pc60 help

[joezeppii]

Hello,

I need help setting up a pc60 to run on corel 8 with windows me. Is it possible? I can't get it to go.I saw somewhere that it ran on corel 7.
I know, I know....outdated software and outdated equipment, but it's all I have, and I need to get it up and running. Any help would be appreciated.
JK

 

[mikesign]

It will run from corel 8. I'm not sure if it will work with windows me. You need to get a driver for windows me that will work for the pc60. Try rolands web site for the driver. I had a pc 60 and it worked with corel 8.

 

[joezeppii]

Cool,
Thanks, I was told that I needed to upgrade to corel 10. Have you ever heard of smart designs? I actually run that, but I saw a post from 2005 where someone couldn't print/cut from smart designs but could directly from corel. I may give that a try. Also, I have a driver for windows 95. If I can't locate the ME driver, do you think the 95 driver will work in ME?
When you sent a design over to your pc60, did you just send it like you would a printer?

 

[Jackpine]

Cool,
Thanks, I was told that I needed to upgrade to corel 10. Have you ever heard of smart designs? I actually run that, but I saw a post from 2005 where someone couldn't print/cut from smart designs but could directly from corel. I may give that a try. Also, I have a driver for windows 95. If I can't locate the ME driver, do you think the 95 driver will work in ME?
When you sent a design over to your pc60, did you just send it like you would a printer?

I had to up grade to Corel version 10 to print and cut with a PC600. I exported as an eps from Corel to the RCC to print and cut. This was with a computer with XP.

 

[wes70]

When I had my PC50 I used Coreldraw 9 and Windows 98 se. No problems at all.

 

[joezeppii]

O.k.....
I found out that I needed to use a parrelell cable instead of a serial cable. I can print o.k. but I can't cut by color. It will cut by line type, but when doing vector images, I need to be able to cut by color. I've been told that Corel 10 will solve my problems, and I've been told that Corel 8 should work. Help!.....

 

[Jackpine]

Did you get any Roland software with it? I used a RCC program with a PC 600 and had to make a hairline CutContour color in the spot color palette in Corel 10. When I made a cut line it had to be the color named CutContour that was in the spot color palette. The RCC then recognized it. I could print only, cut only or print and cut as output options. I exported everything to the RCC that I wanted to cut as an EPS file. Bitmaps were sent as RGB. If they were sent with a cut line, they were sent as an EPS. There is a box to check "send bitmaps as RGB".

 

[joezeppii]

The only software was the driver for windows 95. I went to Roland's web site and down loaded the driver for windows ME. They told me that no other software came with the pc60. In the driver, I can select the color that I made my outline, but it only offers RBG. I am making sure that my cut line color matches what I have in the driver, but still nothing. I can select cut line type, and it will cut. I'm installing corel 10 next week to see if that cures it. I had a Roland tech tell me it would, and I've had a tech tell me it should run out of Corel 8 also. Confused and frustrated to say the least. Any more thoughts would be appreciated.