So I am looking at buying a new 21" iMac and want to know if it will run my Signlab v9 along with my old cm24 cutter?
I had my laptop stolen and think this may be a good time to switch?
Posted by Russ McMullin (Member # 5617) on :
beyond software compatibility, you would also want to make sure the Mac has right connectors.
Posted by Bill Modzel (Member # 22) on :
Like Russ said. Signlab won't run on the MacOs so you will have to get Parallels and run windows through that. I don't know but I imagine your Roland doesn't have a USB port so you'll have to mess with some sort of converter for that. If you truly want to go this direction you would be better off purchasing Illustrator and a Graphtec plotter which runs off it's own Illustrator plug in.
It's always a good time to switch though. Posted by Jerry Starpoli (Member # 1559) on :
Keyspan Adapter for USB to serial connection works on all my Macs and Vinyl Express plotters. Software compatibility is another issue.
Posted by Jason Bryant (Member # 3150) on :
Thanks I will keep thinking if it is worth the switch.
I may even try another software and not repurchase signlab if something else will work better/easier?
If I can get my plotter working on a mac I may do that, my wife has a new MBP coming so i may try on that first.
Posted by Joe Sciury (Member # 4653) on :
These should work, assuming your Roland has 25 pin serial port:
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