MH781 31" Cutter

[rrc1962 0]

I used to have an MH721 25" cutter and it worked great with Flexi 7.6.  I used the Roland PNC-1000 driver and a serial cable and it worked flawlessly.  I sold that cutter when we moved and now I need another one.  I'm looking at the MH871.  Which driver in Flexi 7.6 would I use for this plotter.  Also, would Gerber Omega 2.6 work with this cutter?  I need it to work directly.  I'm not interested in saving and importing files into something like Signblazer. 

Thanks very much.

[MZ SKEETER 4,709]

I think you could go into USCutter support section.  and download the Flexi drivers to your Flexi output.  It has instructions how to do it in the utility.  Give that a shot.  May work, may not.  

http://support.uscutter.com/index.php?_m=downloads&_a=viewdownload&downloaditemid=44&nav=0,4

[rrc1962 0]

I installed those drivers and they do appear on the list now, but I do not have a cutter here to verify that they are working in this version of Flexi (V7.6).  Could you, or maybe a tech support person, verify that these drivers are compatible with V7.6?  I'm a little gun shy right now.  I fell for the advertising and bought an R series Vinyl Express instead of going with what I knew worked well.  They said the VE cutter was compatible with Flexi V7.6.  Now they say it's not and want to sell me a $995 upgrade.  Just want to make sure that the MH781 and the downloaded drivers are compatible prior to purchase.  As I said, My MH721 worked great with the Roland PNC-1000 driver.  Not one single problem in 2 years.  I regret selling it.

[MZ SKEETER 4,709]

R series Of Vinyl Express is made my Redsail.  The Q series is made by Graphtec.  which would work with your Flexi7.6 (Graphtec)

Also Flexistarter8.6 would work for both for $99 on EBAY.  

[rrc1962 0]

R series Of Vinyl Express is made my Redsail.  The Q series is made by Graphtec.  which would work with your Flexi7.6 (Graphtec)

Also Flexistarter8.6 would work for both for $99 on EBAY.  

I'm kind of spoiled by FlexiPro.  The VE came with a Corel bridge that works, but I can't stand Corel.  I wonder why whenever someone writes a bridge program like that, it's always for Corel and not Illustrator.  Anyway, I just ordered an MH781.  I was quite happy with the MH721 and I know it will work with the Roland drivers if the USC drivers are not compatible with V7.6.  I used the 721 in a production shop for two years.  This new machine should not see that kind of use since we are no longer a full scale production sign shop.

I did talk to them about the Q series.  They said that it would not be compatible to V7.6 either.  Also, having touched and operated both the Redsail and US Cutter MH machines, I think the US Cutter is a better machine.  I'd love to have a Roland or Graphtec, but that's not in the cards right now.

[MZ SKEETER 4,709]

I think there is an Illustrator plugin for it,  most all of the Flexi versions made for  such as,  Graphtec Cutting Master /Roland  Cut Studio have the Illustrator plug in  as well as Corel, 

[mabscotthandyman 1,410]

The  Q series comes with ve software that is very close to flexi that cutter is a rebranded graphtec

[rrc1962 0]

The  Q series comes with ve software that is very close to flexi that cutter is a rebranded graphtec

The way they explained it, the software that came with it was not design/cut in one program like FlexiPro.  You had to design, export, then import to the cutting software and cut. 

[MZ SKEETER 4,709]

that is the way Cutting Master 2(Flexi version) is for the Graphtec,it is not design software either, just cut,  but it has plugins for Illustratar and Corel.