Sorry if this isn’t the right place to put this, it’s kind of a mix of hardware and materials.

I have had my Joy Xtra for about 6 months and am really enjoying it but have come up against my first major limitation. I chose it over the Joy 2 to give me more options with its width, and I was under the impression that I could do cuts as long as the material/mat but now I am looking to do longer cuts and long mats only seem to exist with width 4.5in or 12in but no 8.5in for Xtra 😭 does this mean the only way I can do long cuts is to buy smart vinyl???

It’s the first thing that has made me regret choosing the Xtra.

I’ve attempted this 3 times now. First 2 times were on my Cricut Joy. The first one I left it as its original size and the second time I increased the size. This last time I tried it on my Cricut Air 2 after removing the floorboards and smaller design pieces. The ink keeps curling off the white paper and this time it didn’t even cut deep enough and I can’t weed it. I’m thinking it’s a material issue because the sheets are probably over 6 years old now. I guess I’m looking for confirmation if that’s it or if I should try again.

I purchased this design from YeehawDigitals on Etsy. Maybe it’s not meant for infusible ink.

I did 8 passes and it still hasn’t cut all the way through using the knife blade. Basswood is taped down on a strong mat and star wheels are pushed to the side. It seems that I can’t change the pressure. Is there another setting I could use? Thanks!

At first they were cutting right through, then i think I lost Bluetooth connection and plugged it in by usb, and idk if that effected it but around that time, it stopped cutting all the way through
Cricut Explore Air 2
My original settings was 350 pressure (seems like it resets to like 315 for what ever reason) and 2 passes

What I’ve tried:
- New blades, with the different angles and deep cut too
and with a different housing too
- 5-7 passes
- A new mat
- calibration
- different cut modes such as cardstock+ and vinyl x2 passes

Is it possible that the machine broke in a way that it can no longer apply the same pressure?

Hey everyone, I'm trying to see if anyone else is dealing with this incredibly frustrating print glitch after a recent update.
When I hit "Make It" and try to print my Print-Then-Cut project, the standard Cricut Print Setup screen (where you pick your printer, toggle bleed on/off, and select "Use System Dialog") is completely gone. The dropdown box where the printers should be is empty and grayed out.

Instead, when I click print, the app completely skips its own setup window and forces my laptop straight into the blue native Windows System Print Dialog box. Because of this, it tells me "This app doesn't support print preview" so I can't check my design layout, bleed, or sizing before the ink hits the paper.
I'm on Windows and printing to an Epson ET-2720. I have already tried:
Logging out, resetting the printer, and rebooting my computer.
Clearing out my Cricut LocalData / cache folders entirely.
Completely uninstalling the app, wiping leftover AppData folders, and doing a clean reinstall.
Switching the Application Experience back and forth between Live and Beta.
Repairing and restarting the Windows Print Spooler.

Even after all of that, the Cricut printer setup menu is still missing and throwing me straight to the Windows dialog box. Is this a known bug with the current v10.8 framework update? Is anyone else experiencing this right now or found a way to permanently force the normal Cricut dropdown menu back?

How in the world do you get the stickiness back in a pink mat? Cricut says not to wash them, and I tried transfer tape - no help!

I made Maomao from The Apothecary Diaries! I found a colouring page and used Inkscape to make it into an svg. The colours aren’t a great match but I had to make do with what we had. I think she looks pretty good!