First of all, you will need a good quality button machine. By doing this, however, you end up with a finished product that is less desireable because your photo image then stops at the edge of the button, instead of making a natural transition around to where the back of the button begins. The silver edge of the side of the button will also show. But the Model 300 SX can easily generate the crimping force necessary to make photo buttons using photo-weight paper. That's due to both its design and the fact that the dies of the Model 300 SX are made of solid steel.
Steel is much better material for transferring mechanical force than is plastic.
Nor do you or your customers have to settle for inferior-looking photo buttons. The Model 300 SX also works well with standard computer printed materials, such as those you would print from an inkjet or laser printer. As described earlier, the first step in the process of creating a photo button is to cut the photograph into a perfect circle. The Model 300 SX is also very versatile. Look closely at the photograph of my grandmother, Marva, that was taken on her 90th birthday, and you can exactly see what a photo enhancement ring looks like.