Print and Cut

The print & cut station is setup with Affinity suite, Inkscape, Gimp, and Adobe Acrobat. There is an Epson 6 color inkjet wide format printer and 24” Siser vinyl cutter set up with a cold roll laminator and Dahle rotary paper cutter. There is also a Brother ScanNCut 2 and large Mimaki cutter available for use. HackRVA supplies the printer ink and small amounts of vinyl inkjet sticker paper (Koala Matte) and over-laminate (Substance Icon PL-3150). Members are expected to provide their own supplies for large projects.

Printer

• ET-8550

Cutters

• Siser_Romeo
  
• Brother ScanNCut 2
  
• Vinyl Plotter & Cutter - Mimaki CG-130FX

Laminator

• Cold_Press_Laminator

Paper Trimmer

• Dahle 554 Rotary

Feeds & Speeds

Feeds & Speeds Post-It

Table is for reference only. Please perform a test with your materials to verify before running a job.

Stickers	Kiss Cut		Die Cut
	Speed	Pressure	Speed	Pressure
Koala Matte Vinyl Sticker Paper	10	20	10	58
Koala Matte Vinyl Sticker Paper w/ Over-laminate	10	50	10	80
Qixin Holographic Vinyl Sticker Paper	10	40	10	80
Qixin Holographic Vinyl Sticker Paper w/ Over-laminate	10	70	10	110
HTV	Kiss Cut
	Speed		Pressure
Siser EasyColor DTV	10		15

Learn

Videos:

A Step By Step Guide in Sticker Making with Siser Cutters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sI2lz1M8PE

Leonardo Design Studio - Force Test Cut Feature with Siser Juliet or Romeo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFiz-m8cDw8

Mastering the Cold Roll Laminator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRrQTGRgKHU

Sticker Tips!

• When printing, ensure 'borderless' is enabled in print settings, and ensure that it will not resize the image on print. Dimensional accuracy matters or the Siser won't read the registration marks correctly. If discover that the Siser is overshooting/undershooting the registration marks, this is likely the issue.