RSBTR Print-On-Demand

Yeah, that is pretty cool.  If you’re thinking of trying to print patterns with it, why not just use their laser cutter instead if you already have it in digital format.  I asked, and they said they can pretty much cut any of the fabrics that they sell.  I did not however inquire about the price.  I’m thinking of trying this in the near future.  I was also thinking it might be neat to combine printing and cutting.

I wrote them when I heard about Big Laser and they said it was intended for production runs, not one-offs.

Getting custom cut patterns w/ seam lines, part labels and graphics printed on colors other than white would be awesome.

If they’re doing one-off prints, maybe custom cuts and colored fabric aren’t that far away…

Hmm, I wonder what they meant by production runs.  The shops I’ve worked with will happily do one-offs, but it will cost you.  You usually will just have to pay a minimum batch or lot charge; the cheapest I’ve ever gotten at around $150-200 for a cut time of probably about 5 minutes, at least cutting something else beside fabric.  Maybe they have enough demand that they would just rather run uniform production patterns all the time.

Oops, sorry, wandering off topic.

I didn’t ask about minimums or batch sizes.  I suppose there’s potential for group buys.