Paul.Gardner
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are you importing the pdf to corel & then viewing & printing ?
often get the same problem, the image will look different to if viewed in pdf reader.
I have Ai (not late version) & have found that if open the pdf in illustrator & save as Ai file or eps, it will then import to corel correctly -
we also use Metamark Mdp h & it does the job perfect
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quote Stuart Davies:
checked these Stu, am sending mainly 610 mm tubes & even though weight is low usually <500g is classed as large parcel. Am looking into Royal Mail OBA that Craig posted previously
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quote Lorraine Clinch:PS, if you use Parcel 2 Go, as I did, to book the collection, you will be inundated with emails from them.
used them once & had the same thing
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Have been using Myhermes since royal mail price hike, now hermes also upping their price from £3 to £4.20, not such a big difference from Royal mail now 🙄
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Thanks George, worked perfect , knew it would be something simple just couldn’t see what it was 😎
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Kevin, is roland vs & versaworks, corel x5
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quote Alan Drury:EPS will make large file sizes that said turn off the preview and that will save alot.
Alan DLearn something new everyday, have always saved with preview, now saved with no preview and files are much smaller. thanks 😀
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I also often get crashes with corel x5 and mostly with large files, usually when using trace or importing large eps or pdf etc, have recently updated pc to 3700k 32gb ram everything high end and still corel crashes regularly, only partial solution I found is to save more often, then at least part of the job is done, then reopen & try again, it is annoying & sometimes wish I had learnt to use Ai but that seems all foreign to me.
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Nice work Hugh, hope it will pay off well for you, good luck.
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Baby sit is the only way at the moment, have always used Metamark without any issues,
seems a lot of hassle now though & just trying to eliminate either the printer or the media as the cause, Will try a different make & see how it goes. -
Have been using blades off ebay, but seem to be always changing them, so have just bought some genuine roland (4 times the price) & am hoping they are worth the money, only time will tell
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Gareth, i have the 30" model of that printer sp300i. it is not the fastest versacamm as it only has 2 printheads but unless you need a fast high output it wont be a problem, You will be able to do all the jobs you mentioned, also the printer software (versaworks) is very easy to use, you will be up and running in no time, and the printer is very economical on ink.
Paul
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I am getting a similar problem but with cutting. have just printed a large vinyl and tiled it but with contour cut line it cuts 2 lines and leaves 2 😥
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Warren, you can print , cut & contour on the same job.
It always contour first & then perfcut, make sure you increase perf cutting pressure enough though, i find i have to use 250gf with metamark md5.Paul
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thanks for all the help, from the replys it looks like a take up roller is what i need.
DonMarco i am using metamark md5 and metamark profile, heat and dryer is 40C
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David thanks, i thought the problem was contact with anything untill properly dry. Will get a roller. Am i right in thinking that i will have to print & then cut later if i use a takeup roller ?
Paul
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Thanks for the suggestions, the problem is the print is not dry and unless i am there to watch it does not come into contact with anything, it gets ruined.
Re: takeup roller, i did not think one would help as the print will come into contact as it rolls, or am i getting it wrong ?
Paul
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Thanks Alan for quick reply, is all sorted now :lol1:
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Thanks peter, i will get some ordered. :lol1:
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Jason i see that, but i think you can only set contour cut, it is the perf cut that i want to change, cannot find the setting anywhere 🙂
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thanks for reply, is similar to what i thought, is not really a problem, other than i keep forgetting to set the perf cut pressure on each job :lol1:
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Stacey i sent you a pm.
paul
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quote Stacey-C:Hiya Phill
Thanks for getting back to me so quickly………not the answer I was hoping for!!!!
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Don’t suppose you know anyone who still supplies these do you?
I was under the impression that they were like rocking horse poohhhhh!Cheers
did you find a printhead ? i bought one about 5 months ago, can send you supplier contact info if you need.
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Thanks for all the help, have almost got it sorted 😀
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quote Chris Wool:just for the moment i can’t see why you are using power clip on a vector ??
I am trying to partly cut a graphic to fit vehicle line, not sure how i should do it 😳
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quote Chris Wool:you can apply a cut path to the power clip.
you can duplicate the power clips on top of them selfs remove the content and weld, then apply cut path.or have i missed the point.
chris
I cannot see how to separate the content, maybe that is the answer, have been trying to sort this all morning 😥
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quote Alan Drury:Is the shape vector or bitmap? I’m sure I’m understanding the question.
Alan Dshape is a vector
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Harry thanks i am getting somewhere, the only problem i have now though is it seems to outline the outside & i cannot see how to invert it, have tried moving to back of layer, have added another pic to show what am trying to do
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Roger
Am sure its versawoks that has computability problems and not the printer. Your pc should be fine, with win 7 64 bit it depends on the version you have, ie ultimate is ok but not home premium, so maybe the same with vista. Worst way you could upgrade to win 7, it is more stable and better than vista anyway.
