InkScape vector cutting problem
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