Artwork for Roland Vinyl Cutter
Roland DG vinyl cutters (GX and GS series for cutting, BN series for print-and-cut) are the professional standard in sign shops, vehicle wrap studios, and banner production. Roland Cut Studio and VersaWorks software require clean vector artwork with specific path and layer structure.
About Artwork for Roland vinyl cutter
Roland DG is the dominant brand in professional sign making. The GX and GS series are dedicated vinyl cutters; the BN series (BN-20, BN-20A) combines inkjet printing with contour cutting for print-and-cut production. All Roland models require vector artwork prepared to professional standards.
Roland Cut Studio SVG workflow: - Cut Studio accepts SVG via the standalone application or Illustrator plugin. - Paths must have a stroke colour defined for Cut Studio to register them as cut lines. - All text must be converted to outlines before import — Cut Studio does not embed fonts.
Roland BN-series print-and-cut workflow: - Create two layers in the artwork file: one for the full-colour print artwork (exported as PDF or TIFF), one for the cut contour (SVG stroke path). - BN series printers use OPOS optical sensors to detect printed registration marks. Cut Studio adds these marks automatically when preparing a print-and-cut job.
File requirements for Roland vinyl cutters: - Vector paths only for cut operations — no raster elements in the cut layer. - All text converted to outlines. - Minimum detail: Roland cutters handle paths to 1 mm, but details under 3 mm may cut incorrectly depending on blade and material hardness. - Blade offset: Roland configures blade offset compensation (typically 0.25–0.5 mm) in Cut Studio — no adjustment needed in the SVG file.
How to prepare artwork for Roland vinyl cutters: 1. Upload the PNG design to the PNG-to-SVG converter above. 2. Download the SVG. 3. Open in Inkscape: assign stroke colours to all cut paths; convert text to outlines. 4. Save as Plain SVG. 5. Import into Roland Cut Studio or VersaWorks.
Use the vectorizer above to create Roland-compatible vector artwork from any raster image or logo.