can anyone help please plotter cutting across the vinyl?

[Chris Wool]

if your plotter is driven on the serial port then its probably handshaking command
or a poor lead connection

chris

[Gavin MacMillan]

Hi,

sounds like a complete set up problem, get your manual out and start from scratch. First things to look at are how much of the blade is showing out the holder, it should be just visible. Your vacumm on the machine, you should here this kicking in when loading material and it should be strong enough to keep the material flat – non flat material could also be cause by loading it incorrectly.

Apologies if this is too simple, but from your post I’m thinking your new to your cutter?

G

[Graeme Harrold]

Different machine, same principles…..I had this problem a couple of times with my engraving machine.

1. I had the wrong plotter driver installed – the old one worked but threw up problems occasionally
2. Occurred with vector file conversion errors where the objects were "joined" but not physically linked by a line.
3. Also happened when I imported a vector that had lines drawn with no colour that subsequently cut on the engraved piece!

Just a couple of ideas, but as others have said its likely to be an incorrect set-up issue.

[Martin Pearson]

As others have said it could be all sorts of things causing problems from incorrectly set up system to incorrect loading of vinyl. What plotter are you using and what software?

[Stephen Morriss]

Signlab can throw up some weird problems with true type fonts. Mine sometimes misses entire letters and then puts them in some were else, if you weld the letters it doesn’t do it though.

Alos as has been said check the setup of your cutter, make sure you have enough pressure set and the material needs to be smooth and flat, not bent or very curved etc

Steve

[Colin Crow]

updating to latest build of signlab via website cured a similar problem for me with spurious cut lines.

Colin

[shizzle]

cheers for all your replies. I have tried everything above and its still the same. I have a redsail RS800c which i can see is a forum favourite :lol1:

Bought it to use as mobile as i dont want to risk my other cutter being stolen, plus its not going to get major use, just if we make an error laying up or customer wants more work save going back and forward.

Do you know if anybody has written a tutorial? As soon as i have the answers i will do one also!

Im in talks with signlab and redsail, see if we can work it out!

I cant get my head round what going on, reinstalled everything and its still doing it, it will cut everything fine then draw random lines through it? Im using a usb conection could that be the problem (?)

[Marcella Ross]

my first instinct would be to check what Gavin has suggested. Secondly try welding the text and cutting again ………… (?)

[Peter Normington]

I dont now anything about redsail, but if it has a "clear buffer" command, try this before sending the new job.

Peter

[shizzle]

Thank you for all your help!!!!

The problem was the usb converter, a complete pile of @#$%!!!

Ditched that and got a direct com port and all is running sweet!!

:dance1: