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Sorry, I was out of town for a couple of days and was not able to respond. I just took your AI file and saved it in a format that I could import into Inkscape. I did a trace on the file and saved it as a .pdf file that I could re-open in illustrator. I then saved the file as an illustrator version 8 .eps file. This is because Sign Blaze would not recognize a version 9 eps file. Adobe Illustarator will work fine for design as long as you save the file as a vector graphic instead of flattening the file to a raster. A raster graphic is like a picture, there is nothing for the cutter to follow. A vector graphic actually has vectors for each line of the outline that the cutter can follow. If you open a graphic within Adobe Illustrator, choose your select tool, select the graphic, now left click and try to move the graphic. If the entire picture moves as is, it is not a vector graphic. If on the other hand, the outlines of the picture moves with little dots on the outlines, this is a vector graphic. In some versions of Adobe Illustrator there is a trace tool that does the same thing that I did in inkscape, my version does not seem to have this tool so I have had to use inkscape instead. I also found that the .eps file created by inkscape cannot be read by my version of illustrator, or by sign blaze for that matter. I have found however that a .ps file from inkscape can be read by signblaze - not sure why, still working on this.

Unless you plan to do alot of diecutting that requires the laser, the P-cut is an excellent machine. I bought one as my first cutter and I love it.

Try this one. Valley_Voices_.eps Valley_Voices_.eps

The plate looks great - looking forward to the glow shirts and mouse pads - Please post when you test it out!

Wow! Tiles look awsome!

Looks Good! Ya think it will encourage the kids to take out the garbage?

Looks good!!!!

First you need to check your blade depth - Your blade should only be sticking out of the blade holder about the thickness of a credit card. Set your pressure to about 90 to start and if you are cutting small intricute stuff you need to slow the speed down to 30 or so - if it's not small stuff you speed can be higher. Do a small test cut and make sure the blade isn't cutting into the backing paper, it should just be barely touching the backing paper when it cuts - if it is still cutting too deep, back off your pressure. I went through this about two weeks ago. Hope this helps

Joe - Thanks for the post - I am a new illiustrator user and this is very helpful!

Topper - Site looks good - keep at it!

Thanks for the link - not too bad until you get about 3 miles from my house - Yikes!

Looks good - I have used the stuff on mirrors and it works very well also. Looks like etched glass.

WOW! Pretty cool.

Excellent Job!

Looks Great!

Guys - I worked on the EV1 program - Nobody was hiding anything - the vehicle leased as a 30K car, the batteries were 2K a piece and there were 26 of them. You do the math. With that Nickle Metalhydride pack (which was the extended range pack) you could only get maybe 120 miles on a charge, if you wend down hill alot! Battery technology has been the big hinderance of the electric vehicle - customers want an affordable vehicle that will get them atleast the range and ease of use that they have with their gasoline engines today.

Highland, MI - Near Pontiac

Sorry to hear about the loss - See if the attached will work?? In Loving Memory.eps In Loving Memory.eps

Welcome to the Forum - good luck with the new unit!

Welcome to the forums!

Welcome - I too was very impressed with the forum - Only been a member for a little while - looking forward to helping where I can!

Hello! I am new to the board. I have already spent about 5 hours surfing around - You guys have some great info and support out here! I have a new P-cut - have already completed my first vinyl job for our teen room at our Church - it looks awsome. Look forward to sharing with you folks in the future.

I am a new P-cut owner - I loaded Signblaze on my Vista Compaq laptop along with the USB driver. Now when I connect the USB cable from the cutter, the computer crashes - Anyone have any experience with this? Any idea what to do? If not, can I get a new activation code for Signblaze for my old XP laptop? Thank you, Steve.