Plotter

Mumba2011 · March 23, 2016

Good morning All I have a question I am in the market of buying a plotter and the two that I came across was # Q-Series 42 buy Tint Tek 20/20 and # CC Jaguar Plotter by Solar Gard and I was wondering if anyone has use either or both? Also which one you prefer out of the two and why? Thanks LB

TrueNorthTint · March 23, 2016

Ive got a Jaguar and it does the trick. Not as many bells and whistles as other plotters on the market but it does the job I need it to.

WearTheFoxHat · March 23, 2016

I'd recommend a plotter that can deal with at least 60" film

Until there is a plotterdude.com check out signs101 where there are TONS of plotter users. If you want to expand your business, plotters and printers are the way to go.

Some mannys even make printer/plotters

More users = better info

Mumba2011 · March 23, 2016

Thanks True North Tinton and WearTheFoxHat

TrueNorthTint · March 23, 2016

I'd recommend a plotter that can deal with at least 60" film

Thats the one thing I wish mine could do. Ive got a 40" and there are things I just cant do with it that Id like to

Tintguy1980 · March 24, 2016

Jags are middle of the road in quality. Roland, roland, roland, get 'em up move 'em out, rawhide!

Crazydays01 · March 30, 2016

I bought a graphtec fc8000-130 for 2500 used. So far customer service is soso. I had the best cust service from film design to help me get it set up printing film patterns.

CustomGlassTinter · March 30, 2016

I didn't like Tint Tek 20/20. Their patterns are good, and I can't remember if they had many windscreen patterns, but I found the shadowbands/sun visors were often incorrect. Wasted a lot of film. I do many upper/lower shadowbands so I absolutely have to have windscreen patterns. I hate cutting bands by hand, and find the droopy factory edge bands unappealing.

I was always fighting with their third party production software; not their fault as they have no control over it. It was frustrating having to play with the production settings every single cut. You couldn't save settings. For example, if I remember correctly, cutting when the machine pushed the film out. I had to deselect that option every single cut I made.

DynamicATL · March 31, 2016

Adding a Graphtec (maybe Roland) next month with Llumar Precision Cut software.

Crazydays01 · April 3, 2016

I have a graphtec fc8000-130 I bought used from a sign shop for 2500 with stand. I have film design and had a 2015 civic, the rear 1/4 windows were off by a 1/4 of a inch in the program. I have noticed that some cars the lines are not true with the glass.