Cutting Master 2 & Corel Draw X3

[Bogie]

I installed the driver that Graphtec sent me... And the Scanvec Amiable driver. Is there a different one?

 

[Bogie]

Hokayfine... It's 12:39 central time, the last banner of the day is almost through printing, and then I'll load in some vinyl... I've taken what I had in Corel (actually some jpegs with contour circles that I drew in...) and moved it to PhotoPOS DX 5.0, and it's set up and ready to print/cut using ONLY the dang program.

We'll see...

I'd really like to hand a few of these guys some sample stickers...

Or decals. OR WHATEVER, as long as they place orders and pay money.

 

[Bogie]

No work. The type 1 reg marks seem to work better than the type 2, but the dang thing still can't find it's butt with both hands...

 

[oc63rag]

As mentioned earlier, make sure you have the most current firmware. I recently had the same problem with my FC7000-160 and as soon as I updated the firmware it was perfect.

 

[Jackpine]

liarby, I would cut these with an axcto to get the job out. I do this with "bumper magnets". GVG has the problem worked out in Flexi. I use CorelX3 for design and export with my cut line to my RIP and RIP/print and cut from the RIP.

re... Stouse.
They want 75¢/each for QTY:250 3.5"x11" bumper stickers. Black on white. I printed them on plain old 651. If I can get them cut then I make a profit. If not then I eat what we have printed and order Stouse and hope to break even. Only charged $1/each, customer also ordered a couple dozen 5'x5' banners at full freight. Guess I'll make it up there.

 

[Bogie]

When I did the layout in Corel, with contour lines, and saved as a Version 8 file (WHAT IS UP WITH SAI? VERSION 8?), and opened it in Photoprint (aka, Flexi on the short bus...), I had to redo the contour stuff...

 

[jiarby]

Don't know who GVG is, and I am not using Flexi....
I use Corel to draw, and Onyx Prod. House to RIP.

 

[gvgraphics]

It was only posted to help those that it could.

 

[Jackpine]

Don't know who GVG is, and I am not using Flexi....
I use Corel to draw, and Onyx Prod. House to RIP.

gvgraphics

 

[Bogie]

Been pretty busy past coupla days...

Tried increasing lighting around machine. No dice.

Will mess more tomorrow night.

 

[signage]

Bogie you never did say is the print the correct size, equal what software shows?

 

[jiarby]

ahh...
I understand now... I thought gvg was some software program I never heard of! I'll be trying again this weekend with Onyx to print & cut and skip the corel/cut-server.

Will the Graphtec read those reg marks that Onyx makes?? we'll see!

 

[Bogie]

I'm going to have to check that... I set the job up again, completely in Photoprint (DO NOT count on that program for design or layout...). When I print, it sends the thing to the Production Mangler, where it puts the cutter on hold, prints the Mutoh side, then tells me to get the cutter ready... I was figuring that since it was the same file...

Gonna be talking at length to my sales guy next week...

 

[jiarby]

The onyx I have creates a cut file when it rips the print job then prints a barcode and registration marks. The concept is that then we load up the cutter and open the Onyx Cut Server, scan (or type) the barcode to pull up the cut-file and hit the "GO" button.

Of course, OUR problem (Bogie & Me) was that the Graphtec was whizzing PAST all the registration marks, but that was using Corel Draw the Graphtec "rocket" plug-in (Cutting Master).

My Onyx system is designed for multiple printers and ginormous cutters... my CE5000-60 is not on the list, but Graphtec has instructions online for setting it up as a "generic cutter". Anyone wanna bet their next paycheck on how it goes???

 

[Bogie]

Well, tonight I gotta cut a lot of "cut only" stuff... We'll see how it goes.

If you see me asking a lot of questions about Signcut and Refine, you can guess...