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can anyone help me set up my graphtec plotter please?
Having just got my first cutter outta the box (Graphtec 3000-60) and plugged it into the ‘puter imagine my disappointment when i find it dont work.
The cutter works on demo mode but when i try to send anything from corel or sign lab all hat happens is the fans on the cutter run for 1-2 seconds.
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Go into the menu on the plotter and set it to hpgl or gpgl. (Whichever one it is on change it to the other). I had the same problem and this fixed it.
Edit: By the way, cutting direct from Coreldraw as a printer can give iffy results on curves (poor curve quality), this is normal. Use signlab!
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Big G has a good point. The plotter understands 2 languages, so you may just be sending the wrong language. Signlab has hpgl and gpgl drivers but i would recommend setting the plotter for HPGL and using the graphtec hpgl drivers.
Also, is it a port issue?. What port are you plotting to. USB/serial/parrallel?
If USB , you may need to install the USB driver off of the CD that came with the plotter but the latest Signlab can talk to it direct via USBfrank at cadlink
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Thanks for the tips
Just had a phone call from tech support and it was down to the way i had loaded the drivers. They talked me thru it and guess what….. it works
Big thank you goes out to graphtec too.
gonna spend all night designing the new boards for the pub
Cant wait to post something in “show me your stuff”
Cheers
Iain
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