Recent content by Random

Negative, for anti-headache purposes. I'll live with it for now, as I haven't seen any information on the net as to how to fix it. Lots of hits for people asking how to, though. :P

Thanks for the advice, Doug! I bit the bullet and bought a high-speed serial converter, and it works nicely now. Spot-on suggestion. ^_^ As far as the cutter goes, has anyone else had a problem with long unintended slices across the vinyl? Mine does that now and then when there's a lot on the...

Two steps ahead of you. The stencils I need are one-time-use - a paint mask. (Where I apply the vinyl to a primed box, paint over it and remove the vinyl.) $50 for a single-use stencil is ostensibly steep. And no, I'm extremely touchy about copyright issues; I only use my own art, public-license...

Apparently I've opened up a Pandora's box of the professionals' feelings of the leeching hacks in their industry. Allow me to clear up some misconceptions and I'll be finished. You've just described my situation almost perfectly. My product is completely different than the vinyl cuts, but uses...

Windows XP. The thing that irks me is that the test cut comes out perfectly, and the display says it's received the data and is cutting - but it is doing nothing. Nothing. Today I'm going to take it to the other computer upstairs, the one with a serial port, and try it there.

Pardon me while I take a second to make an educated post. I'm not here to "diss the sign industry". I'm here to learn more about its techniques. While there is a hobbyist community for nearly every other profession out there, there is nothing even close to one for signmaking. To a hobbyist...

I'm sorry; unlike most of the people I've seen in your industry, I'm trying to deliver a quality product to my customers at an affordable price. And my customers are consumers, unlike the wasteful large companies that you feel so proud of ripping off. Try telling the folks down the street that...

Hey Doug. Not all of us are professionals. I don't run a sign business; I got the cutter in order to cut logo decals for my (extremely) small business, because I got sick of paying $3 a piece for a 2"x7" logo and $50 for a 24"x24" stencil. The cutter hardware is getting inexpensive enough to...

I don't even remember what it is - I got it off eBay a long time ago. Shouldn't a serial adapter be the same in any case?

Do it and I'll offer any and all help I can give you. I don't think we're the only ones who find it outrageous.

No, I can't. The only two connections on the cutter are serial and parallel, and the USB-to-serial adapter I have doesn't work for one reason or another. I'm just angry that the LPT port doesn't work like it's supposed to, and that there's no resources online or otherwise for people in my...

I read the manual, front-to-back. They only cover troubleshooting of the serial port. I'll poke around to see if there's a setting for LPT.

Waaaaaaaaay too expensive. And only available for Apple. -_- Seriously, what's the deal with plotter software costing an arm and a leg? You'd figure that if people already dropped that much on Illustrator and a cutter, there'd be an easier approach. Also, I hate this USB hasp thing. Worst idea...

I have a Master XY-300P that I just got. I installed Flexi and hooked up the cutter to my LPT1 port. (laptop, no serial drive. USB to serial adapter didn't work.) I've tested the cutter with the on-board "Test" function, and that works great. When I send a job to the cutter, it goes through...

Hello! Seeing as how this is my first post, I should give a little background info. I received my Master XY-300P vinyl cutter today, and have been playing around with some sample cuts. However, while I love Illustrator, I don't really like Flexi. Is there any plug-in for Illustrator that will...