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new us cutter called laser point! for contuor cutting ,i just purchased one
for $305.00 +90 shipped, about 20 min ago ,heres the info they been on ebay
for 3 days now get them before price goes up good luck.
Hi, I have a copam 2500 and if this cutter, which I am sure it is as good as the copam, then this will make a huge impact in the market place and maybe bring prices down a bit,, I don't need the contour cutting but if I did and know what I know about their cutters I would not hesitate to buy this machine. all I got to say is wow thats less than I paid for my copam..
It's hard to say from the eBay description, but it sounds like one of the lasers features is to compensate for drift on long cuts like vehicle graphics. There is some mention of contour cutting on their forum, but they also mention in a post made today that the software for that feature is not available yet.
It would be great if a $400 cutter would contour cut transfers. We'll have to wait for Bob's review I guess.
agree with Ross...the post does say the contour cutting will not be available until a future software update...does not say when. I also note that this cutter is not listed on the US Cutter website.
Bob you will have to update us when you get the cutter and when you get the updated software...sounds like a pretty decent price
I saw this cutter a few days ago on Ebay and was very interested. However, when I contacted Ken @ US Cutter it sounded as though they weren't really prepared for the introduction of this machine. They didn't quite know what it's capabilities are, and the software is not yet available to enable the laser alignment feature.
My concerns are: When will the software to allow contour cuts be available? Is the cutter able to cut thick flock vinyl in a contour fashion? Is the laser system a true contour feature, or simply a way to align the vinyl in the cutter? I could have purchased one fairly cheaply when it first appeared, but I had too many questions yet to be answered.
I bought one of these before the price started to go up paid 302.77 + 90.00 shipping, the last one sold was 405.00. Contacted the software company and they said software is completed and just cleaning it up but should be out in two weeks. So I will play with it and keep you posted. I have two other cutters. I,m retired and just a hobby .
I emailed them and here is the response I received today.
"Yes, all of our cutters will work with Flexi. Yes, it includes the stand and catch bag. It is not contour cutting using an optical eye like the Roland, yet it is set up in the software, and then the laser reads the pre determined reg marks that were setup with the software. It will probably be a matter of a few weeks before the software is ready, not months or years...."
I replied for clarification... I'll let you know what I hear...
that is if you'll let me have the next auction win
Bill
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MY RESPONSE WAS ALMOST THE SAME. he said its not like the roland and does not read printed register marks it has them built in the software
i just bought the roland instead.
OK, I see how it works now. You print a registration mark on the transfer. When you load the transfer into the potter, you manually align the registration mark to the fixed laser dot. It is not automatic registration mark sensing, but rather a more accurate way of manually registering the transfer. I'm eager to find out how well it works.
Still unclear as to what THEIR software has to do with it. If it is just a manual registration system, then any software should work. If you have to use their software to both print and cut, there could be some quality issues. The software will be VERY basic and probably won't print the best quality.
Having used their SignCut program, personally, I wouldn't buy the cutter if I HAD to use their software.
"You print a registration mark on the transfer. When you load the transfer into the potter, you manually align the registration mark to the fixed laser dot."
To me it seems this might be a problem. If I'm interpreting this correctly, you cannot ensure that the cut will be accurate, because the rotation of the vinyl around the registration mark would affect the cut. For example you could feed the vinyl inaccurately (at say a 3% or 5% drift angle by mistake), but the laser dot would still be keyed to the registration. What you see in software wouldn't necessarily be cut the same, if I'm interpreting this correctly. Multiple registration marks (ala Roland) would seem to eliminate this, but would mean moving the vinyl so that the laser reads the registration marks as lined up properly. I don't know if the software will incorporate multiple registration marks, but it's still something of a pain to try to align multiple marks.
new us cutter called laser eye cutter. 
