Discuss the various aspects of heat pressed vinyl transfers. Popular and new types of vinyl media, suppliers, vinyl cutters /plotters, press times, quality, how to instructions and more can be found in this heat press sub forum.
It isnt necessarily the name brand - but the specs on the plotter. The guts in the old plotter may just be the same guts you will find in a brand name plotter. Open the casing and right down the info on the specs plate. Then check out the info on some brand name plotters, when you find one that matches-bingo!
It's actually a plotter software thing. There are certain plotter software packages that act as plugins for CorelDRAW and Illustrator that take the vector information in CorelDRAW and Illy and translate that into paths for a plotter's blade.
A program like FlexiSign is able to cut using almost any plotter right from the box, but it also costs about $3500 (unless you can find it cheaper somewhere). The reason it costs so much are for two reasons...first, limited distribution, second, it includes drivers for nearly every plotter to have hit the market. So, in a way, you're paying for a lot that you will never use.
Generic Corel Draw 12 HPGL driver? 
