I have been cutting vinyl for about 4 years running an ALLEN cutter and flexi software, the flexi rocks but my old tired dog of a machine was getting worn out!!!!! let me tell you for the money that i payed for this plotter the mh1351,Ii am astonished!!!!VERY PLEASED with its performance and capabilities, i have used roland's in the past and this machine is equivilant and superior when it comes to price versus quality, although USB set up was a pain , forum and post's from this site made figuring everthing out very tolerable... so hat's off and KUDO's to US cutters, and all that contribute to this site