Once I aligned the left reg mark, the cutter then feeds the paper so far forward that it basically just flies out the front of the machine, then starts cutting. Again, no indicator of front or back, so I aligned to front left.
Does 'rightmost registration mark' mean right front or right rear? Once the right reg mark was aligned with the laser using the numeric jog keys, I aligned the left registration mark (my left, looking at the cutter). I assumed they meant the 'right front' registration mark, but I could be wrong. I am assuming this is the registration mark rightmost *to me* when looking at the cutter. Then, from SignCut, I clicked 'Simple Contour Cut' as described in the SignCut tutorial, and aligned the 'rightmost registration mark' as prompted. In Signcut, I loaded up this contour cut file: I loaded the printed sheet into my Lp24, with the correct orientation (the orange, lion and bunny facing me) to match the orientation in Signcut (see below right). So, I bought a USB keypad from Fry's for 18.95 and now aligning the laser with registration marks should be loads easier.įirst, I printed this example file (pictured below) which comes with SignCut, from Adobe Illustrator using my Canon Workforce 30. My computer is not that close to my cutter, certainly not close enough to align a laser to a reg mark using the numeric keys on my keyboard. This way, you can be right at your cutter moving the carriage around in very tiny increments. Note, it's highly helpful for anyone doing this to have a USB numeric keypad (just the numbers). I aligned the laser to the reg mark as instructed. Ok, so I was able to make the registration mark. Causation and correlation aside, it's my guess that the Keyspan made the difference, as nothing else changed. I installed the Keyspan, just to be sure I wasn't getting some odd interference, and this part worked. With the USB connection, I could not even get the calibration util from Signcut to make the registration mark it needed for the laserpoint calibration. I already had the Keyspan just in case, as I was having no issues cutting vinyl.
I put the pen plotter in the LP24, and Signcut's calibration utility was able to make a registration mark on a piece of A4 paper using the plotter pen, but weirdly, this only worked once I removed the USB connection to the cutter and installed a Keyspan USB to serial connector. Here's what I am working with: I have a Laserpoint 24, Sign Cut Productivity Pro and I also have Illustrator CS3, SignBlazer (latest version) and Inkscape. Ok, I am modifying this post since nobody's answered my previous and somewhat harried entry.
But, if you want to read my tortured process before I found out how to ContourCut using Paco's technique, be my guest! Update: Paco's excellent thread on contour cutting helped me get this working, using the 3-point calibration in SignCut.