Our first large order in a while came in this week. I loaded up our cutting machine with a fresh role of white vinyl and was seconds from starting the print job before my manager abruptly stops the machine.
“Oh, not vinyls for this one. I need you to order decals from our supplier.”
What? Decal? Essentially, a decal is just a mass produced vinyl design with a set color. At Wicked we use heat transfer for our clothing to apply the designs our design team and I have made. This simplifies that process by not having to print, cut, and peel for each vinyl on the order. Having worked exclusively in the digital space this is something I didn’t know existed but makes total sense.
I made the designs we needed in Illustrator, exported them out as a high pixel count .png and submitted the order to our supplier. We got the decals in two days later and completed the order.
