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Is there a better or more correct way than this?
Well here goes with my first question!
My computer is a reasonably spec’d PC running XP.
15" Graphtec C5000 cutter with standard blade (30° I think)I am controlling the cutter settings using Graphtec’s own Cutter, Plotter controller. which works fine down the USB cable. I make all the necessary settings to prepare for cutting with this utility.
I am drawing my graphics using Corel Draw 12 and sending instructions direct to the cutter from the software (as if printing).
It works reasonably well, but I often see comments from people talking about exporting and importing their files into other software packages before committing to the cutter.
My question: Is what I am doing good practice or is there, are there, circumstances when I should export from Corel and import into another package and why?
Nigel
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you are doing fine only shift from this way if for some reason you are having problems i think you are using the driver that shows up in the printer list not through quick cut.
graphtecs quick cut can be handy some times but the printer driver is very good i dont use the controller as some think else to go wrong.
Chris
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You’re fine Nigel.
I only moved over to a separate computer and programme for cutting when our workload increased to the point where we couldn’t afford to waste time on the design computer to run a cutter.
Nowadays we run two design computers and save the files to a server. The computers running the two cutters just import the files and do their stuff.
We also have a separate PC for running the printer, which works in the same way, loads the files from the server and prints them.
Just carry on as long as your system works and, when you get busier, bottlenecks will appear. Deal with them then.
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quote Nigel Wagstaff:My question: Is what I am doing good practice or is there, are there, circumstances when I should export from Corel and import into another package and why?If you have no need to transfer the file, then no worries. Carry on with what works.
In the situation where you must send someone a file, then using PDF format is becoming the accepted norm. To this I will add that you should make yourself familiar with the export settings when publishing to pdf. In particular, understand that you have the ability to embedd typefaces in the PDF, so that the recipient can open the file without concern for performing a font substitution. Alternatively, you can discard font information entirely by converting your fonts to curves (i.e., line art). This avoids need for recipient to worry about font substitution, though this forgoes any further edits to the text.
I tend to embedd the typeface in my PDFs because I prefer to keep my editing options open, such as perhaps a few months later just change a bit of text in the PDF and then print the file.
Cheers,
Rod
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Some good advice there people thanks very much.
I do like this forum 🙂
Nigel
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