Convert Pen Plotter To Vinyl Cutter

Not being able to find ways of getting my images from inkscape to artcut2009 this.

Convert pen plotter to vinyl cutter.

Then move your x y axis to the edge of where. Check out my other video to cut direct from inkscape and not need artcut. The next step is to make the cutting software ready for the radius correction of. The next step is to make the cutting software r.

Here is what you need to get started. Vinyl cutters can be very expensive so vinyl hacker decided to share with us the alternate route some people have taken. After you ve placing all the blades and the holder on the old hp draftmaster rx pen plotter it s ready to be used as the brand new vinyl cutter. After homing your printer go to the manual control tab inside repetier and move the print head up until the tip of the pen goes above the paper.

This video shows the first tests with an old hp pen plotter able to convert it into a huge vinyl cutter plotter. Awhile back my wife and i bought an old plotter a yard sale unfortunately the pens are dry and i m unable to purchase new. You may find that a pen plotter doesn t meet enough to make vinyl weed properly at the corners. Look at the output from a vinyl cutting plotter that has a pen on it with the job sent as a knife job rather than a pen job using a magnifying glass and you will notice a slight overcut at the corners.

I thought about turning it into a laser cutter. For more videos just subscribe like and share. This video shows the first tests with an old hp pen plotter able to convert it into a huge vinyl cutter plotter.