jwalters69

I just upgraded my pcut to a zencut green. Have it all set-up and am cutting files fine. Trying to contour cut with Flixi 7.5 and am not having success. I am using the test file that came with the cutter but I am not sure how to make it detect the marks? I print the file on my Epson Wf1100 and then try to cut but the printer does not look for the registration marks. How do you get the software to tell the printer to look for the registration marks? Any help would be appreciated. I did a search and did not find anything that is helping. I do have signblazer as well but I don't think that does contour cutting. I also have signcut that came with the cutter but since I have not used that software I thought I would use flexi. thanks Jim

Greetings. quick question. I am trying to print a simple text banner with Flexi. when printing the letters are just outlines and not solid colors. Is there a way to make them a solid color for printing? thanks Jim

Thanks! That worked. I appreciate the help. I was getting so frustrated. Jim

Greetings. I have a customer that wants to display names of items she sells IE: "Dog Collars" , "Dog Food" etc, but does not want vinyl applied to the windows. even when explaining that it can be removed she is firm in nothing on the windows. She would really like to use static clings that are re-usable as she would like to change the words now and then but I don't know of a good product for that. I was thinking banners; but I am not sure how to hang them on the inside of the window without taping them up which would look tacky. do they make some kind of suction cup that would hold the banner tight? Any ideas would be appreciated. Jim

Great ideas. I like the chorplast with grommets and suction cups. Are the suction cups available at the local stores or do you special order them? I think the strip mall prohibits a-frames. thanks Jim

greetings everyone. I have been using my workforce 1100 for a awhile now. I am having trouble printing objects that are bigger than 11X17. I use flexi and set the material to what size I have but If I have a print that is bigger than a normal page it prints it to 2 or more pages. I thought you could print up to 43 or 44 inches with the workforce. Any pointers would be helpful. thanks Jim

I was having trouble contour cutting as well. What I found was that the software would not handle it. At first I tried Sign Blazer which seems like it has a print and cut feature but I could not get it to work. I then tried another software program but could not get it to work. I then used Flexi and I can contour cut now. I do not have a laser pointer but have to manually line it up (works best with the pen installed). seems to work pretty darn good. I use a Pcut 24", Flexi and a workforce 1100 printer. In Flexi there is a contour cut option. When I first bought the cutter I was not really planning on doing contour cutting but now it seems that customer demand has driven me to do that as well. Jim

Hello. After everyone's suggestions I have purchased a wf1100. I have been happy with it printing smaller items. I have starting trying to print some 11X17 vinyl graphics and am having trouble getting the vinyl to feed. I am using Mactac vinyl. I have ruined about 12 feet today trying to get this paper to feed. I thought it was the paper curl from being on a roll so I would cut the pieces and place them under my large cutting matt overnight to make them flat, but I am still having the issue. I then tried placing paper behind it so it was not trying to feed the one sheet but it still either curls a corner and jams or feeds up behind the printhead causing jams. Any suggestions? Jim

I layed the vinyl flat overnight. I then put the piece of cardboard that came in my 11X17 photo paper in first then put the vinyl in. I also held it up with my hand so that it did not bend on its own weight. it worked! I finished the job. laminated them and they look great just like all the prints that come out of this printer. thanks for the help. How do you guys laminate larger prints? I placed the laminate sticky side up and layed the print on top of it and that seemed to work pretty well. Wondering if you had other succesful ways? thanks again. Jim

Tried this last night but still had the same issue. I cut a piece of vinyl 12X18 then cut each end on my rotary cutter to be sure they are square. Paper still fed wrong and ends up feeding around and back up by the print head. I then put a piece of 11X17 photo paper in and it worked fine. Any more ideas?

my nephew is on a peewee hockey squad and have the graphic below on their jerseys. They want to get some cut decals on their helmets but I can't seem to convert the graphic to a cuttable design in inkscape. they just want the one hornet and their name if possible. So I need a hornet graphic to do the design. Does anyone have a similar hornet to the graphic attached. thanks Jim

