SignLab 7.1 Feature Price List - CADlink

SignLab Add-ons
SignLab Designer
Need a second workstation for designing, but don’t want to pay full price
Designer is a design only version of either the SignLab Vinyl or Vinyl Pro
packages. Install Designer at a second workstation to increase your design
output, and then send the files to the workstation with the corresponding full
version of SignLab 7 installed, to do the printing and cutting. You must have a
corresponding full version of SignLab 7 Vinyl, Vinyl Pro or Print & Cut to qualify.
SignLab Print & Cut Designer QO
Need a second design station, but don’t want the cost of a full printing and
cutting package Print & Cut Designer QO is an economical design only version
of the full Print & Cut package. Use Print & Cut Designer QO to design your
signs, and then send the print and print & cut files to a network computer with
Remote Print & Cut Manager or another SignLab Print & Cut package installed.
SignLab Remote Print & Cut Manager
For the high-volume design shop that produces vinyl and digitally printed signage
Increase your production efficiency. This inexpensive add-on RIP converts
any network computer into a production server. SignLab and PostScript files
can then be processed to any cutter or large format printer connected to that
computer. An ideal way for shops with multiple output devices to simplify and
improve production by dedicating one machine for all your processing needs.
CADlink’s PANTONE Support Module
Installs PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM® colour palettes into SignLab. Used for
applying PANTONE® colour in fills, strokes, gradients and multitone bitmaps.
Spot Colour Printing Module
For any design shop that uses thermal printers to produce their digital prints
Add the Spot Colour Printing Module to any SignLab Print & Cut package and
drive your thermal printer with style. With this module you can open native
GA and Omega 1 & 2 files accurately, edit them and drive Gerber Edge
printers directly, using the ribbons of your choice. Create unique and beautiful
spot colour design effects and offer your customers new design capabilities.
Add the Spot Colour Printing Module to your SignLab package to increase your
shop’s production and sales.
Screen Print Module
Includes all the features found in the Spot Colour Printing Module plus the
following additional capabilities. Ability to apply chokes and bleeds on complex
files, apply underbase and halftone patterns on an object-by-object basis, prime
by tint, preview separations on a pixel by pixel basis to view halftones, traps,
overprints, etc. Output screens on any Windows or SignLab supported large
format printer. Separate into screens and preview any file that SignLab creates,
imports or “links”.
Tech Assist Program
CADlink’s Tech Assist Program is designed to give SignLab customers priority
access to technical support when needed as well as maintenance updates, new
device drivers and technical improvements in SignLab as they become available.
For more details, see our website or ask your CADlink dealer.
Easy to learn.
Simple to use.
SignLab 7.1 System Requirements
Vinyl • Vinyl Pro
With SignLab you’ll produce
extraordinary results on any device
— all from one workstation.
Pick the SignLab package that’s
right for you and contact your
dealer today!
For more information
visit us at
www.cadlink.co.uk
or call
+44 (0) 1462 420222
or email
sales@cadlink.co.uk
EUROPE:
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UNITED STATES:
Tel: (978) 368-3353
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500 Main Street, Clinton, MA 01510
CANADA:
Tel: (613) 247-0850
Fax: (613) 247-1488
2440 Don Reid Drive, Suite 100,
Ottawa, Ontario K1H 1E1
Print & Cut
Minimum Recommended Minimum Recommended
CPU P II 350 P III 450 P III 450 P4 (2 GHz) or higher
HDD 1GB 5 GB 5 GB 40 GB
RAM 64 MB + OS 128 MB + OS 128 MB + OS 512 MB + OS
requirements requirements requirements requirements
Video 1024 x 768 x 16 bit 1024 x 768 x 32 bit 1024 x 768 x 16 bit 1024 x 768 x 32 bit
O/S MS Windows 98 SE, 2000,XP MS Windows 98 SE, 2000, XP
2000, XP 2000, XP
RAM requirements are in addition to the recommended RAM required for safe O/S operation
SignLab is the right choice for sign makers.
It’s flexible, powerful and easy to use. And unlike
design or illustration software, SignLab software is
designed specifically for sign makers.
SignLab Packages
Choose the package that’s right for you!
SignLab Vinyl
For the small to mid size professional design shop that produces vinyl-cut signage
A strongly featured design and production software for shops that do
vinyl-cutting only. SignLab Vinyl offers all the classic text-design and layout
tools you love. You’ll also enjoy many cutting production tools such as power
weeding and contour cutting. Create expert and eye-catching vinyl signs
with SignLab Vinyl.
