Roland DGA Corporation is the U.S.-based marketing, distribution and sales arm of Roland DG Corporation of Hamamatsu, Japan, a worldwide leader in the sign, graphic arts, fine art, vehicle graphics, UV, photography, engraving and 3D modeling industries.

Founded in 1981, Roland DG is the world's number one provider of wide-format inkjet printers for the durable graphics market.

Roland DG finds its technology roots in the music industry as well; the company's advanced plotting technology was originally used to record the sound waves for Roland Corporation's line of music synthesizers.

Within a few short years, Roland DG began introducing a wide variety of groundbreaking products including vinyl cutters, thermal transfer printer/cutters, wide-format inkjet printers and printer/cutters, 3D scanners and milling devices, and engravers.

The products blazed new trails for entire industries and earned Roland DG a reputation for innovation, quality and reliability.

Roland Cutters

Roland Cutters offer easy-to-use cutter plotters for cutting sign vinyl, heat transfer vinyl (HTV) and other materials.

Roland vinyl cutters produce crisp, eye-catching graphics with speed and precision. Applications include vehicle graphics, garment decoration, signs, decals, labels, stencils, pinstriping, clear protective coating, logos & more.

Roland makes both Print & Cut machines as well as traditional vinyl cutters. Fundamentally both of these machines feature a blade that cuts material.

Vinyl Cutters do just that. They cut around vinyl and a variety of other material. Printer Cutters do more. First the printout digital full color designs onto vinyl and other materials, then they cut around them.

Roland VersaStudio BN-20 | Print & Cut

Whether you're a business owner who wants to create logos and graphics for your store or someone who wants to start an apparel business, the BN-20 offers multiple types of medias to fit your needs and provide instant productivity.

This all-in-one device allows you to print and cut high quality graphics all from your desktop. With extraordinary color quality, you can create t-shirt graphics, poster prints, stickers, and decals without the high production costs.

The BN-20 is easily the most versatile and user-friendly print device in its class. It's low maintenance cost and easy to load media feed are just a few of the features that set this machine apart from the rest.

What can you make with the Roland BN-20 Print & Cut System?

• T-shirts
• Hats
• Car decals
• Window clings
• Signs
• Tumbler
• Sweaters
• Laptop Stickers

It is called the VersaStudio for a reason. It is extremely versatile. However, we recommend this machine if your business is going to be primarily banners, stickers or decals. If you are looking to have just a custom t-shirt business, there are some better and faster ways out there:

• Sublimation Printing
• DigitalHeat FX System
• DTG G4

What business should have a BN-20 VersaStudio?

It is ideal for start-ups and home-based businesses as well as busy established shops. What's nice about the Roland VersaStudio BN-20 is the ability to customize a huge variety of items with such a compact machine.

This means if you are going to operate this out of your bedroom, or a shop with dozens of other machines... it will fit right in. From t-shirts to car decals the Roland BN-20 is going to create impressive results.

Roland BN-20's Features:

• Roland's most compact and affordable printer/cutter
• Best in its class - up to 1440 dpi with unmatched color quality
• Eco-Sol MAX inks available in CMYK, Metallic and White
• Perfect for apparel heat transfers, decals, labels, posters and more

Roland GS-24 Vinyl Cutter

This cutter is no hobby cutter, it is the best in its category. A real work horse and the choice of professionals.

With a newly-designed LCD panel, precise blade groove on its apron for easy manual cutting, and an included roller base that keeps feeds straight, we made sure the GS-24 is as easy to use as it is technologically-advanced.

Plus, with its completely re-designed cutting carriage and blade holder, the GS-24 isn't just for vinyl cutting. It accepts a range of additional materials, including paint mask, twill, heat transfer and sandblast material.

The GS-24 features state-of-the-art overlap cutting (up to 10-times), half or perforated cutting, and the ability to cut by line color. With up to 350 grams of force, cutting and weeding thick substrates like magnetic materials a piece of cake.
Unlike Cricut or other hobby cutters, the Roland GS-24 is strong, fast, accurate and built for major production.

