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  1. HP Latex 54 Cutter - defect or setting?

    For some time now I have had a problem with my HP Latex 54 cutter tracking going off the line sporadically on the Y axis while cutting. I have been unable to find any correlation except that it seems to happen more on larger cuts (over 40" long or so). I will have a single sheet with many...
  2. Need Help Ford Transit Connect 2013-2018

    Hi all, Graphic designer turned as it seems vehicle graphic applicator as well as designer. My question is this, these units, the connects, have a fairly extreme compound contour over the rear wheel wells. I will be using fluid, the proper fluid for the avery dennison vinyl we're using, and...
  3. Question Help! Contour Cut Issues

    I have the Mimaki CJV150-130, I print laminate and cut. Usually I have no issues. Lately every contour cut I do it's pulling and ripping my stickers! I use illustrator make a cut line save it as an eps and open it in Rasterlink. Has worked for months with no issues. Its cutting in the right...
  4. Summa S2 160T Registration WAY Off.

    Hey guys, this is my first post but I’ve gained a lot of knowledge on the forum from you guys. One of the things I’ve learned is the combo of a Summa S2 with HP Latex. I’ve been used to a Graphtec FC5100 for the past few years and it has never let me down. The S2 is a different story. I am...
  5. Question SummaCut d120

    Hey there, I've started a new job where we have a SummaCut d120 at our disposal which I think we could be using for more things. Every now and then we print around 60-80 posters on a roll of paper substrate/material, two side by side for quite a length, then these are manually cut these out...
  6. Mimaki CJV30-160 Won't cut correct

    I've been having an off and on issue with the contour cutting vinyl on our Mimaki cutter. I would send artwork through and release the job to be cut. The machine will feed the correct amount of material and then start cutting horizontal lines in a condensed area and sometimes overlapping the...
  7. Question SP540v How do you turn on High Speed?

    Hi everyone, Quick question. How do you turn on high speed with the SP540v? I have set the printing width so that the print head doesn't go all the way to the edge on smaller media which saves a lot of time. But I saw a video last night where the printer displayed the text "high speed" I...
  8. Suggestions Contour cut problem in vesa works

    using Flexi and Versa works. Sometimes my contour cut is doing multi cuts on one print. cut pass is set to 1 and I only have one cut line but it will make 6 to 7 cut passes.
  9. VS-300i Contour Cuts over 30" GRRRR

    Ive had my printer for a couple of years and I love it , but for some reason any contour cuts that I do on a sheet that is 30 inches or longer its ALWAYS OFF ... The media for some reason wont stay lined up at all. Ive even trimmed the lamination over the crop marks thinking the lamination was...
  10. Contour Cut Color Charts

    I am running coreldraw X7 with a roland printer and versa works. I am also running smart designer (add on for coreldraw). I updated smart designer the other day and somehow reverted back to my default settings in coreldraw. Now I am not able to locate my contour cut line color chart to place...
  11. Printing wholesaler

    Does anyone on here offer wholesale printing (I am looking for one on one,not some huge online business). So far I haven't found anyone good. Its all intermediate and high performance printed vinyl I need printed with contour cut. Pretty simple. I hate jumping around from this person to the...
  12. Need Help Flexisign-pro 10 contour cut error

    Hey guys, I'm having a problem with adding a contour cut path around my design. A little background on my issue. I am designing motorcycle graphics in Adobe Illustrator. So I have a template that I bought from motosportstemplates.com, then I make a clipping mask on each individual piece of the...
  13. Onyx 12 printing lables

    I know that onxy 12 rip prints bar codes and the arrow when you contour cut but is there a way to print labels or information as well?
  14. Change cut contour mark size in onyx 12

    Is there a way to change the cut contour mark size in onyx 12? I know in flexi it is set to 1 inch by 1 inch and .20 thick. Any place to modify this in onyx. Right now it pritns at like .5x.5 and i would like to make ti a little larger. Thanks
  15. Contour cut and photoshop

    I am used to flexi as i could create a contour cut around a image out of Photoshop. We now have Onyx postershop 12 as of today and i am so lost. Can anyone explain how to create a contour cut on a Photoshop file or is there a way to do this inside one of the onyx programs. I have watched videos...
  16. cutting Avery vinyl on vp-540

    HI, hope I can explain this. My Graphtec just died and I need to cut a black vinyl job using Avery vinyl, (designed/set up in signlab) so I sent it over to our Vp 540 and gave it a contour cut and it did a horrible job ( the sanserif's where half cut off) looking at the options in the control...
  17. unlock, group and use contours from a file HELP!!!

    Hi Folks, I have been trying to unlock a file that has a built in contour, I'm looking to arrange the sections into a smaller area and convert to an eps for flexi to rip and print but i can't get the contour to 'unlock' or basically do anything, someone please shoot me or put me out of my...
  18. Self Adhesive Vinyl for Latex Contour Cutting

    Hi Having had a number of users complain of poor cutting accuracy with Latex the resolution nearly always seems to be correct media selection. Assuming the cutter is calibrated and the printer has a good profile with minimal heat, swapping between vinyls has a huge effect on contour cutting...
  19. ONE 4 THE PROS - Contour Cutting / Corel Draw to cutting in Flexi sign

    Hello, I am looking for some advise. i have knowledge of flexi and in the process of learning corel, I am opening templates I had purchased in coreldraw format for atv decals. When i contour cut or outline the design, it sees also objects that are invisible. I have tried powerclipping inside...
  20. sticker production

    Anyone know how to make a decal that has the paper backing also to the shape of the sticker? meaning have a contoured decal with no paper backing showing when done.
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