With everyone's advice here (thanks) I purchased an Epson WF1100. Love the print quality. I am having trouble though contour cutting with sign blazer. Here is what I am doing: 1. take color graphic or text that I have cut in the past. 2. Printed in SB with crop marks in each corner. placed print in cutter. 3. Picked Cut a print in SB 4. followed on screen directions and moved cutter to crop marks as stated on the screen 5. Hit cut then either nothing happens or it does all the cutting on first .5 inches of print.... What am I doing wrong? I know SB is probably not the best software to do this but I am assuming it can be done. Can someone help me get this done then once I am comfortable at it what would be an affordable software to do these decals. i have a p-cut that I have had for over a year and can do cut vinyl no problem.. Thanks. Jim

Will it work with other software? Or can you not countour cut with the P-Cut regardless of software?

Simple design but I really like the black banner with the white lettering. Took about 3 hours to cut, weed, assemble. The top words have very thin lines and were hard to apply and weed. I think the customer will like it.

I just bought a WF1100. Thanks for all the advice. It seems to be a great printer. CISS helped me greatly. I am trying to do some contour cutting with Signblazer and my pcut. Problem is when I add the registration marks in SB it puts them in each corner of the print. When I do the cut a print option SB wants me to advance the blade to the bottom left and bottom right of the print, but that is past where the rollers are (if that makes sense). I know a few of you will say to buy flexi, but I really don't want to buy it yet. Is there a way to move the reg marks on the print? I changed the paper size from 8.5 X 11 to user defined but I can't seem to adjust so the marks are not on the edge. Any help would be appreciated. Jim

I am sure these questions have been answered but in my searches I could not. I am thinking of buying a workforce 1100 so I can print smaller decals. If customer wants a large decal or 50 of each I would out source... 1. Can I print with the cartridges that come with it on to vinyl ( I am assuming something like 3M IJ180 or an Orajet?) 2. Assuming I can I would need to laminate with spray on or a roll on laminate? 3. Do you buy the material in a 30" width and cut it down or what material would you buy to print smaller decals? Just wondering as I need a printer anyway so I thought if I can get one that can do small decals that would be a bonus. thanks Jim

I have watched the video and have vectorized other graphics but some give me troubles. Can anyone tell me how to get a clena file out of this for Signblazer. Customer wants these on their hocky helmets so I will have to cut in 2 or 3 colors. some points would be great. I usually select all and do the trace bitmap deal but have trouble with some graphics. Thanks Jim

I do have inkscape. I do have AI but have not used it. when I had my vinyl shop I had 2 designers and 10 employees so I never had the time to learn the design work as I had to do the installs and manage the business and employees. thanks for the link as that looks like a good solution for this graphic. thanks Jim

I do have a larger version of the file but did not want . I do have inkscape, but still have trouble converting certain graphics to an eps file to use in signblazer. Any pointers would be welcome. I will send a pm to see what you would charge for a printed version. thanks Jim

I have made my some using static cling material. It worked well.

Hello. I have a P-Cut 24 that I have had for 10 months. From day one it nicks the vinyle where it starts the cut. I tried the more expensive blade and still same issue. It doesn't look horrible but it is noticable on small text and it makes weeding a pain. Anyway I contacted USCutter support and they have determined that it is the blade holder not spinning properly and that I should replace it. The part is not under warranty because it is a consumable? I belive it should be replaced under warranty. USCutter has been helpful and I don't really have any other compaints about them but I am disappointed that this would not be covered under the warranty. Just wondering if I am being unreasonable? I guess I will have to pay the $40 plus shipping to replace this part. Jim

I took your advice and called and the tech guy immediately sent me a new one. Should see it in 3-4 days. Great! Thanks for the advice. Jim

I bought off of the US Cutter website.

I did lubricate the bearing and that help some but it still has a little nick in it. I am sure US Cutter monitors this page so they would let me know if they have changed their minds on covering it or not. I will try the ebay one. Jim

I have tried all different depths with no change in the issue. Tried the other expensive blades out there as well and had the same problem. USCutter and the other blade manufacturer all came up with the same conclusion. Jim