I work for a VA hospital and started with a CAMM-1 vinyl cutter with 0 experience. Between TH-cam and myself along with some free internship hours on weekends from a local sign company with awesome owners I've learned so much. I retire in 5 years and hope to volunteer at a local mom & Pop sign shop as free labor just to keep busy and out of the misses hair a few days of the week. I mostly make directional and way-finding signage now and, some street signs to replace aging ones. And A-Frames....So many A-Frames. My boss saw the potential for in-house sign making and put in for the VG3-540 which will be here early September. I'm so happy I have management that see's value in my services and in buying quality products. Can't wait. My favorite part is I'm training a person to take over when I retire and they pick up everything so quickly and are so eager to learn. I still struggle with all the manufacturers products and what they do but I'm learning more everyday. Who knew making signs would be so rewarding.
Any suggestions on how I can print/cut paper? I'm using a 63" roll of gloss paper, needing to print rolls of calendars. Running two up, it'll cut one but then bunch up on the second cut. I know the paper obviously comes apart based on the first cut, but are there any techniques to get clean cuts on both sides? I tried perforated, but the paper wont cleanly break away. Could my perforation settings be too light? Should I do one at a time? This way would waste a lot of material.
Hi I am think about buying the small brother of this machine. Sg300 i think it is called. I am concerned about noises from the printer when not printing. Is it noticable when turned on, but not printing? During the print i dont care. My desk is close to the printer and i hate hearing a fan on 100% without a reason the whole day 😅 Hope you can answer this question Best regards from germany Tobi
Your videos help a lot, good job! I have a question, on the Roland VG3-540 is it possible to reduce the vinyl advance speed when the machine is reading the cut marks? as the machine is very quick to read and sometimes jams the material.
Greetings, I would like to get into the business of labels with children's names. In Norway, parents make labels with their children's names so that children's clothes and things don't get lost. It is quite common here. But we haven't decided what to choose as a machine. Here these labels are supposed to be water resistant. Is a separate process required here. Can you give us an idea about both this and the machine.
Are stickers on this machine water proof? Like if you scrub the sticker with rubbing alcohol would the image still stay? I was watching a comparison video of the HP Latex 115 & Roland bn20. The HP Latex 115 was 100% water proof where they rubbed the sticker rubbing alcohol and the image stayed intact whereas the Roland bn20 image didn’t it completely came off. So I’m wondering if this machine is any different when it comes to it being water proof?
You should have gotten a separate vinyl cutter for the cutting. If you cut too long a run the cutting will go out of sync. Never cut too far back. Also, pay special attention to those side clamps. They can damage your print head :( and that will not be nice on your pocket. BN20 is garbage!!
We have found that to be true with the BN20, but the VG3 has not shown to have the same issue. We do have a separate vinyl cutter that we can use after laminating if needed.
@@SPDesignsFL Happy printing guys. Treat the printer well and it will return the favour. Oh! Make sure it's on a UPS, and also plugged in to self maintain itself.
just took delivery of my sg3-540 today so i’m rewatching this. lovely printer series.
I work for a VA hospital and started with a CAMM-1 vinyl cutter with 0 experience. Between TH-cam and myself along with some free internship hours on weekends from a local sign company with awesome owners I've learned so much. I retire in 5 years and hope to volunteer at a local mom & Pop sign shop as free labor just to keep busy and out of the misses hair a few days of the week. I mostly make directional and way-finding signage now and, some street signs to replace aging ones. And A-Frames....So many A-Frames. My boss saw the potential for in-house sign making and put in for the VG3-540 which will be here early September. I'm so happy I have management that see's value in my services and in buying quality products. Can't wait. My favorite part is I'm training a person to take over when I retire and they pick up everything so quickly and are so eager to learn. I still struggle with all the manufacturers products and what they do but I'm learning more everyday. Who knew making signs would be so rewarding.
Great video I’ve been in the sign business for 35 years and we are about to buy one like that thanks for the video take care
Never knew a printer could be so huge 😮
Good choice! We love ours!
