Vinyl Cutters

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Whichever type or size of vinyl cutter machine you are looking for we can advise and consult with you over the best choice for your business. We offer Vinyl Cutters / Plotters from Graphtec, Mimaki and Summa. All of which offer their own individual benefits and USP's. Need a Printer as well as a Vinyl Cutter? Have a look at our article entitled ' Print And Cut All-In-One Or Separate Machines? Your Q's Answered ' for our advice. ▼ What is a Vinyl Cutter? A Vinyl Cutter is a computer controlled machine. The computer controls an extremely sharp vinyl cutting blade that cuts letters and shapes out of vinyl material. This vinyl material can then be stuck onto a number of surfaces including signage, vehicles and windows depending on the type of vinyl and the adhesive that is used on it. Businesses use vinyl cutters to produce graphics for signs, vehicles and window graphics and they can also be used alongside a Printer to produce contour cut stickers / decals / labels. ◄ How to use a Vinyl Cutter First you will need to create your artwork. Text can be created directly on vinyl cutting software or alternatively you can create shapes and text and prepare vector art within graphics programs such as Corel Draw or Adobe Illustrator. If you have created your artwork in a separate graphics program you will then need to import your artwork in your vinyl cutting software. These programs will help you layout your artwork in the most economical way so that you only use as much vinyl as you need to. They will create weeding lines and create a weeding frame/box amongst other things and then finally allow you to send your artwork to your vinyl cutter/plotter. You will need to connect up your vinyl cutter to your computer, this is usually done with a USB port. Be aware that some drivers may need to be installed. In general the sign making industry leans to PC’s over Macs. Graphtec offer a Mac compatible signmaking software with their Vinyl Cutters (called Graphtec Studio) but in all oth

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