if you like flexi, it would be a easy transition to use there print and cut software, and you can always use an oem rip, or the flexi rip, I use sign lab and I fid it easy to use, I rarely need to use photoshop, or other programs, my signlab can do almost everything that I would need to use the other programs for, and I just sold my copy of flexi, dam near gave it away!!//chopper