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Of the three brands, which is considered best?

USCutter, Graphtec, Roland

Which is easiest to work with?

Which has free software?

Which can accept Adobe Illustrator files?

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I got the Geaphtec CE5000-60 bundle from USCutter and it came with all the software I needed. It came with Corel Draw X3 that can import ai files. The Graphtec software comes with a plugin for Corel Draw and that's what I use to cut. The cutter works great and is very quiet.

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Most any cutter comes with cutting software . The choice of cutters is relevant to what you want to do and the price range . Any cutter will cut vinyl the more costly cutters will perform better,quieter and with more accuracy . Do you think you will sell enough stickers or are you doing signs and banners etc . You could always start with a cheaper cutter and move up if you like cutting vinyl .

Dan

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If you have a graphtec, graphtec is the best.

If you have a roland, roland is the best.

If you have a china cutter it is teaching you how to do things for when you get a graphtec or a roland.

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Graphtec or Roland but I like the graphtec myself just cause that's what I have :rolleyes:

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owned both graphtec and roland - graphtec for fine detail, roland for finding the contour marks for contouring prints.

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If you have a graphtec, graphtec is the best.

If you have a roland, roland is the best.

If you have a china cutter it is teaching you how to do things for when you get a graphtec or a roland.

Bikemike has a great point. If you're a newbie you may want to consider an entry level machine. Much less initial expense and while slower, noisier and less accurate the entry models do a lot better than you would think on a bang for buck comparison. I used a P-Cut for over two years and easily made enough off it to afford the new Summa. Now that I have the Summa I am totally spoiled but the lessons I learned with the other machine served me well in understanding the whole shooting match. I also appreciate the higher tech machine more than someone who has never used a budget cutter. The local shop here in town supports more Graphtec than Roland but I think it would depend on things like that if I were choosing between those two. I researched and ended up spending more to get the Summa but that was a personal choice as I decided I didn't want to get down the road 4 years and want to upgrade yet again. 

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