How to hook up old Roland plotter?

[Colin]

I sold my Summa 30" plotter, and now I'd like to hook up my 28 year old Roland PNC-1050 sprocket-feed plotter.
Could someone kindly provide me with a step by step procedure on exactly what I need to do? I have it connected and powered up ok (Serial). I tried to use the Summa Winplot that I used to use with my Summa, but of course that didn't work.

(Windows 10)

 

[weyandsign]

I think Flexisign, Roland cut studio, easy cut studio, and a few others support this plotter.

 

[Colin]

Sorry, I forgot to mention that I'm using CorelDraw X7.
Looking for a "free" way of getting it to work, I don't care if it's from within CorelDraw, or a separate software.

 

[decalman]

You should've sold the old Roland, and kept the Summa... jus sayin

 

[weyandsign]

This one might work, not sure.

Inkcut - CodeLV

codelv.com

 

[signage]

Colin look here might Help you if not look for posts from OldPaint!

 

[Geneva Olson]

I have an old roland plotter. I went to the roland website and downloaded the software for it. You can call them if you need to. They will hook ya up.

 

[netsol]

I have an old roland plotter. I went to the roland website and downloaded the software for it. You can call them if you need to. They will hook ya up.

If you never did, REGISTER IT FROM ROLAND WEBSITE
mo matter how old, then they will help you get the software

If it is not downloadable, ask for "media replacement" and pay $10-$15 for a disk

 

[signage]

What I think Colin is wanting to do is cut directly from Corel which is very possible if you have the windows driver for your plotter. This is how they were used before they got popular with the sign cutting vinyls. These plotters were originally made for large drawing (engineering drawings)!

 

[Colin]

If you never did, REGISTER IT FROM ROLAND WEBSITE
mo matter how old, then they will help you get the software

If it is not downloadable, ask for "media replacement" and pay $10-$15 for a disk

I tried to contact them for help but it was hopeless. I also found this on their site regarding the ol' PNC-1050:

 

[Ed. C.]

Roland no longer supports downloads of drivers to older model cutters
its to run on corel draw you have to have a plug in which you get from roland cut studio
. i believe that roland cut studio only runs on older windows OS so if you have windows 10 that wouldn't work.
try and reach out to corel draw as well maybe they can assist.

 

[ProSignTN]

I am running Win7 with Flexi12 and my old PNC-1050 works fine. Without the Flexi though, I don't have a clue how to cut directly from Corel.

 

[Colin]

^^^ Thanks, yes, I don't really care if I have to cut with some software outside of CorelDraw, as long as I can get it to work.

 

[Ian Stewart-Koster]

I use our PNC1410 directly from Corel X3, and the instructions I'm sure I've typed if you search PNC1000
But everything must be a hairline outline, get the drivers from Roland Dg website, Legacy systems, and I could not make it work on a 64 bit PC - only a 32 bit PC. I use Win 7 also.