phrog

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  1. You know I had tremendous problems with my LP 24 tracking vinyl using the methods shown in the manual. I don't know if this makes any sense but it works perfectly for me. First I have a stand so this wont work if your machine is on a table. I have installed one of the aluminum discs on one roller where I want the left edge of the vinyl, then I stick the roller thru the tube of vinyl letting it hang on the roller instead of sitting on top. Important for newbies make sure pressure rollers are over rough portions of the feed rollers. I just pull vinyl thru and when its straight with the left guide disc on the roller I lock down the pressure rollers. It works well enough that I don't even check by feeding forward and back before I start anymore. Oh yeah another little help, a piece of scrap vinyl stretched over the curved metal outfeed area from the cutter line to edge of machine keeps the vinyl from catching on the scallops and raising up as it feeds out.
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    Small Lettering Help

    Ditto on what smallsigns said!
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    Signblazer vs. Corel Nodes {newb}

    SB node editing, clean up the vectors?
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    Opening graphics

    If it were me I'd open graphic files (jpg, bmp ) in a windows program such as paint.exe (you'll find it under programs/accessories SignBlazer won't "open" these type files. You can "Import" them into SB then look at them, but opening them in paint.exe would be easier. Also if you have photoshop, paintpro, or any image program you can use that. Personally I have photoshop cs and use that to view all my images.
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    Life would be so much better if ...

    It's all political!!! FatDad, you just haven't ran a good enuf campaign!
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    Newbie needs help

    IN SBE: In node edit mode you can select the area of the center of an "O" or "A" and the nodes will turn green hit delete and they are gone
  7. I just open pictures in photoshop and save them as a bmp or jpg at 600 dpi then import that into SBE and then monochrome it and vector it there
  8. Someone on here emailed me a question, I tried answering but the email address it went back to was bad. It was (something hippy) if I recall.
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    Yet Another Importing Question

    Ithink the one thing you are overlooking is that all parts of the design have to be combined
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    opening vector arts please help!

    I agree with Jay there's at least one in there that SBE considers corrupt.
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    newbie - question about SBE

    even after you vectorize a bmp image the bmp image stays on your workspace along with the vectorized image, its best to delete the bmp image that way you won't get the nag ( that the BMP image will not be cut)
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    XP vs Vista

    I'd say XP Pro, Its still available, and will be supported for the next 4 years. (Heck Windows 2000 Pro is still available) XP requires 1/2 the memory and takes up 1/10 the space on your HD. IF you buy a new style motherboard that doesn't have a serial port on the outside, I'll bet that there is a serial connector on the motherboard all you will need to add is the nine pin serial connector on a ribbon cable.
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    laser point 24

    when using the pen my LP 24 distorts the rear right corner of a rectangle shape I presume because a pen has zero offset
  14. First your LP 24 is 28 or so inches wide. That is so that when you put 24inch vinyl on it your cutter will have room to avoid hitting the left button.Those red buttons prevent the cutter head from slamming into the side of the cutter frame. Position the vinyl 3 or so inches in from the left side, I have the stand on my LP24 and I have one of the circular aluminum stops on the back roller set so my vinyl cannot go closer than 3 inches to the left side. Setup shows the vinyl roll riding on top of the two rollers, but my experience has been much better with poking the rear roller thru the middle of the roll of vinyl. I drop the vinyl over the roller it slides down to the stop, I then reconnect the roller in its stay. Then pull the edge of the vinyl up into the machine and under one pinch roller, go around to the front of the machine and adjust the vinyl till it looks semi straight and set both pinch rollers down. Run your vinyl forward and back using the arrow keys and watch the left side to see if its drifting, and adjust the forward or back a little under the right pinch roller till its straight ( actually since I set the stop on the roller in back I rarely ever have to adjust it) Now I move my cutter head till its over the right corner of the vinyl about a 1/2 inch in from the leading edge,(LP's have a measuring strip next to the cutting strip that will catch the vinyl if you start at the very beginning of the vinyl). In signblazer the cutter moves from the right to the left. signblazer has adjustments if your cutter isn't cutting a 2" letter when you tell it to then adjust it, but mine has been exact on since it came outta the box. There are many threads on here about setting blade depth and pressure, these are common sense and easy to follow. I hope this help you get started.
  15. Yes they can! I have the LP 24
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    Node editing help please

    After node editing click on the node edit button before you click on the pointer button that stopped the disappearing for me. and save often LOL
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    Need help!!! PLZ!!!

    Load pic in photoshop, adjust resolution to 600 dpi, crop the pig, open brightness_contrast, adjust levels, change mode to grayscale, adjust brightness-contrast till you get good black/white image, save as a jpg or bmp then import into SBE and vectorize
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    importing .eps into signblazer

    Opened just fine in Photoshop 7 for me if I were importing into Signblazer I would save it as a bmp or jpg at a resolution of 600 dpi then import that file into Signblazer and vectorize it there, I have had better luck doing that than importing Flexi eps files
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    Making Designs ready to cut

    In SignBlazer a picture file HAS to be IMPORTED. The only files Signblazer opens are its .SBD files I have found that upping the resolution of the picture before importing to like 600 dpi in photoshop and slightly bluring it helps alot on getting a cleaner vector. After importing the picture, Click IMAGE and Click MONOCHROME (If it won't let you click monochrome make sure you have selected the picture [black handle lines are running across it]) The Monochrome adjustment box comes up defaulting to 50 (This is how you set how much of your picture is black and how much is white) ( SBE doesn't always use black, sometimes it may be yellow, or blue or another color) set the level higher for darker and click ok. You can change the color of the picture by clicking on the color bar at the bottom of the screen. I generally use black. With the monochrome picture selected (black handle lines across picture) Click the IMAGE button up top the on drop down click VECTORIZE and the vectorize box will appear. Click ok the picture will turn blue. Click on picture and drag sideways a black image will follow your mouse. This black image is the orginal picture which you can now delete. Click on the blue image and click the NODE EDIT button to clean up your vector image. And remember to save it as a SBD file
  20. SC go online say in google type "tranlate english to chinese" and lo and behold it will pop up a tanslating program that you can type into and it will translate. I used it once to translate Korean owners manuals to english. It worked not really great but it sufficed. End product looked about like any cheap chinese products owners manual.
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    Cutting from Illustrator CS2

    Robo master software from graftec has a plug in for Illy
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    Newbie Needs Help, Please....!!!! ??Help??

    When importing picture files (jpg, bmp) and such I've found upping the resolution in photoshop to 600 dpi before importing them into SBE fixes the little parts disappearing when vectorizing. Also it results in a smoother vector not as much node editing! BTW you will have a much nicer preview in SBE too.
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    Electrical shock?

    I agree with John, you might want to check the power outlet its plugged into for reversed neutral and ground wires (a simple plug tester is under $10 at hardware stores).
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    cast iron tub question

    Standard tools for removal of a cast iron tub: 1 - 10 lb Sledge Hammer, 1 - Moving blanket Apply blanket over tub and take out your frustrations generously with Hammer Watch out Hammers break toilets easily too!
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    Noticed a small bug in SBE

    Thanks Swanee I didn't think of a redraw button. Sometimes in node edit SBE will produce straight line that go to nowhere ( I presume they are from broken loops of nodes) do you or anyone know of a way of correcting these?