Thread: Corel X3 and Roland GX-24 Cutter?
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Old October 8th, 2006 -   #6 (permalink)
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Default Re: Corel X3 and Roland GX-24 Cutter?
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Originally Posted by DAGuide
From what I have been told, Roland has a plug-in for operating Cut Studio for the latest PhotoShop CS version and Corel 12 and earlier. There is no plug-in for Corel X3 as far as I have been told. I believe that the plug-in only really takes the graphic and inserts it into Cut Studio (i.e. Steps 1-4 below), but I have never actually used the plugin. Maybe someone else that does use it can step in.

Below are the steps that I have to do. It is really not that tough when you are using a vector graphic, but a rastor graphic could take some time removing the contour nodes in the middle. It is still better than trying to cut the graphic by hand or transfering the full piece of paper. Hope this helps.

Mark

GX-24 Steps
1. Develop your design in Corel or PhotoShop
2. Save it as a jpeg or bitmap.
3. Open Cut Studio and go to File and select the Print / Cut function. This will drop your registration marks.
4. Click on the import icon on the toolbar and select your graphic.
5. Click on the graphic and size the graphic to the desire size.
6. Then print the graphic.
7. Click on the graphic and go to Image Outline function under the Object heading.
8. Slide the Alignment Image Density ruler across to the right so that it removes most of the contour lines. Click on the extract contour lines and close that window.
9. Select the icon on the left that shows all the contour nodes. Delete out all the nodes in the inside that you don't want to be cut out.
10. Align the printed transfer on the GX-24. Select the "Sheet" function and the proper downforce pressure.
11. Click the Cut button and let the cutter do its magic.
12. Weed the excess polymer and transfer.
Wow - thanX for the detailed reply!

I am doing almost the exact process that you are doing right now. I was hoping that there was more of a one, or two step process, though. I am running Corel X3, and did install the Roland plug-in, but it didn't seem to work. I e-mailed Roland asking about X3, but didn't get a reply.

Has anyone had any success doing a "print and cut" directly from Corel??? ThanX!!!!