SignLab Vinyl Pro
For the small to large volume professional design shop where production and
flexibility are key
The ultimate sign design and production software for vinyl cutting,
SignLab Vinyl Pro gives you the text tools, special effects and power tools you
need to produce stunning vinyl signage. Need to create a font No problem.
Add a chisel effect Easy. You’ll find everything you need in this package to
produce professional vinyl-cut signage.
SignLab Print & Cut
For the high-volume design shop that produces vinyl and digitally printed signage
Go digital with SignLab Print & Cut. With our built-in RIP technology we
support a wide range of digital output devices. Add the Spot Colour Printing
Module to this package, and we’ll drive your thermal printer with
extraordinary ease and flair. Also making vinyl signs No problem! With this
package we support all vinyl cutters and you’ll get all the great tools and
features that you’ve grown to love.
Site License
40% off list price per additional seat(s) at same site only.
An additional “seat” of SignLab Vinyl, Vinyl Pro and Print & Cut. The site
license must not have features exceeding those of the original SignLab seat.
Windows 98SE, 2000, and
XP compatible.
SignLab is a registered trademark of
CADlink Technology Corporation All other
brands are trademarks of their respective holders.

Packages - SignLab 7.1 Feature Price List
Vinyl VinylPro Print & Cut
Item # Item # Item #
General Features
SL-0700-P-VINYL SL-0700-P-VINPRO SL-0700-P-PRICUT
Windows, 98SE, 2000 and XP support ● ● ‘98 not recommended
OLE: insert object and convert to native ● ● ●
Multiple Instances ● ● ●
Improved Import/export filters incl. PSD, PS (export) ● ● ●
Link EPS, DCS-EPS files (PhotoShop channels) ● ● ●
PDF import, link, publish and edit ● ● ●
Automatic presentation templates ● ● ●
Clip-art viewer ● ● ●
Grids and guides (vertical, horizontal, angled), lock guides ● ● ●
Multiple undo/redo and undo navigator ● ● ●
Pre-load colour vinyl libraries/modify ● ● ●
Built-in TWAIN support ● ● ●
Scaling, sizing, fitting, alignment, flip ● ● ●
Arrays ● ● ●
Job notes/statistics ● ● ●
Lock/unlock graphics for editing ● ● ●
AGFA ColorTune colour management
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Eye One Colorimeter support
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Design Tools
Parametric shapes tool (stars, circles, rectangles, fan, arrows) ● ● ●
Graphics create/edit ● ● ●
Ginsu knife ● ● ●
Clip-art + decorative borders ● ● ●
Rulers and dials ● ●
Monument Shapes ● ● ●
Cutting Tools
Cut preview ● ● ●
Print and cut: contour apply/cut ● ● ●
Up-dated cutter drivers (150+) ● ● ●
Plot spooling ● ● ●
Interactive tiling /paneling for printing and cutting ● ● ●
Cut time estimator ● ● ●
Cut sorting ● ● ●
Tool tracker ● ● ●
Power weed ● ● ●
Contour cut with auto-bleed ● ● ●
Multi cut passes for thick materials ● ● ●
Send & receive cut files across network ● ● ●
Production queue supports multi cutters on multiple ports ● ● ●
Auto-schedule and archive cut files ● ● ●
Cut contour lines in linked EPS + PDF files
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Text Tools
WYSIWYG text layout (horizontal/vertical) ● ● ●
Font detective ● ● ●
Insert symbol ● ● ●
Text to arc ● ● ●
Interactive kerning ● ● ●
1100+ fonts + TrueType + Corel font support ● ● ●
Spell checker ● ● ●
Fit text to path ● ●
Font creator ● ●
Auto kerning ● ●
Upper /lower case control ● ●
Text compression ● ●
Copy /apply text attributes ● ● ●
Multiple text selection ● ● ●
Embed fonts with saved native files ● ●
PostScript® and URW font support ● ●
Support for pre-filled printing fonts
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e-Commerce Tools (time limited service)
e-proofs and quotes ● ● ●
Web site builder/ hosting ● ● ●
Web browser ● ● ●
e-portfolios ● ● ●
Vinyl VinylPro Print & Cut
cont. cont. cont.
