Lefty2 0 Posted May 19, 2019 I have this old Lynx cutter that I pulled out of storage and wanted to use it as a plotter. It came with a pen tip to put in place of the blade and I was thinking I could plot to it from AutoCAD. It only has serial and parallel connections so I got a parallel to usb converter cable. The machine uses a dongle that goes along with LXI software. When I installed the machine, windows drivers for it installed successfully. I thought it would just appear in my "printers" list but I can't seem to get it to work. Is this even possible or am I on a fool's errand? Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slice&dice 2,450 Posted May 19, 2019 Cutters do not appear as printers. They work through the Com port and are driven by the cutting software LXI Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MZ SKEETER 4,708 Posted May 19, 2019 Graphtecs do. On my computers XP and 7. I didn't put them there. They all installed there. Not sure if the Lynx Pii-60 is like the Lynx S-60 I did find a user manual for the Lynx S-60 on a competitor website. But no user manual for the Pii60 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wildgoose 4,200 Posted May 20, 2019 Should work if you can get the hook up figured out. Not sure if you will need a specific format for the file though. Possibly would need to be a dxf. That's just a guess. They will look old school. I drew a welcome home banner on a really big piece of paper in a cool font and then my kids colored within the lines and it turned out awesome. I just did a regular cut file though. Have you tried opening the CAD file in your software so you can see if that part at least works? I'm sure there is a way to get the two talking to each other. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lefty2 0 Posted May 20, 2019 Thanks for the encouragement. I managed to get it to communicate with the LXI software and it was able to open a DXF file but only part of it showed up. But the machine tried to cut it so I guess I'm happy so far. I still have to get a pen tip. The one that came with it is long gone and probably dried up anyway. But at least I know it works. Does anyone know where I can get a pen tip for this? The company that sold it doesn't sell it anymore. I've seen some HP tips online that look exactly like the one I used to have for this machine. Are they pretty standard? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites