It always happens when I travel.   Some sort of adventure, an experience, a tale to tell. The trip for a VersaCAMM installation in Maine this week was no exception   It started like most – an early morning airport flight with layovers and all the joy that comes with it (note heavy sarcasm here). On the last leg of my flight I was privileged to sit next to Lance Corporal Mitchell Jameson. This young man was on his way home...

We all struggle to make the time to learn and create great products for our customers. Sometimes the answer to the next big thing is as simple as utilizing a feature or technique on a piece of equipment we already have. Today’s post is about just that – using the Roland VersaCAMM to produce die cut, finished edge graphics that are suitable for point of purchase displays and more. With a few fairly simple steps and a bit of...

I see it all the time – a misunderstanding of what DPI and PPI mean and why they are important to us. They seem to get interchanged often and become a blurry idea of what our graphics are. When it comes time for the shop to print an image, the assumption is that everything is perfect for what we need at the final output. We need to have a good understanding of what these two terms are, and more importantly, how they affect us in the print...

The Roland BN20 Versastudio printer is a great addition to the already amzing line of Roland pructs on the market. It has a print and cut area of 20 inches and is compact enough that it can fit just about everywhere. With the addition of metallic ink and now an option to do white ink instead, this little beast is helping many shops open up into a market that was previously not attainable due to price. The biggest complaint I have heard on...

Tired of printing out decals and getting cuts that are slightly off? How would you feel if I could show you a way to not only increase the accuracy of your print and cut machine, but to also speed up production and leave you more time to do other things? This short video tutorial blog update shows you just how to do that. Using the custom cut feature in Versaworks and making a few adjustments, you can have Versaworks perform a print...

I recently had the opportunity to install 2 of the new Roland BN20 VersaStudio desktop printer / cutters. There have been many inquiries and requests for information and a “real” assessment of how well these units perform and if it is really a viable solution to different problems they have been facing. I will admit that when I first heard about the VersaStudio, I did not think it would do well and it would not meet the needs...