Plotters and Cutting Systems
Plotters and Cutting Systems for PPF, Vinyl and Window Film.
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Oracle 8300 1 2
by DGr33n- 15 replies
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What shades does the oracle 8300 come in? I have contacted a local dealer and he said he knew nothing about headlight/taillight tinting. He gave me a quote but said it was red film. I just want the basic smoke looking film and the guy apparently knows as much about it as I do. I wasn't aware of all the different shades so what do you guys normally carry?
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Looking to buy plotter software, any advise !
by Guest Yousif- 0 replies
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Hello, I'm new in this business and looking to buy a plotter and a software,m any advise please, we will be mostly fixing film on Japanese and european vehicles.
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Hey guys and gals, It's time to buy a plotter for tint and PPF. It seems like most of you are happy with the Tint Tek software so I think I'm sold on that end of it. Are any of you using the Q-series plotters? So far, the Q42 seems like a good option for us but I figured I'd check in with you guys first. Any input is greatly appreciated!
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is anyone using this cd for patterns.. if so how is it and where can I get good info on it im looking for a cd with templates as I dont do enough for paying a monthly fee I still have my plotter and it would be great for it thanks in advance
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Plotter Help!!
by Guest mobiletintandaudio- 4 replies
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for any of those who are familar with any of the USCutter plotters I have a question , I dont have any experience with them but I just bought the zencut black plotter and when I cut the tint the rollers are leaving the indentation marks from the little metal rollers on the tint, is there any way to avoid this or a way to fix it? any help would be appriciated, thankyou
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Hey guys I was wondering what brand of plotters are the most popular and why? im currently using a DGI OM100 with no problems but if it breaks I know it may be tough spot to get it serviced . Any input is appreciated Lance
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Wondering if anyone had any ideas on where I could find the basket/catch thingy for my Dgi plotter any help would be appreciated Lance
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Like the title says, not sure how I can not find this anywhere. I did notice some people talking about 25 degree blades in a topic I found from searching. I would like to be 100% sure thats correct though! Thanks
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anyone use us cutter my tinter software before?
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Hey guy's, I"m contemplating purchasing a plotter. I have found a few used ones on a local classified ads site. My questions are: Will an older plotter work with the softwares that are commonly used? Are all plotters alike? I there a certain feature I need my plotter to have to be able to serve window tinting purposes? What width is recommended when choosing a plotter? The plotters I have come across are: HP 650C Plotter/Printer HP Hewlett Packard. Designer Jet 2500CP HP DesignJet 600 (this purchase would include an Omnitrac 120 EF Blueprint Machine 6280 not sure if it can be of any use) HP DraftPro EXL Model 7576A HP DesignJet 455CA Thanks in advance for y…
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So I have contacted just about every pattern company out there and I have been blown off by everyone, twice by two of them! I didnt even mention anything about a trial either. So, I am done begging (at least after this post.) If you know a good rep please forward my info. Lookin for some sort of trial to make sure my plotter will work before dropping a ton of money. My region is "Italy" and is temporary. That is all! Thanks ...
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I used oracal 8300 vinyl to smoke the tail lights on a 2011 dodge ram 2500, it came out awesome....
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Here's what I had to go through in order to get this graphic done for Vickie! She loves butterflies so I plotted in different sizes and shapes all kinds of butterflies out of vinyl and just weeded it! I then taped them in the place in which I wanted them arranged on the table! Some of them are turned upside down because of how I wanted them on the table but there all on the same side! I then flipped the table around and tinted it with 5% so I could see my stencils and started cutting it out till I had the outlines! Then started the long process of coloring in and putting a litttle flair of my own in! When I did the blue back ground I had to overlay everything then c…
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vinyl cutting program for sale??
by Guest keepitcool- 2 replies
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Does anyone have an older cutting program for sale? Maybe you replaced an older program with a newer one and have an outdated, but still functional program, for a shop that does do much vinyl work but still needs something to scan pictures and vectorize. any help? any suggestions for a "lower end" program that doesnt cost $600.00? i have been using a "borrowed" vinyl master pro and it is at least 4-5 years old. it fell out of registration and it wont re-register not to mention im upgrading computers so once i uninstall it i cant put it in the new sysytem.
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Computer Cut Tint? 1 2
by Guest btr1208- 10 replies
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Okay guys so I am about ready to start practicingon all of my family and friends's cars. I am going to be getting all my stuff next week, I have seen a lot of things on computer cut tint. For somebody starting out would it be a good option. I am talking in a couple months once I am taking customer cars.. I know a guy that owns a sign company and has some awesome plotters and would probably let me use them or I could get my own. How much would I be looking at to get one of these with a good software? I want to get into PPF in the future so it might be a good investment. Can the plotters cut every window on a car? Thanks for bearing with me and helping a total newb…
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Need Help About Plotter
by Guest Chayut- 4 replies
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Will graphtec ce5000-60 work for cutting paint protection film? Is there enough blade force Thank you
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Need Stick Family in EPS 1 2 3 4
by Guest clashmet- 36 replies
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Does anyone have the stick family graphics in eps. I am brand new at this so I just want to try cutting a few for family members.
