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a picture of the blade holder in the carriage would also be helpful as well.

Meant no offense, just wanted to double check. There are incidences that the chip/board that control the z-axis (up and down), go bad, and then the it will not move and will drag the blade for the entire run. Good that we can rule that out for you.

The grey area of possibilities is mind boggling.

Just want to rule out the obvious - the blade is moving up and down, right?

Cutters can be used across different versions of Windows, so take your pick. I personally will use any version other than Win10, only because I have a love/hate relationship with the forced auto-updates. You just need to get your hands on software to send the cut - Sign Blazer Elements is free, and it'll do the job. It will also do some design, but compared to CD, it's kind of antiquated and looks kind of comical (and I mean that in a good way). I love Sign Blazer. It's what I learned on, and it's what I still use now and again. If that doesn't really work for you, you can checkout the different ones out there, and most have a trial for you to test drive. Just be forewarned that in trial mode, they will cut slashes into your design until an actual license is purchased - but hey, at least you can try all of the features for free before buying. VinylMaster, Easy Cut, Sure Cuts A Lot, Flexi, etc ....

Mahalo Slice! Yah, that seems to be the hard decisions about businesses with text in their logo - proprietary or not-proprietary. I personally when with a non, because I just don't have to deal with over customizing my logo. Hahaha.

Exactly! Hahaha

Mahalo! Mahalo! I was thinking that the P might be a different font and/or been manually modified during the creation of the logo. Too bad this is an old logo and the company can no longer find the original files that were provided to them when it was created ... although, I'm wondering if that really would have been any cleaner ... it's so dated. Hahaha.

Just need to go through all the basics - blade depth blade pressure - just enough to cut through the vinyl & adhesive, but not cut into the backing offset pull from slack - do not pull vinyl directly from roll, always pre-pull enough slack to run the entire job if the cuts still aren't turning out the way you want, try slowing the cut speed down. please keep in mind that stepper motor cutters are not as accurate as servo motors, but you should be able to get a very decent cut for that skull graphic you're trying to cut.

I've been staring at this font and just can't place it. I've tried to go through several font sites, and even trolled my extensive collection, but still can't place it. Can anyone point me in the right direction? TIA

If you have AI, you can try and import your file in .eps form, then export it to .pdf.

If the original owner provided everything to you - including all documentation that might have the activation code for the Graphtec software, I would go that route. If you don't have that, Sign Blazer Elements is free and will get the job done. Some people like Vinyl Master, some Sure Cuts a Lot, a few Easy Cut. You just have to find the software that feels good to you. You should be able to download the trials for most of them and test drive them before you have to make a purchase - unless you go with Sign Blazer, that's just free.

searching the forum will go a long way.

Does the packing slip say that your app tape was in there? Can you be sure that it was USC's fault that they didn't pack it?

If you have the ability - convert it to a more cut friendly vector format - (i.e. eps, svg, ai, ...) what color it is really doesn't matter, since you're the one to feed the cutter whatever vinyl you choose. feel free to register for the forum, it's free and your posts wont wait to be approved by a moderator for posting