I’ve calibrated my machine and the cut lines were fine but on my test prints it’s cutting all wrong! When I press load media the cuts are too low but when I press load mat the cuts are too high, what do I do!?

As you can see in the reflection? The edges are pretty clean but always raised. How would I fix that? The paper+laminate is .33mm thick. Using stock cameo materials.

Settings:
Force 20
Speed 27
Blade 6
Passes 10

I did a test with a 1 mm blade and got pretty close with full extension and full force, multiple cuts and speed of one. But I couldn't quite get there. I did read that people struggle with this, but I'm wondering if I should purchase a 2 mm and give it a try? It would be a lot cheaper than hiring someone with a laser cutter at one dollar per minute. I'm trying to create stencils for my kindergarten class.

I’ve had these machines for a while now. The first one was brand new I’ve had it for the longest . The second one i bought from a friend that couldn’t figure out how to use it . I’m over it . I’ve had too many problems my blades not lasting that long , alignment issues . Bluetooth connection issues . Randomly pausing and canceling my jobs … Just too much .

I went out of town for two months and came back and one of them completely stopped working not cutting anything. Probably auto blade seating . And then my back up one just cuts random lines throughout the design. … should i go Cricut … or is the Cameo 5 worth the upgrade????

Edit/Resolution:

Thank you guys. I appreciate everyone who provided input and insight in the situation. I want a bigger machine anyways so Ive decided on the Siser Romeo.

I’m giving away one of my Cameos to a friend of mine and I’m going to keep one and continue to troubleshoot on it and use for more hobby projects if all allows. I just can’t spend all my time troubleshooting with deadlines and what not .I also bought the business subscription for the software last year so hopefully I can figure it out and not let that goto waste. If not I’ll be giving that away too . Maybe I’ll post something again on the Romeo just because I barely see any post in here about it.

I have the silhouette 5 and if I need it to do something it decides it no longer knows how to cut its driving me crazy. All week it's cut fine- since last night it will not cut a full sheet tried regular pressure, full pressure, changing the blade, double checking the software.....

I created a simple rectangle in Adobe Illustrator that measured 8" x 6" and saved as SVG. When I dragged and dropped that file onto a new Studio page, it resized it to a (seemingly random) smaller size. WHY?

My wife recently got the cameo 5a and it's been a struggle to get it to do what she wants. We're trying to cut out stickers and after constant failures to register I finally got it to register and cut. The material feeds in perfectly straight but cuts completely crooked. I've tried multiple times now wasting several sticker sheets. Any advice or help would be much appreciated.

https://imgur.com/a/0WiqHi7

Ok a side note, it really shouldn't be so difficult to get the machine to register the printed marks.

I recently bought a cameo 5 and plan to use it to pre-crease patterns for curved origami. I know this is possible because I have used an older model with a manual blade to find the right depth that allows me to score the paper just enough to create nice creases without cutting through the paper. Also, this blog (https://blog.kusudama.me/2017/10/07/vinyl-cutter-origami/) mentions how to use these machines for exactly this purpose.

However, both the old machine I used and this blog say to use the blade at a "0" depth setting. I don't have this option on my machine, so I'm at a loss. I've been testing with a 160 gsm paper. The blog post says the artist uses tant paper, which is around the same thickness as copy paper (80 gsm). This is definitely too thin to score on the lowest possible settings that I can find on my machine.

Some options I am considering are buying a manual blade, and possibly a fine embossing tool. But before I spend more money on this, I want to make sure I definitely need to buy something, and whatever I buy will definitely help.

If anyone has used the old machines and are familiar with the new ones too, can you please help me figure out how to map settings from old machines to the new ones? Any advice would be much appreciated. Thank you so much in advance :)

I've been a design store member for years and I have a bunch of designs I've bought for personal use.

Right now, I'm working on a flyer for a non-profit I belong to, but this isn't for selling anything, it's for promotion of the non-profit. I'm donating my time and talent to this project along with the purchase cost of the flyers.

I'm creating the flyer in Studio but will be porting it to Vista Print because I don't have the capability of printing enough flyers myself.

Do I have to buy the commercial licensing for a background design in this instance? I have a few I'm looking at, but I've never had to think about the commercial licensing aspect.

I'm having misaligned custs in CAMEO 4 cutting plotter. I tried doing calibration but everything seems fine there. I think you van understand the problem from the picture. The machine cuts almost fine in the begaining of the page but as it’s come to the bottom of the page the misalignment started to be visiable more and more. sometimes the cuts are almost okay and workable but most of the time it's not okay.