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quote Peter Normington:mimaka have take up as standard.
A take up is essential with a wide format machine. cant understand why it should be an extra.
how could you print a roll of media without one?Peter
you are right, is a bit like buying a car and having to buy the window wipers after 🙂
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Thanks Arnt am running 64bit win 7 ultimate, so think i am going to be ok. :lol1:
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Just arrived, nice package 😀
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Have just ordered from amazon and delivery is estimated April 1 😀
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Not sure of the correct method, but i usually remove the background from a photograph with photoshop using the eraser or magic eraser, am sure there is a better way though
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I seem to have found solution, the image was made up of many layers, so i cut the background layer pasted to new page & create boundary worked fine, then i just cut & pasted back to original page.
Thanks for help 😎
Paul
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Logo is of a trade association, i can get the bitmap from their website & convert it in corel.
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That looks like it :D, says it is $30 doubt if customer will want to pay that, just looked in corel at ocr and is very similar font OCR-A BT, maybe it is the same ?, i am fairly new at this, (only been printing for own business use up till now) and i know i have a lot to learn. Thanks for help.
PAul
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this is what i need, but cant find font for "we fix & grout with"
Paul
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hey thanks Harry, thats the one, any idea what the font is underneath that says wall tiling ?
Paul
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Alfred cheung at print part shop, head was $485 shipping $57 and $40 paypal fees, total $582, (roland wanted £508 +vat) ordered & paid tuesday morning uk & it arrived 11am friday with fedex.
Was easy to fit, biggest problem was being a bit worried in case i cocked anything up, but the service manual was very clear and made it fairly simple as long as you are reasonably technical minded.
Paul
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quote Jeremy Howes:It’s usually four times the price that you’re thinking of, three times of what you can afford and double what is generally deemed to be reasonable.
It would be best to get some quotes from technicians near to you as travel costs play a big part of the final cost.
Best regards
JeremyJeremy, i ordered a replacement head from a seller in china on tuesday ( same amount of us $ as roland wanted in £, so saved quite a bit) & recieved it today, 3 days later and fitted it myself & all seems to be working fine :lol1:
Thanks for your help with service manual.
Paul
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quote Phill:I think we all become proficient in the first design package we start off with. It then becomes difficult to switch to something else because of the learning curve required to master a new application.
You are spot on, have been using corel since version 3 about 1993/4 I find it quite easy to use & learn, now i am trying to learn vinyl cutting, with corel i dont feel so lost as i probably would with some of the more dedicated vinyl signmaking applications.
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Thanks for explaining it so well Chris.
Paul
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I think he means if you draw a square with a cutting outline, & put text with no cutting line in the square, for some reason it will cut out the text as well, i get this, not everytime, but it is very annoying and i cannot see why it does it.
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quote Graeme Harrold:Also if you try to cut a filled object from corel it will also shred the letters
Have had that as well, thought i was doing somthing wrong, but could not see what.
maybe i should try signlab or flexi, but have been using corel for a while & it seems to do most things i want,,,,, until i started cutting vinyl 😳
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Thanks Gary,
Have just tried that and can see the shadowing , but when it cuts it is cutting many times around the shadow, how do i just cut the outer and inner lines of the shadow ?Paul
Edit, think may have found it, Contour steps 😎
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quote Jeremy Howes:Hi Paul,
Having seen what is involved in changing the head for the PC 600, I personally would not attempt to install one .Jeremy
Having looked at it now, i think you were right, i will try get some quotes.
Paul
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Thanks very much for your advice, i will get some quotes.
Paul
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sorry meant to edit post but i duplicated it 😳 now deleted 🙂
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Am in lincolnshire, any idea what sort of cost i am looking at ?
Thanks
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Thanks jeremy for your help, is it a straightforward job to change, as i have seen one for sale.
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That is what i thought, but was just wondering if there was a less expensive solution after reading some of the posts on similar problem.
Do you have or had one of these, to know that is definately the case ?
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Hello, i have similar problem with banding and am using pc 600, i thought it was magenta that was causing it, but have just printed out solid blocks of c m y k and the lines are running through all colours, lines are fine and every 8-9 mm , have tried various line pitch adjustments and the results are similar any advice, would be much appreciated 😀
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Thanks for prompt reply, all sorted 😀
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Am getting some better results now, another problem i have is the print area, i am using 380mm vinyl and have set that as paper size in printer and same for page size in corel (tried 360mm page size also) but i seem to have a 65mm unprintable area/margin either side, how can i change this, evrything looks ok in print preview but when printed out the edges dont print.
Btw, thanks for all help so far 😀
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have to set a ContourCut setting in corel, it works fine and is printing & cutting ok, just cant see why it cuts out the text as well even though there is no cut line around it.
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There is a outline around the text, but is .706mm & not hairline, also is not same color as cut color.
Am new to this, i bought the printer in september but am only just starting to use it, seems quite good for labels but photo images dont seem very high quality, i am probaly expecting to much from it though.