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Gotta love the easy fixes.

Thank you both, this was it! The offset was set to 0.020in, I just unchecked the box (no offset?), had them test and it printed perfectly. Pardon the phone picture, I didn't have time to take an actual screenshot. Thanks again, I learned something new and the sign crew team is happy again.

You can go ahead and put that INITIAL BLADE POSITION>OUTSIDE, or it will leave a little J. in your design. But you should be looking for Blade offset. Blade offset is ZERO on Graphtecs. Which Cutting software are you using? Are you running the cutting on Windows or a Mac? If Windows, that cutter has a Graphtec cutting controller that you can make changes right from your computer. Before wasting vinyl and cutting text, use the TEST feature right from the vinyl cutter, and your triangle and square should be perfect. https://www.graphtecamerica.com/cp-downloads-fc8600 Under drivers is Win Controller V.OPS67.. Cutter must be ready to cut when using this operation. User manual is also on this page. This is the correct way to set the blade depth on any vinyl cutter. To start with, you should set your blade depth correctly, by taking the blade holder out of the machine, and firmly cut across a piece of scrap vinyl, you will be cutting. You should only be cutting the vinyl and barely a mark on wax paper backing, Adjust blade to get there, Then put the blade holder back in machine, and use the force of the machine to get there, same results, only cutting the vinyl and barely a mark in wax paper backing. You should barely see and feel the blade tip out of the blade holder. Regular sign vinyl is only 2-3 mil thick. You only cut with the very tip of the blade. When you think the blade is so far in the blade holder, that you think it would not even cut, that is probably correct.

I think that USCUTTER is working with the Chinese manufacturer to address several issues on these MH updated versions. That would explain the "Sold Out" situation, which is crazy to see, now right before Christmas when many people buy these low-end cutters as gifts or to start a work-from-home gig. There is an old rule in the technology (and automotive) business. Don't ever buy V1.0 of anything. Let the early-adopters work out the bugs first. Proof here, right?

I have the 720t. No support. Used the laser point 24 setup. Works perfectly from flexi 10. Hope it helps!

As an update, I've been discussing the issues with USCutter staff/support. I'll post something after this is resolved but I do have to say the support so far has been good.

As an update, support sent me another blade holder for the machine, this one marked as a Titan blade holder replacement for some reason, which also did not fit. It is even wider than the other two. Titan: 11.89mm wide, MH Cutter: 11.63mm and the one that came with the MH200: 11.36mm. While the older machines may allow a variance in size due to it's pinch design, this new machine has a cast metal mount that prevents these other holders from being slotted in. After redesigning the MH cutter either noone realized they were making their machine incompatible with the standard blade holders of they forgot to update the website description for the MH Blade Holder. That, along with with the stand issues is making me concerned about the rest of the redesign. To anyone considering upgrading from the older cutter to this one, I don't think I'd recommend it at this point.

Cool, hopefully some of this helps, the cutter itself does seem to be working properly once you get past any needed alterations. Will be interesting to see if you have the same roller alignment issue. you likely will as the sides of the machines and stands are probably identical with only longer crossmembers the difference. If you have an MH871 you could also see the blade holder difference.

The redesigned the cutter but not the stand idea is most likely. The stand is assembled correctly, in fact it can only go together one way. The plates the cutter sit on both have to face inwards or the feet won't reach the holes and the side plates have 3 holes that only line up one direction so they can't be reversed or put on the wrong side. You could put them on the inside but then they would be too close together for the rollers to slot in, etc. As for rotating the cutter that would force the rollers to be in front and the cutter feeds only from the back direction. Much like changing the blade mount to no longer be compatible with the blade holders they sell for it, it just wasn't fully thought out.

Here's a top down shot after the roller mod with the vinyl where it needs to be to line up with the useable space. You can see the rollers arent even really the issue, though that's how I fixed it for me. Where the holes are to mount the cutter to the stand are too far over so the useable area of the cutter does not line up with the useable area of the rollers. It's probably due to the fact that the MH200 moved the blade holder to the right of the carriage while the older cutters had it to the left but they didn't account for the shift with the stand design.

Sure, the flimsiness of it isn't the biggest issue and is hard to show in pictures but the roller alignment is pretty easy to show. Here's a pic of the lip on the roller. It is not moveable and the roller rod is pressed into the roller so there is no adjustment there. Once in place the lip is where it is. I did also try reversing the bushing in there to move it more to the left but it didn't gain it enough to line up. Here's what that does to the vinyl alignment. Here's a shot of the far right carriage travel right before it hits the limit switch. And the left side travel of the carriage right before it hits the limit switch. You can see the issue, that is a pretty large amount of skew if you tryied to force it over and if you tried to put the vinyl up over the lip it doesn't roll even or straight. Below is what I did to fix it to allow the vinyl to slide over far enough to line up with the useable space. If any of the photos look fisheyed its due to camera angles, these shots were taken with the frame perfectly level and square to the machine. I fixed the problems with the rollers, nothing I can do about the gauge of the material it's made out of and the feets wobbliness doesn't affect use so it's functional now for the most part. Support is looking into the blade holder issues.