InkScape vector cutting problem: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 08:31, 2012 November 20

Laser Cutting engraving (ie. rasters) from Inkscape works, but cutting (ie vectors) doesn't work natively; the laser cutter goes straight to "done" without ever moving.

Found a reference somewhere that this has to do with the printer driver subsystem. (reference?)

Work-around

set stroke style width to 0.01px (or 0.2mm)
make sure there is enough "document" around the edges, adobe seems to insist on margins
File menu, save-as, pdf
- check "convert text-to-paths"
- check "export area is page"
- OK
open PDF file
uncheck "Choose paper source by PDF page size" to preserve document size
print as usual

problem: Inkscape doesn't print vectors; if vector all that's being printed, goes straight to "done"

disabled advanced printing: still goes straight to "done"
afvanced winprint NT EMF 1.008: still goes straight to "done"

problem: pdf doesn't all get printed, some gets cut off

partial fix

The following cuts every vector, even the ones that are thick or 0, so it has limited utility

use file https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/630639
with
- instructions and other file https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/630639/comments/12
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/630639/comments/13

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 ==Work-around==
 * set stroke style width to 0.01px (or 0.2mm)
+* make sure there is enough "document" around the edges, adobe seems to insist on margins
 * File menu, save-as, pdf
 ** check "convert text-to-paths"
-* save
+** check "export area is page"
+** OK
 * open PDF file
 * uncheck "Choose paper source by PDF page size" to preserve document size
 * print as usual
+problem: Inkscape doesn't print vectors; if vector all that's being printed, goes straight to "done"
+* disabled advanced printing: still goes straight to "done"
+* afvanced winprint NT EMF 1.008: still goes straight to "done"
+problem: pdf doesn't all get printed, some gets cut off
 == partial fix ==