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by yesfitz 10 days ago
After 30+ years of decals and wraps being the way to decorate arcade and pinball cabinets, Spooky Pinball reintroduced direct-printing, known as "butter cabs"[1]. Although this time via large inkjet-type printers.

Just like the screenprinted Atari cabinets, it's worth seeing the Spooky butter cabs in-person. While decals have come a long way in fidelity and application, there's a feeling of satisfaction when the image is part of the object, rather than on the object.

1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTbtn-tasXM

1 comments

It's still dot sublimation printing versus screened artwork. It looks good but you can't get the spot colours like you can with screens.