However, with MTC, all you have to do is find a copy of the last version that worked with the cricut and you will get the driver you need. So bottom line is, you are pretty much out of luck with SCAL unless you are willing to pay tons of money for a program that you will never be able to upgrade. So everyone who had before still can use their circuits but you cannot purchase it any longer.

However, if you had it before the settlement, you still have it and upgrading the software does not erase it. It is now no longer available from the company. The last couple of versions of MTC that worked with the cricut (v 3.2.0 & 3.2.1 I believe) came with the plug-in for the cricut. So when you download the program, you get the core software, then separately download the plug-in for whatever machine you have. Shortly before they stopped supporting the cricut, they broke out the drivers for the different cutters and put them in a separate folder. Those copies are going for hundreds of dollars on ebay, and SCAL has said they will stop supporting it the end of this year.

The only way to get SCAL now is to find someone that has a copy that has never been registered and buy it directly from them. When SCAL settled with PC, they stopped selling the version that worked with the cricut (v 2.044) and created version 3 that will not work with the cricut. SCAL incorporates the cutter drivers within the program and MTC uses a plug-in approach. Mats are not much of a problem ( apart from the fact that they're too sticky to start with ) I've had the same mat for 11 months, when it gets a bit ' dry' I just wash it under the tap and gently scub it with a nail brush and let it air dry - it comes up all sticky again.The two programs work a little differently. I can also cut thin chipboard at the moment on multicut but soon, when the new blade & housing will come out end of Oct/beg of Nov, the expression will then cut up to 1.5 deep chipboard.Īs Linda said you get two carts with it to start with - there's a lot on each cart to be honest, much more than you can actually see on the back of the boxes.

I've got the Design Studio with mine and it's so so easy to use and cuts at the click of a button. Another reason was that I scrap as well as make cards so needed the bigger area to cut and needed the availability to cut thicker paper/cardstock than the robo. I can only go on the expression Catherine as I decided that I would neverunderstand the Robo - I'm not that computer literate as far as files etc are concerned.

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