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Hey; For the archive, this turned out to be a bent media pinch roller lever that would not engage the sensor on the pinch roller shaft. I straightened the lever and it works perfectly. I also re-profiled the detents on the bottom of the plastic knob at the top of the handle that locks the...

Hey all; Just getting my first machine up and running for the first time, and struggling. Up until just a few minutes ago, I could load the media, square it, and release the pinch roller bail, but this did not bring up the "media type" menu. It seemed apparent that the machine did not know...

Graphtec FC4100-75

Hey All; I know a bunch of you cut direct. I have seen the various discussions regarding same. Does anyone know of a tutorial on how to go about setting up for this? I have no previous cutting experience of ANY kind to fall back on, and about 3 weeks experience with X3, so I need a...

Hmmm... Thanks Folks! I'm a self-sort-of-taught PS hack. Still using PS5. Not sure why that would matter, but it appears it does. I sure would like to know why it would not save in case it happens again. :help:

Hey; It's RGB. I have had problems in the past but have always gotten around them one way or another. This one won't go. I'll attach it. See if you can spot the problem.

Howdy; I have a multi-layer PSD file that I am trying to convert to a JPEG. Usually this is not a problem, but something is preventing me from doing it with this particular file. The usual routine does not offer the JPEG format. > Flatten Image > File > Save as > Choose Format... but no JPEG...

Hmmm... Now, you sound more reasonable here than in your first response to him. You might be a tad surprised to know that I agree with your itent. I only question your method, and I can understand why anyone on the receiving end of it might get a little defensive. A velvet glove you did not...

Hey all; After years of this idea perking in the back of my mind, and the fits and starts involved with making the necessary decisions, the waiting is over. My first plotter arrived today. I bought a used Graphtec FC4100-75 from Buddy. If this is half as good a cutter as Buddy is a guy...

Hmmmmm.... Language, it seems, is a bit of a lost art. Perhaps not so much in the sign industry, but in the general populace, certainly. Writing is not something a lot of people seem to take seriously anymore. The average Joe, that is. Read correspondances from average peoples of, say, the...

Looking at CiberCut, I had this thought; Are the outline tracing facilities of these programs strong enough to take the average rasterized graphic I may create in PhotoShop (as long as it is not overly anti-aliased) and convert them cleanly to vecotrized files? If they can do this, why would I...

Howdy All; Based on my studies, discussions in other threads, and my recent thread; http://signs101.com/forums/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=12849 ...it appears I will most likely purchase CorelDRAW X3 for design work. I will also look seriously at adding an interface program to streamline...

Hmmmmm... Good info folks. I apologize if the topic is redundant or tedious. So, it seems that there may be a utility in some programs that will find the edges of an item in order to convert a rasterized image to a vector image. Is this true, and if so in what programs can you do this? I'm...

Thank you, Gentlemen; You know, it's funny. I learned PhotoShop (to the various extent I have) on my own, mostly. I also have Illustrator somewhere, but I never could get anywhere with it. For some reason I found it the least intuitive program I've ever tried to use. It made no sense to me at...

Hello All; I am getting my first plotter soon, a "gently used" 4100 Graphtec. I use PhotoShop 5.0 regularly, and am reasonably proficient with it, although I know there is TONS more there. My question is, how am I going to interface this with my plotter? I believe I will be looking at...

Ca Va, Mon Ami' My girlfriend lives in Brockville, and I have many friends in the Porsche Cub throughout Quebec and Ontario. :thumb: :Canada:

Thanks all! Absolutely, Dan; This fellow can afford it. That car has been sold, and his new car is due in this month. Unlike that one, the new one is a stock street car, but it will be converted to a track car pretty soon. I'm looking forward to not only the mechanicals, but maybe some vinyl...

Hey; Thanks for all your greetings. You're all quite kind. Binghamton area, to be exact. REALLY upstate, where we consider anything south/east of Deposit to be NY City.:wink: I'm really on the horns here with this thing. I've just been Jonesing for a cutter for so many years, and my buddy...

Hey All; Just another newbie in from the cold of lurking. Same old story. I've been dreaming of a plotter for YEARS, but have never quite been able to justify the cost. It would be more a convenience than anything. I "don't plan" to go into the sign business, but it is very hard to get...