JG Electronics will showcase its newly released Silhouette Cameo 5 cutting machine at the FESPA Africa and Sign Africa Expo, taking place 11-13 September at Gallagher Convention Centre, 9am-5pm.
The Silhouette Cameo 5 is the fastest, most accurate and quietest electronic business cutting machine in Silhouette’s line-up. With advanced engineering and powered by Silhouette Studio®, it’s perfect for both beginners and pros.
It is a more robust machine with a quieter operation, smooth-opening lid and enhanced registration mark reading for flawless print and cut jobs. Cut up to 305mm wide. Whether adding to an existing branding business or starting a small to medium business, the Silhouette Cameo 5 is the ideal cutting solution.
The cutter can be used for heat transfer vinyl (videoflex) for branding T-shirts and fabrics; sticker vinyl for business branding and wall murals for rooms and more. The full range of pre-printed sublimation patterns can be cut and transferred to decorate sublimation coated products if you don’t own a sublimation printer. It can also be used for stencils for acid etching (glass etching), wood burning gel, fabric paint, wall art, stamp making, and sandblasting; users can draw words/designs with standard gel pens (needs a pen holder); and draw sublimation words and sketch designs using Sublimation Craft Marker Pens (needs a pen holder), in the vinyl cutter.
With sublimation ink already in the pen, it allows users to transfer sketches on a wide range of blank sublimatable items from JG Electronics. Sketch foil designs (foil stamping) for award certificates, business cards, event invites and more on cardstock using the VC Foil Heat Pen with Heat Transfer Stamping Foils. Emboss logos (raised mark on the surface) on business cards, birthday cards, Christmas cards, invitations for special occasions, cardstock bookmarks, and much more using the Silhouette embossing tool in conjunction with the Cameo 5 embossing mat. Users can cut paper, cardstock, some fabrics and more.
Features include a maximum cutting depth of 0.3cm/3mm height clearance for thicker materials and users can cut with and without a cutting mat. The maximum cutting length is 61cm with a cutting mat. The cutter offers a 300% speed increase compared to previous Cameo models. The maximum cutting force for carriage 1 is 300 gf and carriage 2 is 5 kgf (highest in machine class). The powerful free software is versatile yet incredibly easy to master and SilhouetteStudio® is perfect for both beginners and pros. Interface: USB 2.0 (full-speed)/Bluetooth® and multiple blade options.
Should a user’s business expand and the Cameo isn’t able to cope with the volumes, simply upgrade the free edition to the Business Edition software. This upgrade provides the ability to connect multiple machines to the same PC and run multiple jobs simultaneously. Software upgrades can be purchased online.
Silhouette Cameo 4 blades fit and work in the Silhouette Cameo 5 vinyl cutter, which features automatic cutting tool detection in that the auto-set blade is adjusted to the correct depth by the software according to the substrate being cut. Cameo 5 is Mac and PC compatible, with three levels of software upgrades that give users functionality such as barcodes, plug-ins for CorelDRAW®, advanced tracing, tracing by colour, tiling, nesting, advanced warping, puzzle generation, embroidery files imports, and more. JG Electronics repair the machines locally, with free training at their offices in Johannesburg, Bloemfontein and Cape Town.
The optional VC Cameo 5 electrostatic mat uses static electricity to hold the media being cut in place – perfect for thin items which can be damaged by a standard mat. The optional VC Cameo 5 electrostatic cover sheet protects the electrostatic tray or mat surface from damage. It also helps to create a static layer to hold material in place during machine operation.
FESPA Africa and Sign Africa Expo, taking place from 11-13 September 2024 at Gallagher Convention Centre from 9am-5pm, is sponsored by Stixo and Roland. Entrance is free, please register online.
JG ELECTRONICS
+27 11 789 6033
sign@jge.co.za
https://www.jgelectronics.com/
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