Hello i am totaly new vinyl cutting i have never used a plotter in my life before. Because signs are so expensive to have made here in the UK i decided to have a go myself. I purchased a Pcut CT1200 serial plotter on ebay the first problem after purchase was i only had a laptop running windows 7 no serial port so i had to get a computer with a serial port i accuired an old del computer with a serial port running windows XP. The next problem was the drivers for the plotter i have been trying to find out how to load this driver now for the past 8 weeks i have the driver disc and the read me file instructions but i just do not understand them can any one help the instructions are as follows.
1. First, copy the files of pcutplot.cfg and pcutplot.eng to the sub-directory of CASMAT. I had to create this folder because it did not exist on my computer.
2. Open casmat, one click"other{1}" menue, then click "set{s}". Then a dialog box will be opened. select the pcutplot on the left of the dialog box(driver file list V), then add it on the right of the dialog box (driver P which is on work), and set it as current apply driver program. The default port is com1. if useing com2, then you should set the third step. or you can start to work.
3. select pcutplot on com1 then click "set{t}", a dialog box would be opened. There is a communication m in it. Push the m button, select colm2 local port. Then click OK and exit the set. Shut the dialog box and can start work.
I cannot get any of this to work in fact i cannot get a dialog box to open the only box that opens is a box saying windows cannot open this file.
CAN ANYONE HELP I AM AT MT WHITTS END AND READY TO THROW THIS MACHINE IN TH BIN.
