Good Morning.
I apologize if this has been covered somewhere but I looked pretty hard and couldn't find it anywhere. First off I have never done any sort of engraving or anything of the sort in my life. I purchased the machine at a Richie bros auction sale thinking it would be handy to mark and tag some equipment at my bushiness. After receiving the machine i verified that it turns on and was able to make all the operations work with the hand controller, so I'm pretty sure it is fully functioning. Now I'm on to trying to get software, possibly some cords (it came with some) and a dongle. After speaking to gravotech it sounds like i can get what i need for about 3000 CDN and it will include gs8 discovery with font pak 1, dongle, and serial to usb cord. I emailed him back asking for a little more clarification on what discovery with font pak 1 would enable me to do. He has since replied with a less than informational brochure that doesn't cover much of anything best i can tell. My main questions are is this software/dongle absolutely crucial to running the machine? Is there a better or different way of doing things? Am i over my head and should junk the machine lol?
Thanks for any help at all!