![]() ![]() I'm really new with all of these eco-solvent printers and cutters, so I am learning all the time. I'm sold and you're right it's not that expensive compared to all the others out there. so I'd e-mail, explain its for a charity and not business. I don't think you'll find better/cheaper than vinyl master sadly. Just an upgrade to get cutting capabilities is $1000. Heck, even my "HP edition flexi doesn't do cut-contour. Compare it to a rip like Onyx, and you're looking at 4-5k. To be honest, the software is already really, really cheap for what it is. Not as good as hand tracing, but much better than illustrator's automatic tracer. The "Vectorizer" seems to do a decent job too. I may buy Vinyl master just for nesting, if CM4 doesn't do it. I havent played around in CM4 for more than a few minutes though, so maybe it was added. I like how you can nest stuff when cutting. I use flexi at home (Had it for a week, so I don't know how it compares) And onyx at work. I did download it and give it a try - Seems ok. If it's for a bonified charity, they can write it off as a donation. If it's just a "I want to print cool **** for my friends, so I wont be making profit" They'll probably say too bad. ![]() If it's for a REAL charity, they'll probably kick in and give it to you for a discount. I didn't want it for free as someone on here thinks it was the case. You gotta try, everyone haggles in life to get bargains, what makes this any different. It looks like some people might think I'm a cheapskate, but money is real tight at the moment and as I'm not doing this for business, this is the reason why I asked this question. ![]() i'm always learning of course, which is why I would need help for example on how to remove and clean a printhead or what type it is, etc. I had a large format HP printer once that used dye inks and I completely stripped it apart and refurbished it to brand new with new parts, including belts, service station, some boards, etc. I do like some help and advice on how to fix certain things as I don't know everything. I already have a ton of inks and I was an electronic engineer and have fixed a large format printer before. I did notice that they sell for academics and students for a real cheap price. I was hoping that then partnering with uscutter to bundle their software would give them a cash infusion to get more developing done but if it has, we haven't seen it. They have also been promising an upgrade since 2014 and we haven't seen it yet. I have not been able to cut from it either to my graphtec so I usually create in vinylmaster, export as PDF and then open in flexi to crest contour cuts then save again as a PDF and open in Onyx for print/cut. I usually end up resizing and saving or export as a jpeg for print on non-color specific jobs. Exporting of a larger sized design to PDF usually doesn't work and if you try and fail, you have to completely restart the program to be able to export anything to a PDF. It is also extremely easy to use effects with tons preloaded as well as an entire library of corporate vector logos and tons of other things. I love the software for layout and design and find it easier and faster to use than illustrator, flexi, Corel or photoshop since it has a lot of stuff built in for both raster and vector work. The driver they had didn't work right and I don't remember specifically, but I don't think you could build different profiles from it. I bought it with the intention of printing to my HP l25500. Just make sure they have a GOOD working driver for your printer. ![]()
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