Software for the business of sign-making
SignLab is a product designed to help the professional sign-writer create signs and posters of any type. Easily and quickly produce signage of the highest quality on a huge range of Vinyl Cutters and Digital Printers. SignLab represents the pinnacle of sign software in the world today. Sign Essentials are the Queensland distributor of SignLab products and have proudly provided SignLab sales and support since the product's conception in the early 90's.
Signlab 8 offers a rich range of user friendly production tools giving customers flexibility to perform tasks like: "In shop" printer profiling, requiring only a desk top color scanner; Text creation with pre-filled fonts and built in printing effects such as soft shadows, chrome and bevels; PDF workflow tools for Importing, Editing, Exporting and Emailing PDF files.
Which SignLab Suits You?
SignLab Vinyl
SignLab Vinyl is a strongly featured design and production sign software for vinyl cutting only. Suitable for the shop where designer's duties are split between design and sign assembly. Every feature for vinyl cut signage is included in this package including the full weld tools and colour vectorisation.
SignLab VinylPro
SignLab VinylPro is a fantastic sign design and production software for vinyl cutting and print design. Suitable for professional level sign shops that have significant production volumes of vinyl cut signage and printing of signs. It includes all the tools from Vinyl, plus many tools for designing printable artwork including fading shadows, colour blends and over 75 special effects plug in tools.
SignLab Print & Cut
SignLab Print & Cut is the sign industry's only enterprise-level design and production software for sign printing and vinyl cutting. This package includes all the features from VinylPro, along with some advanced colour management tools and an inbuilt RIP package.
Feature Comparison
General Features| Feature |
SignLab
Vinyl
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SignLab VinylPro |
SignLab Print & Cut |
| Windows 2000, XP, Vista Support |  |
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| OLE: insert object and convert to native | |
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| Multiple instances | |
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| Improved import/export filters including PSD, PS (export) | |
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| Link EPS, DCS-EPS files (PhotoShop channels) | |
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| PDF import, link, publish and edit | |
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| Automatic presentation templates | |
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| Clip-art viewer | |
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| Grids and guides (vertical, horizontal, angled), lock guides | |
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| Multiple undo/redo and undo navigator | |
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| Pre-load color vinyl libraries/modify | |
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| Built in TWAIN support | |
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| Scaling, sizing, fitting, alignment, flip | |
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| Arrays | |
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| Job notes / statistics | |
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| Lock/unlock graphics for editing | |
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| E-mail proofs | |
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| Publish PDF with colour matching | |
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| AGFA ColorTune color management | - | - | |
| Eye One Colorimeter support | - | - | |
Design Tools
| Feature | SignLab Vinyl |
SignLab
VinylPro
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SignLab
Print & Cut
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| Parametric shapes tool (stars, circles, rectangles, fan, arrows) | |
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| Graphics create / edit | |
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| Ginsu knife | |
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| Clip-art & decorative borders | |
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| Rulers and dials | |
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| Monument shapes | |
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Cutting Tools
| Feature | SignLab Vinyl |
SignLab VinylPro |
SignLab Print & Cut |
| Cut Preview | |
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| Updated cutter drivers (150+) | |
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| Plot spooling | |
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| Interactive tiling / paneling for printing and cutting | |
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| Cut time estimator | |
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| Cut sorting | |
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| Tool tracker | |
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| Power weed | |
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| Contour cut with auto bleed | |
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| Multi cut passes for thick materials | |
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| Send and receive cut files across network | |
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| Production queue supports multiple cutters on mutliple ports | |
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| Auto schedule and archive cut files | |
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| Cut contour lines in linked EPS & PDF files | - | - | |
| Halfcut, automated decal maker | - | - | |
Text Tools
| Feature | SignLab Vinyl |
SignLab VinylPro |
SignLab Print & Cut |
| WYSIWYG text layout (horizontal / vertical) | |
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| Font detective | |
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| Insert Symbol | |
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| Text to arc | |
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| 1100+ fonts & TrueType and Corel font support | |
