Best suited
for the following signs:
Wide-Format Digital
Printing
Thermal Printing (Gerber EDGE)
Signs with Cut Vinyl Graphics
Vehicle Graphics
Signs with a Lot of Copy
Logos & Custom Designs
Shirts & Caps
Silk-Screen Printing
How your
Gerber file will save setup expense:
For Wide-Format
Digital Printing, we can convert your Composer file with
little additional setup necessary.
For Cut Vinyl Graphics and Thermal Digital Printing
(EDGE), your Composer file will output directly to our
Gerber output devices:
• Gerber HS 15 Plus
• Gerber Odyssey 48"
• Gerber EDGE
Please follow the
checklist below to avoid extra setup expense.
Pre-Flight
Checklist:
Specific instructions
for making your file suit our equipment.
1. Convert
all Small Text to Outlines
Small Text uses
whatever TrueType fonts happen to be installed on your
Windows system... we may not have the same ones.
HOW: Select the text, choose Text > Remove Text Smart
Edit > Small Text.
It is not necessary to convert Gerber Fonts unless
you're using custom ones you converted from TrueType or
made yourself in Gerber Font Designer.
2. Provide
imported images separately
Not all file formats
include copies of themselves when imported.
Placed images should be about 70 dpi at final output
size for the Gerber EDGE, and about 150 dpi for Wide
Format Digital Printing.
3. Save as
OMEGA 1.56 or earlier
HOW: Choose File >
Save As... In the Save As dialog choose a suitable
version in the Save as type: drop-down.
4. Provide a
printout of the design
Or provide a .pdf or
.jpg so we can verify that your Composer file opened
correctly.
Additional
Checklist For Cut Vinyl Graphics:
5. Eliminate
all paths that should not cut
It is common practice
to create a complex shape by stacking simple shapes of a
common color.
However, a vinyl cutter's knife will follow EVERY path.
Please simplify your shapes so that the only path is
around the outside of the shape (and any voids within
the shape).
HOW: Select objects. Choose Tools > Effects > Contour >
Continue. (Keep Originals should be deactivated).
Also, please make
sure objects are closed ...the knife will not follow a
path segment that's not there.
Please avoid duplicates of paths superimposed over each
other.
6. Eliminate
all print-only attributes
Cut Vinyl Graphics
are only capable of reproducing type and shapes of solid
color.
Eliminate all fades, strokes, etc. ...The knife is only
going to follow the path itself.
