MollyzMumzy
New Member
Hello,
I bought a a Cougar CP630 from Signwarehouse a couple of years ago. I bought it so I could have some fun and mainly to create signage for our rental fleet. I am not in the sign business. I do have over 20 years of inplant printing under my belt. I am familiar with publishing software and other graphic applications. I was looking for a listserve and SW steered me this way. I hope the experts out there can give me some assistance.
I run my cutter in ernest about every 6 months so I have yet to "bond" with the machine, but I'm getting closer. Possibly when I retire, I could use it to generate some income.
Here are my questions:
I run 15" wide vinyle, my cutter can accomodate rolls of 24" (25", 26"?? A standard size anyway.., it's in the other room. Had I known the footprint was as large as it is, I would have bought something smaller. Hindsight!)
So..., I run my design and all goes well. The image doesn't abort for several cuttings and then it does, all the while eating up some nice pricey reflective blue vinyle. I have the image 3 up, length wise it goes to about 24".
Can someone tell me why this (any) machine stops in mid cut on a cut that worked before? This isn't the first time I've burned vynle. Before cutting this I called SW support. They said to wipe down the machine with an antistatic cloth and to run any design first using a plotting pen. I did these, finally success, my image cut through 2xs then it aborted again. GRRR.
Any other pointers? I'm told this is a hobbyist's cutter. My designs aren't elaborate (what constitutes elaborate, anyway. The size of the file or intricate cutting??) Would it be better to order 24" rolls and cut one at a time on the 24" side? Hmm, that's tedious, but I still have to learn how to run repeating cuts. Any help is appreciated.
I bought a a Cougar CP630 from Signwarehouse a couple of years ago. I bought it so I could have some fun and mainly to create signage for our rental fleet. I am not in the sign business. I do have over 20 years of inplant printing under my belt. I am familiar with publishing software and other graphic applications. I was looking for a listserve and SW steered me this way. I hope the experts out there can give me some assistance.
I run my cutter in ernest about every 6 months so I have yet to "bond" with the machine, but I'm getting closer. Possibly when I retire, I could use it to generate some income.
Here are my questions:
I run 15" wide vinyle, my cutter can accomodate rolls of 24" (25", 26"?? A standard size anyway.., it's in the other room. Had I known the footprint was as large as it is, I would have bought something smaller. Hindsight!)
So..., I run my design and all goes well. The image doesn't abort for several cuttings and then it does, all the while eating up some nice pricey reflective blue vinyle. I have the image 3 up, length wise it goes to about 24".
Can someone tell me why this (any) machine stops in mid cut on a cut that worked before? This isn't the first time I've burned vynle. Before cutting this I called SW support. They said to wipe down the machine with an antistatic cloth and to run any design first using a plotting pen. I did these, finally success, my image cut through 2xs then it aborted again. GRRR.
Any other pointers? I'm told this is a hobbyist's cutter. My designs aren't elaborate (what constitutes elaborate, anyway. The size of the file or intricate cutting??) Would it be better to order 24" rolls and cut one at a time on the 24" side? Hmm, that's tedious, but I still have to learn how to run repeating cuts. Any help is appreciated.
thanks again for any suggestions.