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| Spell checker | |
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| Fit text to path | |
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| Font creator | |
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| Auto kerning | |
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| Upper / lower / proper case control | |
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| Text compression | |
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| Copy / apply text attributes | |
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| Multiple text selection | |
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| Embed fonts with saved native files | |
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| Postscript and URW font support | |
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| Support for pre-filled printing fonts | - | |
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| Interactive kerning | |
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Special Effects (vector images & text)
| Feature | SignLab Vinyl |
SignLab VinylPro |
SignLab Print & Cut |
| Create and edit strokes & vary stroke by scale factor | |
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| Image cut | |
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| Automatic striping | |
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| Inline / outline | |
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| Shadows : perspective, cast, drop, block | |
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| Metamorphosis | |
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| Distortions / special effects | |
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| Chisel effect | |
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| Multi-colour gradient fills - process colours | - | |
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| Retain object fills after welding | |
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| Save pattern fills to palette | - | |
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| Fantastic fills library | - | |
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| Apply "plug-in" effects to text and graphics | - | |
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Power Tools
| Feature | SignLab Vinyl |
SignLab VinylPro |
SignLab Print & Cut |
| Badge maker: auto substitute objects with serialisation | |
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| Digitising Support | |
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| Centreline tracing | |
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| Accuscan: B/W vectorisation | |
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| Colour vectorisation | |
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| Vectorisation Wizard | - | - | |
| Instant Replay | |
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| Registration Marks | |
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| Nesting | |
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| Dimensioning, measure and add labels | |
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| Clipping / masking | |
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| Fit object to path | |
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| Fuse weld | |
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| Colour welds | |
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| Convert stroke to cut outlines | |
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| Constant stroke stretching | |
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| Auto trap overlapping objects with bleed / choke | |
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| Supersize image, interpolate image while maintaining sharpness | |
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Bitmap Tools
| Feature | SignLab Vinyl |
SignLab VinylPro |
SignLab Print & Cut |
| Link bitmaps | |
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| Transform bitmap | |
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| Bitmap select (lasso, marquee, magic wand) | |
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| B&W bitmap edit | |
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| Colour bitmap edit | |
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| Texture and pattern bitmap fills | - | |
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| Filters (blur, emboss, lighten, sharpen, invert, red-eye) | - | |
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| Colour adjustment tools & colour sampler (eye dropper) | - | |
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| Complete bitmap editing application integrated with SignLab | - | - | |
| Over 75 special effects plug-in filters (Eye Candy™, Richard Rosenman™, Harry's Filters™, Redfield™) | - | |
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Sign Printing Tools (featuring Visual Production Manager)
| Feature | SignLab Vinyl |
SignLab VinylPro |
SignLab Print & Cut |
| PostScript 3 compatible RIP | - | - | |
| Multiple queues and printers simultaneously | - | - | |
| Easy access queue tabs | - | - | |
| Printing and pending job organiser | - | - | |
| Automatic or manual tiling | - | - | |
| Image in media placement view | - | - | |
| Send and receive print and cut files across a network | - | - | |
| Job archiving, scheduling | - | - | |
| Hot folder support for cross platform printing | - | - | |
| RIP and print multiple jobs simultaneously | - | - | |
| Direct print & cut from Photoshop, Corel, AI, Quark, etc | - | - | |
| Auto nest prints | - | - | |
| Preview raw print data, pixel by pixel, for each colour channel | - | - | |
| Contour cutting on hybrid print & cut devices | - | - | |
| Decal mode - RIP once, print many | - | - | |
| Link TIFF / EPS / DCS-EPS / PDF files, substitute custom colours | - | - | |
| Apply halftones and underbase to individual bitmaps and line art | - | - | |
| LPT, Firewire, TCP/IP, USB support | - | - | |
| Bi-cubic resampling | - | - | |
| Scale, mirror, invert, rotate and print job | - | - | |
| Soft proofing | - | - | |
| ICC profile support | - | - | |
| RIP CMY, CMYK, Hex, CMYKLcLm, Hex & LcLm | - | - | |
| Create new printer profiles from scanner and ICC profile generator | - | - | |