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Anyone in CA? Thank's. FBO
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Want to do more graphics but its a pain to get customers to picture the graphics on there car then the time to measure it up to the vehicle . I was thinking if a group of people get together and hire a graphic designer to make graphics for car showing them on the vehicle . Just like the window cutting programs have one for graphics on a certain body style . Maybe 10-15 designs per vehicle already measured to vehicle . Just mono colors like the ones below. Any one interested ?
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I havent seen anybody on here talking about this so i thought I would share this little tip that helps alot..If youre using a plotter and going through blades and teflon strips, or cant keep a good consistent cut all the time, this has helped and I haven't replaced the blade or a teflon in probably at least a year...just simply put a strip of masking tape over your teflon strip and keep cleaning the blade with a toothbrush. if yall are already doing this then, kudos to ya lol
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GRAPHTEC FC8000-60 Vinyl Cutter FOR SALE BY OWNER
by Guest Jones1985- 0 replies
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I am selling a GRAPHTEC FC8000-60 Vinyl Cutter and Tint Cutter. This machine is amazing but I cannot afford it because of my overhead. I paid a little over $3500 for the cutter and am willing to sell for $2600 plus shipping and handling. This unit is barely used and comes with some acc. If you have questions please email me at jones925@msn.com Maximum cutting area: 24" wide x 164' long The all NEW FC8000 series High-Performance cutting plotter is an industry leader for sign makers, graphic artists, auto-aftermarket professionals, countertop installers and other related users. The newly designed FC8000 has added features such as: 3 inch wide user-friendly LCD control P…
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whats the easiest way to do this with flexi? i just want to cut the words in chrome then lay black over top and produce black lettering with the chrome outline. just curious whats the easiest way, i seem to fight with this all the time in getting the measurements correct and repeating it easily. im sure i must be doing something wrong. i use corel x5 as well. Thanks. Dustin
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My brother would like to get the surface under his gauges on his boat done in a matte black vinyl, and also the wooden cabinets down stairs done too. Can anyone point me in the right direction to find some di noc matte black, or can you tell me if oracal 631 matte black would work. I am not sure on the curve yet, as i have not looked it. not sure as to what vinyl will stick to a wooden cabinet either. Thanks for the help
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Hi every body, does some one know "car data cut" solution ? (http://www.cardatacut.com/) I'm in France and I'm searching for a good software with all european cars. Computer Cut is expensive for someone who doesn't work with bekaert's film. Thanks for your advice, and sorry for my bad english.
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Hello, I'm new in this board, I'm French, so first i have to say SORRY for English! My name is Jean-Francois (but i prefer JIEF or JF). I'm a glass reparation center, and I'm starting cars tinting activity. Can you help me finding a software with Europeans data please ? -I have heard that Computer Cut does, but it is really expensive ( i don't want to buy their film)! -Does anyone know CAR DATA CUT ? -Does anyone know any software with Europeans pattern? Thanks !!! JIEF
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oracal 651 car wrap
by Guest thegeneral_o7- 6 replies
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gonna wrap my truck with just the standard oracal 651. was wondering if anyone out there has tried this already, and if so how was it
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I have an opportunity to open a automotive shop in a great location. I started with automotive almost 22 years ago. Our flat glass business has grown tremendously over the years. Although we really never abandoned automotive, it has been put on the back burner. This location is one I can't really pass up! Getting to the point.... I am looking for advice on the latest cutting systems. Back in the early 2000's (before I sold the auto shop) we were using Tint Tek and also Llumar's software. I would appreciate any advice. Thanks in advance
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I LOOKING FOR WINDOW CUTTING FILM SOFTWARE
by Guest ribbono- 3 replies
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HI .I LOOKING FOR WINDOW CUTTING FILM SOFTWARE FOR CARS. MAY BE SOMEONE GOT GOOD ADVISE.I AM FROM POLAND SO I LOOKING FOR SOFTWARE WITH GOOD DATABASE WITH EUROPEAN CARS.THANKS
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Papa just got a brand new plotter!!!!
by Guest hiznameizjj- 1 reply
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Hell once again....just got the call that my plotter (GX PRO 40) has arrived at the dealer I ordered it from and I am so excited.. now I am in the market for a reasonable software program and was wanting to know if I should go ahead and order the Film Design program from Roland or go with Tint Tek 20/20 or go with another program other than those two. Also I was wanting to know the prices of any of the programs and the renewel subscriptions cost. Thanks in advance
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im looking for a plotter specifically for PPF, Tint & vinyl but im not too sure if i need 1 or if it would be better if i buy a small one for the tint and use the bigger one for the PPF & vinyl. Im really wanting to start getting into doing racing stripes for friends & i have some body shops requesting me for vinyl graphics. But i dont know where or what program to get that has the factory options for vinyl. any help would be great.
