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Thanks for the suggestion, I'll check that out. Its a bit of a rabbit hole, Flatbed, i'd not really considered it as an option, so I appreciate the suggestions.

Thanks for the reply, I'm based in the UK. But that does give me something to go on. It did cross my mind about using a flatbed, I just wasn't sure if I'd get the repeatability of position on the sheet? I've got experience with Inkjet to roll but never used a flatbed, so i'll be looking into...

Hi Folks, I'm producing a gift product and thinking ahead for cutting out a few steps in production. At the moment, i'm printing 4/0 on a 400gsm board. Then glueing the board to a 610gsm Invercote Duo sheet from Antalis Then, cutting to shape. I'm willing to take a hit on the thickness and...

Ah ok, thanks for sharing, i'll have a bash at that. Much appreciated. PS - yes it was the C5200 I was on about :)

Hi Folks I was hoping for some advice. I've trying to print onto PVC sheets (SRA3) on the Ricoh C520 Print quality is excellent, finish is great, but the toner doesn't adhere too well. Its a bit of last ditch attempt to keep offering Vinyl stickers, after my wide format printer died, and I'm...

Hi Folks, I'm just trying to knowledge up on plastic card production a bit. Could anyone point me in the best direction for understanding how 'Signature Strips' are added to plastic cards? 1. Manual application (by hand) 2. Any Entry Level kit that can speed things up Thanks in advance for...

Core adapters!! Who'd a thunk it!

Hi Folks Can anyone point me in the right direction, I can't recall what the fittings are called that plug into the laminate rolls? I'm looking to run some larger core rolls on a little 25mm core machine. From past experience, I've done this using a 'converter' attachment to allow me to run...

Perfect, what an awesome walkthrough! Thanks fro sharing that guide, really useful Tim

Hmm, thanks Ioica - Y'know I just canned the subscription for Pitstop about a week ago, typical! I'll have to go check that out, that could be very cool

I'm going to have a crack at seeing what I can setup as an action, maybe I can chop out a fair bit of the grunt work. Thanks for the suggestion. Tim

I do a bunch of work for this client, all of it fixed fee, so 99% of the time, I'll chew through the work quick as a flash, but this kind of work does lend itself to an hourly charge, although, its just crying out for automation :-)

Thanks for the suggest, I'll give this a little tweak, I'm using the image trace tool on the client PNG's, and I can get there 90% of the way, its all just a bit manual :-) - I'll check out your workflow though too, and see if that's quicker. I appreciate the share.

Hi All, I wondered if anyone had a nifty workflow figured out for sticker sheets (where the labels on the sheet are all different)? I do a bit of design and pre-press work for a few printers around the UK, one of them has started to do quite a few sticker sheets. So, for example, customer...

Thanks everyone for sharing your experience, nothing like folk in the field using the kit. I appreciate you all taking the time. I've canned the Memjet idea :) Tim