Actually, you can cut right from Corel, but, you are limited in size to just a little bit bigger that 8.5 x 11, or page size. I experimented and found if I got copy much larger than the layout page it just wouldn't cut. Great idea though.
apparently..........YOU have a VERY LIMITED KNOWLEDGE OF COREL 7 & ABOVE!!!!!
1. corel page size can be as large a 150 FEET X 150 FEET....i think you wont be doing much that big or bigger.
2. YOU....have to set PAGE SIZE in corel TO CORRESPOND with the PRINT(PLOTTER)DRIVER.
3. I....have been cutting directly from corel draw since VERSION 3(1992)
4. ONCE YOU SET PAGE SIZE......to plotter size....SAVE IT AS A .CDT!!!!! this way you have that page forever.
5. in my opinion, GA 6, was one of the worst sign cutting programs ever made.
but then, I WAS SO USED TO COREL..........all that built in redundancy in GA 6.....was a time waster for me.
6. IF YOU become proficient with COREL..........and you will never need any other CUTTING PROGRAM.
NOW.....try this:
call GRAPHTEC, ASK FOR THE COREL TO GRAPHTEC DRIVER.
INSTALL driver.
set printer to default to GRAPHTEC DRIVER
open corel, open FILE, go to PRINT SETUP, find GRAPHTEC DRIVER, set page in graphtec driver, now in corel open LAYOUT, go down to PAGE SETUP, set page FROM PRINTER, set to landscape,
bingo......NOW YOU SHOULD HAVE A DESKTOP PAGE......30" X what ever you set it in the print driver.
now....open the PEN TOOL......set it at hairline, color black, no fill.
now whatever size you set an object to ON THE PAGE......it WILL CUT IT THAT SIZE from the plotter. in corel up top, when you have an OBJECT SELECTED......it will show you the X or Y, height and lenght...........in a little window.
so simple a ..........CAVE MAN CAN DO IT...........hahahahahahahhaha
Anybody have any luck with an "idiot proof" program? I got spoiled with my old gerber graphics advantage which I no longer can use...it was an ancient version.
