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  5. Posted

    41 minutes ago, MZ SKEETER said:

    As I stated before, put the pinch rollers about an inch in from the edge of the vinyl.   The roller marks will not hurt the vinyl.   I even use a tape measure sometimes, Measure side of roller out to the  vinyl edge. Why does the vinyl look so rippled up in front and not laying flat? 

     I was curious about the ripples also. It has been rainy and humid in Wisconsin the last few days and we have had all our windows open in the house so I am wondering if that is it. I don't see it after I cut and its laying flat to weed.

     

    I will move the rollers in even more. I just want to use as much as the 24width as I can.

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    22 hours ago, Wildgoose said:

    Those are definitely ugly cuts and not what a Graphtec is capable of. You must have something wrong or a busted cutter. 

    I use SignCut Pro and it works great with mac and Illustrator. Might be worth trying the free trial just to rule out once and for all any kind of software problem but I don't think it's software. Software doesn't get it THAT wrong, at least not on any quality cutter like the Graphtec. I would say you have something broken, loose or your pinch rollers are not over the drive wheels. I am not a Graphtec owner so the machine specific stuff I am no help. 

    I will re-alight the pinch rollers and look at that. I feel everything and nothing seems loose. Thats the strangest part.

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    29 minutes ago, MZ SKEETER said:

     So what changes have you done since yesterday?  Show your work since the changes. Also try it on a different condition.  You can change any condition to your settings. 

    Have you ever tried it on a Windows computer? Plenty of trial software for that. 

    I slowed it down to 10 instead of 20 like I had it, also took the blade out, air sprayed the blade holder, re-set the blade depth and printed about 15 things last night. Peeling was very easy. Didn't notice any big issues like I was before. I haven't had a chance to closely examine some of them that i normally have issues with. Had to run out the door this morning. But I'm hopeful its just a settings issue like you gave suggestions on.

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    4 minutes ago, MZ SKEETER said:

    I think you will find that most of old timers, cut slow, and we don't have problems.   Speed does nothing but get it done faster.    If you read on this forum, we tell people all the time when cutting smaller fonts to cut slow.  It doesn't matter which cutter they are using, to cut slow.   If it is not cutting good at slower speed, it sure is not going to at a faster speed. 

    Totally. That is my next try tonight. How long do you usually go between changing blades? I would say in the last month I cut 180 decals ranging from 12x12 inches to 32x 20 inches.

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    I know its been a hair since I brought up this thread again. I have played around with a newer version of Illustrator and seems to be fixing the horrible cuts better. Not perfect but better.

    The issue I am experiencing now is making me scratch my head.

    I only cut Oracal 631 Vinyl. I only use Graphtec CB09UB blades. Recently (maybe 5 days ago) I got new blades in the mail, I am not sure how long they last I was just thinking maybe its time to replace the current since some of the smaller letters I am cutting were getting harder and harder to weed.

    Put the new blade in, first few cuts were horrible and could barely weed the cut fonts. The blade holder was set so the depth of the blade should not have changed. I put the blade holder in the magnifying unit, sorry forgot its name, to set the blade depth and stuck the blade out a little more. Cuts are a little better but I never in the years of cutting have had so much trouble weeding fonts. I watched this video a few months back about cutting small fonts and settings to use on the CE6000 so my current settings are CB09U+0 S20 F10 A2. Should I set the pressure more? 

    It's very frustrating. The bad cut issues I had a month and a half conversation with Graphtec Support who basically told it was my blade holder, I purchased a new one and didn't change anything,  and now they won't help and won't respond to messages.

    You can see the font below in the picture with the memory card is not a small a font and the circle doesn't connect. Weeding the fonts pulls up every few letters and I have to sit and spend time placing letters back on the backing paper. 

    Ideas?

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  20. Posted

    27 minutes ago, MZ SKEETER said:

    Did you try it on Signcut or Scalp Mac trials?  Us old timers don't use Mac.  We can't help, because we don't use what you use. 

    Exploring right now. When I look at the wireframe in Signcut it looks off, SCAL 3 that I used with my old US Cutter the Illustrator file is perfect.

    But when I just used Signcut to cut it... It is perfect. The mystery continues!

     

     

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    I have been working with Graphtec support for over a month trying to troubleshoot this issue and haven't gotten anywhere so I want to ask here to see if anyone has a suggestion.

    When I cut fonts, Really anything under 80pts The letters end up all jagged like it couldn't figure out how to connect the circles properly. Graphtec has had me reset my unit, replace the blade holder ($100 down the drain still having the problem) I have replaced the blade. Checked to make sure the holder is in there tight and also that the Pen Block isn't loose. I ran a test with the pen in instead of the blade holder and blade and it was perfect.

    I am running Version 1.30-STU

    Condition 1 - CB09U S30 F14 A2

    I only run rolls of Oracal 631 indoor vinyl. Can anyone brainstorm a different solution? The 3rd photo without writing is after changing the blade holder but still slightly getting issues that you can see on the 2 and the 9, they just aren't smooth cuts.

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  24. Posted

    I work at an Apple Reseller and thankfully if I need to I have the tools to backtrack the operating system but was hoping for a quicker fix. I will always use Illustrator so saving as .AI doesn’t bug me. I’ll keep hunting. Graphtec support hasn’t been that quick to respond so I’ll see what they say when we start cracking at it.