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Seiko printer question

trophybass

New Member
Hi guys,I have a printer question. I just picked up a Seiko colorpainter 64s. My question is about Flexisign pro 10.
I have been using flexi for about 13 years now. In the older versions, in the production manager when you wanted to add a setup you had a choice of cutter, printer or hybrid devices. Well, we went to install the printer using the SCSI cable and had an SCSI card added to our PC but under the Prod. Mgr. setup there is no option for printer or hybrid devices any longer.
I thought 10 pro had a RIP?
What am I missing or doing wrong. Wraps/printing is new to us, but FlexiPro and vinyl cut signs are not. The shop we bought the printer from is using flexipro 8.2 and has no problems and it looked like it was as easy as it should be. (they have been alot of help but i cant expect them to babysit us through this, part of the reason i bought the printer was because they were able to print/show us with what we are familliar with)
I guess its this SCSI cable that has us puzzled. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Do i need to drop back to 8.2 for simplicity?
Just a little history, I have spent the last 13 years running a traffic sign shop for someone else. I finanlly decided to open my own shop which now has a retail storefront. Not only do we still manufacture traffic signs/cut vinyl signs but we also are trying to add wraps and printed media to the menu. We have atleast 2 people a day wanting a quote for something that can/should be printed or want a wrap quote, so it was silly not to offer this service as well.
Again, thanks for the help, Alex
 

HulkSmash

New Member
When you installed flexi, it should have installed something called production manager.. which is what your RIP is.
 

trophybass

New Member
The production manger did install, i can cut fine. What has me confused/lost is why I cant add my printer so that i can send info to it. I dont even have the cut/print option toolbar inversion 10 pro. Where do i find my seiko printer?
 

HulkSmash

New Member
I'm not exactly sure how you were able to cut without production manager...
but yes you should reinstall to make sure it's on there, and then make sure your printer is connected to your usp port in the same machine flexi is installed in.
 

trophybass

New Member
The production manager IS installed so i can cut just fine, thats no my problem.
I think you misunderstood my question, im not trying to print through USB im trying to print SCSI which is how the Seiko 64s connects to my pc. My problem is that i dont have any options for printers in my production manager setup menu so i have no way for flexi to recognize my printer.
 

thewood

New Member
FlexiSign Pro 10 definitely has a RIP.

What option(s) do you see when you go to Prod. Mgr.>Setup>Add Setup?

If you don't have the option to add a Color Printer or Hybrid device, then I would guess that you don't have the Pro version of the software.
 
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