HAPPY GIRL !!- EXPRESSION WORKS

[MIMZEE]

boy am I happy. about a week ago I dragged my Expressions out of its box and wanted to cut some vinyl, I wanted to use SCAL, but didnt know anything about the lawsuit etc .. so my machine wouldn't work
I then couldnt find my serial number etc - so I thought I would get ready for when i did and get some svg files
I have been trying for 4 days to get the darn thing to work , you would not believe how much I have read - been going to bed at silly o'clock times !!!
Finally today I read something - went to the support bit and found a windows upgrade and thought oh well lets see........
YAH ... IT WORKS !!!
couple of issues though.... SCAL does one picture then when I want to do another it says not working and I have to shut SCAL down -- suppose I will have to turn SCAL off every time ???
the other issue is that the blade when cutting- tends to ''stutter'' IYKWIM - does everyone elses do this ?
anyway I am so dam happy, I was gonna buy a silhouette and sell my expression and all my cartridges . but there may be some life in the old bird yet !!!

[sstehman]

What version of SCAL do you have (Scal 1 or 2). Hopefully you have SCAL 2. Do you have the latest upgrade. If not, go to this link and upgrade your SCAL2.

http://www.craftedge.com/support/lostsw.php

[MIMZEE]

Hi , If i upgrade to SCAL 2 do you think this will make my blade run smoother and not judder??

[steven252000]

You know that is one of the reason my wife and I did not really like the Cricut. Ours seemed to cut vinyl rather jagged too. We bought the Silhoutte SD and wow what a difference.

[sstehman]

Can't guarantee that. You might want to see if you can do Path - Simplify to reduce the number of nodes. I like my eClips a whole lot better than the Expression. In fact, I hardly ever though the other machine.