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  • roland pnc-2300a help

    Posted by Terry Dauncey on 16 February 2011 at 10:33

    hi can any one help
    just been offererd a roland pnc-2300a engraving machine
    with roland software and an pc
    in good condition with the roland showing 800 hours use
    never done engraving before just wondering if anybody uses
    one of these with roland software and if its ok we run signlab
    for our other vinyl cutter versacamm etc
    so i am unsure wether to upgrade to engrave lab
    or if i can work with roland software
    any advice or tips would be appreciated thank you

    Rodney Gold replied 14 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Frank Droog

    Member
    29 March 2011 at 21:16

    We used to have one.
    Definitly works with Signlab.
    Depending on what version of Signlab, you may have to set the depth on the controller.

    You actually would be much better off with Engravelab.
    You could create all kinds of toolpaths and assign depth

    With Signlab, you might be limited to the default fills and assigning depth on the controller.
    Lot of people use our BRAILLE module with it.

    fyi, i should be upfront and tell you i work for cadlink.
    not in sales or anything, i write most of the cutter drivers

  • Rodney Gold

    Member
    30 March 2011 at 06:21

    We also have one , works well with both signlab and engravelab and also Coreldraw , Roland have a print driver that allows it to work directly off Corel. The Roland software is ok if you want to do real simple stuff. I find corel better than engrave or signlab for the front end design work and engravelabfar better for controlling the machine , so we just import into engravelab etc.
    Its a nice little machine , a bit wimpy and has a rather weak spindle , but we use ours mostly for diamond drag engraving.

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