A vinyl cutter is a type of computer controlled machine. They look and behave a lot like printers, but instead of having ink reproducing your work onto paper, vinyl cutters use a blade to cut your design into different materials. A computer software is used to design and export your creation from the computer to the vinyl cutter.
Vinyl cutters are also known as craft cutters, die-cutters and plotters because the truth is, they can do far more than just cut your vinyl designs. As well as vinyl, high quality vinyl cutters are able to cut your designs into paper, cardstock, tissue paper, reflective material, thermal transfer material and much more.