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===How to cut printed stickers with our Roland vinylcutter===
== Prepare the file ==


[File:plottercropmarksimageonly.pdf]]
=== Illustrator file ===
* Create an Illustrator file with three layers. The top layer will contain the images for print, the second layer needs to contain the vector lines for the vinyl cutter. The bottom layer is for the crop marks.
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[[File:PlotterSafespace.jpg |700 px|none|center]]
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[[File:Layers stickers.jpg|700px]]
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* Add the crop marks, select the bottom layer and click the crop mark button in the Roland Cut Studio plugin (Window>>Extentions>>Roland Cut Studio). Three black dots will appear in your file. To adjust the position of the crop marks, click the roll menu in the right top corner of the plugin.


* 1 First create an Illustrator file with three layers. The top layer will contain the images for print, the
=== Print the sticker sheet ===
second layer needs to contain the vector-lines for the vinyl cutter. The bottem layer is for the cropmarks.


* 2 To add the cropmarks, select the bottem layer and click the cropmark-button in the Roland Cutstudio-plugin.
* Save your Illustrator file both as .ai and .pdf. Save the pdf file without the cutlines.  
Three black dots will appear in your file. To adjust the position of the cropmarks, click the rollmenu in the  
* Now print the PDF file at the Print Studio on matte or shiny canon sticker paper (A3 and A4 sizes are available). Print it on 100%, do not scale. Preferably print on the Canon C600i for a more saturated and higher quality result.
right top corner of the plugin.  
* Stickers can be also printed with the MFP printers by selecting the multipurpose tray and the "Labels" material. Make sure to feed the sticker paper upside down - with the red logos on top.


* 3 In this menu you can change the position as illustrated above. Make sure to remember the settings you use
== Prepare the machine ==
for later! Save your Illusrator-file both as .ai and .pdf. Now you print the pdf-file. Print it on 100%, do not scale
=== Piece Settings ===
* Turn on the Plotter and choose the "PIECE" setup to cut stickers. Then press enter.
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[[File:Piece selection.jpg|400px]]
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* 4 Feed your print to the vinyl cutter. Check the force as with vinyl. Open your .ai file and dubble check the  
=== Insert the media ===
cropmark positions. Change if necessery. Now output your job. First the vinyl cutter will search for the
* Feed your print to the vinyl cutter by putting the sticker sheet from the front. Feed it vertically and make sure it is placed underneath the white marks.
cropmark in the left bottom corner, then the other two.
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Sometimes the first cropmark is not found. In that case change the position of the knive and give it an
[[File:Feedstickerpaper.jpg|700px]]
other try.
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[[File:Sheetwhitemarks.jpg|700px]]
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* Alway make a test in the corner before cutting by moving the knife and pressing TEST for 5 seconds. If the force is too strong, change it in the menu by clicking FORCE>UP/DOWN(to change the gf value)>ENTER>MENU. The suggested force for sticker cutting in 40 gf.
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Note the margins the vinyl-cutter can work with! Your sticker images should be located to the right, and above
== Prepare the file for Cutting ==
the cropmarks.  besides that, leave a margin of 5cm on the top, and atleast 1cm on the right side of your paper.
=== Roland Cut Studio Window ===


For a more detailed manual of the vinyl cutter check the Publication Station WIKI’s Quickstartguides.  
* Open your .ai file on the iMac.
[[http://publicationstation.wdka.hro.nl/wiki/index.php/Quickstartguide:Roland]]
* Make all the layers visible - not locked - in the file.  
* Select the cutlines.
* Open the CutStudioPlugin by clicking on the Illustrator menu Window>Extensions>RolandCutStudio


[[File:Window extensionstickers.jpg|700px]]


[[File:plottercropmarks.pdf]]
=== Cut marks recognition ===
* Click the Crop-Mark button in the Roland Cut Studio.
[[File:Cropmarksbutton.png|500px]]
* Click the Output Selected Lines from the small curtain menu - see image below
[[File:Selectlinesbutton.png|500px]]
* Output your job by clicking the plotter icon. First, the vinyl cutter will search for the crop mark in the left bottom corner, then the other two.
[[File:Output paths final.jpg|500px]]
[[File:Final cut.png|500px]]
* Now the plotter should look for the three black dots on the sticker sheet and then start cutting the outlines.
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[[File:Cropmarksrecog.jpg|700px]]
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* Sometimes the first crop mark is not found. In that case, change the position of the knife and give it another try.
* If anything goes wrong, press the PAUSE button on the plotter.
 
