Jayman 0 Posted August 2, 2008 Just got my cutter, everything seems good except that it is not completing cut lines. Mostly on the corners especially on letters and circles are not complete, there is always a roughly 1mm gap in spots. I've tried lowering the speed but no luck. Actually being on 50 seems to come out better. I'm thinking it has to do with a setting in FlexiSign 7.5 but not sure what one. I've heard try to raise offset but for some reason i am not finding any offset settings in flexti unless it is under another name. Also, forgot that for some reason, when i hit cut i have to mirror the image otherwise the cutter prints it mirrored. Please help!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mortalimmortal 7 Posted August 2, 2008 You want to adjust the offset in the default job properties in production manager. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jayman 0 Posted August 2, 2008 Thanks! For some reason I was thinking that Job Defaults button was just to reset to default settings. I'm gonna try this in a little bit today and see what happens. The only other thing I noticed different in my settings on there was My Flow Control is set to Xon/Xoff instead of hardware. Not sure that this makes a diffrence or not but did notice that and DTR & DSR were also checked. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jayman 0 Posted August 2, 2008 ok I switched everything to how yours is set up and it is much better but I am still getting misses on rounded letters and such but it seems to only be when the cutter gets towards the middle of the cutter. The lines would connect but they are off to the side of eachother by a hair which when you weed them leaves a slight bump in the edge of the letter. Any idears? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mortalimmortal 7 Posted August 2, 2008 Take out your blade holder and place it back in make sure its in straight. Make sure your thumb screw is full tight. Make sure your test cut has a fully closed square (machine function). The only way I could get mine to have a fully closed circle was by changing my blade. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TracMatt Posted August 3, 2008 And I am having them also with my LP24 that I just posted in the signblazer thread and then saw this one. It is very hard to weed small things when the cut is not complete. Mine is doing this: http://forum.uscutter.com/index.php/topic,4989.0.html first page about 5 posts down on that thread. I have no idea how to fix it. I also noticed that on SBE the cut lines appear to be square but when it cuts they are rounded. Is this a problem with the laserpoint? Tracee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jayman 0 Posted August 3, 2008 It seems just to be small images. Sad part is the images really arent that small that it is giving the problem too. (2" letters") I've gotten rid of most of it by reducing my offset to .011, higher ended up making it do funny loops at corners. I reran the cuts on my roland and it was much better but it seems those little spots on circles and such are almost always there on small cuts but on my roland the disappear when weeding. I will keep playing around on the LP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TracMatt Posted August 3, 2008 Please let me know how you fix it. I don't even know where to start. I have wasted tons of vinyl myself. Tracee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jayman 0 Posted August 3, 2008 I know the feeling, that's why I picked up a huge roll of junk vinyl off ebay just for stuff like this. Are you using FlexiSign 7.5? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TracMatt Posted August 3, 2008 No signblazer elements. It sucks doesn't it. I feel helpless. Thank god for this forum! Tracee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jayman 0 Posted August 3, 2008 LOL...yeah I installed it, loaded it up and right away it said could not update, could not connect to server. I figured that probably wasnt a good sign to start. I played around in there for a little bit to check it out but it is really lame software. At least compared to something like Flexi. To me flexi just has a better work flow and is easier on the eyes to look at. I work with photoshop a lot and too me it is very similar in style. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TracMatt Posted August 3, 2008 Well I wasted some more vinyl and played with the offset. I got it to help a tiny bit. Like the insides of small letters aren't sticking as much but other parts still are. I will play again tomorrow. Tracee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swaneejuggalo 0 Posted August 3, 2008 i used to have this problem have you tried a new blade?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jayman 0 Posted August 3, 2008 I switched to my roland blades from my other cutter and it did help a little but still not 100% with little tiny uncuts. Nothing major, but for example on an "O" on the top left I always get a pin head sized dot that when you weed hangs on. Like I said though nothing major but an annoyance especially when it's small letters. Very hard to weed and almost always leaves a little nick in the letter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TracMatt Posted August 3, 2008 Yeah that is what I get too. I just put in a brand new clean cut blade. Thought I would try it, it's huge compared to the others. I am going to switch back to a 60 though. I bought the clean cut for my twill cutting. I hope I can work this out. It's almost like it cuts too far in. Tracee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