This cutter also recognizes desktop printer crop marks, perfectly aligning the media to create, precise cuts each and every time.

Thanks to a highly innovative digital servomotor, the GS-24 can handle vinyl cutting assignments, as well as cutting jobs involving other types of materials, at speeds of up to 20 inches per second. But speed without accuracy doesn't mean anything. That's where our curve-smoothing function comes in—precisely cutting at the highest speeds to optimize productivity and efficiency.

Roland GS-24 Features

• Width: Accepts material from 2 to 27-1/2 in. wide
• Offers a maximum cutting width of 22.9"
• Achieves maximum cutting speed of 20" per second
• Delivers up to 350g blade force
• Achieves a mechanical resolution of 0.0005"
• Supports a range of materials including vinyl, paint mask, reflective vinyls, twill, heat transfer & sandblast resist
• Features optical registration sensor for print-and-cut workflow
• Includes CutStudio, easy-to-use design software
• CutStudio functions as plug-in software for Windows 10, Windows Vista® Home Premium (32-bit)/Business (32/64-bit)
• Windows 10
• XP/Vista 64-BIT/Windows 7 beta version driver available online
• Stores up to eight settings for commonly used blade and media combinations
• Features a newly-designed tilted blue LCD panel for easy viewing and navigation
• Features serial and USB interfaces for easy PC connection
• Dimensions: 33.9" (W) X 12.56" (D) X 19.17" (H)
• Factory Warranty: 3 Years

Roland SV-8 STIKA Desktop Vinyl Cutter

The Roland SV-8 STIKA is the ultimate hobby and small decal machines for offices, schools, restaurants and stores.

STIKA desktop cutters produce colorful POP displays, labels, iron-ons and more. Creating custom vinyl graphics has never been faster or more affordable.

For a compact product in its price-range and class, the STIKA has a variety of big features that make it stand out.

With bundled CutStudio software, users can tile up to 64 designs and contour cut printed images using an easy print registration function. It also features a simple USB connection and a sheet adjust lever for handling a wide range of media.

The Roland SV-8 accepts media that is 8.5-inch wide and cuts up to 6.2 inches wide. Not only can you cut traditional heat transfer and pressure sensitive vinyl, but you can also cut a variety of other masks and materials like:

• Twill
• Paint mask
• Reflective vinyls
• Etching material

Where Can I buy Roland Cutters?

Ready to take the next step and look into purchasing a Roland machine?
The Roland GS 24 Vinyl Cutter, Roland VersaStudio BN20, and SV-8 are all available on colmanandcompany.com

Colman and Company is part of the ColDesi Group of companies and provides a full line of custom decorated apparel supplies.

You can find, heat transfer vinyl, mask materials, embroidery supplies, heat transfer supplies, and even equipment like the full line of Hotronix and George Knight Heat Presses on the site.

Plus, when you purchase from colmanandcompany.com you are automatically enrolled in their rewards program, ColDesi+ Rewards.

What is ColDesi+ Rewards?

ColDesi+ Rewards is the only rewards program that pays you for making money with your apparel decorating equipment. Because to make money, you need supplies.
Every time you purchase a machine, equipment or supplies you get points. These points can be redeemed for coupons and free stuff.

If you save up your points you could even get a free Hotronix Fusion Heat Press or DigitalKnight Cap Press.

In their 20+ years of business, ColDesi has helped over 30,000 clients launch their dreams of owning their own business.

ColDesi also offers easy financing to help you get up and running. The advantages of leasing in particular apply to apparel decorating equipment like, vinyl cutters, embroidery machines, direct to garment printers and rhinestone machines because cash flow is so important when you're first starting out.

Click here, to head over to colmanandcompany.com and begin your journey. You can live chat with one of our pros that can help you navigate the site and get more information on products.