drivers/ software

[Peter Normington]

Andrew, I really thing you should start at the begining,

What do you want to do with your plotter?
what background do you have in design, art, computers, life?

A bit more info may allow people to give you the best advice…

Peter

[andrew lamb]

sorry Peter i will try and answer your questions
1/ I would like to try and teach myself(with some help)to cut vinyl
2/I have very limited skills in graphics/ pc /art
3/ as for” LIFE” Peter i have done not to bad.
all i am trying to do is find a hobby

[Alan Wharton]

Divers you should get from Graftec, did you not get them with the machine?
Cutting software is expensive but you could try downloading a demo version of the various vinyl cutting software and try them before you commit to buy, see which 1 you like or find easier to use.
Flexisign,signlab,vinyl master pro are some of the well known software out there but there are more.
i use VMP and there is a demo version you can download and try, just do a google for vinyl master pro demo 😀

[Nigel Pugh]

Don’t Google for VMPRO and request a demo, just ask the admin here for my e-mail address and then send me your delivery address so I can post you a VMPRO demo.

Nigel

[andrew lamb]

Thanks Alan I bought the cutter with loads of vinyl and no software the place went into liquidation and has been turned upside down with every one savaging for things (someone even stole the blade out the cutter) i have since replaced that so I am now trying to gather the bits and pieces that I require to use the cutter with my home PC

Nigel thanks for that i will do that now.
sorry for being a bit of a dim wit but this is a whole new ball game for me
Thanks Folks

[Phil Kneale – Graphtec]

Hi Andrew

You can download your drivers direct from our download page here

http://www.graphteccorp.com/support/sof … otters.htm

[andrew lamb]

Hi Phil
The page is telling me that if you use usb (which I am) you must install a usb driver for your fc5 100 from ops 628 folder in the fc5 100 cdrom I didn’t get anything with the cutter regarding software
please advise

[Phil Kneale – Graphtec]

Hi Andrew

Send me your email address and I will send you a copy

Phil

[andrew lamb]

Phil did you get my email address???

[Phil Kneale – Graphtec]

Hi Andrew,
sorry, I havn’t received your email address. drop me a quick email to (mod-edit) and I will reply with the driver

Phil

[andrew lamb]

Thanks Nigel
your package arrived to-day.
Phil is going to send the drivers for the cutter. so i wont be far away
from cutting my first bit of vinyl

[Andrew Lancaster]

Hi Andrew I dont think that a demo disc will allow you to cut they normaly just show how that soft ware program works.
I think you may have to buy a full verion before you cut vinyl .

cheers
Andrew Lancaster

[andrew lamb]

Phil the disc arrived to-day thanks a million
starting to get somewhere now The vinyl master pro is some software ?
my cutter cost just a bit more than the price of the software
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