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Inkcut+Silhouette Portrait: issues and speed

procastino
Sept. 11, 2019
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    procastino
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    Sept. 11, 2019, 4:55 p.m. Sept. 11, 2019, 4:55 p.m.
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    Hi!
    I'm using inkcut on Ubuntu 18.04. I had some issues making it work, so I pin down here my settings, just in case someone finds it useful.
    First, I had to add my user to lp group on a console:
    sudo usermod -a -G lp $user
    Then, I added the cutter as a printer, choosing Raw Queue Driver
    On Inkcut, this is what I had to put on my settings:
    Device > Setup > Driver: Inkcut Generic Driver (there is a Silhouette portrait driver, but it doesn't work for me)
    Device > Setup > Device > Output: set scale X and scale Y to 5.64
    Device > Setup > Connection: Parallel Port with the port being mumblejumble (/deb/usb/lp0)
    With this settings, it gets to work, though the speed is much, much less than I was used to.
    I've used Inkcut quite a few times before, setting it up never had been so tricky and speed was much better, what could possibly be the reason?

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    frmdstryr
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    Sept. 16, 2019, 2:02 a.m. Sept. 16, 2019, 2:02 a.m.
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    Do you mean the cutting speed was better?

    Yes, unfortunately installing the new version is not as simple as it could be.

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    procastino
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    Sept. 22, 2019, 8:54 p.m. Sept. 22, 2019, 8:54 p.m.
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    Yep, sorry about the poor explanation. In earlier versions where I didn't have to do these tweaks, cutting speed was much faster. I think it is about 5 times, what it took little over 2 minutes now takes 11.
    Thanks a lot for the program, it has been really useful for me, I already bought you a beer via paypal, I know it's not much but I hope you enjoy it and it shows my gratitude :)

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    frmdstryr
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    Oct. 28, 2019, 7:40 p.m. Oct. 28, 2019, 7:40 p.m.
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    @procastino

    Yep, sorry about the poor explanation. In earlier versions where I didn't have to do these tweaks, cutting speed was much faster. I think it is about 5 times, what it took little over 2 minutes now takes 11.
    Thanks a lot for the program, it has been really useful for me, I already bought you a beer via paypal, I know it's not much but I hope you enjoy it and it shows my gratitude :)

    The old version is still available here: github.com/codelv/inkcut/releases/download/v1.0/inkcut-1.0.tar.gz

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    bianchifan
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    Dec. 27, 2019, 12:44 p.m. Dec. 27, 2019, 12:44 p.m.
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    @procastino

    First, I had to add my user to lp group on a console:
    sudo usermod -a -G lp $user

    Correct!

    @procastino

    Then, I added the cutter as a printer, choosing Raw Queue Driver

    Wrong.. :((

    Raw Printing -> What is Raw Printing

    You have to choose "Text-only Printer" !
    Silhoutte Cutters are using "GPGL", its simply text based.

    Then you can setup your cutter as a "Portrait" ;)

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