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Thanks for the quick reply! I got that part, but, what I'm trying to figure out is can AI do what this video shows (I hope the link is OK, not an endorsement)...

While I wait for the "perfect" cutter to show up on my doorstep... whatever that turns out to be... I'm trying to do a little pre-buy design work. I already subscribe to the full Adobe CC suite, but I've really been tempted to subscribe to Flexisign Pro due to 1 key feature. That's the "automatic scaling" feature. The ability to take a known measurement and scale an image to match with 1 click. I am assuming that either Illustrator or Photoshop has the same abilities, but you know what they say about assuming! I can't seem to find any definite answer or video showing how I would do this and I keep trying to figure it out myself, to no avail. I am guessing that someone here will give me the answer in about 2 minutes after I post this question. Thanks as always!!!

Thanks!

Thanks again for the words of encouragement! I've been in business for myself... and online specifically... for over 12 years. Never have I had these types of issues until recently. It just seems that in the past 2 years or so, things have radically changed. Suppliers no longer ship on time, no longer ship what you order, don't care either way. People who were friends for years now have no problem stealing my products or suppliers either. All for what? A quick buck? Individual buyers (customers) and sellers have no decency, honesty or respect for themselves, much less others. I had a guy, yesterday, want me to make him a logo. I asked what the primary use would be so I could figure out some basic design ideas. He said decals, but he "has a friend who uses Vivvid vinyl" so he can get the decals "basically for free". I said... "then that's the guy you need to make the logo! If that doesn't work, perhaps Fiverr.com will work for you." What the heck??? Shortsightedness is a real epidemic. Either that or money is so easy to come by these days that people just don't care. Unfortunately, nobody told me where they parked the armored truck.

SO... Here's the update... The "seller" (and I use that term lightly) was your typical Craigslist scammer. Actually didn't have either of the cutters pictured. Prior to driving a couple of hundred miles, I asked if I could get a picture of the serial numbers of each cutter "so I could determine which software I needed to get based on the age". I got a picture of a BEAT and blurry serial number that appeared to be from some really old piece of Roland equipment. I politely replied..."thanks,can I please have a look at the other one pictured". Their reply was the same picture. I tried again... "Thanks again, I have that picture, but the one that's on the silver stand". The reply was "there is no stand with either." I, again said "OK... well, the one in the picture that's on the stand that's not included, that's the one I need the picture of..." And the response was "I don't have that one, my former partner kept it". So, at this point I'm beyond mad and I KNEW this was a scam the night before I posted here... I just felt it... I fired off a couple of more messages pointing out that it was very obvious they were not being honest and all they said was "please stop hurting me with your words". Sorry for the rant, but I've been trying to buy a cutter for several weeks. I don't have the budget for a new servo machine, so I've tried every outlet and venue. I've been lied to, told off when I asked for some measurements (since they claimed they didn't know the size), ignored... Just this morning I asked a seller if he bought a "6" year old Graphtec he was selling new and he replied that he "couldn't remember"!!!!! I said "you can't remember? I think I would remember if I spent over a thousand dollars on a piece of equipment if it was new or not. Did you take it out of a box after you purchased it?" and he asked if there was anything else he could help me with and I had to say no. AND... best of all... tonight I drive an hour away to meet up with someone. They never show up! I've never had such a hard time giving money away in my life!!!!!

Here's a GX-24 from eBay...

When Google searching the images, I see that the bottom one could be an old CX-24, but I don't see any way that the top is a PNC.

I'm not interested in the PNC unless it's part of a package deal to recoup a little $ from the other one (if it's really a GX)

Thanks Dakotagrafx! The first one looks like a gx-24 to me too!! And, yes, the bottom one looks like the PNC, not the top and the top looks like a GX, not even a CX. Either this person is trying to run a scam or is clueless. Unfortunately, it's about a 2-3 hour drive for me to find out either way...lol.

SO I have found these 2 cutters for sale. Same owner. Nothing but the cutters and power cables. I'm trying to identify them and their age. The seller identifies them in the pictures, but I'm not sure if their description is correct based on images I've seen elsewhere... They are identifying the first picture as a Roland PNC950 and the second picture as a CX24/12. Could someone please let me know if that looks correct to you? It doesn't to me, but I'm new to this!

Thanks Dakotagrafx and Wildgoose. It's cool to get replies from people who have educated me so much!! You know, to be perfectly honest, I didn't think about weeding here, much less masking. (thought I sent this reply yesterday). Just found a couple of older cutters used in a household environment. Which would you all recommended... Roland Camm 1 CX 24/12 or Camm 1 PNC 950? Same owner... both were purchased used, used for the past 2 years and have only the power cables. The story doesn't make complete sense, but it seems like there's been some sort of "break-up"...lol. By the way... asking price is $850 ($300 for the CX and $550 for the PNC) for both, some wiggle room and used for t-shirts. By the way... feel free to say neither. Just figuring out that they must be really old! I'm going to carry the next question to a new post... it will include pictures for reference... found here...

Thanks Dakotagrafx. You know, to be perfectly honest, I didn't think about weeding here, much less masking.

Thank you very much! I'v read the topics before and was asking specifically if there were some folks who had some differing opinions. I won't be making signs or lettering. Only graphics. And as my original question points out, there are some designs that are over 30 inches, so my question was whether I should leave those to the larger, $25k cutters rather than a home cutter. Vinyl is not an issue as I will not be buying it. It will be supplied to me.

Hi All, I can't thank everyone enough for all of the incredible information found in these forums!!! Here's my question regarding a first purchase... 24", 28", 31.5" or 34"? I understand all of the brands, motors, eyes, lasers, photons and tractor beams I need a home based cutter for experimentation and templating. I have access to 2 Roland Soljet printer/cutters whenever I'd like, but it's a 60 mile round trip and tons of time. I'd like something for my home office to work with and then do production runs on the big boys. Could I please have some input as to whether you have a 24" cutter and wish you had a bigger one or if you have a larger cutter and never really use its full width. For informational purposes, I'm primarily a "sales person" and my business partner is a printer. He wants to expand his business and I want to sell more stuff! There are some things that I'd like to create that will be over 30 inches, but should I just skip the home cutter for those projects? Also, with regards to the software I plan to use (hope it's not the wrong place to ask)... I've had it beaten into me that I need to learn AI. I'm NOT a graphic designer and hate using Photoshop, much less learning AI. I was going to use Flexi 12.5 Cloud. It seems worth it to me for the monthly expense since it look a lot easier to learn the basics than AI, especially features like automatic scaling and vectorizing. My friend's workflow is Photoshop to an older version of Flexi to Versaworks. Seems like a lot of effort to me, but it works for him and his staff. I'm trying to simplify the process and be able to create files here and then take them there, load them up and go! Any and all advice, positive and negative, is greatly appreciated. Thanks again for the forums!!