Tayda UV Printing

AubreySound said:
Any word on this?? just checked my PDF export and it's 89.91mm X 115.57mm whereas my document in Affinity is 90mm X 115.48mm
Also. I've just used the Roland Swatch..or do I need to manually input some 'spot' colors??

Thanks!
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I think you will be ok with less than a 10th of a mm. Specially if it is on the small side. The roland swatches should work but I have not gotten my whites to be white yet. Others have and hugo said they were right non my last file I sent him but I have not ordered the pedals yet.
 
AubreySound said:
Any word on this?? just checked my PDF export and it's 89.91mm X 115.57mm whereas my document in Affinity is 90mm X 115.48mm
Also. I've just used the Roland Swatch..or do I need to manually input some 'spot' colors??

Thanks!
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You can adjust it by going to pixel size in Affinity instead of mm. I got away with .1mm but will be adjusting from here on out. Not worth the hassle of a redo!
 
For those who work with inkscape or want to get into it i just found this guys youtube channel and the tutorials on it seem great.
 
cooder said:
For those who work with inkscape or want to get into it i just found this guys youtube channel and the tutorials on it seem great.
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Great share. It is his channel that I have learned most of what I know how to do from. Good resource. I still have so much to learn.
 
Danbieranowski said:
Here's what straight black print looks like on a black sand enclosure (no gloss coat). It's basically just a ghosted image. You can see it more depending on your angle and the light. In this case, this is what my buddy wanted it to look like (matte black print on a matte black sand enclosure). I think it actually looks pretty cool for a true blackout pedal.
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How do you like just the color vs having a varnish layer? And how well do you think it will hold up to abuse? 🙂
 
Feral Feline said:
Thanks.

I've had Inkscape for ages, still hit and miss in getting it to do what I want it to.
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It also helps to dwonload the latest version which is the one you need to follow those tutorials. I have been using inkscape for awhile for my normal water slides and I'm so used to it.
I'm doing the pdf exports through Affinity Designer then for Tayda.
 
Feral Feline said:
My computer's probably too old to run the latest of anything.
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It's just some of the functionality in inkscape that is very CPU intensive and can crash the system, like tracing a complex bitmap.
Always good to hit save all the time before the system sinks...
I don't think the latest version of inkscape is much more demanding than what you might have.
Although I can emphasize with the old computer story, I kept mine alive until it came apart at the seams. Literally.
 
Exactly how I buy computers. I get the biggest bang I can, max out the memory as much as I can afford to... then years later after all the bells&whistles the makers keep adding to the slopware has nearly ground it to a halt, it's physically beat to hell, too.

Currently: keys missing, broken or worn out. Can't use my left option or command keys, left shift key has a clear spot where my pinky has worn away the paint of the key completely...
Oh, and power supplies. This is my 6th (maybe only 5th, but ready for its 6th) PSU. The cable on Apple power supplies, at the end that magnetically attaches to the computer, is made out of inferior rubber etc to the rest of the cable as that is ALWAYS where it cracks and eventually deteriorates to the point of short-circuiting the power supply, burning the fuse in my power strip and knocking out the breaker for that corner of the house... No amount of electrical tape helps.

Anyway, I've got some ideas and getting more and more eager to try Tayda printing. Might need a friend to help with the core graphics, as I'm neither an artist/graphic-illustrator nor designer.
 
Yeah, I need the newest version of Inkscape for sure. I think it’s up to 1.1 now, but I’m still running 0.91 from when I downloaded it in February of 2015. It’s absolutely terrible, but I keep forgetting to upgrade to a newer version
 
Danbieranowski said:
Gave in and subscribed to Illustrator today. It is so frustrating trying to figure this software out after the ease of use in Affinity.
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I'm just the opposite, having started with illustrator, I'm finding Affinity a bit confusing, but haven't really given it the effort, as I tend to default to what I know and that's illustrator, which I'm only barely functional in.
 
dmnCrawler said:
How do you like just the color vs having a varnish layer? And how well do you think it will hold up to abuse? 🙂
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I’ve seen reports of the graphics being fragile but I’ve never used a varnish layer and never seen a graphic scratch off, even trying pretty hard with a fingernail. I’m guessing it depends on the color how well the ink will adhere to the surface, but so far no issues here.
 
This is my first try. Designed in Affinity. I have used Roland swatch for the white and I have no problem with the colour. This was one layer of white with gloss varnish. The 9V icon is in black colour with a gloss varnish on top.
This matte black enclosure has a really nice texture in combination with the glossy colour. I like this combination. And I would probably use a second layer of white next time to make it pop more. If you do just thin lines it is not that obvious but you can see enclosure texture and colour on the larger areas under the paint.
 

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Smrtokvitek said:
This is my first try. Designed in Affinity. I have used Roland swatch for the white and I have no problem with the colour. This was one layer of white with gloss varnish. The 9V icon is in black colour with a gloss varnish on top.
This matte black enclosure has a really nice texture in combination with the glossy colour. I like this combination. And I would probably use a second layer of white next time to make it pop more. If you do just thin lines it is not that obvious but you can see enclosure texture and colour on the larger areas under the paint.
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nice, what "D-style" PCB are you building?
 
Smrtokvitek said:
This is my first try. Designed in Affinity. I have used Roland swatch for the white and I have no problem with the colour. This was one layer of white with gloss varnish. The 9V icon is in black colour with a gloss varnish on top.
This matte black enclosure has a really nice texture in combination with the glossy colour. I like this combination. And I would probably use a second layer of white next time to make it pop more. If you do just thin lines it is not that obvious but you can see enclosure texture and colour on the larger areas under the paint.
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Also try a white on the color layer. I am thinking that will make it stand out more without the added pass fee.
 
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