CADLink SignLab Software

CADlink Signmaking Software from Network Systems

We have been selling CADlink software since back in the very early 90's when it was developed by a company called Thermazone who were based in Toronto, Canada. We sold some of the very first versions of CADlink software right here in the UK. Thermazone were based right across the road from Corel - who were famous for the well known 'Corel Draw' package. It's a fact that NSL has been selling CADlink here in the UK even before there was a UK office of CadLink, so you could say that we know a thing or two about CadLink software. We have literally hundreds of customers throughout the UK and are proud to have developed those relationships with CADlink software and indeed Ioline customers in the UK.

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CADlink’s best software ever!

SignLab is available in multiple package configurations suited specifically to your workflow and budget requirements. All packages are fully upgradeable to more feature rich packages so regardless of which package you choose, your initial investment can always be leveraged if, and when your production requirements change. For over 25 years, SignLab customers have taken advantage of leading-edge technology and after-sales support.

Latest SignLab Version 10 Features and Benefits Highlights.

True value to our existing upgrading customers and unmatched sign software features to new customers. What can we possibly add to a software product that is now at Version 9.1? SignLab 9.1 provides streamlined workflows that Signmakers specified, and new processing speeds that are faster than anything the market has seen to date. Extremely large bitmap files are not only processed faster during the design application but also during the entire RIP process for either print or print and cut output.

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SignLab Print and Cut

Complete design and production workflow software specifically designed for signage and large format display-type graphics. SignLab Print and Cut provides unique features for large format layout, design and production that other design applications simply do not include. Drivers for virtually every type of cutting device are included as is Visual Production Manager™, a RIP software engine that also supports the most widely used digital printers available on the market today.

SignLab VinylPro

The perfect software package for sign and large format display shops that require a single application which includes all of the vector design and production tools needed to support their vinyl cut graphic requirements and also require bitmap design and production tools to create designs for wide format print jobs that are either sent out for production or possibly to a third party RIP product provided alongside their printer. All the same powerful tools as SignLab Print and Cut except the back end RIP features (Visual Production Manager™).

SignLab CutPro

Powerful vinyl cutting design and production software package at entry-level pricing. Simply the best value for professional design and production vinyl cutting software there is. This feature rich package includes all of the tools required to create and produce vinyl cut signage on virtually any vinyl cutter available today. SignLab CutPro provides signmakers with limited budgets an affordable alternative to having to use multiple desktop design publishing packages alongside bridge cutting software applications to produce signage. CutPro streamlines and simplifies the design and production process.

SignLab DesignPro

A complete stand-alone, sign making-specific design station. Great for existing SignLab users if you want to add a design-only workstation to your shop or for signmakers currently using other software that may not be sign-specific. All of the bitmap/vector tools you need to create high-value, quality signage. Bring files from DesignPro into full-fledged SignLab packages that output to vinyl cutters or digital printers. Signmakers who don’t use SignLab but may be using RIP-only software to send jobs to their digital printers or print/cut devices, are able to leverage the design power within this package by simply exporting the completed file directly to their software RIP and then printing or printing and cutting the file. SignLab DesignPro is loaded with all the text composition, design and layout tools you need in a single easy-to-use package.

SignLab Specialty Packages

SignLab VersaWorks™ Edition

A specially configured version of SignLab that sends designs directly to your VersaWorks™ queues and your Roland® printer. Send print and cut, print only, or cut only jobs quickly and easily to either queue “A” or “B” directly from SignLab. Includes VersaWorks™ color
palettes as well as internal color management system for easy color matching with the VersaWorks™ swatch. Also includes all the great bitmap and vector design tools you need, complete professional text composition tools and most importantly, all the sign-specific
layout and production tools you need to create signs and wide format graphics. No need to switch back and forth between different bitmap and vector design applications, do it all directly from SignLab VersaWorks™ Edition.

SignLab Mimaki® Edition

Many Mimaki® customers use SignLab on a daily basis. Recognized as an unmatched large format layout and design program, SignLab Mimaki® Edition provides all of the bitmap, vector and text composition tools needed for print, print and cut jobs that maximize the
investment you have made in your Mimaki® printer. SignLab Mimaki® Edition sends jobs directly to your Rasterlink™ RIP software with an easy File>Print workflow. Reduce design and production time with tools specific to wide-format, digitally printed signage. Eliminate
your dependence on multiple desktop design software packages and use a single signmaking-specific application to get all of your work done.

SignLab Add-On Modules

FluidMask™ module

Enhance your SignLab functionality by adding industry leading masking software to any SignLab package (except CutPro) with this special FluidMask™ for SignLab module. In conjunction with Vertus Technology, CADlink integrates FluidMask™ directly into SignLab when purchased. This module provides the ability to quickly and easily remove unwanted backgrounds from images while still working directly within your SignLab signmaking software package. A huge time saver and an extremely easy “paint by numbers” interface makes this tool indispensable.

Pantone® Color Match module

All of the latest, most up-to-date Pantone® color palettes for quick and easy color matching to the industry’s most widely used color charts. Get your colors right! This module Installs PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM® color palettes directly into SignLab.
Used for applying matched PANTONE® colors to fills, strokes, gradients and multi-tone bitmaps.

ICC profiling module

Create and edit the latest ICC compliant profiles quickly and easily. Compatible with all new ICC formats (versions 2.1 & 4).

DeviceLinks module

Extend existing ICC profiles by converting one color space to another with consistent results. Edit existing ICC profiles by adjusting components such as saturation, hue, etc.

DeviceLinks incl./InkSaver module

The DeviceLinks module PLUS – additional ink saving features. Save ink costs by creating specific “ink-saver” modes without compromising output quality.

SignLab VersaWorks® Edition module

Add a seamless interface to Roland’s VersaWorks™ software to existing SignLab Print and Cut or VinylPro packages.

SignLab Mimaki® Edition module

Add a seamless interface to Mimaki’s RasterLink™ software to existing SignLab Print and Cut or VinylPro packages.

Additional product information

Site licenses. Add more SignLab workstations at great value pricing.
CADlink offers extraordinary site license pricing at 40% off of list price for additional seats as long as the original license package is equal to or exceeds the site license package price. Please note that site license pricing only applies to new packages (SignLab Print and Cut and Vinyl Pro) and not to upgrades or specialty packages.

Competitive software trade-ins, crossgrades? If you are currently using any type of competitive software product, CADlink offers generous pricing to our technology-leading SignLab Print and Cut package. You can even keep your existing product! Contact your dealer or CADlink at one of the offices below for pricing details.

No matter what version of CadLink SignLab or EngraveLab you are using we can help you to upgrade to protect your investment or offer technical support when necessary. Network Systems has been here from the start... indeed we originally sold CadLink SignLab version one! That's how far back we go... when CadLink was called 'Thermazone' and most people don't even remember those days.

So for some of the best service and pricing around really there is only one company you need... NSL!

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