Daniel D 0 Posted August 25, 2020 Hi, we recently bought an hp latex titan 3 printer cutter combo and one of the things we'd like to do with it is die cut decals/stickers. I know the Titan 3 doesn't have a separate mode to handle fully cutting through the vinyl backing unfortunately. Until we can afford to upgrade to a large enough cutter with the feature we were hoping maybe someone had experience doing it with a Titan 3 or similar model. Even if it would likely eat through cutting strips rather quickly. We've done some test runs with different force / blade depth settings and gotten it to nearly work for some of the decals but many don't get fully cut. I know it's a long shot but does anyone know if there's a way to improve the results or are we stuck having to find a new cutter? If so, is graphtec the best choice for something like this? Thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haumana 1,220 Posted August 25, 2020 You risk damaging the machine as a whole. If you find a way to cut through all of it, the vinyl will still want to scroll back and forth and will get caught on the blade and/or blade carriage. That will cause all kinds of unnecessary and excessive resistance that the cutter was not designed for. The only way to avoid that, is to use a carrier sheet, which is basically how the crafters do it on their cricuts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MZ SKEETER 4,709 Posted August 25, 2020 A Graphtec FC8000 and on up model, is the only cutter with a dual position for the blade holder and a channel in front of the cutting strip, so that you can cut out and perf cut. Possibly you can find a good used one out there. I know it's very possible. Search and have the money. Ebay, Craig's list, Fbook Marketplace. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darcshadow 1,627 Posted August 25, 2020 And just a point of clarification, die cutting is done with custom made dies which are stamped onto the media and cut it, kind of like a cookie cutter cutting through dough. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites