hi what operating system are you using ecal on.
I can't use ecal at all in windows xp on my netbook as for some reason it prints a quarter of an inch away from the line but on my laptop which has windows 7 it cuts perfectly no idea why it should be any different is quite perplexing
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- Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:16 am
- Forum: eCAL
- Topic: Doesn't cut where it's supposed to
- Replies: 6
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- Tue Jan 31, 2012 2:46 am
- Forum: eCAL
- Topic: Shrink Plastic!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6380
Re: Shrink Plastic!
Hi i've cut some shrink plastic
not sure what setting i cut it on but i think it was thick card though i may be mistaken i think there is an option for shrink film in the cut settings now though havent used that

- Fri Jan 27, 2012 6:56 am
- Forum: eCAL
- Topic: new to die cutting lots of questions :)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3000
Re: new to die cutting lots of questions :)
well another update :) tried a print and cut today it didn't work stil it cut the images 1/4 of a cm to the left. After changing reg marks to 2 instead of 3 i reprinted my a4 sheet changed my printer settings to borderless printing with no expansion and crossed my fingers for luck and it cut perfect...
- Thu Jan 26, 2012 6:16 am
- Forum: eCAL
- Topic: new to die cutting lots of questions :)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3000
Re: new to die cutting lots of questions :)
aha i have a little update seems ecal works better on my laptop i installed ecal on my netbook (1Gb ram and windows xp) and when i did a trace bitmap only the jpg images worked to trace a good outline although for some reason the cut outline was a third of the size of the image so i had to ungroup a...
- Wed Jan 25, 2012 10:18 am
- Forum: eCAL
- Topic: new to die cutting lots of questions :)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3000
new to die cutting lots of questions :)
Hello, I was brought an eclips machine last friday having wanted a die cutting machine for ages and thinking i'm quite tech savvy thought it would be easy to use. Brought the ecal software and having a few issues if someone can help i tried searching the forum but can't find the answers specific to ...