Do I need to buy a plotter

This is a question we were asked recently in correspondence.
Our partner, VIP-client IVSATIN, expert on the technology of vector photomatization of glass Maxim K. will answer.

To begin with, you do not need to have your own plotter, it is quite possible to use the services of advertising agencies. Why invest in something you might not need. Try, feel, so to speak, all the charm of matting, and then, perhaps in six months or a year, you decide for yourself what exactly you need. When choosing a plotter, you need to understand what you plan to do: wedding glasses or wardrobes. Based on this, you will determine the cutting width of the plotter, and its price depends on its functionality and country of manufacture. Practice shows that if you still decide that you need a plotter, it is better to take a plotter with a margin of cut width, as the appetite, as you know, comes with food. The optimal cutting width of the plotter is from 800 mm, ideally 1200-1300 mm. Having received such a plotter, you will forget about docking stencils and problems with large formats. But there is one unpleasant “But”:plotters with such characteristics of well-known manufacturers cost very serious amounts, sometimes to indecent. As usual, there is a Chinese alternative, but these are guys, a fun life is 100% guaranteed. Until you begin to understand what he wants from you, you will spend more than one square meter of film. I know from my own experience, since I myself have been using the Chinese plotter for several months, I still enjoy its unpredictability and communication with the support service. In general, there are many options. Choose only for yourself. Either quiet work, but for a lot of money, or "dancing with a tambourine," but cheap. My plotter "liyu sd 1340 pro" new cost me $400.