Plotters and Cutting Systems
Plotters and Cutting Systems for PPF, Vinyl and Window Film.
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Need Graphics
by Guest Marco- 4 replies
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I need a graphic for Planet Audio.Who ever can do it..I will have to send the film to you to be cut.Any takers?
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need a graphic
by Guest thetintshop- 4 replies
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I need a watermelon graphic. I have one, but mine is too detailed. I need a simple one.
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Stick famly 1 2
by toodark- 10 replies
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Has anyone seen the stick famly on the back of a car. I have had a bunch of people asking for this graphic
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My computer dumped the other day anfd I lost a bunch of my files. One in which I need NOW. It is the CBR logo for the New Hond sportbikes. I dont remember which font it is so Im up the crick without a paddle right now. Anything would help right about now.
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Acura Integra outline??
by Guest Leda- 3 replies
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Hi there! Does anyone have the outline for a '94-'01 Acura Integra? I'm trying to a design job for a client over a photograph, but it's not working at all.. Thanks in advance, Leda
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plotter programs 1 2 3
by Guest keepitcool- 27 replies
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where can I find a plotter program that (unlike computer cut) will allow you to upload hand drawn designs and feed them out to the plotter for tint graphics, so you dont have to share your designs w/ everyone else that has computer cut! ive got an unoriginal asshat shop in my city right now that doesnt use any of their own stuff because they dont know how to stick it unless its cut out on the plotter. and I dont want to give them my original artwork! not to mention they dont have the skills to draw anyhting.any help to find a program like this would be appreciated.I currently have ,win PC sign software that I hear is the worst out there.guess thats why it came free w/ the…
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need image 1 2
by Guest thetintshop- 14 replies
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I need an image for a spa & massage place. they don't care what it is, just something like a pair of hands or something like that. I looked but, I don't really have anything "spa" related. anybody help me? please?
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Looking for 3M vinyl
by Guest jokerstint- 0 replies
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Does anyone know how I can find a website or contact information for IQ (image Quest Digital Graphics) Visual Acceleration
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Image Quest
by Guest jokerstint- 0 replies
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Does anyone know how I can find Image Quest and their website, their @#$% is hot... Please let me know I thank you. JD jokerstint@hotmail.com :gaybooga
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start up cost?
by Guest Fast And Furious Co- 7 replies
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Jusat wondering what everyone would say the start-up cost to get a plotter and vynil, ect to start doing vynil graphics, stickers, ect? I know the plotters can get up to the 10 grand mark or so, but just give me some sort of idea. THanx.
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graphics
by Guest malibu350- 0 replies
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I have a 81 malibu looking to do up the sides front to back like lighting bolts or something crazy also something ripping out of trunk cover like some demon any help out there
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looking for POW/MIA art so I can do the side windows in my blazer. I currently have a flag on the back and Im looking to put the POW/MIA and a flag in the sides
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Magnetic Sheeting for automotive
by Guest SSC- 7 replies
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30 mil seems damn thick for small things. plus, I'm pretty sure I can't cut 30mil with my Graphtec. 30 mil doesn't contour very well. I'm looking to cut magnetic numbers. not panels, like you'd put on a business truck, which I understand have to be thick to hold their own weight. numbers are smaller, each is about 8-10 inches tall and have a one or two inch stroke. I want to do a lot of these, so I'd rather not hand-cut. example:
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New chick. Please be kind. Plotter Q's 1 2
by Guest SSC- 10 replies
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My husband and I have jumped in with both feet. We're a startup intending to offer automotive tint & custom cut vinyl auto graphics. We're Llumar dealers & we've *just* got a 48" Graphtec cutting plotter (CE3000-120). I'm *attempting* to cut vinyl with Adobe Illustrator 9.0 and, well, failing miserably... more on that later. We want to focus on tint, not vinyl, but got the big-a$$ plotter so we could computer-cut the tint at some point (hand cutting now). This is a part-time venture currently, but through our existing 'networking' through our sports car club and my hubby's current employer (a large dealer network in our area), we have many initial vinyl customers…
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INFO SWAP
by Guest trans_graph- 1 reply
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I work in ai. EPS, LXI, Sign wizard. Have two Roland plotters (1colorcamm) 1 panther 36". Been kick'in around the "sign block" for a while now and know the ropes.... (mostly through my screwups). Have been sub'in my tint work out but the dude is gett'in sloppy and am fixin to fill a slot that is wide open in this area. Anyone with some tint-hints? have a wealth of sign info that am willing to swap...****************** Yada..yada...
