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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

Hi Folks, I've been trying to find a solution for a little niche I've found myself in. I need to print 'has to be inkjet' onto A4 sheets, uncoated. Desktop options are super slow, and not great quality (because the stock isn't coated for an inkjet) I just wondered if anyone had experience with...

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Hi Folks, I a few years back, there was a firm advertising in the print magazines and supplying through the paper merchants. They sold 'pre-die cut' card sheets that could be overprinted on a digipress, I wondered if anyone could remember this offering and the suppliers name. I'm not sure if its...

Get in touch with www.wherethetradebuys.co.uk Sam, from memory they were doing something in this space, I have a memory too that www.printed.com may have been using the same firm. I hope that helps. Tim

Thanks Tom, thats really helpful, I'll go some digging around those links. Much appreciated Tim