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is it a parallel port, or serial port?

Windows 11 is notorious for doing stuff like that. You might need to go into Device Manager and see if the com port was reassigned by Windows, and either reassign it back to what VM has it designated as, or reassign the port number in VM to match what Device Managger shows. If neither of those solutions work for you, unplug the cutter, reboot the computer and try to install it as if it were a new device you're adding to you computer. ... or if you happen to have a Windows 10, Windows 7 (my personal preference), or a Windows XP machine, you can use that to control your cutter.

Might be a good idea to export your most important files into some kind of generic vector file, so it can used in another program in a bind.

'Aloha e Denis - Thanks for checking out the forum. I encourage you to register as a regular user, doesn't cost anything, but it will allow your posts to go up immediately instead of it being in queue, waiting for one of the moderators to approve it.

If doing a perforated cut, wouldn't that require a carrier sheet, just to make sure that a) there's a good surface under the blade to make the cut, instead of the forgiveness an trough would allow, and b) so that the material will no accidentally snag on blade from 'popping' up from being cut? Sorry, I don't do perforated cuts, so I'm just trying to get a better grasp of this.

why aren't you using the blade holder to be situated over the cutting strip?

I encourage you to register for this forum. It's free, and your posts will go up righ away. I broke the birds out to separate files, and zipped them up. What kind of software are you using for design or cutting? hummingbirds.zip

Nice! Thank you for posting your 'work around,' no doubt your answer will help someone in the future.

Power supply or main board. Was there a recent power outage?

I will look into that. Thanks for the suggestion.

If I can get it to me under $12 per piece, that would be something I'd consider. Right now, I'm considering trying to order 50ish pieces, then will probably need to have it freight forwarded it to me.

Any one have recommendations on where to get aluminum sign blanks, preferably white? I'm specifically looking for 18" x 12" x 0.032. 0.040 if 0.032 isn't available. I only have one supplies shop locally, and they are super pricey, so I'm lookin to just pick-up blanks, and keep them in stock myself. Thanks in advance!

This was the closest I could find.

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Welcome to the forum. Thank you for signing up. Glad you were able to figure out an aswer on your own. Thank you for posting your solution, as I'm sure it will help future users. If I may ask - what software, and platform (Win or Mac) you're using?