Tayda UV Print Tool Final Update Gloss Testing

[chongmagic]

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I have been working on a UV Artwork Generator.

If you don't have Illustrator or hate dealing with layer management, this tool automates the process for Tayda UV printing.

• Auto-Layers: Upload your design (PNG or JPG), and it automatically generates the required WHITE, COLOR, and GLOSS-V layers.
• Spec Matching: The output is sized to match Tayda's exact enclosure specifications (Full Bleed).
• Smart Gloss: If you use a transparent PNG, it automatically maps the White Base and Spot Gloss exactly to your artwork pixels. If you use a JPG, it creates a solid base.
• Supported Sizes: 1590A, 1590B, 125B, 1590BB, 1590BB2, 1590XX, 1590DD.

It also has a BOM creator that should take any build document and convert it into a BOM checklist.

Also note that these tools do not store any files that are uploaded. They process the upload, generate the result for you to download, and immediately wipe the data from the server.

Also, this is beta, I have tested it with my own files, but please double check your output.

If anyone is interested in trying it out, you can get to it here: PedalForge

If you find bugs, let me know, and if you find it useful let me know if you have any suggestions or anything to add to it.

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I found a few bugs in this so for the time being I am placing it in maintenance mode until I iron a few things out.

Update: I asked Hugo if I could send him a file from the app and have him test it directly. As soon as I get the green light, I will make this tool available again.

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Update 2:

Quick update on the PedalForge → Tayda UV workflow:

Both the 125B and 1590B raster-generated UV files were accepted by Tayda and have already shipped, which confirms the core pipeline is working (color + white underbase from raster input).

I’m currently waiting for the printed enclosures (non-gloss) to arrive this week so I can verify real-world print quality and alignment.

At this point the only remaining technical verification is the spot gloss layer, since I don’t have a gloss enclosure in this batch.

Once gloss is confirmed, the full raster → Tayda UV process should be considered validated end-to-end.

I’ll report back as soon as the enclosures arrive and I can inspect the actual print results.
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Gloss Result Update:


I just received my last test enclosure. For this run, I enabled the gloss layer and used a design from a pedal I built back in 2019. The original artwork was created entirely in Paint.NET for an AionFX Luna.


I exported that original PNG, uploaded it into the tool with gloss selected, generated the PDF, and sent it directly to Tayda.


Attached are:

• The original 2019 pedal with the printed label
• The PNG file saved from Paint.NET
• The new UV + gloss enclosure

 

[Caedarn]

I just tried it and it looks incredible. This is an amazing bit of work, thanks for posting this.

 

[leadfoot]

Very cool!

 

[Caedarn]

A couple comments:

• It might be helpful to note on the tick box for the gloss layer that this will create a "-V" (high gloss) layer (and not the "-M" matte gloss layer that Tayda also offers.)
• It does look like there's a loss of resolution on the .PDF compared to the .PNG that I imported. I don't know if it's relevant, but I can definitely see it.

Again, incredible work.

 

[pettert]

Great idea!


I don't really know what's going on, I'm not really able to verify if it does the right things or not but let's try:

My typical uv print job is white text on transparent background.
Comparing the output from your tool with pdfs I've sent to tayda, I see some things that look different.

My pdfs I've sent to Tayda only has one layer.

Your tool outputs two layers, one being white text on transparent, the second is black text on white background.

I suppose I worry that if I use your tool Tayda will print that black text with a white background heh.

 

[chongmagic]

Thanks for the feedback guys! This is exactly why I wanted to get other eyes on it.

@Caedarn

Resolution - The tool uses a "pass-through" method for PNGs, meaning it embeds your exact original image stream into the PDF container without re-compressing or down sampling it. If it looks soft in the PDF viewer, it's likely just the viewing engine's rendering at that zoom level. If you zoom in to 100% or check the file size, you should see the full quality is still there.

Gloss Label: Great call. I just updated the UI to specify it generates the GLOSS-V (Varnish/High Gloss) layer.


@pettert

You are spot on that it looks weird on screen, but this is intentional for the "Raster" method of UV printing.

The "Black" Text -That layer is named WHITE (you can see this in the layers panel). In UV printing masks, "Black" equals "100% Ink Density."

