Vinyl Cutter to pair with VG-540

If you are happy with versaworks, I would stick with a Roland cutter, it will be a seamless transition. If you go with another brand, you will need to get a third party rip and you will loose some of the functionality of the printer (Roland swatch library).

I agree the graphtec is superior to the Roland cutter, but if you are using versaworks the ease of use for the Roland might out weigh the difference in performance.

 

Just to add another option in the mix is to consider a Summa cutter.
Hands down a Summa cutter is the best.
Previous cutter was an old CX24 which I used for years and its still going. But had an opportunity to get a Summa D160. Best purchase I made.
I use versaworks and cut with the summa using their windows application. There is also an Illustrator plugin for adding the rego marks on the print file before sending to VW, which is easy to use.
So far I've had great results and the accuracy on the D160 is by far the best.

Maybe another option you could look at.

 

Support is definitely essential and the last thing we all want is to be left hanging in times of absolute need.
Fortunately, I haven't had the need for any support, at the moment..... (nock on wood!).

However, Graphtec was my next preference then the new Camm GR series.