ISO affordable sticker making workflow

[Clint Johns]

I am wondering what folks are using as a lower price point to a roland bn20 for students who want to make low batch runs of individual stickers with irregular outlines?

At a previous job, I had worked with a brother scan and cut and was able to create moderately decent stickers. Do other options exist that work well for you?

Happy Holidays!

Clint Johns (he/him/his)
Woodside Priory
MS/US Robotics Head Coach
Computer Science Department
STREAM center + Tinker Lab

[Justin M Schmidt]

If you are ok with printing on a separate printer, a Cricut or Silhouette should do the trick. Their main line machines are 12" wide, and they both have 24" offerings that rival a commercial machine in capability (maybe not in speed or accuracy). I've had success doing print & cut with generic printable vinyl sticker stock from Amazon. For just cutting stickers (not doing any engraving/embossing/etc) you can buy the oldest, cheapest models you can find for sale (looks like Explore Air 3 for Cricut, Cameo 4 for Silhouette now.)

I find both machines to be a bit finnicky when it comes to detecting the registration marks and cutting accurately 100% of the time, but they can do it when they want to!

Interested to hear if anyone has reccs for a cheap all in one print & cut.

Justin Schmidt
Instructor

K-12 Maker Lab | MIT Edgerton Center

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