Recent content by dsimon42

Thanks for everyone's help so far. I'm going to be out of town this weekend, so I won't be able to try anything until next week. I think my best bet is to just set myself up with Corel/Cocut or SmartCut and don't deal with the dongle. I'll keep track of what I try and report back the...

Lunatic: Yes, I asked. He's really no expert. It just always ran for him. Pat: Yeah, since the thing came from storage, I have no idea if I'm running the exact same dongle that ran successfully for us in the past. Maybe the one I have is just broken. Danny

What I don't understand is that as far as I know, this same system setup was working before (at my friend's place). It's possible that I have a different dongle than he was using. Would this explain why I would need to install the dongle drivers? Perhaps the dongle drivers got deleted or...

Hi Pat, No, I have not installed any updates. I will take a look at your link when I get home and have some more time. This wouldn't really explain why the unit used to work fine before though, would it? Maybe I have a different dongle than what was there when the system was working...

Thanks, Rick.

Geb: Thanks for the reply. No, I am not running Designart on XP. The plotter came with a Windows 98 computer that had successfully run the plotter in the past. The Win XP machine that I referenced is my existing personal computer. ChicagoGraphics: I know, heaven forbid that someone wants...

Hi everyone, I’m new to this forum. I did some browsing and there is a wealth of information here, so I thought I would post my situation and see if anyone had any advice for me. Recently, I picked up an Anagraph AE-70 plotter and a Windows PC computer with Ana Designart Pro 3.5 software from...