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Select your vinyl properly. I have seen vinyl graphics on tire covers before, and they had shrunk some, (tightened up) on the cover, causing the cover to kind of pucker all around the applied graphic. Some of the others here would know specifically, but I think calendared vinyl would be more prone to this symptom.

A fellow newbie, I probably bid on 5 or 6 until one fell into the bid range I had set. They seem very popular, but I did get one, so patience won out. Hang in there-

Ditto here- I just got mine 10 days ago. I feel like I got a great price, the unit came quickly and works great. I don't think you can go wrong with this community behind you. Great folks... buy one! kev

Hi all, I am finally able to work with my new cutter and am getting a bit frustrated. I am just trying to enter some simple text in SB Demo, and convert the text to curves and go to Cutter. As soon as I click on the Cut Tile button, the toolpath appears with the selected text and the PCut faithfully cuts the entire path, making the resulting vinyl useless. I'm attaching a jpeg of what I'm looking at and the cutter cuts. A little help please? Thanks, Kev

Eureka! The SB6 Trial version did the trick I am the proud owner of a perfectly working PCut now! It cut flawlessly the first attempt. Thanks BannerJohn for the tip. I am very enthusiastic now about the cutter, the possibilities for it and the community behind these machines. You guys rock! Bruce, I took that offset value from comments I read i the threads hear. It seems for cutting Oracal calendered vinyl folks are giving .25 or .30 offsets. Is that incorrect? By the way, the trial version also cleared up the problem of having to restart XP in order to cut. Thanks again all, Kev

Okay, that looks promising! I will download this and give it a try. This is the site I had downloaded the demo from, by using the link in the left hand column. I hadn't seen this 30 ady trial offer on SB/6, so I'll give that a try and let you know. Hopefully, Kev

It's Nice to know tha the "Pro"version has that capability, but I'm gonna stick with the regular version that came with my PCut, I was just hoping I could actually DO something with the Demo version. Oh Well, like I said: at least I know the PCut is alive, able to talk to my PC (kind of) and will cut. I'll read though more threads here to see if I can determine why I have to restart XP every time I want to cut. Much obliged- Kev

Oh- thanks John- So this is "normal" for my XP demo ver.? Yuck! Oh well, if so, at least I can confirm the little cutter is working (I guess). I have the full version, but wanted to get a newer system before I installed the SB Pro. I have read all the threads on the upgrade / new computer, uninstall then reinstall process, so I guess I'll just have to cool my heels until I get my new, Permanent box. I have also experienced the symptom mentioned on the forum about having to restart my system in order for the plotter to actually begin the print job. I am connected via the supplied RS-232 cable. I click Cut Tile, and the sending to printer dialog box flashes up for 1.5 seconds then not output until I restart XP. Darned Gremlins- No, I got SignBlazer /6, just waiting until my new laptop gets in.

Thanks, so I turned down "weed" to 3 (not sure what to set this to), did a straight type and cut 2 step process w/ same result. K

Hey Patches, Did you figure out that the black rubber o-rings that should were probably stuffed inside those "silver round pieces" go on the outside of the short tube so that they fit into the cut slots? They provide grip on the media roller, so the vinyl, or what-have-you, stays in place and doesn't drift while the cutter is feeding the media. I just put my stand together last night (really a pretty nice stand overall), and can provide pics if needed. Cheers, Kev

Hi Folks, I've been lurking here for a little while, and received my new cutter just last night. I'm very excited to get this puppy up and running now, and sure am glad there's a knowledgeable community like this to learn some of the tricks from. I already ordered several rolls of the promo vinyl! I work in the IT field by vocation, and am looking forward to soaking up lots of the "cutter and sign making goodness" here, and contributing as I can. Kind regards and thanks, Kev