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Just figured it out

I've got a MH365 and I'm running xp. I just had to replace my motherboard and now its not cutting. I have the "use windows serial settings" box checked. Thats what I've always had. Now, when I hit cut out, the progress box pops up and the time just keeps going up. Any thoughts?

I just tried calling and they are in a meeting. I'm calling back in about 30 minutes

Those suck

My boys went to spend a few days with the grandparents, so I painted his room and put up a bunch of decals. He's 8 and really likes video games like most other 8 yr olds

I got the images online. Here's a zip with some of the eps files. Some of them aren't totally cleaned up. nintendo.zip nintendo.zip

here's the eps if you want it controller.eps controller.eps

On my images longer than about 8-9 inches, my plotter pulls the vinyl pretty bad so the cuts aren't lining up. here's all my info Vinyl cutter model- mh-365 Date purchased (Date is best, otherwise month and year)- 4-18-10 (just replaced the mother board about a week ago) Connection method (USB, serial, Parallel)- USB, I also have a serial to usb cable, but haven't tried it. Software (Signcut, Artcut, Flexi, etc)- SignCut Operating system- Windows XP Material- 3M 2.5 mil

I tightened up the springs on the rollers and that fixed the issue

What do you mean by tracking? The machine is pulling the vinyl to the right

SO here is some background, there is a problem with the usb port on my MH365. I have to replace the USB cable every 2-3 weeks. (I get an error that it can't recognize the device) Now the usb has just stopped working. I have submitted a ticket for this. I just went and bought a Serial to USB adapter. Installed it and everything is recognized. I had to change SignCut to send info to COM7. Now SignCut shows it sending the info to the cutter (it shows the progress box), but the plotter does not move. Any thoughts or solutions on this?

I'm running xp as well

How much for a truck back window, tailgait, and some smaller decals for the side Windows? Possible some 8x12 decals for the sides. All would be made of one color

Just got my plotter and I'm LOVING it. I'm a disc (or frisbee) golfer and I use the plotter to cut out masks to dye the discs. This is so much faster and more efficient than hand drawing and cutting the images. I've already got a ton of help from this board. Glad to be here. This shows the process a bit. This was a hand cut one

Another honey-do

Here's one for my mother in law

Here's my first non-disc mask. Just something simple for my kid's bathroom

I put rit in a pan and heat it to about 160 degrees and soak the disc for 20-40 minutes. Pull it out, rinse it off, and take off the vinyl. This is what comes out...

I'm using inkscape and I'm haveing trouble getting crisp letters. The first is the original gif and the second is the eps I get when I trace it. Any pointers or any fine sole who can get it done would be GREATlY appreciated. Thanks! uscg.eps uscg.eps

Concentrated Rit

That was perfect! Thanks!

And how would I do that? I'm new to the graffic stuff.

Is there any way to not get the square/rectangle cut around the image like a frame? I'm using SignCut and a MH365