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I guarantee there will be no input from Cecilia Q here in the future. It's just a spam post, disguised as something worthwhile for the members of the Forum. Just sayyin'

Best of luck to you in this new endeavor. We all reach the point of having to deal with Nodes, at some junction in our learning curve. I've even gone into TEXTS and changed them to objects, just so I can go in and change a letter slightly to look better. (A font touch-up, I call it). By the way, those two vertical elements between the dog's ears seem odd, I would just delete them entirely, and leave that area clear.

OkeyDokey, My glance at this particular effort would involve Node Editing. By doing Dups of the entire design, then going into the editing mode of nodes and bang away the elements of each layer (on each duplicate) you want to remove. It's tedious, yeah, but you've got clean lines & space separating the elements there.

Jeff, good morning. That's a fair question, but requires a bit more info for a tutorial answer. Software? What is the design appearance? (screenshot posted here) and also, how many colors? (vinyl Layers)

20-foot running cuts on a SEIKI 870T? Fuggeddaboudit.

That sure sounds like a fun night! Boom Kanani.

Ron, you are now at the point where you'll have to decide. Yeah, it took ten days and several bucks invested to discover what we figured from the start of your seeking answers. The new MH100 series 24" is still available at USCUTTER.com (the 30" units are 'sold out') Just out of curiosity, why did you install a Serial card in your PC and not the parallel card DB25 LPT as we suggested?

I wonder what COM is being utilized by the keyspan adapter? (or serial port) SBE has been known to only accept ports 1-4.

Q- "Hey. my cutter is sitting in the wrong position inside the studio/work area, how do I move it to the other side, near the window?" Me: "Did you install the wheels to the stand?" Q- (coming back to the thread a few days later) "Yeah, there's wheels, but they seem to not roll/spin" Me: "Have you tried unlocking the wheel brakes?" (levers that hold the wheels from turning) Q- (a few more days pass) "OK, I see that. Now, should I disassemble the cutter from the stand before moving it?" Me: "Uh, you can just push the whole unit across the floor" Q- (A month later) "I've decided to keep it where it was..."

Strange message, because how does the cutter know where the media is positioned? There's no "polling" (sensors) of the vinyl on the rollers on that model. Register as a member (so you don't have to wait for moderator clearance on each post, and can keep up with the movement of the thread easier with notifications) and we'll try to troubleshoot. Mainly, what were you doing when you tried to send?

I sincerely wish that the KeySpan parallel thing works fine, that would make us all glad. We are waiting patiently until he gets it shipped from China!

Shows how little I know about the inner workings of today's computers. I know where the ON button is. When it shows me some black screens with white text on it, I start panicing! I 'm gonna hope the solution is that Keyspan adapter, seems like a winner. Don't forget to come back here, Ron, with the answer! We're rooting for ya.

OK Ron, we understand better now. You have discovered the basic truth about Legacy equipment -- Don't mess with the setup, if it works. That includes updates to Windows and/or changing to the 'latest release version' of Windows. I'm on an older Toshiba laptop because it has the DB9 Serial port. Paid $45 for it. In your case here, it might be worthwhile to look at our suggestions and answer the basic question: Can your new computer handle the addition of a Parallel I/O board? https://www.allaboutadapters.com/io-card.html This is the type of 'adapter' you will need, internally slotted onto your motherboard. The external connector you asked about may or may not work, that's something you'll have to pay $17 (including shipping fee from China) to order and see if it succeeds. Nobody here is using such a setup.

Hmmm, more info, let's take it along and see where it leads. What type of computer is being utilized there? Not a laptop, I assume. Is the Parallel port the only output option on that cutter? Darcshadow makes a good point about the computer, not sure why you went with hardware that isn't compatible with this Legacy connection? If you have an empty slot for a parallel card, that might be the solution here. On the other hand, while you do seem to be comfortable with the Copam, there's always the option of getting a new USCUTTER machine! After all these years, maybe it's due!

Ron, you are about to embark upon a long-distance troubleshoot of Windows! First of all, we need to know what physical connection (cables) we're working with here. Secondly, what software you design/cut with. Thirdly, when you bought the cutter used, did the seller ever show you it was functioning at all?