They use a HP 1055 and a software called reprodesk (apparantly the industry standard). Apparantly you need to add a new printer in print center and use the correct driver for the plotter that your print service uses. Update: I have been looking around the forums and have learned a bit more. Do you need to find out your print services plotter type and download the necessary drivers. Just out of interest, what printer should be selected when creating the PS file. However I notice that the cutter control language can be reset to HP-GL/2, so if I could get a HP-GL2 driver for Mac OS 10.3.9, I might be able to cut/plot directly from Vectorworks.Ĭan anybody tell me how I could get hold of such a driver? Unfortunately the cutter manufacturer does not produce an independent driver for Mac OS X, which is why I currently have to use this roundabout route. The cutter driver is an integral part of the signwriter software and can't be accessed directly by other applications. The cutter is essentially a plotter that uses a tiny knife instead of a pen.Īt the moment I have to export my cutting outlines from Vectorworks as epsfs so that I can import them into the signwriting software (called MacSign) that drives the cutter.
I used to print out my prototype outlines onto card and then cut them out by hand using a scalpel, but I've recently bought a Summacut D60 signwriter's vinyl cutter that will do the cutting for me. I'm running Vectorworks 10.5.1 on Mac OS 10.3.9. I'm a paper-engineer who uses Vectorworks for designing children's pop-up books.
I've got an unusual problem that I hope someone can help with.
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