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Once I purchase my heat press and Roland cutter, what are my next steps to get started?
Take them out of the box, read the manuals and learn how they work.
Please let me know if I am missing anything.
I'm planning on doing rhinestones, vinyl transfers, sticky flock for rhinestone creations to begin with. So I want to find out with these 2 pieces of equipment, would I need to outsource for anything?
Depends, have you ordered supplies?
Have you ever created a template for a rhinestone transfer?
Or would I be able to everything myself?
Depends, you don’t say what your background is or how long you have been working with computers and graphics programs.
For example, if I create my own rhinestone design, I know I will need a user friendly software. For my own t shirt designs, I will need to purchase another software?
What program(s) do you have now and how long have you been using them?
If there are any rhinestone templates that I didn't have would I be able to do it myself and send it to the cutter?
Again this will depend on how good you are with the program you have now or how fast you can learn a new program.
Example football templates, etc. since I have software will I be able to find the clip art, send it to the cutter, and viola I have my own template?
You might be able to find what you need as a download, other designs you may have to make from scratch or outsource if you can’t make them yourself.
Also for the heat press iron ons, would I also create the design in my software, send the job to the cutter to print out on my paper of choice, and have to do this each time for let's say 50 shirt order?
The short answer here is yes, you send the finished design to the cutter. If you need 50 for 50 shirts you would need to send the job or have it cut 50 of them. Terminology here, cutters cut and printers print, there are cut and print systems but the GX24 is not one of them. It does have an optical eye for cutting transfers off a printed sheet from a printer but that would be a new topic.
Will a Roland 24-Gx be able to handle volume, once I make it to those order amounts? Or for high quantity will I HAVE to outsource to someone to make transfers for me, or is that the purpose of owning my cutter to prevent having to send out to have transfers done? I would think purchasing the rolls of transfer vinyls will be cheaper for me to create on my cutter, regardless of quantity, than outsourcing for the transfers?
Again this depends on what you call high volume. Remember it is not just the cutting of the design but weeding and applying it to the shirts. If you don’t have the man power for a large job you may have to find someone to help you. If you are just starting out I wouldn’t take on a big job as a first order.
This part is what I wanted to make sure I am clear on the process, since you read about some order transfers from companies, or templates, etc. i see the template download file is also available to purchase if I needed a particular design that I couldn't create I guess?
Not sure there is a question here. You can order transfers that all you need to do is apply them to garments. Lets say you get a job in and they want a 6 color design. It will be less expensive to do it as a 6 color transfer rather than cut, weed and apply 6 different colors of material to a garment.
This way my only step would be to get the file downloaded and the job sent to the cutter. I see the downloads compared to ordering the actual template is much less expensive. Thanks for reading and your input.
Keep in mind not all files will work well on a cutter. You can print just about anything; however cut files need to be setup correctly to make them cut easily.
I would suggest looking at all of the post on cutting and heat applying. Reading the manuals that come with your equipment to understand how they work. View some of the online videos on cutting and heat pressing. Try a few simple designs to learn what needs to be done before you start taking in jobs.
Hope this helps some
CW
Once I purchase my heat press and Roland cutter, what are my next steps to get started?
Take them out of the box, read the manuals and learn how they work.
Please let me know if I am missing anything.
I'm planning on doing rhinestones, vinyl transfers, sticky flock for rhinestone creations to begin with. So I want to find out with these 2 pieces of equipment, would I need to outsource for anything?
Depends, have you ordered supplies?
Have you ever created a template for a rhinestone transfer?
Or would I be able to everything myself?
Depends, you don’t say what your background is or how long you have been working with computers and graphics programs.
For example, if I create my own rhinestone design, I know I will need a user friendly software. For my own t shirt designs, I will need to purchase another software?
What program(s) do you have now and how long have you been using them?
If there are any rhinestone templates that I didn't have would I be able to do it myself and send it to the cutter?
Again this will depend on how good you are with the program you have now or how fast you can learn a new program.
Example football templates, etc. since I have software will I be able to find the clip art, send it to the cutter, and viola I have my own template?
You might be able to find what you need as a download, other designs you may have to make from scratch or outsource if you can’t make them yourself.
Also for the heat press iron ons, would I also create the design in my software, send the job to the cutter to print out on my paper of choice, and have to do this each time for let's say 50 shirt order?
The short answer here is yes, you send the finished design to the cutter. If you need 50 for 50 shirts you would need to send the job or have it cut 50 of them. Terminology here, cutters cut and printers print, there are cut and print systems but the GX24 is not one of them. It does have an optical eye for cutting transfers off a printed sheet from a printer but that would be a new topic.
Will a Roland 24-Gx be able to handle volume, once I make it to those order amounts? Or for high quantity will I HAVE to outsource to someone to make transfers for me, or is that the purpose of owning my cutter to prevent having to send out to have transfers done? I would think purchasing the rolls of transfer vinyls will be cheaper for me to create on my cutter, regardless of quantity, than outsourcing for the transfers?
Again this depends on what you call high volume. Remember it is not just the cutting of the design but weeding and applying it to the shirts. If you don’t have the man power for a large job you may have to find someone to help you. If you are just starting out I wouldn’t take on a big job as a first order.
This part is what I wanted to make sure I am clear on the process, since you read about some order transfers from companies, or templates, etc. i see the template download file is also available to purchase if I needed a particular design that I couldn't create I guess?
Not sure there is a question here. You can order transfers that all you need to do is apply them to garments. Lets say you get a job in and they want a 6 color design. It will be less expensive to do it as a 6 color transfer rather than cut, weed and apply 6 different colors of material to a garment.
This way my only step would be to get the file downloaded and the job sent to the cutter. I see the downloads compared to ordering the actual template is much less expensive. Thanks for reading and your input.
Keep in mind not all files will work well on a cutter. You can print just about anything; however cut files need to be setup correctly to make them cut easily.
I would suggest looking at all of the post on cutting and heat applying. Reading the manuals that come with your equipment to understand how they work. View some of the online videos on cutting and heat pressing. Try a few simple designs to learn what needs to be done before you start taking in jobs.
Hope this helps some
CW
