Gimp Vinyl Cutter

That eps file can have very thin hairline lines of a specific color 100 magenta to tell the rip software where to cut.

Gimp vinyl cutter.

Add a box around the image leaving at least 2 3 of margin around all sides of your image so that the ink won t seep around the edges. Cnc laser cutters vinyl cutters plasma waterjet routers they all will read a dxf file. For some images you may need to do some editing first by using the path tools cut away any part of image you don t want then using selection as path then select invert then edit cut. Click on image layer you want as the shape then layer add to selection then click on image layer you want cut then edit cut.

We bought a jaguariv plotter for cutting clear bra but i was thinking that we could also use it to cut vinyl graphics. Cutting vinyl letters and shapes. With inkscape open the image file created in gimp. But i don t know if i can output to the plotter from gimp.

How to take an image file on the desktop and turn it into something that the vinyl cutter will understand. To create my vector file i used inkscape. What results from the cut process is an image cut into the material. Anytime i buy a new pc the first software i ll install is inkscape and gimp.

The versaworks software rip software needs an eps file to know what to print. An application for controlling 2d plotters cutters engravers and cnc machines. The vinyl cutter uses a small knife to precisely cut the outline of a picture into a sheet or piece of vinyl. It s free and a must have for all hobbyists.

The material is then weeded where the excess parts of the picture are removed. When you have your design all set send it to the vinyl cutter. I m using a roland versastudio 20 vinyl printer cutter.