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Hi
Im new to this plotter world and I have been practicing a little. Some of the times it will cut fine, some others it would do whatever it "wants". I have a USCutter MH 721 and it wont "listen" to me.
I open a design in signcut and then I go to the plotter and mark the Origin to be close to the vinyl border (so I dont waste any of it) of course leaving enough space for the wheels and so. The thing is that as soon as I hit Cut out the blade starts moving and the vinyl starts moving forward and the blade starts cutting way outside the vinyl area and way down, not at the beggining of the vinyl roll as I specified. What could be wrong? What is it that I am not doing fine?
I have successfuly cut letters and frases I've done my self, but if I upload an art already made, like a clip art or vector image, it would do what I have just described. I have played with the settings but nothing seems to work.
I will really appreciate any help you can give me. I have a few orders waiting for me to solve this.
THANk YOU!!!
Joe I have the asc365 with artcut, another no name, so I don't know if this is your problem or not but on mine when you get to the cutter screen there are 2 tabs to put in the size of your vinyl that you are cutting, if those numbers are larger then the actual vinyl then it won't line up because it thinks there is more room to cut then there really is, hope that makes sense.Also mine runs in mil not inches so 25.4 mil equals 1 inch very confusing.
Please keep us posted how it goes.
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Originally Posted by Titere Wear
Hi
Im new to this plotter world and I have been practicing a little. Some of the times it will cut fine, some others it would do whatever it "wants". I have a USCutter MH 721 and it wont "listen" to me.
I open a design in signcut and then I go to the plotter and mark the Origin to be close to the vinyl border (so I dont waste any of it) of course leaving enough space for the wheels and so. The thing is that as soon as I hit Cut out the blade starts moving and the vinyl starts moving forward and the blade starts cutting way outside the vinyl area and way down, not at the beggining of the vinyl roll as I specified. What could be wrong? What is it that I am not doing fine?
I have successfuly cut letters and frases I've done my self, but if I upload an art already made, like a clip art or vector image, it would do what I have just described. I have played with the settings but nothing seems to work.
I will really appreciate any help you can give me. I have a few orders waiting for me to solve this.
THANk YOU!!!
Thanx Brenda, but i think it might be something else.
I put mine in inches. I also set the measure of the vinyl, but nothing changes. Anyways. Isnt it supposed to cut where I specify it? I set the origin to a specific point but wont work.
Think that maybe a part of the bargain we got.
Sometimes I think mine don't understand EnglishIf your setting the origin then you would think it would cut where it was suppose to.
Have you tried calling where you purchased it to see if maybe they can help? Do you mind telling me how you changed yours to inches maybe it could help me find out how to change mine.
You could have a problem with the cut program because I've had to close my program a few times and restart it to get the cut right.
Good luck please keep posting and let me know what you find out.
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Originally Posted by Titere Wear
Thanx Brenda, but i think it might be something else.
I put mine in inches. I also set the measure of the vinyl, but nothing changes. Anyways. Isnt it supposed to cut where I specify it? I set the origin to a specific point but wont work.
I have talked to few people who have the us cutters.They seem to love them.They have a web message board dedicated to their product and customer. I think the address is US Cutter - Home. Good luck. .... JB
Joe, go to uscutter forum and post there, they should help, also signs101 forum-- (might be best)you can post there, sounds like there is a mesurement problem to me , I have a copam, has optical measurement, cuts like a Samuri,
Do you mind telling me how you changed yours to inches maybe it could help me find out how to change mine.
Brenda do you use SignCut? If you do then go to the menu in the top, then go to settings, then in the pul down menu select Settings. A new window will appear and on the top there is a pull down menu that says Sorting, select either lenth or width. Next to it theres a pull down menu that has 3 options mm, cm and inch, selcet inch. Next to that thares a pull down menu that says Area Unit, select sqinch and thats it, you got your plotter measuring inches.
I already posted this same thread in the USCutter's Forums but I havent got an answer yet. They helped me with other problems I had. I am stil waiting for an answer. I hope I get one soon. I will try in Sign101. Thank you all for your interest in helping me. If I get to solve this I will post how I did it so you know.
Sad to say No I haven't .
Mine doesn't have the setting option.
Maybe I should take my own advice and call the company.
Thank you for all your help I really appreciate it.
Have a good evening.
Brenda
I did it!!!!! I fixed the problem. It was just a calibration problem. I had to put some measures and that was it. Wow it took me long to realize!!!!
Thank you for your interest.
Plotter not cutting where it should!!! 
Re: Plotter not cutting where it should!!! 
If your setting the origin then you would think it would cut where it was suppose to.