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cleveland browns vector files
by Guest knepper- 9 replies
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hey im looking for some cleveland browns vector images. does anybody have anything youd like to share? you can send them to krystall_knepper@hotmail.com it would be GREATLY appreciated. thanks joe
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I bid a job that requires printing, so I got a bid for this part of the job, I was quoted $5 grand, so I am thinking that it would be a good time to buy a printer, or at least look in to buying one. So any of you have a printer that you would suggest for for me to look at ?... or some that I should take a look at...? I would appreciate any help.
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Im looking for a supply company to purchase wholesale precut vehicle stripes and graphics . Any one got a lead ?
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two shaded tail lights with graphics and window tint graphics...done at rollin sound jax florida blanding blvd this is the same customer who had the rear glass window tint graphics ohio state buckeyes, both logos
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back glass of a ranger/b2400 with a tint graphic made of silver and black tint.. mixture of computercut and hand cut techniques
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Tinted Headlight question
by Guest sprklw- 2 replies
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Tinted the headlights of a 2011 Impreza with Oracal 8300 Dark Grey, after 2 weeks customer returned and pointed out small bubbles. My question is will the headlights produce enough heat to cause the bubbles. If so, how does Laminx get passed this with there product?
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getting a new USCutter SC 34" and coralDRAW x5 any advice, programs, ideas, suggestions? I am completely new to this stuff. i could use vector files for mustangs chargers challengers camaros cobalts family stick figures any car anything really, racing stripes, decals, c-stripes, logos i have found brands of the world and seek logo. any other good sites to get files from? thanks for any input, i will be spending the next few weeks learning all the new software and features of what i now have available to me
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I wanna play around with some custom cut overlayed film and kinda curious about a few things. Are you guys applying transfer paper to keep the design whole, like vinyl, to apply to the window? I use a graphtec CE-5000 with Flexi for my graphics work but since I have it and have gotten some requests, I thought I might play around with some film. I know the old tried and true way is handcutting but with some of the graphics out there anymore and the use of cutters, some of this has to be done using a cutter. I never tried running any film through my cutter yet (mostly since I dont use Tint tek or CC) but from what I understand a 60 degree blade works best. Do you…
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vinyl master plus
by Guest keepitcool- 2 replies
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can anyone help me with a problem im having with vinyl master plus?? it became deregistered somehow and i cannot get it to register again. anyone got advice or a free program or something? i dont do much vinyl work so its not worth buying a 600$ program.Thanks.
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Air80 vs Stratos70 Windshield
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High speed material feed
The Graphtech plotters are all about the same from 7000 to 8600. I doubt that the machine was the problem If changing software fixed the issue. -
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High speed material feed
Update to this.... We were using a Graphtec FC7000-100 plotter and the Digi Cut software and the machine wouldn't work correctly. We contacted Digi and they did a live modification on our software which solved the issue. Strange thing, the plotter would still never cut through the pattern consistently. (parts would cut totally through and parts would not cut even through the film) We switched to Core and instantly everything cut 100% consistent and without need for software modification. Perhaps if we had a newer plotter than the FC7000 perhaps the Digi would work as expected ??? Dunno -
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2013 Suzuki Kizashi
Hi Bobby, sorry for the confusion, the makes and models section here is for tinting windows, not performance related. -
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What is an established commercial/residential business worth?
I sold my business in '96 that had as assets: tools and inventory and goodwill. I bought it 2.5 years earlier for 5k. It had a gross sales # around 30K and very little goodwill since the owner only worked it part time. In the 2.5 years I ran the company, gross sales went from 30K upward to 177K as a one person operation. To be fair, the final year @ 177K included an installation sale involving 35K sq ft. Still I increased the gross from 30K to 100K under my direction in the 2.5 years of ownership. I sold the business in a short sale for 10K because I landed a corporate job at a film manufacturing company. I lacked the desire to further expand the business, but it was considered reputable even by my competitors. One of them bought it. Don't know if that helps but, maybe you'll find this helpful in determining the goodwill of the one you are considering buying. https://www.freshbooks.com/hub/accounting/calculate-goodwill- 1
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Window Tinter for hire in Rockville, MD
Must have experience and knowledge in the automotive window tint industry. This job requires people skills, a positive attitude and willingness to be a team member are essential to this position. Having experience operating a window tint plotter a plus. Pay will be determined during interview process. Please Call TJ Flores 301 979-1313 -
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What is an established commercial/residential business worth?
Gross 50-60? You could find that kind of revenue picking up cans. Whatever you're about to spend should be spent to market your own brand unless I'm reading this wrong. -
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What is an established commercial/residential business worth?
Looking to buy an established commercial/residential business. The company has grossed about 50-60k annually for the past few years. There's not really anything as far as assets go. So I'd basically be buying the phone number and 25+ years of being an established business. Just trying to get an idea of what I should be paying! Thanks in advance!! -
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