Roland PNC1000

[Brian Hays]

Gav I think has a Graphtec 2100-50 for sale at similar money.

It’s faster, quieter & far more a ajustable than the Roland.

I would much rather go for that if I were you 🙂

[Dan Butler]

How easy is ut to connect the Graphtec 2100-50 to windows XP or MAC OS 9, anyone had any experiance?

[Kenneth N]

Have a look at http://www.magisign.com

MagiSign is a small plug-in to Illustrator 8/9/10 and OS 9.x

Easy installation. Just download the demo, un-pack it and place the plug-in into Illustrators plug-in folder. Make sure to add an extra 10-20MB or so to Illustrator.

If you have an older Mac with modem/printer ports it is easy to connect the cutter. Using a Mac with USB ports only, you will have to buy a converter, for example KeySpan Twin Serial Adapter. I would also go for an extrnal USB hub with it’s own power supply as the KeySpan adapter wants a lot of power.

In my opinion, go for the Graphtec, not the PNC1000. The old FC2100 outperforms even some up-to-date models from Roland.

Hope this helps.

Kenneth

[Dan Butler]

Thanks all for your help,

Gav give me a shout and we may have a deal,

Dan

[Tim Painter]

Decided not to chase the one on Ebay then Dan 😆