Mac Vinyl Sign Software

Roland GX-24

In 2005 Roland released the GX-24 Vinyl Sign machine. I don’t remember exactly when I bought mine but it was probably around then because I had it shipped to Iwakuni Japan and that was around the time I did my last tour there. Over the years I migrated to the Mac OS and Mac Vinyl Sign Software was few and far between.

After some time a couple hunks of software hit the market and I recall using Sign Cut Pro. It was awesome but they went to a “pay yearly or monthly plan”. Shortly after that I found Easy Cut Studio which I use right up to this day.

Admittedly I very seldom use my vinyl sign machine these days. And it isn’t because the Roland GX-24 isn’t awesome, because it still is. My machine is a finely tuned hunk of hardware and still plenty fast. But the other day I made a prototype sign for a wedding.

Wedding Sign

Sure enough, everything still works like a champ. But I got curious about the software I was using. The version of Easy Cut Studio I use is Version 5 and they now have a Version 6. I went to update it, because that’s what John’s Tech Blog does. John’s Tech Blog also deep dives things before spending money.

Sure Cuts A Lot

I found a Reddit thread on Mac Vinyl Sign Software that mentioned Sure Cuts A Lot from Craft Edge. So I downloaded it. They have crippled freeware and it works but it cuts lines through your project until you register it. No problem. Anyway, I download SCAL and darned it if doesn’t look IDENTICAL to Easy Cut Studio. Hmmmmmm. Both cost $59.99.