Gimp To Vinyl Cutter

To create my vector file i used inkscape.

Gimp to vinyl cutter.

Prepare the file with the vinyl cutter s bundled program i use roland cutstudio but you can use inkscape or another program. When you have your design all set send it to the vinyl cutter. I have been watching some tutorials about paths and i m getting quite good at manipulating curves and such. How to take an image file on the desktop and turn it into something that the vinyl cutter will understand.

Anytime i buy a new pc the first software i ll install is inkscape and gimp. That eps file can have very thin hairline lines of a specific color 100 magenta to tell the rip software where to cut. I m using a roland versastudio 20 vinyl printer cutter. 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.

With inkscape open the image file created in gimp. Feb 26 2013 how to use gimp and inkscape to make vinyl svg files. Cnc laser cutters vinyl cutters plasma waterjet routers they all will read a dxf file. It s free and a must have for all hobbyists.

The versaworks software rip software needs an eps file to know what to print. 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. The material is then weeded where the excess parts of the picture are removed. The vinyl cutter uses a small knife to precisely cut the outline of a picture into a sheet or piece of vinyl.

Cutting vinyl letters and shapes. We bought a jaguariv plotter for cutting clear bra but i was thinking that we could also use it to cut vinyl graphics. 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.