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USCUTTER provides it for download, the software is abandonware. http://support.uscutter.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/190/27/01-signblazer-elements

Why are you using contour cut for this?

When you looked on eBay, you should have noticed OHax industries selling packs of 10. ($1.60 each) http://www.ebay.com/itm/10-pcs-024-Gloss-White-Aluminum-License-Plate-Car-Tag-Blanks-/221056046159

Love the way Gene Simmons signs his name with a dollar sign for the "s"

Search of the forum reveals this -- http://forum.uscutter.com/index.php?/topic/35652-zebra-stripe-font-with-outline/?p=271120

What happens when you try the same series of letters using SIgnBlazer? If the use of another cutting software eliminates the issue, then you know it's the program SCALPro that's at fault. If not, and the problem persists, then you can check for some sort of glitch in the hardware.

I highly recommend you hook it up to a PC that's running SignBlazer (lists ProCut700 and ProCut 1350, both of those drivers should work) Start with that, and verify that the plotter is functional.

Thanks for the compliments here, I know it's not really spectacular work, just 'bread and butter' as BannerJohn indicates. As for pricing, those are coroplast inserts (2) on the A-Frame, and I've billed that job for $210. The large 3'x4' pvc LOVE (rose) placard went for $120. I made up 20 red coroplast LUNCH yard signs (double-sided) and invoiced $280. (Two sheets of 4 x 8 red coroplast that I cut down to 10 blanks each, purchased for $25, and 60-feet of white 24" wide vinyl, plus 20 step-stakes) Oh, and the owner of the T-bone steak house treated me to dinner for 2. One thing about being a sign maker -- everyone is my buddy.

Multi-threads. http://forum.uscutter.com/index.php?/topic/41366-signblazer-importing-eps-file-to-cut/?p=321100 and http://forum.uscutter.com/index.php?/topic/41016-svg-file-to-eps-file-help/?p=321101

As has been noted here in the forums countless times before, SiBE will not recognize nor import .eps files that were created in newer versions of Illustrator (after version 8 )

Node editing in Inkscape. Then export to SCALPro for cutting.

Bwaaahahahahaha -- Only The Shadow Knows ... !!!! (obscure reference to Frank Readick Jr.)

Yep, FB is the way to go.

I have a 10-disk set of DVD's that contains a ton of ready-to-cut graphics. Worth looking into, in my opinion. (on ebay --- Mega Vector collection) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=321168859483

Buy an older $60 PC laptop with serial port and move on with your life.

Wix rocks.

I hate that smell of the ink.

Home brew? Nevermind,,,,,

Where do all those bottle-caps come from?

I buy the basic carbide blades from China, $5 a box (5), and they're fine for the signs I make.

Judy, Judy, Judy... (in the accent of Cary Grant) I have great suggestion for you, since you're in S.Carolina. There is no law requiring a front license plate on vehicles in your state. As such, you'll find a good market for creating custom plates. (You never answered what your main focus of vinyl cutting is)

Just a heads-up, when using a script font like that, make sure you weld the text, otherwise you'll get cuts into the overlaps.

Ahhhhhh, the old welding trick !!!!

Since they seem to be composed of mainly a variety of geometric shapes, they seem relatively simple to create in any vector program (i.e. - SignBlazer)

GooGone is one product that every user of cut-vinyl should have a bottle of. I love that citrus smell.