Got my GX-24 but I need a lot of help.....

[skullsmasher]

Since I have no idea how to use PS or Ill to cut I am using cutstudio.

I keep getting "bad position" error when outting the material in. I select piece then it says bad position after the blade moves to the left.

I alreayd have my desing in cutstudio but I am stuck here and dont know what to do.


Any help?

[bob mc]

I had the same sort of thing happen to me.
For some reason I could paste in from Corel and then use cut studio to cut and it was fine.

I believe it is looking for a crop mark...a round black circle...it seems to use them to decide where on the vinyl to cut. Not sure if there is a way around that, its very annoying if you are only cutting patterns, not cutting around printed material.

I have also made the GX-24 my default printer, so that could have had something to do with it... not sure though.

Rolands site was down last time I checked..I'm having a problem with Corels plug-in not letting me cut from within Corel... but pasting to CutStudio worked.

Good Luck!

[skullsmasher]

yea dang I dont know whatto do.

[bob mc]

Oops, I misread your message.

When putting in your material make sure you have the hold down rollers over exch side of the material and that the rollers are i the shaded zones.

That might be part of the problem for ya.

[mi2craz4u]

It sounds like your rollers are not in the correct boundries. Set wider or smaller than the pinch rollers position

[Head Roller]

You have to have your rollers set within the white marks.. always. You can move them around to different markers, but always must have each roller within a white slash.

[skullsmasher]

thanks you guys, lets hope thats all it is. Ill check it ASAP.

[nunk]

i figured it would be a pain in my ass setting mine up but i have to say it actually went pretty smooth....if i only had some vinyl to cut it should be here in a couple of days i ordered some avery paint mask off of ebay i read somewhere that it worked pretty good anybody have experience with it?

[Head Roller]

avery paint mask is the only thing we use...

[nunk]

what is a good price to give for it

[Head Roller]

i only buy 20" x 50', and we buy them 5 at a time.. so i get better pricing than most... but you are looking at $140- $170 for that size wholesale. i cannot really comment on smaller rolls at a retail price.

[nunk]

so 40.00 for a 24"x10yd roll and 20.00 for 12"x10yd plus 8 bucks shipping aint bad huh?

[skullsmasher]

Ok back to the topic.....


I no longer have the error message because the wheels are alligned but it wont cut my outline in cutstudio......wtf?? I can cut circles but the skulll I made wont cut, it just cuts the "crop marks" I think they are, and nothing else. Do I have to like make the whole thing in one line or what?

I think illustrator might work better but havenet had the patience to draw another skull in it because I cant open the cutstudio file in illusttrator.


Can you guys please help me if you have spare time? I am at my friends house using his interenet because mine is out right now so Illl get back ASAP/

[Head Roller]

Its hard to know what we are dealing with here. are you sure that you have created a vector graphic? how did you draw your skull?

[skullsmasher]

Its hard to know what we are dealing with here. are you sure that you have created a vector graphic? how did you draw your skull?


I drew it in cutstudio with the squggly line. I actually was able to cut but only when going to
preview, cut, ok

I think I got it now, I just gotta lear al the little things like adjusting the presure etc.

[mike01]

try this.
firstly select the pick tool n draw a box around the image ittl b an imaginary box u wont see it after but itll be there then select the image w/ pick tool also just left click on it then right click select copy then open cutstudio n hit paste

if that doesent work
try selecting it with the pick tool then right click and hit convert to curves then copy n paste.
mike

[skullsmasher]

try this.
firstly select the pick tool n draw a box around the image ittl b an imaginary box u wont see it after but itll be there then select the image w/ pick tool also just left click on it then right click select copy then open cutstudio n hit paste

if that doesent work
try selecting it with the pick tool then right click and hit convert to curves then copy n paste.
mike


I did that before and it still did the same thing. I can cut now but only in cutstudio. Itll work I guess but Im sure adobe would be better. or corel.

[mike01]

i only cut in cutstudio i just copy from corel then paste into cutstudio as far as i know theres no advantage to cutting straight from corel or adobe a vectors a vector n the cut is the cut.
jmo
mike