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Hi All.....
Joined the forum yesterday.
Been in Graphic Design for 16 years.
Set up a family company a couple of years ago to produce my own designs to transfer and sublimate onto garments and things. To cut a long story short, it did not work out, so I dropped out.
Now I feel the time is right to have another bash.
The equipment I bought last time around included an Epson 660CX, an Epson 1290, A Transfer Press 16x20" and a Cap Press both from Xpres UK and a Roland CAMM-1 plotter cutter. I retained the Roland and sold the rest to the original company. My biggest gripe at the time was that I felt I was being forced to use Corel Draw - this garment/sign industry seems obsessed with it.
Corel was the first graphics package I ever worked with and it just didn't measue up - in short it was a nightmare.....so I defected to Adobe and now use CS2. I have been told that sign software has now become more Adobe friendly and is able to converse with both Photoshop and Illustrator. This is the first point I want to clarify, as, if it does not, then I'm not ready to give it a go. At present I haven't purchased any equipment, but have set my mind on an Epson 1800 A3 Printer with an ink management system. I hope this will be an improvement on the 1290, as the transfer paper I was using last time had difficulty passing through the printer without snagging up. I may buy a smaller Epson, but I'm not sure that I need one yet. If anyone out there has experience with design software that will talk to Adobe CS2, I would be pleased to hear from you, as it is important to me that I buy a decent product that will add in the plotting/cutting path. I'm up for a transfer press and a cap press - isn't it strange that there isn't a universal machine that will do both jobs?? Or is there one - certainly can't locate one this side of the Atlantic. I like the look of the Hix 400 15x15. It looks robust. Is there any other kit out there that is less labour intensive, with a more rapid output?
Well, I guess that's already too many questions, so until next time, and hoping for a reply - thanks in anticipation
Tel
Joined the forum yesterday.
Been in Graphic Design for 16 years.
Set up a family company a couple of years ago to produce my own designs to transfer and sublimate onto garments and things. To cut a long story short, it did not work out, so I dropped out.
Now I feel the time is right to have another bash.
The equipment I bought last time around included an Epson 660CX, an Epson 1290, A Transfer Press 16x20" and a Cap Press both from Xpres UK and a Roland CAMM-1 plotter cutter. I retained the Roland and sold the rest to the original company. My biggest gripe at the time was that I felt I was being forced to use Corel Draw - this garment/sign industry seems obsessed with it.
Corel was the first graphics package I ever worked with and it just didn't measue up - in short it was a nightmare.....so I defected to Adobe and now use CS2. I have been told that sign software has now become more Adobe friendly and is able to converse with both Photoshop and Illustrator. This is the first point I want to clarify, as, if it does not, then I'm not ready to give it a go. At present I haven't purchased any equipment, but have set my mind on an Epson 1800 A3 Printer with an ink management system. I hope this will be an improvement on the 1290, as the transfer paper I was using last time had difficulty passing through the printer without snagging up. I may buy a smaller Epson, but I'm not sure that I need one yet. If anyone out there has experience with design software that will talk to Adobe CS2, I would be pleased to hear from you, as it is important to me that I buy a decent product that will add in the plotting/cutting path. I'm up for a transfer press and a cap press - isn't it strange that there isn't a universal machine that will do both jobs?? Or is there one - certainly can't locate one this side of the Atlantic. I like the look of the Hix 400 15x15. It looks robust. Is there any other kit out there that is less labour intensive, with a more rapid output?
Well, I guess that's already too many questions, so until next time, and hoping for a reply - thanks in anticipation
Tel
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