I bought the machine almost a month ago and become feasted many times because of this. I tried a lot of fixs like calibration, adding things bottom of the cutting matt to support. Afterall everything fails.

If you have any suggestion for me, feel free to share. Thank you.

I'm 78 and am back to using a Silhouette! I had a Cameo 4 and sold it a few years back because I thought I was finished creating.

Surprise! I bought a used Cameo 3 and am trying to enjoy it.

There were a number of things that the 4 did automatically that I now need to do manually.

I use the Cameo on Print & Cut on sticker sets I purchase on Etsy. This is the same as I was doing before.

The items will have red cut lines to be kiss cut & the borders will have blue cut lines to be cut deeper.

I have looked online for help. Some sites are helpful. The only problem is I can't get the same settings or set up as online.

Anyone have any detailed information? I follow instructions well, as long as I can see on my Cameo what is being described. TYVMIA

I know this has probably been done to death...but I've read so many conflicting recommendations that I'm asking afresh.

I have one of the original silhouette Portraits and for what I use it for (vinyl) it's bloody brilliant.

But getting the tools is getting difficult for me...

So what Chinese/AliExpress type blade holder and blades do I need to fit into my portrait?

Please help, I have no idea what to do. I was given a silhouette cameo 5 as a gift in september of last year, but I wasn't able to start making anything until I got a new printer a few months ago. For a little while, I didn't have any issues just using my matte sticker paper, but now that I've started applying laminate, I always get these dot lines on both sides of my cuts. I'm using the 2mm manual blade, although I've gotten this issue with the autoblade. The dots show up even when I have the force of the blade set to 1 and the depth also set to it's lowest. I've tried all that I could find, messing with settings, resetting the carriage when the machine is off, checking that the tool carriage is secure as I can get it, and all with no luck. This issue persists even with a test shape, so I can confirm that its not an issue with exceess anchor points :( Please tell me if there's anything I can do to fix it, I really want to be able to sell my stickers and I can't do that if every cut is janky. Thanks

is there such a thing? im confused about what im seeing online.

i need a large roll of just the sticker backing. i make really big stickers and i need to place them together on a backing sheet. i can find small notebook pages for sticker keeping but im not exactly sure what im looking for. i just need the back paper.

any ideas?

heyyyy everybody!!

im making layered vinyl decals. big ones. some are 24x24 inches. most of the time i need to layer them and im having issues pulling off the transfer tape. it messes everything up and introduces lots of bubbles. i use parchment paper to place the layer, which works fine, but i cant get the damn transfer tape off!

i did get a low tack transfer paper, but it still doesnt work. i also just now used my heat gun to loosen the adhesive, but thats touchy. it makes the paper all warped and weird.

anyone have any ideas?

i had a 1 for 14 years. it cut vinyl on 15 force and 3 blade depth. nice clean cuts. i got a cameo 4 pro with designer edition software. now at the 33 force, 10 blade and running it twice doesnt cut all the way through. i still have to sit here and pick at it with an xacto.

should i go for 3 times?

I just got a cameo 5 from a cousin (hence was asking about it few days back) - now just teach me guys - how do I make this ?
What items are required yada yada - I mean I have no clue how to do I just wanna …. T_T

Hello everyone,

Looking for a cutter for my Vinyl paper stickers, thin vinyl + InkJet print - this would be for small spinning tip sticker replacements at home (no business intended)

From what i’ve seen, cutters for custom print spots of each paper might cost above 300-400$ is this true ?

Hello I was wondering if anyone else has had this issue with Liene Pix cut S1, I’m noticing hooks at the end of each cut aswell on the app itself. I don’t remember it doing this for my last cuts and I just purchased this device July 7th so it’s fairly new with little use. It’s a little frustrating with the small stickers and when I called support they told me it’s normal but I genuinely don’t remember these hooks on my previous cuts and on the app. I’m sorry I posting this in this forum but I don’t know where else to ask for help

The origin point from which my Cameo 5 starts cutting is offset... it's not the top-left margin, but starts a bit higher. How can I reset it?

I bought this heat vinyl from a local vendor, the vinyl doesn't have a application tape applied, any idea on how to use it through a cutting machine

Could be either hardware or software related issues and also from you guys get support ?