Special Effects (vector images & text)
Create and edit strokes & vary stroke by scale factor ● ● ●
Image cut ● ● ●
Automatic striping ● ● ●
Inline /outline ● ● ●
Shadows: perspective, cast, drop, block ● ● ●
Metamorphosis ● ● ●
Distortions /special effects ● ● ●
Chisel effect ● ●
Multi colour gradient fills - process colours
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Retain object fills after welding ● ● ●
Save pattern fills to palette
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Fantastic Fills library
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Apply “Plug-In” effects to text and graphics
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Power Tools
Badge maker: auto substitute objects with serialization ● ● ●
Digitizing support ● ● ●
CenterLine tracing ● ● ●
AccuScan: B/W vectorization ● ● ●
InstantReplay ● ● ●
Registration marks ● ● ●
Nesting ● ● ●
Dimensioning, measure and add labels ● ● ●
Clipping / masking ● ● ●
Fit object to path ● ● ●
Fuse weld ● ● ●
Colour welds ● ● ●
Convert stroke to cut outlines ● ● ●
Constant stroke stretching ● ● ●
Auto trap overlapping objects with bleed/choke ● ●
Colour vectorization ● ●
Bitmap Tools
Link bitmaps ● ● ●
Bitmap select (lasso, marquee, magic wand) ● ● ●
B&W bitmap edit ● ● ●
Colour bitmap edit ● ●
Texture and pattern bitmap fills
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Filters (blur, emboss, lighten, sharpen, invert, red-eye)
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Colour adjustment tools + colour sampler (eye dropper)
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Adobe “Plug-In” support + 5 Eye Candy effects (incl.)
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Sign Printing Tools
PostScript 3 RIP
Single production queue supports multiple printers/ports
Send and receive print and cut files across a network
Job archiving, scheduling
Hot folder support for cross platform printing
RIP and print over network
RIP and print multiple jobs simultaneously
Direct print and cut from PhotoShop, Corel, AI, Quark, etc.
Auto nest prints
Preview raw print data, pixel by pixel, for each colour channel
Contour cutting on hybrid print & cut devices
Decal mode–RIP once, print many
Link TIFF/EPS/DCS-EPS PDF files, substitute custom colours
Apply halftones and underbase to individual bitmaps and line art
Super Cell screening
Vary print parameters by colour channel
LPT, firewire, TCP/IP, USB support
Bi-cubic resampling
Scale, mirror, invert, rotate and print job
Soft proofing
ICC profile support
RIP CMY, CMYK, Hex, CMYKLcLm, Hex+LcLm
Create new printer profiles from scanner + ICC profile generator
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Add on Modules - SignLab 7.1 Feature Price List
CADlink’s Spot Colour Screen
PANTONE Support Printing Print
Item # Item # Item #
SL-0700-M-PANTONE SL-0700-M-SPOTCOLORPRINT SL-0700-M-SPRINT
PANTONE palettes for applying and printing PANTONE colours ●
Print direct to Edge 1 & 2 & FX ● ●
Edge “Firing” files for Gerber and 3rd party foils ● ●
Global and object priming ● ●
Print prime by tint to prime spot & process tints ● ●
Reduce base when priming tints ● ●
Print spot as process ● ●
Auto trapping ● ●
Print Finish coat, “Flood page” and object by object ● ●
Change foil order at print time & minimize foil passes ● ●
CMY, CMYK and Hexachrome printing ● ●
“Perforated Windows” printing feature ● ●
Print “Simulated process” colour from PhotoShop ● ●
Auto trap with auto heat adjust for Edge printing ● ●
Create duotones (Spectratones) by % tint ● ●
Create spot swatches by varying % tint ● ●
Metamorphosis between two spot colours ● ●
Create multi-tone bitmaps for spot printing ● ●
Preview raw print data, foil by foil ● ●
Multi-colour gradient fills - spot and process colours ● ●
View separations by color plane or in composite
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View halftones and trapping at pixel level
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Simulate media color in viewer
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Merge color planes to reduce screens
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Apply user defined halftones and supercell screens
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Custom ICC profiles for screen printers
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Print screens on large format or Windows desktop printers
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Hardware
Add On Module
Price
Item # Description Suggested List Price
HAR SLFSTBRD CADlink FastBoard required for
Signmaker III, IV, Sprint I and II, S750 plotter
HAR SLSUPADA Super Adapter Card req’d for Super Sprint
and Signmaker IV E
HAR SLRACBLA CADlink Racer Blade (c /w special chip
for FastBoard to optimize performance)
HAR SLRACREF Racer Blade refills (pkg. of 3)
HAR SLRACWAR RacerWare (Fast EPROM for FastBoard)
HAR SLPWRBRD PowerPlus Board
All prices, features and discount structure of SignLab products are subject to change without notice or obligation.