Tayda UV Printing

szukalski said:
First prints came in. Pretty happy with it except for the fact that the Aphrodite is a 5 pot build and I missed the Savage pot during one redo and didn’t catch it. PEBCAK. I also need to bring in the border a few pixels. But works for now.

Big thanks to too many people involved in this learning curve.

Bonus points if you can work out what the yellow ones will be..View attachment 28737
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Buzzaround?
 
thewintersoldier said:
I think I brought this up in my tutorial for this very reason.
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I need to go through your tutorials, to be honest.

I still haven't used Tayda's UV service... I used PPP and Mammoth quite a bit but they were fairly straightforward. Their only requirement was vector format, proper layer stackup was not an issue.

Although it's entirely possible I might never get around to using it, considering some recent possible developments. We'll see.
 
It sorta looks like it.

That's not to say it won't get bashed to pieces in frustration, but we'll see. If so, I'll film it.

We'll discuss more in another thread, but yeah... I see no need for a UV printer without powdercoat, and no need for either without drilling... so...
Endless frustration ahead!
 
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I'll add this... a UV printer can't sit inactive for periods of time, so I'll have to keep it running fairly consistently.

Since I wouldn't feel good about charging a premium for UV prints while learning there might be an opportunity for some very affordable and quick UV prints during this learning process, if you can live with possibly less than perfect results.

I'm getting ahead of myself though, this could be the last time you hear anything about this. :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
 
thewintersoldier said:
Would it be only your projects or any project you would print/powder coat?
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Like I said in the "Powder Room" thread, I have no intentions of trying to compete with Tayda, that'd be a fail right off the rip.

Initially I'll have to start small, I'm thinking batches of colors, pre-drilled enclosures for the most common templates, and possibly commissioning some of the folks here who are good with pedal artwork (hint ;)) to come up with some designs that can be kept in stock. I might even have to order batches of pre-drilled enclosures from Tayda to powdercoat and print in the beginning until I get a CNC set up.

Right now I'm focusing on powder and printing. More folks have a drill and/or drill press than they do a UV printer or powder room, so that is my primary focus.

I'll be more than happy to some custom jobs for folks while learning (in fact I'll need to just to stay busy with it), I just probably won't make it a standard option on the site until I know the routine.

If I can grow into fully custom jobs I absolutely will. Now that I have some help with shipping I should have more free time to do other tasks.

One plus, and again, I'm speaking a bit ahead of myself, is that the software appears to support PNG and JPG images... If that is the case it should make printing much more approachable to a wider audience.

It's all going to depend on how things play out though... I could have just ordered a really heavy paperweight or conversation piece.
 
The vector is converted to a raster image before printing either way, so the resolution is entirely up to the conversion process and printer specs. (5760x2880dpi in this case)

It supports PDF as well, I just thought the simplicity of raster formats would be a plus to some. If you're already familiar with Illustrator this means nothing to you.

You can export a bitmap at a high enough resolution that it stays crisp when scaling as well (unless you're planning on printing a billboard).

You can still see the pixels on the higher resolution image if you zoom in, but inkjet printers work with dots, not lines, so that's the case with any UV print.

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Compare these two, for example. (Blow them up full size)


TLDR; I think the resolution will be decided by the print head, not so much the format. And my completely uneducated impression is that we shouldn't have a problem.
 
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Ohhh I’d love to get some custom work done!!! I guess I’m gonna have to get that Illustrator subscription!
 
thewintersoldier said:
I did this for free because he's a friend and a cool guy. Isn't that what diy is all about.
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Absolutely, but I wasn't talking about a personal custom job. More of a general purpose stock design that could be used by the masses who just want some nice looking labels and don't care about working up their own artwork....

And it's not my place to volunteer people to give their work away for free. ;)
 
I was planning to upload my templates and a how-to on the vectorising/overlap-removal once the templates are in a better place. Then it should be enough to change the text, add an image if you want, and export away.
 
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