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Not a problem, merely a bit of conceptual confusion. One traces bitmaps, not files. A tif is a file format for storing a bitmap, not a bitmap. So how do you trace the contents of a tif file in Flexi? Import the contents of the tif file into Flexi and trace the bitmap. The same way that one...

This is a non-question. Perhaps you meant "Can I import a tif into Flexi and then trace the resultant bitmap?" The answer is yes. A bitmap is a bitmap and has absolutely nothing to do with what particular encoding method might have been used to store that bitmap in a file. Pixels is pixels...

You want to put a bit finer of an edge on it that that? By 'print to cut' I assume you mean contour cutting a print. 'Way off' means what, exactly? There are three basic ways and a host of variations on each of those ways to register a contour cut with your plotter assuming you have the...

In flexi... View->Colors->Open Table Specify C:\Program Files\FlexiSIGN-PRO 7.6v2\Swatch\Table\cmyk.swt <<you may have to adjust the path for your setup>> There's two blacks in this table, get rid of one and change the other to CMY=0, K=100. You might want to save it under a new name. Now...

If memory serves, that particular device is suported in Flexi 7.5 or better.

Ok, here's a recipe that you can follow and have understanding come along later. You don't have to map spot colors or anything like that, just follow along here... 1. Create the image in Corel. I assume that you're using a bitmap for your background and setting black text over that. Fine, so...

What are you using or a RIP? How are you exporting form Corel to this RIP? I do this sort of thing all the time using Corel and Flexi's RIP. Set up your image and then export it as .eps or publish it to a PDF. This will preserve vector data as vector data. The set your rendering intents to...

Have your tired restoring Windows to an earlier happier time that predates your Corel troubles? It often works in these situations. Then it often doesn't do a damn thing either. But it's worth a try.

Interesting question. It strikes me that if you have to ask then you'd be better off with the Signfonts collection. If you didn't have to ask, you'd have just bought the Letter Head offerings. It also depends on just what you're doing and you're style. If I were doing weekly grocery store...

Or simply turn on "Cut All Colors" in Production Manager.

Exactly why do you figure that cutting the same pattern over and over would warrant a lesser machine than cutting all manner of shapes? Do you figure that somehow the mechanism will get used to it and not have to work as hard? Perhaps that doing repetitive work might drive a better machine...

It's far more complicated than "Turn this knob, Pull that lever, Open this valve..." What is it using for a printer? What is it using for a driver? What is it using for a RIP? What is it using for a color profile? What is it using for rendering intents? What is it printing, bitmaps, vectors...

None of them. Here's what you do... View->Color->Open Table... select cmyk.swt There are two blacks in this table up close to the front. Get rid of one of them and change the other to c=0,m=0,y=0,k=100 and save it with a new name. Then do... View->Create Swatch->Current Palette...

You need to create a mask for just the text. You can do this when you convert the text to a bitmap, it's one of the options given you. From there it's not particularly intuitve. That's because the word 'mask' is used in two different contexts. The first, as in the mask created by the...

Banners are banners. In my shop I get to choose the materials and method of execution, not the patron. Since it's not anyone's choice but my own, the price is the same regardless of how the thing is produced. In a more general sense, the basic rule here is the patron gets to define what it...

Extended warranties are never a good deal. Ever. Connivance dealing with broken and worn equipment notwithstanding. This observation is sure to provoke all manner of obscure horror stories telling of how an extended warranty really saved someone's bacon. How they would have been living under a...

Are the chords straight lines or are they curved? If they're curved then it's likely a tightness issue with the carraige, head, or tool holder or something. If they're straight lines then you might have a squint at the arc tolerance settings both in your plotter and in your software.

Communique from Bizarro World... Based on principles unknown to me, or anyone else for that matter, the printer just decides to start working. Just like it's supposed to. This is very scary, what is one supposed to do if it decides to stop working in the same mysterious manner? But to...

The print server has always had its own static IP address. It's the Ethernet card that's DHCP. Always has been. The thing here is that this EXACT setup, same EXACT hardware configuration, functioned flawlessly before I had to reload Windows and reinstall Flexi and other various applications...

You have a curiously skewed notion of 'third party software'. Cutting from Illustrator, Corel, whatever is a stunt and requires third party cobbled up software. There's certain to be howls of outraged protest from afficianados of the various obscure packages that enable cutting from design...