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I'm trying out AutoMag magnetic material on my Edge printer for the first time. I slowed the Envision way down and am just scoring the magnetic. I keep getting "Error: X axis overload". I babysat the material to make sure it didn't get hung up on anything. It scored the first one OK but kept giving me the error and stopping. I hand cut the mag. Any suggestions??
Thanks in advance... DD
------------------ Dan Donnelly www.DonnellyArt.com Atlanta donnelly@bellsouth.net
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I've tried to reply to your e-mail but it keeps coming back as undeliverable.
Which plotter are you using. If you are using a GSX, it is not recommended for cutting Automag. The old 4-B, GS-15, HS-15, and enVision 375 are recommended.
Since the envision uses less steel and more aluminum and plastic, the Automag goes through much easier than with the other plotters.
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I do mags all the time on my edge, but I find the automag is too expensive punched, I just use vinyl, and apply to mag later, un cut, a t-square and a stencil knife are a lot quicker easier and more profitable. Apply it using a roller without transfer paper. The edge wastes a half ft of mag to start with. I can live with half ft vinyl, better, and you can always stack jobs. Bill
------------------ Bill & Barbara Biggs Art's Sign Service, Inc. Clute, Texas, USA Home of The Great Texas Mosquito Festival Proud second year Supporter of the Letterheads Website MailTo:twobeesusa@netscape.net
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I can't seem to get the Automag to go through the Envision 375 without coming off the sprockets. I can't tell you how much material I've wasted. Anyone have a fail proof way to get it to stay on the sprockets? For magnetic truck door signs I print on vinyl and apply to sheeting, as Bill does. I'd like to be able to confidently print biz card size magnetics and such directly to the Automag product.
------------------ Brian Snyder Sign Solutions www.njsign.com Woodbridge, New Jersey
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Make sure you set on "sequence plot" in GAPlot. That way, if you're doing small cutouts, the plotter won't be feeding back and forth willy-nilly, it will cut everything in order and the feed-through will be at a minimum. Make sure the plotter is going really slow, and don't make it have to pull the mag off the roller...help it along (but not too much or it will stick to itself). Ours is an HS15+ and I usually tape piece of cardboard on the plotter bed to keep the mag from sticking. A 45 degree blade may help too.
We usually do what Bill does for vehicle magnetics (actually we discourage them altogether unless its absolutely necessary). We don't usually need to do any fancy contours because if that's the route they're going, we get them to letter the vehiicle directly. We do fridge magnets, though, but usually use the lighter material for that.
------------------ Diane Crowther, Metaline Graphics Ltd., Nova Scotia, Canada, ID #285
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I tried THAT once...and once was enough. Somehow running magnetic material through a "computer peripheral" doesn't seem like the smartest thing to do. I gave it up and don't plan on trying again.
------------------ Louis A. Lazarus Milt's Sign Service, Inc. 20 So. Linden Ave. #5B 650-588-0490 fontking1a@aol.com
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