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Any good step by step guides / tutorials from corel?
Been using corel x3 for my design work and then moving them into winpcsign to plot my work, have found that there is some limitations using winpcsign when i move it across like if i don’t have the font it will not cut. Also when i open or import some vectors from bandsoftheworld.com it says bad file format? I thought that it would be simple to plot direct from corel x3 but it either comes up with page size problems,or dirver errors. working out sizes etc is not that simple, that’s why i bought winpcsign hoping i could just copy and paste from corel and plot. I have some designs that i want to cut but cant at the moment. some files that i think are vectors when moved to winpcsign say they are not and that i must vectorise them before cutting.
If there is any set up guides i could follow , like page size to paper size etc. Plus how a graphic has to be presented to plot first. Corel seems to always want to print to my desktop printer!!which it can do just fine..
thanks tim
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You don’t say what plotter you have.
Anyways, I have plotted direct from Coreldraw before. Just install your plotter as a printer. I don’t know anything about Winpcsign, but surely if you convert text to curves before exporting it from corel then the font issue becomes irrelevent.
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I use the same programs, IF i design in corel x3 i save as a plt file and open in winpc then cut from there. I do find it much easier to design in corel for printing and use winpc for vinyl cutting. Winpc can do all i need for cutting and i’m quicker with that.
Hope this helps
Lee
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Thanks for your help lee and Andy , glad to see I’m using the same programs as someone out there, I tried it on my work PC there which is networked to home so hopefully when i get home i will see if i get results from this . The guy i bought my ploter of is going to use remote access to go onto my PC and set the settings for me which is good, He thinks i have the Usb driver and plotter drivers mixed. Will plot from winpc but not corel?
Lee do you find that when you have your design work in corel x3 the curves are perfect and move to winpc that the nodes are not as smooth and are jagged? is there anything to help this ?Tim D
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This may have something to do with the export format, eps and AI will retain curves but plt (hpgl) & DXF will convert the curve to hundreds of lines although I think the resolution (number of lines) can be altered. EPS or AI is the normal prefered export method when transfering files into other programs for cutting as apart from the curves text can be converted to curves in the process. I’m not aware of cutting utillities that can take pdf but I’m sure that will come in the future.
Alan D
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