craigola 0 Posted April 30, 2014 Hi everyone! First of all thanks in advance for any advice given. I appreciate your time and effort. I am wanting to create a cool decal for my clients they can put on their vehicles with a QR Code on them. Each QR Code would be different based on the client as a member of our car club. I am going to sell these to them, so I want them to be nice and look professional and not cheesy. Something they would be proud to put on their vehicle. My first thought would be to use vinyl and just make a vinyl decal. However, after thinking further an upgrade might be some type of a chrome emblem, although I have tried hard to research this and to see how it might be possible to do some kind of a chrome (or fake chrome) emblem where each one could be made and customized. I have some budget money to spend on this (a few thousands dollars) so I don't want to do something on the cheap and would rather even spend a little more to create a quality product. So, if you had to create either a vinyl decal with a custom QR code for each one or a car emblem with a custom QR Code, and you wanted it to be a quality item, what would you do? Thanks for your help!! Craig Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FrznFire07 217 Posted April 30, 2014 A QR code needs to be black on white because of the way the camera reads it. it is essentially a 3D barcode and because it is read by a camera if you try to snazz it up it might become unreadable. We did our QR's out of vinyl only trick is weeding, be careful and make sure it works before you install. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dakotagrafx 7,297 Posted April 30, 2014 +1 on the chrome might be hard to read - the cleanest version would be find someone with a gerber edge to print them - I had some steering wheel emblems done for my boat on the edge with a chrome background and it is amazing. problem being I cant justify buying one myself for those few projects. like above the chrome would probably be hard for the camera to read. I print groups of 25-50 for members on white but one offs wouldn't make sense either Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pshawny 410 Posted April 30, 2014 Search Google for custom QR codes. You can get pretty creative with some of them, not just a plain square shape. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
craigola 0 Posted May 1, 2014 Well here is the deal. I want to create these to sell to our site members to put on their vehicles. So, again, it has to look pro, BUT I plan on selling them (another reason they need to look PRO). Can't look homemade and needs to be something an auto enthusiast would want to be on their vehicle. I have a total budget of around $3,000-$5,000 to purchase a machine/device/cutter to create these things. Again, it would be ideal to start with the vinyl decals I suppose, but at the same time, some type of an emblem would step things up a bit. I even wonder if we could 3D print an emblem. I was thinking of charging maybe $10-$15 for the vinyl decal and anywhere from $15-$50 for the emblem depending on the quality and production process. But again, I am a TOTAL newbie at this, so I could totally be talking out my butt (which is why I am here to learn under all of your wisdom.) Oh, another option COULD be a combo, where we mass produce an emblem and then maybe use a vinyl decal to overlay the QR code. i.e the emblem might be a matte black, but the QR code decal could be a white overlay... Just trying to think out of the box. So, anything I could do with that budget? Thanks! Craig Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dakotagrafx 7,297 Posted May 1, 2014 holy cow - you can get $10-15 for a decal of a qr code - I seriously need to readjust my pricing - usually I do them for under .50 in qty Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
craigola 0 Posted May 2, 2014 @dakota: Actually the $15 is for more than just the decal, but if you are talking in quantity then we are not talking about the same thing. I'm not talking about running 500 of the same code. I'm talking every code will be different. So would you charge .50 for one item? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darcshadow 1,626 Posted May 2, 2014 Just currious, what are you going to have the QR code "say"? Personally I dislike QR codes and would rather have something human readable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
craigola 0 Posted May 2, 2014 I hear ya on the qr code. There could Be a human readable version as well but too much text starts to ruin the aesthetic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
craigola 0 Posted May 2, 2014 These will be small too. Smaller than a bumper sticker. Fyi. Thanks again for your feedback. I really appreciate it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
craigola 0 Posted May 2, 2014 @dakota: what does the gerber edge do? I see it's a thermal printer. What does it print on? Looks full color? Is it weatherproof? (Remember I'm a newbie... Need a little hand holding) Thanks!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dakotagrafx 7,297 Posted May 2, 2014 yes weatherproof and prints on chrome . . . very nice printer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
craigola 0 Posted May 3, 2014 @dako yes weatherproof and prints on chrome . . . very nice printer Prints on Chrome?!?! Prints color on Chrome?! As in, we could have a bunch of pre-made chrome emblems and then just print the logo/QR code on each one? Thanks! C Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dakotagrafx 7,297 Posted May 3, 2014 it starts with chrome vinyl and prints the color on it - I had someone print black on chrome then I domed it for my boat Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dakotagrafx 7,297 Posted May 3, 2014 http://www.gspinc.com/edge-fx Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
