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  1. Posted

    Has anyone tried cutting Imprintable Warehouse SPECTRA FOIL ?

    I have a MH-721 with CLEAN CUT BLADES and can not seem to do more than scratch it. I was at 420 force too !

    Yea I am cutting on the right side of the vinly too.

    I can feel the lines but doesn't weed at all. I can't see any lines either.

    I put the crappy BGS vinly back on to make sure there wasn't any issues with the cutter and cut right thru it cuz I forgot to change the force.

    Thanks

    Mark

  2. Posted

    Only reason I mention the baud and all is all the docs and others have asked. Com is only port that uses them if I recall right.

    While it might be a cable issue I doubt it since works otherwise. 

    I thought about the port setting. Its set to ecp. I haven't tried normal. Guess I will give it a try but be stupid that SBE won't work with bi directional. But seen wierder things over the years.

    USB was never reliable and not ever going back to it with this MH-721. I had nothing but sever headaches when I tried using the USB.

    Thanks for the help !

    Mark

  4. Posted

    No.

    USB and Parallel.

    Its not the computer its the program. I can cut form signgo w/o any issues.

    SBE just won't.  If I do as I wrote above I can cut once.

    Something in SBE is fubared up but I can't figure it out.

    Neither DIrect or Cut mgr will cut.

    Tried changing the baud rate. No go.

    Tried changing the flow control. No go.

    Made sure no other printer was setup to use LPT1 and their aren't any.

    Tried changing from BLAZER.LPT1 to LPT1 and still a no go.

    But after foolin with this stupid program I reboot. Fire up sign go and cut away.

    Put same port settings in SBE as in signgo and still no go.

    THanks

    Mark

  8. Posted

    I could never get SBE to cut. So gave up. Last nite thougth I'd give it a try again. I donated to the sbe hacked version by DB.

    INstalled and everything okay for that.

    Set up is Refine MH-721 on LPT 1.

    Signgo cuts fine. SBE does not.

    Seems to want to send it but never gets there. Then the program will stop responding.

    setup for SBE is

    cutter Refine MH271

    output device Blazer LPT1

    Direct 

    comm settings

    baud 9600

    data bits 8

    parity none

    stop bits 1

    flow control hardware (have tired others also)

    And once I open up SBE and can't get anything to print Signgo will not print either.

    I have to reboot the machine and turn the cutter on and off.

    SUCKS.

    Any ideas here plz.

    Thanks

    Mark

  11. Posted

    nylon if water proof has a treatment on it so you need a vinyl with a good adhesive. Imprintable warehouse and stahls carry that type. Gorilla grip is the stahls version I think.

    I used joto paper mulit cut on one set of wick shirts. Very soft hand. Imprintables has a eco film that is suppose to be real soft also.

    Sisler easyweed seems to have some soft ones. Or atleast the samples they sent were soft to the touch.

    With mesh you might have to worry about the adhesive pressing thru the holes so use something in between when pressing.

    Does the league or tourney require a certain number size ? Some do. Some don't. 6 or 8 inches is normal around here.  Names 1.5 to 2 inches.

    If you want the softest hand go with dye sub on the poly shirts. It can not be beat. I have done about 200 shirts and they are great. Draw back is you have to use light color shirts. Vinyl on poly wick shirts kinda defeats the wicking on them. If the design is small probably no biggie but still..

    For poly theres

    Denali www.sublimagic.com Used alot of these shirts.

    Vapor Apparel  several different models to choose from.  Get them from conde.

    VKM has some.  website is kinda fubared tho. Have to call them.

    Badger sportswear - not cheap tho. but some cool ones.

    Tonix -very cool looking stuff but not cheap either.

    Augusta -  I only found one model I think its 790 for them but its an older catalog so may be more.

    Few others out there.

    Good Luck

    Mark

  14. Posted

    I've had my MH-721 for 1.5yrs or longer. But no more than 20 hrs of cutting time on it. If that much.

    First the LCD went out. Got a new one and now its acting up again. Either nothing comes on it or 1/2 of its missing.

    !@#$!

    Then the other day I found these 2 little parts sitting on that little shelf that the cutter head moves on.

    WTF !

    One is a little nut and the other is a plastic white sleeve. Kinda what wires go through.

    Anyone got any ideas ? I can't see where they might have come from.

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  15. Posted

    from a article on white ink

    What is the story of white ink chemistry?

    Titanium dioxide is not easy to keep properly mixed. So your printer needs effective technology to keep the pigments in suspension. A cheap printer might have a cheap method; a high-end printer would tend to have a more sophisticated solution.

    Be a bit careful when manufacturers are claiming their white ink works: because when I visit printshops that have this ink, they are less than satisfied.

    Titanium dioxide is not easy to keep properly mixed. So unless your printer has a means to keep it stirred, the white ink may cause problems. This is really a good case of "stirred not shaken" since shaking the ink too much is not good for it either

  18. Posted

    Hello

    I decide to give the 60 degree blade a run today. Its a clean cut blade.

    I was cutting the BGV vinyl I got from uscutter.

    So I cut it at 70 force and 24 speed  (same as I did for the 45 blade ) and while the cuts were somewhat better  to weed it looked like the cuts were more perforated then just cut lines. Not clean cut lines like a 45 degree one.

    Its this normal or is the speed to high/ force ? or do I have the blade too far out tho it didn't cut through the backing  ?

    Thanks

    Mark

  20. Posted

    I got my ccb and so far great. However I just cut a big oval and wasn't too good.

    I did not set a offset. Using the Roland 45 degree one with the  Refine MH-721

    should I be setting a offset ? If so what ? .25 ?

    USing signgo for now.

    thanks

    Mark