Illustrator to Cutting Master error HELP

[GraphicsOnDesign]

HELP - I got my new unit and so far am happy with it. a problem I have is when I send the job to the cutter from Illustrator I always get a pop-up that says that the project has changed and something about the panels sorry I tried to repro it to get exact message just now but once you answer the pop-up it is not doing it again

What should I do here. I said yes last night and blew a 6' muiltple panel project. My backgroud and forground did NOT line up.

NOT by a long shot

Has anyone else seen this and what do I do or how can I prevent it from happening.

Yes I save all work before sending to the cutter.

B.P.

 

[briankb]

yes I've seen it. Have you tried turning off the plotter and rebooting. You could also try having the plugin poll the plotter for the current media limits.

 

[GraphicsOnDesign]

Thaks shall do.

Maybe yo can also answer this, Last night my cut started at the furthers point which was nice,

How can I make it do that all the time?

 

[GraphicsOnDesign]

Okay I just got the message it says

"One or more panels might be invalid because the drawing extent has changed. Reset these panels?"

 

[briankb]

not sure about that one. However on the plugin there is a button in the Position section called "Show Me" that will make the plotter move to each corner of the area about to be cut. I use it on long runs to make sure I have enough material on the roll or enough unrolled.

I've learned a lot by looking up each of the buttons in the plotter user manual. I have a Graphtec CE5000-60.

 

[GraphicsOnDesign]

Same unit here, I which it had 3 rollers to keep the material stight.

This pop-up is killing me I can not afford to continue to waste vinyl

 

[briankb]

I've had it track very well to 8'. one of the tricks I recently learned is to load the vinyl and instead of trying to align the edge myself against a reference. I just roll it through and let the roll do the work. Load the vinyl and make sure the rollers are up and unroll a few feet through and then lock the rollers down. When you tell the machine to read the roll media it should be straight.

I don't use the panel feature or do jobs that are larger than the max cutting width but I have seen that error. I usually ignore it and say no. Obviously there is a reason in your case.

 

[nopalito24]

Hit ok when this message pops up, then rotate your image in CM2.
The problem comes from your Document orientation, play w/ the portrait and landscape in the Document set up, then go into cut master, check and see if it gives you the error still. does the error happen w/ everything or just jobs w/ reg marks? I'm thinking jobs w/ regmarks only.