8:16 (the metallic sound).... i got a fright thinking that you sheet cut blade snagged on the left media guide
Thats a big upgrade. 5k printer vs 18kish printer.
Any suggestions on how I can print/cut paper? I'm using a 63" roll of gloss paper, needing to print rolls of calendars. Running two up, it'll cut one but then bunch up on the second cut. I know the paper obviously comes apart based on the first cut, but are there any techniques to get clean cuts on both sides?
I tried perforated, but the paper wont cleanly break away. Could my perforation settings be too light?
Should I do one at a time? This way would waste a lot of material.
I would do one at a time. Our machine has just started doing the same.
Hi
I am think about buying the small brother of this machine. Sg300 i think it is called.
I am concerned about noises from the printer when not printing. Is it noticable when turned on, but not printing? During the print i dont care.
My desk is close to the printer and i hate hearing a fan on 100% without a reason the whole day 😅
Hope you can answer this question
Best regards from germany
Tobi
This machine is as quiet as a mouse when it is not running so it is the BN20.
@@SPDesignsFL thanks for your help.
Your videos help a lot, good job!
I have a question, on the Roland VG3-540 is it possible to reduce the vinyl advance speed when the machine is reading the cut marks? as the machine is very quick to read and sometimes jams the material.
Great video
Cool hair
Very helpful thanks
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Greetings, I would like to get into the business of labels with children's names. In Norway, parents make labels with their children's names so that children's clothes and things don't get lost. It is quite common here. But we haven't decided what to choose as a machine. Here these labels are supposed to be water resistant. Is a separate process required here. Can you give us an idea about both this and the machine.
Nice video I have the 540 and am in love with it but lately it won't read the media and I have to manually enter the media size any suggestion?
We are having the same issue right now. If we figure it out I will message you.
Just got mine - do you have a recommendation of good quality HTV for fill color transfers w easy weeding ?
Are stickers on this machine water proof? Like if you scrub the sticker with rubbing alcohol would the image still stay? I was watching a comparison video of the HP Latex 115 & Roland bn20. The HP Latex 115 was 100% water proof where they rubbed the sticker rubbing alcohol and the image stayed intact whereas the Roland bn20 image didn’t it completely came off. So I’m wondering if this machine is any different when it comes to it being water proof?
Alcohol would remove the ink. The ink is water proof once it's dry.
price?
Price?
You should have gotten a separate vinyl cutter for the cutting. If you cut too long a run the cutting will go out of sync. Never cut too far back. Also, pay special attention to those side clamps. They can damage your print head :( and that will not be nice on your pocket. BN20 is garbage!!
We have found that to be true with the BN20, but the VG3 has not shown to have the same issue.
We do have a separate vinyl cutter that we can use after laminating if needed.
@@SPDesignsFL Happy printing guys. Treat the printer well and it will return the favour. Oh! Make sure it's on a UPS, and also plugged in to self maintain itself.
@@errolsmith5634 What UPS do you recommend for such a large machine. What size?Thanks
APC 2200VA UPS will do just fine@@LapLap-RLNDuk
VG3 settings were on Standard or High Quality?
Standard we have messed with the color profile
does it do diecut cutting for stickers?
Yes
your spee sound plese
who did you buy this through?
When buying a new machine you need to go through the specific Roland authorized dealer assigned to your region.
@@travismccloskey9733 There are like 6 Roland dealers in Florida.
@@jasm0ahn547 Oh gotcha. I just bought a VG3 and in central Pennsylvania I only had one option.
The BN20 is PAINFULLY slow.
إنها جيدة ولاكن سيئة بالنسبة لي تاخير الوقت طباعة في الساعة فقط خمسة امتار بطيئة جدا
Sound is too low when you’re talking.
Hello, can you tell me how much the machine cost and the cost of each ink?
Hey its was around 22k not sure on the ink we have not ordered that yet.
About $30k or more got the SG3 540 for $23k Canadian
After 6 months have you noticed anything about the machine that is giving you problems. I just ordered one today.
The ink levels do not work it says they are full even when they are empty
You're so beautiful, not a machine. girl 😊
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