<t>Hi MREDD<br/>
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You are describing two types of personalisation, Vinyl and inkjet transfer. <br/>
There are plenty of threads on here about the merits of each. But, to print onto items for babies I personally wouldn’t recommend either. <br/>
Both of these methods leave something on the ...

This is the video I mentioned. Hope it is of some help
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdKdwEtoj3U&feature=plcp

Cadcut direct have a channel on YouTube. One of their 30min videos taken last year shows several ways to apply foil. It might be worth a look before you bin it all.

Can we have a poll on whether we should have a poll to decide if we should have a poll to hold a poll?

If you start out with cheaper presses and decide later to upgrade, those cheap ones make great back-ups and give you a safety net if anything happens to your expensive gear

£975 without a stand, three and a bit times a Chinese cutter (or a cameo). But as RogerC said it's brilliant and to me it's worth it.

<t>When faced with the same choice as you, I opted for the Cameo because I thought that quality was more important than size. But three months later I came to the conclusion that a 300mm wide cut just wasn't wide enough. <br/>
However I was so impressed with the quality of Graphtec's little machine ...

You could always use water slide decal unprinted as a protective coating

<t>Apart from the space needed to maneuver the swing press away, another difference to think about is that a swing press will open up higher than a clam shell <br/>
so that if you wish to press thicker items like some acrylic blocks then a swing press can be more useful.<br/>
As for pressing vinyl ...

<t>Epson 1400 for sub work (no ciss) I agree with Justin about the 6 colour quality. px700 with dye ink and ciss for normal printing, and another 1400 with pigment ink for photo work. <br/>
I like the 1400s! <br/>
They are worth the odd clean for the quality of the output, but with the inks I am ...