ericmschwanke

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  1. I have been working with Graphtec support for over a month trying to troubleshoot this issue and haven't gotten anywhere so I want to ask here to see if anyone has a suggestion. When I cut fonts, Really anything under 80pts The letters end up all jagged like it couldn't figure out how to connect the circles properly. Graphtec has had me reset my unit, replace the blade holder ($100 down the drain still having the problem) I have replaced the blade. Checked to make sure the holder is in there tight and also that the Pen Block isn't loose. I ran a test with the pen in instead of the blade holder and blade and it was perfect. I am running Version 1.30-STU Condition 1 - CB09U S30 F14 A2 I only run rolls of Oracal 631 indoor vinyl. Can anyone brainstorm a different solution? The 3rd photo without writing is after changing the blade holder but still slightly getting issues that you can see on the 2 and the 9, they just aren't smooth cuts.
  2. So after a full week of testing. I have upgraded to Illustrator Creative Cloud and started Using Sign Cut Pro 2. Sign Cut suggested adding a little overcut in the settings on the graphtec and I can say it has been incredibly better on cuts. Very crazy. I don't have a clue where the problem really is.
  3. Not the whole roll. Just seems like it happens to the edge.
  4. On the CE6000 you can just ignore the pinch rollers? I looked on how to extend the cutting area but it was only like .175mm past the pinch roller.
  5. I was curious about the ripples also. It has been rainy and humid in Wisconsin the last few days and we have had all our windows open in the house so I am wondering if that is it. I don't see it after I cut and its laying flat to weed. I will move the rollers in even more. I just want to use as much as the 24width as I can.
  6. Here are my roller positioning.
  7. I will re-alight the pinch rollers and look at that. I feel everything and nothing seems loose. Thats the strangest part.
  8. I send straight from Illustrator CS6
  9. Yes Mac and cut master 4. I see sign cut pro 2 has a monthly software subscription but I'm not familiar with that software.
  10. Yes, pre-feeding. Always making sure there is slack. Carriage is tight. I reset the entire cutter and re-set it up and the problem on that same cut has disappeared now. I'm lost.
  11. Now I am lost. Slowed the cutter down. Blade has been set since the last recommendation and I have cut this twice in a row now. I can't believe how awful this cut is. The names turned out usable but the October font is god awful.
  12. After more cuts last night and examining this morning. It really cleared up some interesting cuts I was not happy with. I was still having some issues with sticky letters not weeding as easy as I hope but I am thinking I am going to pump the speed down even a little more to see if that helps.
  13. I slowed it down to 10 instead of 20 like I had it, also took the blade out, air sprayed the blade holder, re-set the blade depth and printed about 15 things last night. Peeling was very easy. Didn't notice any big issues like I was before. I haven't had a chance to closely examine some of them that i normally have issues with. Had to run out the door this morning. But I'm hopeful its just a settings issue like you gave suggestions on.
  14. Usually it is custom pieces so I don't normally print more than 1 copy but would be interesting to check that to see when I notice the issues.
  15. I'll take a look at the depth also. Thanks for the heads up.
  16. Totally. That is my next try tonight. How long do you usually go between changing blades? I would say in the last month I cut 180 decals ranging from 12x12 inches to 32x 20 inches.
  17. Well for each condition includes a speed. That is why I mention Condition 1 that Graphtec sets out of the box because I didn't remember what their speed set in that condition was.
  18. I'm trying to think what the normal speed for the Condition 1 out of the box is. I thought it was faster. I will slow it down and try that.
  19. I know its been a hair since I brought up this thread again. I have played around with a newer version of Illustrator and seems to be fixing the horrible cuts better. Not perfect but better. The issue I am experiencing now is making me scratch my head. I only cut Oracal 631 Vinyl. I only use Graphtec CB09UB blades. Recently (maybe 5 days ago) I got new blades in the mail, I am not sure how long they last I was just thinking maybe its time to replace the current since some of the smaller letters I am cutting were getting harder and harder to weed. Put the new blade in, first few cuts were horrible and could barely weed the cut fonts. The blade holder was set so the depth of the blade should not have changed. I put the blade holder in the magnifying unit, sorry forgot its name, to set the blade depth and stuck the blade out a little more. Cuts are a little better but I never in the years of cutting have had so much trouble weeding fonts. I watched this video a few months back about cutting small fonts and settings to use on the CE6000 so my current settings are CB09U+0 S20 F10 A2. Should I set the pressure more? It's very frustrating. The bad cut issues I had a month and a half conversation with Graphtec Support who basically told it was my blade holder, I purchased a new one and didn't change anything, and now they won't help and won't respond to messages. You can see the font below in the picture with the memory card is not a small a font and the circle doesn't connect. Weeding the fonts pulls up every few letters and I have to sit and spend time placing letters back on the backing paper. Ideas?
  20. Exploring right now. When I look at the wireframe in Signcut it looks off, SCAL 3 that I used with my old US Cutter the Illustrator file is perfect. But when I just used Signcut to cut it... It is perfect. The mystery continues!
  21. This is just crazy to me how bad it is.
  22. I use Cut Master 4(I use a mac) I've never used the Graphtec Cutting Controller I don't even see that with the Mac software.. Blade depth is set at just shy of 2mm. ( I use the PM-CT-001 to set the depth)
  23. I stupidly decided to updated from MacOS 10.12 Sierra to 10.14 Mojave and now cannot get illustrator CS5 to send to Cut Master 4. I’ve uninstalled the software. Registered a new SAI code to no avail. I’m stuck and don’t know where to go from here.
  24. ericmschwanke

    MacOS update issues

    I work at an Apple Reseller and thankfully if I need to I have the tools to backtrack the operating system but was hoping for a quicker fix. I will always use Illustrator so saving as .AI doesn’t bug me. I’ll keep hunting. Graphtec support hasn’t been that quick to respond so I’ll see what they say when we start cracking at it.