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Recent content by Slimpickins

  1. Corel Draw and Flexi

    Someone said you can't cut direct from Corel, I hate that rumour............. I have been doing it for over 2 years with great results ! Read back a couple of weeks in the Corel forum to find the method, need only a printer driver and a parralel printer cable to cut vinyl directly, no plugins...
  2. When Software Piracy Reaches Saturation

    Fred, I'm being nosy here! How did you know your graphics were on the Ebay CD's/DVD's ? I know some of my stuff which I posted on another forum board has been harvested by one of those ebay entrepenuers in USA. He also has parts of the Mega Collection along with Havana Street and claims his own...
  3. cutting direct from corel!

    I've used Corel 9 only for vinyl cutting with my Camm 1 since day 3. I could use Signtools 2 which has some handy text effects but it isn't a necessity, just takes some hard thinking work out of the layout. I cannot see how the knife going from left to right or vice versa makes any difference...
  4. Introducing myself

    Thanks for the big welcome guys ! Tommy.
  5. Cor 9 cant send single word to cutter

    Okay trixie you've hit my forte. I cut direct from Corel9 on a Camm1 CX24. No bridges, no other software ! Here's a quick how-to..... You need a printer driver from your CD or Roland website. 2/ parralel cable connected to LPT 1 (printer driver option right click in MY COMPUTER > CONTROL PANEL...
  6. getting ready to lose it. CX-24 Write port error.

    Another grief area with the CX24 can be the multi plug for the parralel cable being knocked or the cable stood on. I went through your day of hell before locating the problem which was fixed by unplugging and re-plugging the cable at the plotter end. I have a standby cheap P2 laptop running win...
  7. Introducing myself

    Hi all, small part-time ma + pa operator here at the bottom end of Australia and also the sign dollars spectrum. Mostly do low buck, low tech vinyl signs on vehicles, menu boards, shopfronts and corflutes plus the occassional wood carved style sign. No big talent to offer here excepting a good...
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