Cougar Cutter Plotter - Print and Cut

[BlackCatCutters]

I have to disagree with you. There is no way that I would want uncut tags on my finished work - it looks very messy. I much prefer a carrier mat.

[paperbeen]

the mats are quite idiotic. I am just using piece of plain cover paper without any glue on the top to prevent the blade from scratching the cutter and the cutouts are kept in place because cutting i am leaving 0.015 inch uncut every half of inch or so. Using craft robo pro

[mhb207]

BlackCatCutters Thank you but please do tell me, do you have any machine that would do that? Because what I need a machine that would print and cut on shrink plastic and i'm afraid it just seems like too much trouble to do it with 2 different equipments. So, do you have one that can do both?

[BlackCatCutters]

@mhb207

I'm afraid not, machines that print and cut at the same time are extremely expensive and we don't stock them as there is very little call for them

[mhb207]

@BlackCatCutters Very well then and thank you

[mhb207]

@BlackCatCutters

Sorry. One more thing: can it draw?? Like the outline of the images to be cut?

[BlackCatCutters]

@mhb207

Yes it can draw with the addition of a pen holder which can be purchased for £29.99

[mhb207]

@BlackCatCutters

Got it! Many thanks!

[BlackCatCutters]

@mhb207

You're very welcome

[mhb207]

Ah! So this IS NOT a print-and-cut machine??? I know EVERYONE that owns one of this is so very happy with it, I am ready to buy mine but I just read it does not print, is that right?

[BlackCatCutters]

@mhb207

That is correct. When it refers to print and cut, this is a feature of the software that allows a printed page to be placed in the cutter and the cutter will cut around the design - it doesn't do the actual printing though, that is done on your normal printer

[mhb207]

@BlackCatCutters

Thank you but please do tell me, do you have any machine that would do that? Because what I need a machine that would print and cut on shrink plastic and i'm afraid it just seems like too much trouble to do it with 2 different equipments. So, do you have one that can do both?

[orlamdc]

Hi,

Just wondering what cutting size this Cougar is?

And will it cut up to 8mm thickness of perspex or what is also called acrylic?

[BlackCatCutters]

The one in the video is an 18" cut width. there are also 13", 15" and 24".

It won't cut any media of that thickness, you would need a laser cutter for that

[BlackCatCutters]

There are You tube videos also showing it cutting metal and board. Yes it will cut fabric and rubber, it will depend on the density and thickness as to exactly what fabric and rubber it will cut.

You can print your design on whatever media you wish so long as your printer accepts that media

[chynxx]

So im lookin into buyin this cutter but all i see are people cuttin only paper material. I wanna cut certain fabrics and rubber..Do the machine do that? and i see u responded to sum1 sayin you have to print out ur design and run it thru the machine.. so i cant print out the design i want on a different kind of material?

[chynxx]

So im lookin into buyin this cutter but all i see are people cuttin only paper material. I wanna cut certain fabrics and rubber..Do the machine do that? and i see u responded to sum1 sayin you have to print out ur design and run it thru the machine.. so i cant print out the design i want on a different kind of material?

[BlackCatCutters]

Thank you LFiers!

Yes of course questions are okay, I am happy to help if I can

[LFiers]

Thank you for this video, it's a great demo! I just got a Graphtex CE5000 plotter (I heard they were up there withthe best) & have no idea how it works yet. But you seem like a farly helpful person so I favourited this vid and will check out more from you if there are some. Expect some questions from me soon if thats ok. Thanks again. :)

[nadhim69]

stars wars lol

[macjsus]

Can anyone explain how this things works? Well what I really want to know is how does it know where to cut? Is there some kind of electric eye, or scanner or something?

[BlackCatCutters]

There are three registration marks printed at the same time as the design. Then a laser light is positioned over each of those marks so that the machine knows where to cut. If you watch the video very carefully you will see that the carriage moves over three corners of the paper before it starts to cut. That is me lining up on the reg marks

[BlackCatCutters]

either a printable vinyl, or two or three layers of a solid colour vinyl - it depends on the type of design

[BlackCatCutters]

Just standard copy paper, but you could use whatever media you wanted

[BlackCatCutters]

The machine doesn't do the print part itself. You print out your design on any printer and then put it through the machine to cut around the design

[Pedrodb87]

this is just great, do you know how much it costs in dollars? and what software does it use? thanks :)

[BlackCatCutters]

Prices start at $699 in the US. I tried to post the links to the different sites, but my comment isn't accepted with them so have added the sites under the description.

We use Inkscape and signcut, but it is also compatible with Illustrator and CorelDraw.

It can also be used with a mac computer

[BlackCatCutters]

The 13" is £499.99 with other sizes increasing in price.

[Pedrodb87]

what about if I have a design thats bigger than a regular paper size, do I need an special printer that can print stuff bigger¿? does it use photoshop??? i hope so cuase thats what i knowthe most...

[BlackCatCutters]

Yes you would need a bigger printer. You could use photoshop to create the image you want to contour cut, but then it would need a vector outline which you could do in Illustrator, CorelDraw or Inkscape

[gmodesike]

how much does this cost?