I believe that you have to export the drawing to a *.plt file. That is a Plotter file that is in HPGL or HPGL2 language, which is what most vinyl cutting plotters understand. Once exported, then you should be able to send it to the cutter.
I have CoCut that does all the work for me. I have a macro in Draw that takes my drawing and imports it into CoCut and then from there, I can send each color to the cutter.
I have used my cutter directly from Corel Draw, using the cutter manufacturer's cutter driver (I believe Roland has one available for their machines). The cutter looks like just another printer in the list of printing devices attached to the PC. But with CoCut, I have more control over what is cut and how.....(That is fault of my cutter's software and not anything else.)
eoinie said:Hi Hugh Thanks for getting back. I've done the .plt file thing but doesn't seem to work. For instance if I draw a circle in Corel and export to the desktop as a .plt, I then open the .plt in Corel but all I get is a single line circle as was before I exported as .plt It doesn't have the double line needed to cut out the shape. Also, I mentioned in my first post, I have managed to trace a drawing which ends up as a double line drawing but this will only start the printer fan - the cutting head does not move. Regards
Hrm....for a double line circle, I would change the outline width from NONE to some positive number. Then do a CTL-SHFT-Q to convert the outline to an object. Then plot it. You should see it as two circles, one inside the other (or double lines, as you state, above).
Hope I intrepreted what you asked for, corectly.
Hi,
I use a camm-1 with Roland's own print driver
Objects need to be represented by hairline outlines only, nothing can have a fill applied.
try cutting the attached file.
eoinie said:Hi I am trying to cut vinyl on a Roland Camm-1 from drawings I'm producing in CorelDraw12. I've managed to do it once but it was luck after many tries - now I can't remember what I did. If I trace it from a drawing it comes out on the monitor perfectly and looks ready for cutting, but when I go to print it just starts the machine but won't move. The plotter works fine on the native Dr. Stik software that shipped with it but this is dreadful. Can anyone help me out? Thanks in advance
Hello to all,
This is an old thread & I am a new member. I have had my plotter, Camm-1 24", for than 15 years. It has been maintained by me mainly.
Had several specific cutting programs, Signmate, Pro cut, etc... After speaking to my brother & the plotter coming to me(it was sitting in a corner at brother house) he stated that i could cut directly from Corel Draw. Here are my specs, XP pro, have serial & LPT cables, Dongle for old programs(no programs), Corel Draw 11, downloaded software from roland & it is in the printers section. Here is exactly what happens; letters or art is in line art & is converted to curves, hair line, one color to make it easy... Ctrl P & i preview it & it is top center on the page & hit the print button and this is the what the plotter does;
the fan comes on & then the plotter moves to a specific X & Y coordinate and stops at that point & does nothing else..
What could be the problem? Checked printer settings, plotter settings, I exported to plt & got fed up after several hours of reading this forum & others.
Please help me with this issue.
Thanks in advance...
P.