Carmigirl

I have been doing a little research on this plotter. I’m looking for a backup. Use to using graphtecs but my question is is this a plotter more for hobbyists?

On the Graphtecamerica.com site you can go under support, choose cutters, go to legacy. Under the fc7000mk2 series you will find a free download of Graphtec studio. I have it but have never used it. Worth checking out

Would be best to use air release vinyl

Or a vinyl express q75 main board

Looking for a working main board for the Graphtec FC 7000 series. Thanks!

Sounds like it might be buffering the info slow. How far is the cutter sitting from the computer?

Question.. are fc7000 series mainboards interchangeable with each other in that series? Such as placing one from a 100 into a 75 (30 inch)? I know anytime you change a main board out there is calibration involved.

I have a Graphtec FC 7000-75 plotter that as of right now certain functions ( buttons) are not working on the keypad and until I find the part I'm trying to use the plotter controller to contour cut from a gerber edge print. How do I go about this with the registration option in the plotter controller as in getting the plotter to recognize the marks. I notice that when the program is launched from the program's menu that it does not say cut...just close. I read about using the driver to launch. Do I need to find this driver??? I would assume it is in the program. Help! Thanks so much in advance!

It's running! Graphtec serial cable, key span and reverse 2 dip switches and all is well!

I'm going to try to set up a old graphtec plotter to my laptop. The plotter has parallel connections and a rs232 port. Was wondering if by using the key span and the rs232 will I have to switch dip settings or will it just run as it did when it was connected thru the plotters parallel. I'm sorry, I'm just not very computer savvy. Btw, it's a Tripp lite brand Keyspan

^^^ thank you, working on this Saturday!

I'm not great at pricing large quantity decal jobs. I wanted to print white on clear but customer wants white vinyl. Simple simple weeding plus transfer paper. Anyone care to tell me what they would charge? I'll have about 230 dollars in material. Thank you!

Turned on my rarely used 30 in graphtec 7000-75 and think it blew the main board. It has arms for contour cutting. In meantime I was looking to manual contour cut in flexisign pro. Did all the steps properly, chose the plotter to be used and nothing happens. It gives me a error...not recognized. Now this is a very old plotter ( absolute work horse ) graphtec. Are the arrows that pop up suppose to move my blade to the registration marks ? Any help would be much appreciated!

When using water and a couple drops of liquid soap make sure the liquid spreads across evenly. Sometimes when there is not enough soap mixed in you get dry spots which traps the liquid. Squirt just plain water on back of your vinyl and watch it seperate...thats what traps the water

There will always be more impact with a colored background! Def not your fault because of it. You didn't design whole complex. You deserve to be paid.

Control tac all the way! I've done hundreds with this material!

Also you can use fluid to build your decal but if the back gets wet and you pull vinyls off you'll have a mess. If you try this way and back gets wet let it completely dry first.

Lol rodger! This new technology with its thinking on what you are trying to say ! It drives me crazy! Thank goodness my sign program doesn't do it! Can you imagine what my signs would say!

Bubbles are always frustrating! Yes if you can put on boat single layer at a time wet you'll do fine. Just squeegee enough and let set for a minute. I used to get anxious and pull off too soon and cause bubbles. Good Luck and know you'll have it down in no time! As for bubbles disappearing...sometimes they do and sometimes not.

Only thing business wise I can use on my ipad is for a portfolio

Multicut is what I wanted to say in the above post

Def sounds like multicultural or copied file on top of each other. Group a section and delete and see if image still remains..if so, it's been duplicated on top of itself. Keep grouping and deleting until you see nothing. That will tell you how many times its duplicated.... The stab marks? I have no clue!

The reason I asked if you left application tape on after second layer and then going straight to applying to boat you are not seeing the bubbles are there from dry applying to first layer and not applying wet to the boat... Am I rambling... Ha

Are you layering the second color on top the first leaving the application tape you used to apply that second layer? Are you putting second layer on dry. You might be getting the bubbles then and not when you are applying it to the boat.