When the printer looks at the WHITE layer, it interprets the black pixels as "Put White Ink Here."

Since this tool handles PNGs (raster images) instead of Vectors, we have to separate the "White Ink Map" (The Black layer) from the "Color Art" (The Color layer).

This results in printing White Ink (defined by the black mask) and then lay your colors on top. It won't print black ink unless your COLOR layer actually has black pixels in it.

Let me know if this answers your questions, and if I can add anything else that might be helpful let me know!

 

[Joben Magooch]

Man. I just spent like 3 days last week pulling my hair out trying to force myself to learn illustrator so I could get some prints done.

 

[Caedarn]

I just quickly experimented with the BOM tool and that's pretty amazing also. The format is great. The only comment I have is that I wasn't sure how to 'clear' the form in order to upload another build document. I had to fumble around a bit. (Certainly could just be operator impatience...)

 

[chongmagic]

I just quickly experimented with the BOM tool and that's pretty amazing also. The format is great. The only comment I have is that I wasn't sure how to 'clear' the form in order to upload another build document. I had to fumble around a bit. (Certainly could just be operator impatience...)

The "Clear Form" button should clear all of your current data. You can also input your own values or make edits in what is scraped from the pdf build document.

 

[Caedarn]

The "Clear Form" button should clear all of your current data. You can also input your own values or make edits in what is scraped from the pdf build document.

Thanks, I did do that. What threw me a bit was that after clearing the form, the box near the top still says "Done! Data added". But that's the menu button to load the file. When I clicked that box, it immediately went to open a file at my last location. Or maybe I did that incorrectly?

 

[chongmagic]

Thanks, I did do that. What threw me a bit was that after clearing the form, the box near the top still says "Done! Data added". But that's the menu button to load the file. When I clicked that box, it immediately went to open a file at my last location. Or maybe I did that incorrectly?

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I will fix where it resets that after your data has been cleared. Thanks for pointing that out!

 

[giovanni]

I can’t wait to try this out. I use Inkscape and was never able to make it work for Tayda UV and I never bought AD to use it instead, mostly because I could never find the time to do it. Thank you for sharing!

 

[chongmagic]

I can’t wait to try this out. I use Inkscape and was never able to make it work for Tayda UV and I never bought AD to use it instead, mostly because I could never find the time to do it. Thank you for sharing!

Let me know if you run into any issues.

 

[chongmagic]

I updated the BOM scraper tool today, it should now be able to handle and process build documents from many different sites. Again let me know if you run into any bugs.

 

[PunchySunshine]

Makes me wanna actually do some artwork again instead of temp label maker! Thank you @chongmagic !

 

[chongmagic]

Thanks, I did do that. What threw me a bit was that after clearing the form, the box near the top still says "Done! Data added". But that's the menu button to load the file. When I clicked that box, it immediately went to open a file at my last location. Or maybe I did that incorrectly?

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I used the attached PNG to generate the Tayda-ready PDF for some reason it won't let me attach it so here is a screenshot, and these are the results on 125B and 1590B.

White layer mapping printed correctly, gradients came out smooth, and there were no rejection flags from Tayda.

I’m just waiting on the third enclosure with the gloss layer for final validation. As soon as that arrives, I’ll post another update.

 

[giovanni]

I used the attached PNG to generate the Tayda-ready PDF for some reason it won't let me attach it so here is a screenshot, and these are the results on 125B and 1590B.

White layer mapping printed correctly, gradients came out smooth, and there were no rejection flags from Tayda.

I’m just waiting on the third enclosure with the gloss layer for final validation. As soon as that arrives, I’ll post another update.View attachment 111747

Not familiar with the White Test, is it an overdrive?

 

[counterdeliver]

This is fantastic! I passed two bar exams in three days but I couldn’t figure out how to configure Tayda artwork if my life depended on it! I got as far as vectorizing a cool photo of an Echoplex for my EP-3/Aion FX Ares, then hit a wall.

Has anyone tried using this for AmplifyFun? Just curious.

 

[chongmagic]

Not familiar with the White Test, is it an overdrive?

No, it is just a test file I made up in a hurry. Trying to see how the gradient transition would come out.