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How to choose the right cutter and printer?



 
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Old July 14th, 2008 Jul 14, 2008 4:18:40 AM -   #1 (permalink)
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Default How to choose the right cutter and printer?

Hello!

In the nearest future I'm planning to open a little T-shirt store in a small city in Latvia (Europe). The T-shirts will be made by myself. So I have several questions to ask you as I'm totally new in this sphere. Your answers, expierenced T-shirt specialists will be a great support for me!

1. What cutter to choose?
I've searched for my best cutter and found this one - Roland STIKA SV-15. What do you think? Maybe you can advice similar but cheaper model?
2. Should I choose ink jet printer or laser jet printer? What do you think of these models: Epson Stylus Photo R1900 and Epson Stylus Photo 1400? Isone of these good enough for good quality prints for T-shirts?
Thanks a lot for your answers!

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When chooseing Equipment, You need to know your budget, know how you plan to use the equipment, know what features you need(optical eye for contour cutting, etc.). The stika sv15 is a nice cutter, but you can get a larger cutter for less money ( check out UScutter or heat pressvinyl.com) they both have nice cutters for less money.The same with your printer you need to know the same things. There are a lot of threads with information about printers and cutters. I suggest you read, think, and then buy. Take a few days and do some research, I know it will be a benefit for you to do this. ..... JB
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I am still also trying to decide which printer would be best for transfers and dye sub or do I need two printer

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