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toodark--barb wire pic
by Guest thetintshop- 3 replies
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here's a pic of a dodge I did.
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I've heard that hand cuts are better than computer cuts as there is a slight *gap* with computer cuts. Can anyone confirm ?
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Ok Dixie, TTS, and anyone else who does vinyl I need a few images of the sun with glasses to cut and use for my vehicle...anyone got any they can send?
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different vinyl applications
by Guest thetintshop- 9 replies
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different uses for vinyl. check out this first pic. then check out the pic in the next post. look at what a difference a little vinyl made in the way it looks.
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any one have some graphics i can use 1 2
by Guest tintgod- 19 replies
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want to do some custom tint work....
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Curious
by Guest Braud Spectrum- 2 replies
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this place has little 25" X 52" rolls of all kinds of colors. Is this stuff really solar film and if so could you use it on a graphics project that needed assorted colors and not have to buy a WHOLE roll of something ?
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I have the very basics down for this program. I am sure the program has an option to smooth out a picture. But where is it? And is there a plotter that cuts up and down as opposed to the plotter we have that only likes to cut one way (Anagraph). Because what I have to do is turn the speed down then keep the film firm when it cuts up, and it will still sometimes mess up. And don't say cut by hand, because none of us here can draw.
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Subaru Legacy
by Guest No97 Graphics- 0 replies
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Just got a phone call from a friend whose car is is being photographed for a tuning magazine on Monday (19/4/04). Anyway, he's a bit short on graphics and I dont have a vehicle outline for his '93 Legacy RS. Please help. If anyone is in need of late model Car/Van/Truck/Trailer outlines I can send in .eps format. TIA.
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Here is what I have been doing. I weed out what needs to be, then wet down a piece liner and stick it to it, then flip the tint, peel of the original liner, and stick to a piece of wet glass. That works fine for the tribal or anything thick, but here is why I am posting. There has to be a better way, especially when working with thin pieces and outlined circles. How do you guys get it to stick better so everything sticks when peeling off the line?
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I have a anagraph ae 101 plotter. This thing works like a charm . Are there any new plotters out there that works on cutting tint good. I saw the roland one but it seems like a pain to load rolls. Whats new out there?
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Anybody can give me any tips, how to cut regular windowfilm on a plotter used for vynil. It is so thin compared with vynil and has no backing. Any tips will help. Even a 7 mil is hard to go through.
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I just put my plotter up and now I dont know how to start pricing this type of work(graphic work)
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Proud of this one I did today. 1 2
by Guest dodgyone- 11 replies
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Took me all day too. Nice way to spend a friday public holiday.
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SOLAR GRAPHICS
by Guest solarguy- 1 reply
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HEY, I just found this site and I thought that I would list a topic. First, I do graphiscs with window tint. Yes window tint. We do automotive graphics and storefront advertizing graphics. Any tell me what you think? Also we use flexi design for the production of the graphics. Please note that we are acutally a sign shop and not a tint shop. We also do vehicle lettering, graphics, flames! etc...
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rear window advertising
by Guest naughtydog- 3 replies
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I want to place an advert on the rear window of a customers van, if I supplied the artwork, what should I expect to pay for something like this?? It will be single colour (white) and just simple text. The size will be approx. 3ft by 1ft. Dont wanna get ripped-off Thanks Naughtydog here is what the van looks like:- the van
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Ack! Need flames!
by Guest uogecko- 7 replies
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Hi there - a client wants specific flames for the side of their truck - 38.75 in wide, 7/8 in tall. I tried to trace the sample they sent, but they're so small I didn't come up with anything worthwhile. Does anyone have these flames or a set that is very similar? Thanks! G
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Faded chrome
by Guest renegadeslave- 9 replies
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I'm sure you've all seen that faded tint that seems to be the new car fad. However, I've heard that it isn't good quality, and I can't find many places that sell it. The only thing I'm really interested in is the chrome faded part.... and I was wondering if it would be possible to make a sticker of something similar. I recently bought a '85 Corvette, and decided the money I saved buying it (cost me $1500, list price is $6000) I could put into fixing it up a bit. I think that faded chrome on my side windows and rear window would look sweet, since it's a black car. But, I don't want a lot of the chrome, maybe just four or five inches. I would also like it to cover ove…
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maltese cross
by Guest mushroomhead- 8 replies
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does anyone here have any good maltese cross files im looking for something with a border for the freak fest show coming up . if you do could you contact me at maltese@mushroomheadcustomtint.com thanks
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Windshield graphics - curvature
by Guest uogecko- 7 replies
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I have a client that wants to put a vinyl banner across the top of the windshield on his Ford Explorer Sport Trac. I've tried doing this before with a Subaru windshield and wasn't able to match the curvature of the glass closely enough. Does anyone know the trick to doing this? Are there templates out there that are car specific? Lost! Thanks for your help, G
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I recently bought a 36" graphtec plotter for paint protection film. I would like to do some simple graphics on some stuff around the shop. What kind of software can I use to put my company logo on my shop trucks? What about buying vinyl? Anyone have the time to get me pointed in the right direction
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computer cut
by Guest Rick Stiles- 5 replies
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what software is computer cut using? Does anyone know?
