I work for a VA hospital and started with a CAMM-1 vinyl cutter with 0 experience. Between RU-vid and myself along with some free internship hours on weekends from a local sign company with awesome owners I've learned so much. I retire in 5 years and hope to volunteer at a local mom & Pop sign shop as free labor just to keep busy and out of the misses hair a few days of the week. I mostly make directional and way-finding signage now and, some street signs to replace aging ones. And A-Frames....So many A-Frames. My boss saw the potential for in-house sign making and put in for the VG3-540 which will be here early September. I'm so happy I have management that see's value in my services and in buying quality products. Can't wait. My favorite part is I'm training a person to take over when I retire and they pick up everything so quickly and are so eager to learn. I still struggle with all the manufacturers products and what they do but I'm learning more everyday. Who knew making signs would be so rewarding.
Your videos help a lot, good job! I have a question, on the Roland VG3-540 is it possible to reduce the vinyl advance speed when the machine is reading the cut marks? as the machine is very quick to read and sometimes jams the material.
Hi I am think about buying the small brother of this machine. Sg300 i think it is called. I am concerned about noises from the printer when not printing. Is it noticable when turned on, but not printing? During the print i dont care. My desk is close to the printer and i hate hearing a fan on 100% without a reason the whole day 😅 Hope you can answer this question Best regards from germany Tobi
Greetings, I would like to get into the business of labels with children's names. In Norway, parents make labels with their children's names so that children's clothes and things don't get lost. It is quite common here. But we haven't decided what to choose as a machine. Here these labels are supposed to be water resistant. Is a separate process required here. Can you give us an idea about both this and the machine.
Are stickers on this machine water proof? Like if you scrub the sticker with rubbing alcohol would the image still stay? I was watching a comparison video of the HP Latex 115 & Roland bn20. The HP Latex 115 was 100% water proof where they rubbed the sticker rubbing alcohol and the image stayed intact whereas the Roland bn20 image didn’t it completely came off. So I’m wondering if this machine is any different when it comes to it being water proof?
You should have gotten a separate vinyl cutter for the cutting. If you cut too long a run the cutting will go out of sync. Never cut too far back. Also, pay special attention to those side clamps. They can damage your print head :( and that will not be nice on your pocket. BN20 is garbage!!
We have found that to be true with the BN20, but the VG3 has not shown to have the same issue. We do have a separate vinyl cutter that we can use after laminating if needed.
@@SPDesignsFL Happy printing guys. Treat the printer well and it will return the favour. Oh! Make sure it's on a UPS, and also plugged in to self maintain itself.
