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Hey guys, I'm having the hardest time setting up my vinyl cutter. It's a MH 871-mk2 and in useing the cutting promgram it came with, Vinyl Master. Im also useing the vinyl it came with which is GreenStar, not sure if that vinyl is any good or how it compares to 3M. I bought the cutter brand new off of Amazon. I keep adjusting the blade height (I can barley see it) and testing the cuts on scrap vinyl to make sure im only cutting the vinyl film and not the backing paper. When i feel like i got the right height, i set the blade in the machine and do a few test cuts but it continually only cuts a few lines fine and the other lines become almost perforated. Im only trying to cut squares and doing "Test" cuts to get the machine dialed in. Ive also been adjusting the offset and cant seem to get any better. Ive been ranging from very low pressures and speed to gradually increasing to find the best setting, still nothing though. What is my problem?? I know this cutter is the bottom of the barrel when it comes to vinyl cutters, but i only bought it as a hobby use/begginer cutter. I plan on upgrading later on once i get more of a handle of using it.

Greetings, I'm looking for a little automation and not sure how to do it. Hoping a pro here could guide me. Situation: I just need 12" strips of vinyl cut from the large roll. Basically, advance the roll 12" and cut the material, repeat. No patterns/images to cut...just a basic cut through the material. Can that be set up in the Vinyl Master software? If so, how would one do that? Many thanks!

I am wondering if there is a way to get my printer to cut in order of the vinyl... instead of jumping all around cutting here then there then back to here...the cut would be completed quicker if I can get it to cut in order.. I do have Vinyl Master Pro Thanks

I recently purchased the MH 871-mk2 cutter. It was cutting nothing but squiggly lines. Tech support sent me a new motherboard and that didnt fix the problem either. Im using windows 8 on an HP laptop. VinylMaster Cut V4.0. I need help!

I have a MH 871-MK2, and have been very happy with it over the last 6 months or so. Currently I have to roll it out of a back room in my shop and plug in power & USB when I want to cut. I'd like to start leaving it in the back room, hooked up over a USB Print Server. I already have the print server, and it shows on the network, but haven't been able to get it working. Has anyone done this? Any advice?