Recent content by blackbok

I have a sample from the Oce, and noticed a lot of chip out of the ink along the edges. That is a HUGE consideration as we will be doing ALOT of routing on full bleed signs, and most of our clients are not going to want to leave a 1/16" stroke to prevent chip-out. Is this a problem with pretty...

My employer has recently decided that we should venture into the world of flatbed printing to increase our productivity and expand our business. As part of this, we will also be incorporating a router to do the profile cutting of signs. We have looked into this for about a year, looked at Agfa...

Well, I found the extensions, deleted, and reinstalled. Works great! So much better than 1. Thanks for all the help!

OK. So Graphtec got back with a link to the CM2. I downloaded it, and after reading the read me, threw out all of the CM 1 plug ins in the folder. It also said to: "Before installing the Cutting Master 2 application on a Mac OS X system with a previous version of Cutting Master 1 (up to...

I am trying to figure out how to upgrade my version of cutting master to the latest... ver 2? I am running Illustrator CS 2 on Mac OS 10.3.9, on a CE3000-60. I tried downloading CM 2, but it will not open the installer. I saw the walkthrough videos, and the interface just looks more user...

Update: I changed the plotters setting from"HP-GL" to "GP-GL", and everything is perfect. The plug in is VERY basic, but does the trick. Anyone know how to cut multiples? I don't see a quantity box in the menus. Do I just lay out say "x" amount of what I'm cutting in illustrator and that's it...

Hey Neal, it's Richard @ Disney. Just spoke with you a few days ago about the plug in (at least I'm assuming this is the Neal at Graphtec.) As you can see 'm into some issues. I did find the CS2 update last night after posting. Hopefully I can work this out.

Talked to the tech gut at graphtec, said I have to reconfigure the cutter by going into the menus. I'll try when i get home. In the meantime, I was looking on ebay and saw FlexiStarter Desay Edition. AT $99 it is a cheap alternative to any other Flexi. I do ALL of my designing in Illustrator...

So I bought this after some debate. Hooked it up to my mac,, re-installed Illustrator 10 (I heard the Cutting Master software won't work with CS2) and installed the driver. brought up a file, Cutting Master, settings, update preview, an dhit (I cant remember, but the thing that most resembled...

Yeah, guess if I'm uprgading, might as well bite the bullet. Just wanted to see if this was even a consideration.

Has anyone had experience with Graphicut plotters? They seem to be half the price of the Graphtecs I'm looking at. I won't be using it for crazy amounts of cutting, but I do want something reliable. Any thoughts?

I have been printing off of this machine for 3 weeks now. It is awesome. It's my first experience with large format printing, so I have nothing to compare it with. But, coming from all a mostly vinyl background, I'd have to say this machine is phenominal. I was pretty bummed with the packaged...

OK, so I have a tiny Roland Stika 12" cutter that i have been using for a long while at home. I have it set up in my garage with my old mac 7200/120. It plugs in via paralell cable to a PIA adaptor which plugs into the modem port. I got this idea that maybe I could bring it inside and hook it up...

We just started running a 545 EX (eco sol) in our small shop, and on big prints there's a noticeable odor. people walk in and wince. I am becoming concerened, especially coming home two days in a row with a headache.

Yep, I figured that out the hard way, like when poll size went nuts. Lots of calls before that one got resolved. Started with a firmware upgrade on the cutter, then the patch. Poll size now works great.... show me, no go still. I'm bummed.