cutting advice

Hello all, I am hoping you can help me with my VS-640i, it seems to cut all the cutlines twice but also slightly off where it should be so I'm not sure what it's doing. I use VersaWorks as the software to print with and Adobe Illustrator to create the artwork. I usually make a new layer for the...

Hello all, I am hoping you can help me with my VS-640i, it seems to cut all the cutlines twice but also slightly off where it should be so I'm not sure what it's doing. I use VersaWorks as the software to print with and Adobe Illustrator to create the artwork. I usually make a new layer for the...

I am hoping someone can help. I have created a design on Canva, downloaded it as a PNG and opened it in Illustrator. I have then done an Image Trace to change it to an object and added the Roland Cut Contour. I've then saved it as a .eps When I load the .eps into Roland and choose Cut Only...

Hey all! We don't usually do banners, and have never done one of this size before. We have a SwissQprint Impala 4 with roll-to-roll capability. The roll of material we have is 72" wide, and the thing we need to print is 24" wide. My argument was that we should just get material that's 24"...

Hi guys new here i just started operating my mimaki cjv 150 about a month or so ago and I've been cutting cast vinyl not printable digital vinyl as I don't have a plotter big enough to do the current work I'm doing. im not sure if im supposed to be doing this but anyway to the topic. I've been...

Hello All, I'm experiencing cutting issues in one specific approx. 6inch long area (range), that can be seen highlighted in GIF below. Outside of the highlighted range printer cuts excellent, within the marked range it does not cut all. Also I've noticed if I'm setting the base point and I am...

Hi guys I am new to the sign making world and to print and cut machines. Getting on well so far learning myself as I go. So noticed after doing quite a few print, laminate and cut stickers that there is always a part of the sheet where the knife hasn't cut through properly, you notice when...

Why does my Graphtec plotter say "off scale" but still ends up cutting my jobs? The cuts are ok. No major skewing. Side note: where am I supposed to position my blade? Inside the box or at the edge? Pictures attached.

Morning! I have a 54" cutter - and a graphic - single color - white that has no natural breaks in design. It's a 72" x 57 tall large circle. Will be cut, weeded and masked - installed on retail window. So all I can figure is I am going to have to overlap somewhere. I haven't been in this...

Is there a way to calibrate the force on the Roland Camm-1 GR640 ? Cutting is terribly inconsistent, in some places it will barely kiss cut the vinyl, and in other places it will cut through the liner. It seems to happen in random locations, and especially with large curves. I'm wondering if...

I am having an cutting issue with chrome rtape. I print and laminate with crop marks on my Roland VS -640, when i go to cut out the logo it is off by about a 1/16th of an inch even after triple checking i had the vinyl straight in the machine.

Hi, I was having problems cutting into my print which is Substance motocross Vinyl and Substance motocross laminate using the Graphtec FC8000. I gave Graphtec a call and they said I needed a different blade and said I need a 30 degree CB15U-K30 blade and the holder to suit which cost me £122...

Hi Folks, I'm having a bit of trouble on the cutting thick laminate situaation. I have a tjet 1631c and printing the decals, putting on a heavy laminate. Putting the cutting blabe to 10v (max) the machine doesnt allow numerous cuts but it just isn't cutting it. I then decided to take it over to...

I currently have a 100W CO2 laser and my primary use for it is to cut HDPE plastic. I'm mostly dealing with 1/4" but do occasionally do 3/8. I would like to do 3/4 but even at 1/4, it cuts fairly slow. I 'm using a 4" focal lens and running Lasercut 5.3 software but in AutoCad. I have no problem...

I'm pretty new to the sign business and have now taken on some jobs that are slightly beyond my know-how: What is the consensus on contour cutting FoamCore/GatorBoard, etc.? I have two projects, both vinyl prints mounted on GatorBoard, that need to be contour cut. One is essentially a 4'...

I'm new to cutting and just received a Roland Stika SV-15. I did some practice cuts using cursive letters in Illustrator, but the vinyl seemed to be getting hooked and pulled up by the cutter in certain areas of the font. What's the problem? Is the vinyl of a poor quality? Is the blade at...