Gimp To Vinyl Cutter

What results from the cut process is an image cut into the material.

Gimp to 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. 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. When you have your design all set send it to the 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. It s free and a must have for all hobbyists. But i don t know if i can output to the plotter from gimp. Feb 26 2013 how to use gimp and inkscape to make vinyl svg files.

Cutting vinyl letters and shapes. Anytime i buy a new pc the first software i ll install is inkscape and gimp. 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.

The knife moves side to side and turns while the vinyl is moved beneath the knife. To create my vector file i used inkscape. Prepare the file with the vinyl cutter s bundled program i use roland cutstudio but you can use inkscape or another program. I m using a roland versastudio 20 vinyl printer cutter.

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. 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.