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I know you can contour cut with the Uscutter laser point, but it uses a laser for the contour cutting. I know the q series are rebranded graphtecs. I'm pretty sure the Gcc cutters has a optic eye cutter too.I'm not 100% but Roger (plan B) is a vendor for the GCC cutters he could tell you for sure . ..... JB
Thank's COEDS i know about the uscutter laser point, but it doesn't have the optical eye. I was just thinking the Roland and the Graphtec can't be the only cutters out there with the optical eye there has to be something else out there. Thank's again.
I just checked and summa and Mimaki both have optical eye for contour cutting. These cutters are more expensive than a roland or graphtec. The summa is the most impressive it can contour cut laminated goods too. .... JB
I just checked and summa and Mimaki both have optical eye for contour cutting. These cutters are more expensive than a roland or graphtec. The summa is the most impressive it can contour cut laminated goods too. .... JB
WOW! Contour cuts laminated goods that's very impressive. I was thinking of something cheaper in price not brand other than the Roland GX24 or Graphtech. But look's like the Roland is getting my money. Thank's COEDS
WOW! Contour cuts laminated goods that's very impressive. I was thinking of something cheaper in price not brand other than the Roland GX24 or Graphtech. But look's like the Roland is getting my money. Thank's COEDS
I truly think the Roland is a great machine(I have one) if you need contour cutting, but if not there are much cheaper machines that will do the job. .... JB
I truly think the Roland is a great machine(I have one) if you need contour cutting, but if not there are much cheaper machines that will do the job. .... JB
I do and I don't need the Contour Cutting features it's very rare when i do inkjet transfers, that's the reason i been holding on to my money tight.
The reason i was asking if there was anything else out there was for the same reason. I don't want to drop $1500 to $1700 dollars on some feature im not going to be using all the time but it seems like i have no other choice.
LOL Im also tempted to buy the uscutter laser point but for some reason i find it to good to be true on the price tag (don't know why)
I own a cheapy cutter that's been treating me right for a while but for some reason is getting tired now (you know what i mean) so i'll be lucky if it lasts me another 3 months.
I am still learning to use my cutter, but I have to say so far I am really impressed with my graphtec One of the things that was a big plus for me was that it came with the stand, does contour cutting and by finding it on sale and then using the forum discount of 5% I got a really great deal on it I think my total was under $1200, I'm a happy camper so far.
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Graphtec are a very good machine, although some of the machine consumables can be a bit on the pricey side. What would sell me a good cutter, is one that is quiet!!! Most cutters make more noise than the old dot matrix printers did.
I bought mine from Specialty graphics. They had it on sale for $1250, and then I used the t-shirt forums discount it was the best deal I could find. I almost bought one used for around $1100 and then when I seen the sale, and figured the discount I couldnt believe it hehe.
Wow I just looked and their sale price right now is $1395 so it must have been a really great sale they were having when I got mine. I think it was the 4th of july sale. They do have a thing where on top of that sale price you can get an extra $100 off with a code, on their site. I wonder if you would also be able to get the forum discount with that?
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With the $100 code and the forum discount, Wow! that i'll be nice. How do i use the forum discount?
Do i just tell them im a member of this board? Thank's
A good cutter is a good long term investment, I have gone through 2 cheaper models thinking the same way as you. in the end I spent the change on the GX-24 and I love it.
A good cutter is a good long term investment, I have gone through 2 cheaper models thinking the same way as you. in the end I spent the change on the GX-24 and I love it.
Ambtious, I'm not sure if you can use the t-shirt forums discount code with the other one, but I would call and ask it cant hurt and I think you could probably have a good chance of them honoring it. The code is tshirtforum2007. Hopefully they will let you use it.
R1lover, The graphtec is a one of the top model cutters, and has been around for years
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Other Vinyl cutters with optical eye 
I was thinking of something cheaper in price not brand other than the Roland GX24 or Graphtech. But look's like the Roland is getting my money. Thank's COEDS
