Connecting A Printer To Vinyl Master

Also set up the printer with ink and paper and all that other good stuff according to the directions that came with the printer.

Connecting a printer to vinyl master.

Turn on the printer. To use a bluetooth based wireless printer you may have to connect a bluetooth transmitter to a usb port on your laptop. Usb to usb make sure the graphtec driver and controller have been installed. Before you connect your cutter to the computer you ll also need to ensure it s in online mode.

Serial to serial or usb to usb. Plug in the printer and ensure that it s turned off. Click the apple menu and select system preferences. Go into the printer properties and find what usb00 port the cutter was assigned.

Once you have connected your cutter you ll need to establish a connection. We must first note that vinyl systems cutters and signmaster can only operate on a windows computer with no mac support available at this time. Usb to usb make sure you have installed the usb driver. Also worth noting is that most of the best vinyl cutting machine models are usually made to work with pcs and not the macs so before connecting up things you ll need to check the compatibility of your cutter.

Also if the serial cable is not. We recommend using the keyspan brand usb to serial adapter. Fortunately the setup process for all vinyl systems cutters of the specialist edge and evo lines are nearly identical with only a few extra or differing steps for each machine. The computer that is sharing the printer must be turned on.

Connecting to your computer. Connect a usb cable to the printer and to your laptop. Click at the bottom of the printer list. The main use of your cutter will be jobs you send from the cut software.

Select print scan. To connect a serial driven device to a computer that only has usb ports users will need a usb to serial adapter along with a null serial cable. Bluetooth and wi fi are short range wireless connections meaning you have to be near the printer to connect to it. This transmitter is a small device about the size of a stick of gum that transmits a signal to your printer.

Properly connecting your machine will reduce potential cut issues. Select the printer s name from the list. Connect to the shared printer from other macs on the network. Click the windows tab at the top of the new window.

Some vinyl cutters require a serial connection which is unfortunately unavailable on most modern computers especially laptop.