Graphtec Bomb Sites in Flexi?

I know in Flexi 12 you can add a lot of different graphtec crop marks to the file and just send the file where you want.... you can space them however you want on the file itself as well. I don't know if they have the cross hair with a circle style bomb mark if that is what you are talking about. In Flexi 12 just click the check mark and it will apply whatever set of crop marks from the menu while in Flexi designer. I don't have Flexi 12 on me at the moment or I would send screen shots.

 

don't know about flexi or the manual graphtec alignment but do a lot of print roland versaworks cut on graphtec (flat bed and roll) with arms from coral.
the point of the ticks > of the roland marks denotes the corner points of the file but this does include any pdf or eps boarder so the cut path from flexi has to be offset by that amount to compensate.
or surround your art work with a hairline box and group it so the art cant move in side it send and print only from VW no marks.
after lamination reload in to the graphtec and use the 4 corners of the box as your marks find and set the marks.
in flexi set the art work inc the box against the 0-0 origin corner send cut path to cutter. the purpose of the box is to trap the art work in to a known area and position so can go from machine to machine keeping position.
this is more accurate than the marks from cuttingmaster because i am not convinced it does it 100% correctly every time.

 

I have been in your exact situation and unfortunately was unable to get the graphtec plotter to work, UNTIL my subscription with flexi went to Flexi19. I have exact same printer. SP540V and Graphtec FC4100-130 plotter.
Now everything works perfectly. We use flexi for design setup, versaworks to rip and print then laminate and cut on graphtec. I also have a Roland VS640 and have printed on that, laminated graphics then contour cut on Graphtec. Have you considered going onto Flexi 19 subscription its around, $50 per month. If you do upgrade I will happily send you a walk through video link of how we print, laminate and cut. I would use my graphtec for contour cutting over the roland every time.

 

The magic light on plotter is fairly bright, easily enough seen. I'm not sure if the LED bulbs can be replaced. I had similar issues with crop Mark's not reading and not cutting accurately but no issues with Flexi 19. I set contour cut in flexi then use the graphtec 4 point crop marks. The plotter asks you to set point one but after hitting return it automatically goes to point 2, then 3, then 4 respectively. Only minor adjustments needed to allow for Skew caused by slight movement in vinyl after laminating. I will do a little test print and cut and try and put up a video tomorrow. If you want to PM me your email I can send a few screenshots. But as I said previously I think your issue is version of flexi and model of plotter. I know people with flexi 12 and newer plotter say FC 8100 having no issues.

 

This is a video link to contour cutting using Flexi 19 with Graphtec FC4100-130 plotter once artwork has been printed and laminated

 

No problem hope you get it working