Discuss the various aspects of heat press technology. Transfer paper, inks, plastisol transfers, vinyl cutters, printers, commercial usage, durability, suppliers, etc.
I am looking at purchasing a vinyl cutter. The question I have is this...
when you are cutting a vinyl design for a shirt, and the design has more than one color...how are you doing it? I wouldnt want the colors overlapped, as this would cause the shirt to really stiffen up. Would you do a "kiss cut"? Is this where the colors are cut up to the other colors? IF that is the case...how do you get one color on top of the other color to line up? I understand that you can use registration marks, but what about getting done without bubbles where it can all be pressed at the same time?
Looking at doing signs as a side line of having the cutter, so I as curious about this as well. Is it done the same way?
I am looking at purchasing a vinyl cutter. The question I have is this...
when you are cutting a vinyl design for a shirt, and the design has more than one color...how are you doing it? I wouldnt want the colors overlapped, as this would cause the shirt to really stiffen up. Would you do a "kiss cut"? Is this where the colors are cut up to the other colors? IF that is the case...how do you get one color on top of the other color to line up? I understand that you can use registration marks, but what about getting done without bubbles where it can all be pressed at the same time?
Looking at doing signs as a side line of having the cutter, so I as curious about this as well. Is it done the same way?
I haven't done one myself, but what I have read here is that if you "kiss" the designs, there may be some shrinkage when they get pressed, resulting in open spaces. Most people here layer the colors, one on another. Most wont do more than 2 or 3 saying that it get's too thick, heavy and complicated.
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If you are working with a polyurethane based film the feel won't really increase too much at all when doing 2-3 colors. If you are using a PVC based material then that is where you can run into some issues. Most people do not kiss cut these types of designs, but if you wanted to, I would recommend creating an offset of .25" on the outline color so that there is room for error when registering the foreground on top.
You would apply them separately. There is a see through mylar backing on each film that allows you to see through to register them. It is all by eye, but is not that difficult, because it will fit perfectly into the background layer.
How do you know if an image is able to be cut?
I have an image but when I take it from Corel to cutstudio it shows lines where there were none in Corel. Is it possible to make it cuttable?
when you export a file from corel as an .ai be sure to UNcheck all the boxes except preview image...either of the 'simulate' boxes will give you random cutlines in your graphic. see screenshot of mine below......
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