== Download PDF template ==
 
Note the margins the vinyl-cutter needs! Your sticker images should be located to the right, and above  the crop marks.  besides that, leave a margin of 5cm on the top, and at least 1cm on the right side of your paper.
 
You can download this pdf en use it in Illustrator.
 
[http://ps.wdka.nl/wiki/images/a/a0/Wdka_sticker_template_A4.pdf wdka_sticker_template_A4.pdf]
 
[http://ps.wdka.nl/wiki/images/d/d9/Wdka_sticker_template_A3.pdf wdka_sticker_template_A3.pdf]
 
[http://ps.wdka.nl/wiki/images/c/c6/Wdka_sticker_template_32x45.pdf wdka_sticker_template_32x45.pdf]

Latest revision as of 07:41, 23 May 2023

Prepare the file

Illustrator file

  • Create an Illustrator file with three layers. The top layer will contain the images for print, the second layer needs to contain the vector lines for the vinyl cutter. The bottom layer is for the crop marks.


PlotterSafespace.jpg


Layers stickers.jpg

  • Add the crop marks, select the bottom layer and click the crop mark button in the Roland Cut Studio plugin (Window>>Extentions>>Roland Cut Studio). Three black dots will appear in your file. To adjust the position of the crop marks, click the roll menu in the right top corner of the plugin.

Print the sticker sheet

  • Save your Illustrator file both as .ai and .pdf. Save the pdf file without the cutlines.
  • Now print the PDF file at the Print Studio on matte or shiny canon sticker paper (A3 and A4 sizes are available). Print it on 100%, do not scale. Preferably print on the Canon C600i for a more saturated and higher quality result.
  • Stickers can be also printed with the MFP printers by selecting the multipurpose tray and the "Labels" material. Make sure to feed the sticker paper upside down - with the red logos on top.

Prepare the machine

Piece Settings

  • Turn on the Plotter and choose the "PIECE" setup to cut stickers. Then press enter.


Piece selection.jpg

Insert the media

  • Feed your print to the vinyl cutter by putting the sticker sheet from the front. Feed it vertically and make sure it is placed underneath the white marks.


Feedstickerpaper.jpg
Sheetwhitemarks.jpg

  • Alway make a test in the corner before cutting by moving the knife and pressing TEST for 5 seconds. If the force is too strong, change it in the menu by clicking FORCE>UP/DOWN(to change the gf value)>ENTER>MENU. The suggested force for sticker cutting in 40 gf.


Prepare the file for Cutting

Roland Cut Studio Window

  • Open your .ai file on the iMac.
  • Make all the layers visible - not locked - in the file.
  • Select the cutlines.
  • Open the CutStudioPlugin by clicking on the Illustrator menu Window>Extensions>RolandCutStudio

Window extensionstickers.jpg

Cut marks recognition

  • Click the Crop-Mark button in the Roland Cut Studio.

Cropmarksbutton.png

  • Click the Output Selected Lines from the small curtain menu - see image below

Selectlinesbutton.png

  • Output your job by clicking the plotter icon. First, the vinyl cutter will search for the crop mark in the left bottom corner, then the other two.

Output paths final.jpg Final cut.png

  • Now the plotter should look for the three black dots on the sticker sheet and then start cutting the outlines.


Cropmarksrecog.jpg

  • Sometimes the first crop mark is not found. In that case, change the position of the knife and give it another try.
  • If anything goes wrong, press the PAUSE button on the plotter.

Download PDF template

Note the margins the vinyl-cutter needs! Your sticker images should be located to the right, and above the crop marks. besides that, leave a margin of 5cm on the top, and at least 1cm on the right side of your paper.

You can download this pdf en use it in Illustrator.

wdka_sticker_template_A4.pdf

wdka_sticker_template_A3.pdf

wdka_sticker_template_32x45.pdf