I 've been using VinylMaster Pro with my Graphtec for about 5 years now... Very satisfied with it for Vector Design & Cutting duties. You will need a Raster-based Software like your Photoshop ( and Skills to use it) to compliment Vm as it is fairly limited in manipulating Pixel images. The 2 work together well to cover most any Shirt & Sign Projects. VinylMaster Ltr is a good Entry- level version that may fit the bill.

 

Everything you need is SignLab 10 . This Program support drivers of your cutter and printer.

Try the Trial Version of SignLab;

https://updater.cadlink.com/CommercialReleases/trial/SL10Trial.exe

 

I too use Photoshop and VectorMagic. I have a Silver Bullet cutter and use SCAL4 (Sure Cuts A Lot) cutting software. It supports many cutters and won't break the bank, unlike SignLab. One off cost with no annual licenses or dongles. It also includes vector design options within the software.

Craft Edge: Software to cut True Type fonts with your eCraft, Black Cat Cougar, Lynx, BossKut Gazelle, Pazzles, Silhouette, USCutter

 

Flexi has a subscription model ....SignLab does NOT have one...buy it once and its yours forever.

Great software and highly recommend it for anyone who is serious about this business. It will save you a ton of time designing as well as plot to your plotter right from the software.

 

The OP says they are only interested in cutting basic font designs, so I'd class SignLab as over the top and way too expensive for their present needs.

 

On a Graphtec, if you're just doing simple one color text, you can use the included Graphtec Studio software that works well.

 

We plot to our Graphtec 6000 directly from Corel Draw. Never have any issues.

 

Truly appreciate it. Guess im going to go with Signlab ;-)

 

Check out the demo for sure cuts a lot pro 4 from craftedge.com. I use it and love it combined with Ai, Great combo for everything i do. Not sure what your wanting to do .Any questions send me a pm.

 

On this Signlab 10...which one do I go with? Lol. CutPro? Print and Cut? VinylPro? etc.

 

Whoa! I thought it was $500 (which is fine) but $2500 is out of my budget so not going that route. My needed designs are very simple. I have a attached a few samle images. I just want to send these over to my plotter in the needed size and thats it. I already have Photopshop, Illustrator and Vector Magic.

 

Whoa! I thought it was $500 (which is fine) but $2500 is out of my budget so not going that route. My needed designs are very simple. I have a attached a few samle images. I just want to send these over to my plotter in the needed size and thats it. I already have Photopshop, Illustrator and Vector Magic.

Two of us have already suggested Sure Cuts A Lot, but if you have money to throw away on cutting a few basic font designs then that's your choice I suppose, but how many shirts are you going to have to sell to even make up your $500 budget? SCAL costs about one-tenth of that.

 

What Graphtec do you own?

 

Just bought the CE6000-60. Havent even taken it out the box yet. Lol




and again, Im just cutting this vinyl to be applied to shirts and sweaters.

 

Get a hold of an older version of Corel (like X6) and you can send your designs straight to the cutter. Graphtec has a Corel X6 plug-in for free. Shouldn't be more than a couple hundred (if that).

 

The software that comes with that is Graphtec studio pro, it's like Flexi sign, it's a good program and easy to learn. it's free with your Graphtec