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are all dongles equal
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iSign
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are you a registered owner of the program?
...or you hope to get this other persons copy working since you "might have found a dongle"?
If you have your own copy, but can't find the disc... you lost your dongle too?
I'm just curious. I paid around $2000 for Signlab 7 (or was it 8?) about 5 years ago, and had one employee who said he was really up to speed on that program, to where I thought it would be a worthwhile investment... but then he learned Flexi and it never got used...
..then as money got tight, I decided to see if I could sell it... and now I can't find the dongle... just the box, documentation & disc... I'm still hoping to find it, but also curious what you learn in this thread
...or you hope to get this other persons copy working since you "might have found a dongle"?
If you have your own copy, but can't find the disc... you lost your dongle too?
I'm just curious. I paid around $2000 for Signlab 7 (or was it 8?) about 5 years ago, and had one employee who said he was really up to speed on that program, to where I thought it would be a worthwhile investment... but then he learned Flexi and it never got used...
..then as money got tight, I decided to see if I could sell it... and now I can't find the dongle... just the box, documentation & disc... I'm still hoping to find it, but also curious what you learn in this thread
Edserv
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Dongles, passwords, and registration, & "extra passwords" got my shorts in a bunch this week. While purchasing a 2nd copy of Flexi Pro, I spent at least 5 hours getting all the registration/passwords/fonts/settings, etc set-up.
As a sign-shop owner, I think I spend more stress on just getting this stuff to work. It's not easy. I've "cloned" and "backed-up" my servers and stations, but when you introduce new software or hardware, you're on a nicotine-based-stress-level-induced nightmare.
I wish one of these companies would make it easier (with the money we spend to buy their products) to make installation and back-up easier. Much easier.
As a sign-shop owner, I think I spend more stress on just getting this stuff to work. It's not easy. I've "cloned" and "backed-up" my servers and stations, but when you introduce new software or hardware, you're on a nicotine-based-stress-level-induced nightmare.
I wish one of these companies would make it easier (with the money we spend to buy their products) to make installation and back-up easier. Much easier.
i think it is all a test of our sanity. i dont know what version the dongle is....geez i am gonna wind up buying the whole damn thing again damn damn damn. Life was so much easier with a paint box and a hand drawn idea. Well guess i am still looking for a used signlab program i guess with a damn dongle and you watch as soon as i buy this....I will find the one i lost.
The Equipment Guy
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I believe in attaching dongles to really big pieces of wood...lost dongles are a pia. I just had a new Gerber Dongle disappear...just a mystery.
Broken dongles can sometimes be replaced for a small fee by the manufacturer, but lost makes you kind of out of luck.
If you have somebody who might sell you a dongle, you better have them check out transferring the license, although in your case if you have a license and a mismatched dongle, sometimes you can get some help...It becomes like a damage replacement.
Craig
Broken dongles can sometimes be replaced for a small fee by the manufacturer, but lost makes you kind of out of luck.
If you have somebody who might sell you a dongle, you better have them check out transferring the license, although in your case if you have a license and a mismatched dongle, sometimes you can get some help...It becomes like a damage replacement.
Craig
Jet Fast Printing
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If I remember right, the license file for Signlab is on a second disc. You install the software, plug in the dongle and then put the license file in a specific folder on your computer.
So it IS tied to the software/dongle, unless you have the license file for that dongle.
I have not installed/used Signlab in YEARS, so take what I say with a grain of salt.
So it IS tied to the software/dongle, unless you have the license file for that dongle.
I have not installed/used Signlab in YEARS, so take what I say with a grain of salt.
OldPaint
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this is one of the biggest reasons...........I HAVE BEEN A LOYAL COREL USER!!!!! NO DONGLE!!!! i had one program with a dongle. ARTS & LETTERS 7.0!!!! NEVER AGAIN!!!
this was back on my old 386DX40!!!! i got a copy of corel 3..........bout the same time.
did some research and ROLANDS use HPGL and corel outputs it perfectly. match made in heaven. i have 3 computers, corel X3 on all of em. i can work on any one, hook it to the cutter and CUT!!!! just that simple.
this was back on my old 386DX40!!!! i got a copy of corel 3..........bout the same time.
did some research and ROLANDS use HPGL and corel outputs it perfectly. match made in heaven. i have 3 computers, corel X3 on all of em. i can work on any one, hook it to the cutter and CUT!!!! just that simple.
old paint you got the right idea. But i have almost 25 years of boat lettering signlab files that are stuck in .cdl mode and there isnt another program out there that will open them that i know of and i need all of those files because I letter wooden boats and when they are stripped and revarnished the customers want the exact same thing on the back of the boat. believe me i am saving everything in .eps now from a variety of other programs.
Actually when I upgraded my Signlab to 8 P&C they sent me the disk and dongle (because I had a serial dongle and wanted to update it) to load the program but them emailed me the license files. So I have them saved on disk and a few other places. Once I received them I just dragged and dropped them onto the SL canvas.