jhumbeutel

Great Job!

I'm looking to get a laptop for my graftec and trying out some more professional software besides my outdated paintshop pro and inkscape. Any opinions about which laptops are best suited for graphic design? What do you all think about illustrator, corel or flexi sign? Just wondering what might be best for me. Thanks for your time

I always thought vinyl window graphics should be applied to the inside of the store front window. But everything I see on youtube is applied to the outside. Just wondering which is better. Thanks

I'd like to see some of your covers volt if you have some pics.

Did you put that on the outside of the glass or the inside? Looks great!

Also, what would be the best vinylto use for windows?

If it was put on the inside, the sticky side would show on the outside. Would that look bad because it's not nice and smooth like the top of the vinyl. Thanks for all the replys.

Hi all, Hopefully someone can help. I have had my Graphtec CE5000 for about 6 months now and I love it. However, lately my vinyl seems to be moving during a cut. More so on larger runs. I have been very patient and try to line up the vinyl as straight as possible. I even use the stoppers to hold the roll in place and also the feed option to make sure its straight. The images and letters are cut fine but the weeding lines are partially cutting into some of the image. The offset has always been set at 0. I have never had this problem and seem to be wasting a lot of time and vinyl trying to figure this out. Any ideas? Thanks

I see uscutter is out of rtape 4075 24 inch. Does anyone know the cheapest place to get it? I looked around and everyone wants about 20.00 more than uscutter sells it for. Thanks

Good advice..makes sense

I moved my rollers in a little more and it seemed to work better but I still am getting cuts through letters when I use the weeding lines.

I cut the amount that I needed so its not pulling from a roll but it still moves. About 1/8 inch on a 30 inch cut. When I do anything over 30 it really moves. The left roller doesn't seem to spin as good as the right. I don't know if that would even make a difference. I slowed it down to 2 on this cut but I really don't want to work that slow. How much do you think the vinyl usually moves?

I do clean off my rollers from time to time. I'll try the alcohol because it seems like the vinyl is crooked when the job is finished. Not straight like when I started the cut. I always use the feed function to make sure enough vinyl is rolled out so it doesn't have to pull from the heavy roll. Does the grit on the roller ever wear down?

Wow, that is pretty slow. I'm trying not to do so many weeding lines and moving my rollers in a little more. It seems to work better but still slipping a bit on larger runs. I'm just bummed because it never did that before and I was always running faster.

I'm running at 25. Even if I slow it down to 15, it still happens. I do a lot of small text too so it's helpful to have the weeding lines. It used to work perfect. There must be some adjusment that I'm missing.

hey, does anyone know any good websites or somewhere to find out if there are any vinyl cutting shows in my area? Thanks

I'm trying to find a link to the Newbie manual. The other links I had would not open. Thanks

My cutter has been freezing up during long cuts. Many of you suggested to get a Keyspan USB serial adapter. So I hooked that up and now it isn't freezing up. However, I noticed that my lettering is all misplaced. Do I need to calibrate something?? Using signcut with a laserpoint 24. Any ideas? Thanks

That would be ideal but there is nowhere to plug it into my computer.

My cutter has worked just fine for almost a year. Very rarely would it freeze during a job. It even worked fine this morning but now it freezes in the middle of a cut. I have tried restarting my computer and that has worked in the past but not this time. I just renewed my subscription, thinking that might help since it was due in less than a month. I am using a USB connection. I tried using a serial to USB adaptor but it was the wrong kind and stupid me unscrewed the connector screws and it fell in the machine. So I would like to continue using USB. Using sign cut pro. Should I try reinstalling? Thanks all

Looking for photos of kids rooms to display my vinyl decals. Looked at IStock but can't seem to find very many good ones. Anyone know any good sites? Thanks

I'm actually looking for pics to purchase for my site.

Could I please get a manual. Thanks jhumbeutel@yahoo.com

I am doing a large wall decal with 2 colors. Red and Black. I just want the black to be solid and the red to have all the cuts so that it will lay on top and the black will show through. However, I am getting cuts in the black where I dont want them. Is this something I have to rework in my illustration software or is there an easier way to get the black to be solid and have more cuts on the red. Make sense?? Thanks

Im using 631 for layering some wall art. Ive been using ORATAPE HT55 to layer my vinyl on top of each other but it is really sticky and hard to pull of causing the vinyl below to bubble. Plus its not clear and its difficult to see the registration marks. Is there a differnt type of tape I should be using?