firstcut wrote:Jasen,
With the larger stuff you are wanting to do, it isn't the carrier method or hinge method that is the problem, it is Cricut creep.
Right. I guess I left that unsaid. My problem is not the technique, but the tool. Limitations of the Cricut hamper the ability to cut & print at the size and level of detail I'm wanting. But, I will give it a try on some smaller and less intricate items.
I am getting an Imagine as a gift and it should be at my door mid October via HSN. I only have a baby bug and SCAL 2. I am hoping that SCAL will work with the Imagine in the future. From what they have asked on the HSN showing is that the Gypsy will work and they are working on Design Studio to be compatible. If that is so...then SCAL could work....since they both have to be hooked up via USB. I already own a Wide Format Epson Printer (I am a photographer) and I have printed out 12 x 12 pages and such, but have not tried the print and cut and image technique....I am willing to be a tester for new SCAL software!!!
I really like the concept of a cutter and printer all in one unit, but if there is still a creep factor in this new machine I rather stick with what my expression for now. Plus I don't like the fact that it's still depended solely on carts.
These days you can buy a printer pretty cheaply. Companies like HP and Epson make their profits from us buying their supplies like ink and paper. So I hope some day another company comes out with a combo unit that more software based. Software that lets you import graphics you have created with other software. A company that's more set up to make their profits from us buying their supplies like ink, blades, mats, special papers and so forth. I know there already large format machines on the market that do this. Just wish someone would come out with a consumer sized unit some time soon. LOL A mini me unit.
Syl,
I am hoping that if there is sufficient interest in the I, that HP or Epson will see the opportunity to sell supplies like you mentioned and make a machine that does print and cut right and is open software-wise. It would be a piece of cake for a printer co. to design one of these, they just need to think there is demand. That's my wishful thinking, anyway