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I am installing stripes on a Dodge pickum up truck tomorrow! Have not done graphics in a couples of years. I just bought Rapid Tac, but I have never used it! Thinkin' I might just you mild soap and water ! Any suggestions? TTC
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Plotter plugins for Illustrator?
by Guest uogecko- 2 replies
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Hi there - I just got a Summa D60 - I design my graphics in Illustrator, then save and import them into Summas free utility, WinPlot. Does anyone know of an Illustrator plugin that acts in place of WinPlot and communicates directly with the plotter? Thanks! G
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Need graphic of window, EPS or plt
by Guest tintslut- 3 replies
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Need an outline image of a window or picture window, in native flexisign, or eps or .plt file,,, anyone gots? Thanks
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How often?
by Guest Blade- 7 replies
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It seems as though we average 1-2 graphics jobs a week at my location. Between our 3 stores it's probably 8 or so! That's alot of graphics it seems. It's really gotten popular here.
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Looking for mobile installer in phx and surrounding area's
Looking to set up a mobile window tinting partnership. Any installers already doing mobile jobs I'd like to speak with you and see if we can't work out a deal. I would get jobs in to be done by you. Adding to your work flow by increasing your installs through out the year. Thank you, Justin (602) 770-6910 -
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Can this be fixed? Wondering how this happens
Any impact from polishing, if the mar responds to polishing, would result in no or little visible trace. Anyone experienced in buffing glass will likely say, no guarantees; unless they've experienced the same mar on glass.- 1
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Boat window tinting tips
I use(d) these that are readily available through grocery stores; on installs that should not have a blade running across their surface. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Scotch-Brite-3PK-Dobie-Cleaning-Pad/580762256?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=101033794&gclsrc=aw.ds&&adid=22222222227580762256_101033794_160178497084_20981201920&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=689850595863&wl4=pla-2274697737319&wl5=9008682&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=255470249&wl11=online&wl12=580762256_101033794&veh=sem&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIyo335LbOhQMVo0tHAR1HpQC8EAQYASABEgKydfD_BwE Need to know whether the boat has glass or does it have plexiglass (acrylic) or Lexan (poly-carbonate). Glass is not worrisome, the other two are. Plexi will blister from out-gassing in no time at all, whereby, Poly-carbonate is a crap shoot as to when and how serious, if any, blistering of film occurs. Both Plexi and Ploy may also be difficult to remove, if the need arises down the road mainly getting the adhesive of without damaging the surface. Both should not be warranted given the aforementioned potentials and these conditions should be discussed with the owner.- 1
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Can this be fixed? Wondering how this happens
thank you - great to know polishing should remove it. 🙏 I appreciate you and all the others who took the time to reply. -
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Can this be fixed? Wondering how this happens
We've seen it on new vehicles, polishing it should remove it. Definitely not the shops fault.- 1
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Can this be fixed? Wondering how this happens
no, aside from window cleaner I’ve not tried anything else yet like goo gone, a razerblade, etc… I’ll probably leave that to the detailer. question: when polishing glass will it impact the visibility after? I guess I’m now weighing between having them try to correct it or just leaving it be. -
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Geoshield vs Maxpro
Global HP and Ceramic. Using it full time for seven years and not a single failure that wasn't my fault. -
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Boat window tinting tips
Where can i get a white scrubbie at locally like stapels, home depot, etc. dont have one in my toolbox yet -
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Boat window tinting tips
I start those at $750 and go up. Best advice is no cutting on the glass and white scrubbie only, no cleaning blades. That glass is super soft. You may want to use a film liner to make a template to cut your patterns.
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