txbro

thanks for the replies! i am out of town at the moment, but will be back sunday and i'll try again. i always un-roll the vinyl a good bit to make life easier on the machine, and stay on top of it while it cuts. i know it boggs down hard when pulling from a 50 yard roll for sure. i'll give the hold down method a shot and see what happens.

sometimes my MH871 lifts the blade at random.. it only happens every now and then. if i re-send the job odds are it will work the second time. the caraige is perfectly on track too. what it does when it does it: say it's 60% through a logo.. the blade/carraige raises up and stays, but continues left & right movement while rolling the vinyl back and foarth. any help??? setup: flexi starter on vista, USB, MH871

i ordered 6 different rolls yesterday.. i figured i'd give it a shot i will post what i think after i get it and use a few pieces. really anxious to try the chrome red!

i just ordered flexistarter 8.5 i think i'll be much happier with it! thanks all!

thanks for the quick responses guys! i am thinking i will go ahead and just get the flexistarter.. just cause i will be importing alot of stuff from AI.

this is part of my post asking about flexi vs. SB in another thread, but i think this part should be posted in here: I got my USC 871 last week, and i have been having a world of heck with SignBlazer. No matter what i do with my .eps files, they wont show up on the "cutter" screen..just on the modify "finish" screen. i have read on here lurking for a few weeks and it seems alot of people are having issues importing .eps files with the SB program. i run vista, and anything i draw/type in SB shows up and cuts.. but my issue is loading ANY .eps file. I have even vectored files physically in SB, then removed the .BMP image and it STILL won't show up on the plot screen. is the flexistarter that USC sells any better (user friendly) than this SB program? I have tons of .eps files created from Adobe Illustrator CS3 and it's worthless if SB won't plot them. all i get that shows up on my plot screen is a tiny blue square with the number 1 in the little box located on the bottom left corner. now if i remove everything from the pink square in the design table, then type generic text in the pink box, it will show up on the plot screen. help please!

Hey guys! newbie here. I got my USC 871 last week, and i have been having a world of heck with SignBlazer. No matter what i do with my .eps files, they wont show up on the "cutter" screen..just on the modify "finish" screen. i have read on here lurking for a few weeks and it seems alot of people are having issues importing .eps files with the SB program. i run vista, and anything i draw/type in SB shows up and cuts.. but my issue is loading ANY .eps file. I have even vectored files physically in SB, then removed the .BMP image and it STILL won't show up on the plot screen. is the flexistarter that USC sells any better (user friendly) than this SB program? I have tons of .eps files created from Adobe Illustrator CS3 and it's worthless if SB won't plot them. all i get that shows up on my plot screen is a tiny blue square with the number 1 in the little box located on the bottom left corner. now if i remove everything from the pink square in the design table, then type generic text in the pink box, it will show up on the plot screen. help please! if anyone thinks it's wise and more user friendly to use FlexiStarter, please say so edit: i don't know if this should have been posted in the SB forum or the Flexi..