves in the face film. These become subtle tracks that guide the pinch rollers as the cut job is processed. This increases the cutter’s tracking capabilities. It also pulls slack from the roll of media so that the plotter isn’t working against the weight and inertia of the roll. Cutting from a roll with no slack can produce stress on the drive mechanism and cause errors that interrupt production and damage the machine. If your cutter doesn’t have a pre-feed function in the menu, you’ll have to remember to do this by hand before sending each cut job.

More info:

Website: www.skyimagepaper.com

Company Name: Fei Yue Digital Technology Co., LTD

E-mail: sales@feiyuepaper.com

Tel: 86-025-86628894

Whatsapp: +86 18252072197

Address: Central Road 323, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China