5. Connect the vinyl cutter
In this step of this vinyl cutter to T-shirt manual, we physically connect our laptop to the vinyl cutter.
There are two ways to connect the vinyl cutter to a computer.
1 Use the USB port
Plug in the USB cable from the vinyl cutter's USB port to your computer. This is a regular/simple USB cable.
2 Use the COM port
Plug in the correct USB cable from the vinyl cutter's COM port to your computer:
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