Dr12volt1338

Do you have the printer hooked up to your router? Can you provide some more info? Operating system connection type to your router router make and model....... The best thing to do is google search how to set up a network printer with your particular router....

Welcome! Different colors along with different brands can all cut differently... I have issues with white vinyl every time I try to cut them. I have found using Oracal vinyl was a HUGE help in cutting quality...

Do you have the cutter ground to the stand? Try a couple drops of 3 in 1 oil in the blade holder to verify it is spinning freely. I am not familiar with graphtecs but there are a lot of people here who use them every day.. Skeeter knows them inside and out I am sure once she sees this she will have some helpful insight.

I'm not familiar with those units but a little research online looks like you have yourself a good deal if it is all in working order and depending on hours on the unit....

Welcome from MI... You have come to the right place to learn!

Wow..... I was hoping you had this fixed..... Did you ever delete all the cutters setup in the production manager and made sure the setup for the LYNX cutter was the only one there??

I just looked at a video showing me how to import the adobe plug ins into my Flexi and use them..... My question is what plug ins you do you who use them recommend? The Eye Candy stuff looks like a good place to start but what do you guys use?

Heat transfer vinyl creates a lot of static try grounding your cutter to your stand. You can also try to rub down the vinyl a dryer sheet..

SKEETER Can you share the name of the disc pack this is with?? I have a few Biker benefits coming up and could use some new fresh custom chopper images....

I would say watch it closely see it if is consistently moving one way or the other... Without more information it's kind of hard to pin point.... Sounds like a roller issue of some sort though maybe one is tweaked a little... I'm not sure how that could happen but anything is possible..

I just did a run of 75 shirts very intricate front design large design on the back... All 1 color and weeding them was an absolute NIGHTMARE!!!! I was very cheap per shirt $8.75. I told the customer they would need more then 75 and I was right they sold 60 of them the first 10 days... I informed her the next order would be a little more per shirt due to how much more intricate the vinyl design was then we originally discussed. The original design was pretty simple I came up with but the final design was a lot more.... In the end I came out ahead because now she is ordering hats, soft coolers, can koozies, bandanas, and I replaced all the logos inside the building on the mirror behind the bar.... I have been busy the last 2 weeks on just orders for her...... Long story short if she keeps ordering stuff in these amounts I will be going to a screen print set up.

That I am not sure of.... I would think there should be some information in the manual for the unit you bought.... I looked on their site in the general info area but I didn't see anything that looked to be any help....

Even as practice it is illegal to produce any copyrighted image or anything that even resembles the original art work... I learned the hard way it is NOT worth it at all.....

Is the vinyl slipping out from under one of the rollers?

Is it cutting each letter at once or is it cutting a bunch of the outlines then the inside of the "P"? Mine does that on real long runs of the same image it will cut most of each image then come back and cut the rest later... I think with mine it is caused by a tracking issue as it pulls the vinyl through and cuts the vinyl dog tracks a little then later when it goes back to cut the inside of the letters or design it has moved a little....... If this isn't the case make sure your cutter is ground to the stand...... Heat transfer vinyl is best to do in small amounts at once due to all the static it holds..... I have heard of people rubbing the vinyl down with dryer sheets but can't personally couch if it helps.....

I would ABSOLUTELY get rid of the copyright stuff..... The big boys do not play well when you start stepping on their toes and taking money from their pockets....

I understand that.. The Cutting Controller Program is built into the cutter, in order for that to relay information back to the computer you have to have a connection that always 2 way communication. IE The cutter needs to be able to "talk" back to the computer, if your print server does not allow information to be transmitted back to the computer then you will not be able to access programs within the cutter. If your server is a 1 way it will only allow information to be sent from the computer to the cutter... The nature of the error you are receiving tells me the computer is sending a signal to open the program in the cutter but not receiving a signal back relaying the information so as a default it assumes that the cutter never received the request so the default action is to flag an error just saying it is not connected to the computer.... If it is a 1 way server you can send information to the cutter all day long but never receive anything back..... The fact that it shows up as being connected is only by the parameters set by the drivers all it does it take the information from certain fields and "re display" that for the name of the connected device it does not necessarily mean that it actually knows what device the print server is connected to...

Does the print server allow 2 way communication??? I would think in order for those options to work the cutter has to be able to communicate back to the computer.... I know with some of the lower end machines (Not Graphtec of course) even on USB they will not communicate 2 ways until you connect via serial cable...... I would double check the settings on that print server and verify it will allow the printer (cutter in your case) to communicate back to the computer.....

What is your blade exposure at? You should only be able to see just the absolute point of the blade barely peeking out from the holder....

Double check all the settings in the Device manager on your PC and the settings in Signblazer... (Baud Rate, Com #, all those settings have to be exact.... ) I know a few years back when I had that same error it was one of those options some how went haywire in the Device Manager.

If that is working for you keep with that.... If it were me I would use my heat gun and slowly heat it... Once you get some better vinyl you will be amazed at the difference in how well you can work with it.

With a little heat you can get any decent vinyl to follow a contour like that although Cast works the best for contours.

Make sure your cutter is grounded to the stand. Are you running on USB or Serial cable? I had many many issues on USB going to a serial has solved all of them been running flawless ever since... Some members even rub a dryer sheet on the vinyl to help eliminate any static being transferred through the machine.

I started with the Siser and love it... However this last week I ran out and had to get some material the same day and my local supplier only carries Thermoflex. I really didn't notcie to much difference in it except that the backing is much much stickier so weeding was a little more of a pain since my hands and arms kept sticking to it when I was trying to hold it down.. One thing I did like better about it was every roll came with its own sheet on press time and temperature... Not that its not easy to find that info but it was nice to see it right there at the point of purchase. I held up a shirt done with Siser next to one done with Thermoflex and I couldn't see any difference at all.... We will see how time tells with washing them and if I remember I will report back with further results.

What you have to really watch for is what is the largest CUTTING width.... Just because you can load 31" material in the machine does not mean it will cut that wide.... I have a 31" machine but the max cutting width is 27.799 inches..... Unless you plan on doing a bunch of very large lettering or images on tractor trailers and what not a 24" machine is more then enough... I have done a few trailers with mine and didn't have any issues but if it where something I was going to do a lot of I would go with a larger 54" machine. Again as stated above buy the best you can afford...