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Yes using vinyl and laminate and ofcoarse good artwork to reproduce stained glass. I've seen it sold in homedepot and it looks pretty good. I found that the texture has a lot to do with it. So I would think that a textured lam on top of clear would probable be what I'm looking for.

Does anyone know what materials to use to reproduce stained glass? Like a textured laminate?

Banding issues If the nozzle pattern isn't coming out perfect then expect some banding. Did you replace the head because of banding issues?

Laminating long rolls You should've got some basic training from the dealers you purchased it from. That advise is correct. Making sure you have a straight edge is Important and that when you lower the roll down that it's sitting flat. Some of the things I do to achieve this is I use a large...

Spotty prints By the looks of it, it appears to be the media. Hard for the printer to produce a pattern like that. That would be my guess

Wax a vinyl don't mix No wax

Watch out for stretching Make sure that when your laminating the vinyl that you're not stretching it from to much tension and or from the heat assist if your laminator has that Option. Another fool proof way if the 1st two things I mentioned are not the factor. Have a thin outline of some...

Textured wall no good This materials are ment to work with smooth surfaces. Any texture will cause the material to lift and not stick.

Try this Try giving the roll some slack. It could be the tension cause if the weight of the roll. Also check and make sure the pole one which the media is on is loaded properly and is smoothly rotating. Good luck.

Creating a contour cut Sometimes you just have to draw the contour cut. I use illustrator for this and import the path to flexi. Then convert to contour cut.

I have a customer who wants a 22'x8' sign lit up. He's asking for a box style. Any suggestions??

Removing frost That video is helpful if you have 2hrs to wait. By that time you can be done job. Using a good sharp blade with little pressure and cutting into strips is by far the best way. Use a heat gun to warm the vinyl up just to make pliable again if it keeps ripping. If it's leaving...

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Printing on laminate I've printed on laminate and what I found is that the backer (liner) paper is thinner making it difficult to laminate. It's more vulnerable to wrinkles when laminating because the backer is so thin. Other than that it works fine.

Separate is the way to go. More productive. 85% of the stuff printed has to be laminated so print and cut is no good for that.

I use a 2-3 mil matte laminate. A lot cheaper then any frosted vinyl and works like a charm. You can also print on it looks great!

if you can get a hold of a crisp black and white hard copy or in the darker shades, maybe school letterhead etc... you can scan it using the black and white setting at a high resolution of 1200 dpi save as a bitmap and then raster to vector it. Just a suggestion

Hello I was wondering if anyone has come accross offseting issues when using the print and cut software photo print dx by sai. I have the mutoh 1304 value jet paired up with the graphtec 7000 and I have numerous offseting issues when I try to print and cut.. any tips please would be fantastic.