SignLab 11 is said to combine powerful vector and bitmap design and editing tools to simplify the production of banners, signs, decals, décor, and more. It enables users to design and produce vibrant and unique digitally printed, vinyl cut, and print/cut signs and graphics.
SignLab is purpose-built for the production environment, offering greater control of design elements and support for popular print, cut, and hybrid devices.
New features and updates include a vectorisation previewer that eliminates guesswork, using a new live preview of vectorisation controls before applying them to an object.
Fit to shape, meanwhile, enables users to design custom text shapes and layouts easily by automatically adjusting text to fit any vector shape.
The new effects catalogue is said to save time designing by creating a library of commonly applied effects such as shadows, gradients, and colour combinations, with the ability to apply saved effects to new objects in a single click.
Fiery said users can also achieve faster and easier vinyl weeding with less margin for error using the new power weed text line feature, which automatically positions weed cut lines among text and graphics for an efficient weeding process.
SignLab 11 also features PDF cutter support, which simplifies the vinyl production process or other workflows that manage cut data separately using a built-in tool to automatically export cut data, including registration marks, to a separate PDF file.
Finally the new theme selector enables printers to create a customised user experience with the choice of dark mode, light mode, or a user-selectable theme menu.
Fiery said many of the new features are not typically found in general design applications. By combining these tools with “the widest direct support for output devices”, it said SignLab provides printers with a comprehensive and feature-rich production platform that includes integrated design, layout, and production workflow software for signmaking, large-format graphics, and print/cut applications.
“This new release of SignLab builds on Fiery’s legacy of innovation and automation to offer customers a modern, all-in-one platform that streamlines workflows, improves productivity, and accelerates profitability of their sign or wide-format business,” said John Henze, vice president of sales and marketing at Fiery.
“With Fiery SignLab, customers can easily design and produce from one platform. There is no need for multiple applications for production.”
