How to Scan and Cut with a Brother Scan and Cut SDX125E - Step by Step

The Brother Scan and Cut SDX125E is an AMAZING machine. Unfortunately, it's not very intuitive, and the instructions suck. So after several hours of trial and error, we figured it out. Here's a step-by-step tutorial on how you can scan virtually any image on Earth, crop it, resize it, and then cut it out on vinyl to place it on a cup, window, t-shirt, wall, or anywhere you can imagine. Enjoy!

Print image on white cardstock on any printer (do NOT use plain laser paper with the super sticky mat that comes with the SDX125E. It will stick to the mat permanently!)

Use a black Sharpie to fill in any spots that didn’t come through completely

Place cardstock on mat

Place mat on machine between marks

Press load button

From home screen, select scan

Scroll right and select Transfer to Canvas Workspace

Select start, scan starts

When scan is done, touchscreen says “finished transferring.” Press ok. Press unload button to unload mat

Open Canvas Workspace

Select File 🡪 Import from Cutting Machine 🡪Scanned Image

Image appears in workspace

From the left tools menu, select “Image Tracing”

From the pop-up, select “An Image Scanned by Your Machine”

From the Image Tracing screen, use the blue boxes to drag around the parts of the image you want to use

Uncheck “Past the Image on the Drawing Area”

From Tracing Options, select “Trace Outer Edge Only”

Select Preview

Select ok

Move the scanned image to the reveal the traced image

From the right tools menu, select layers

Turn off the scanned image by clicking on the eyeball

Click and drag to select all pieces and in the layers menu, right click on one of the selected layers and select Group

Add some text by selecting the text tool from the left tools menu

Click in the workspace area and type the text you want

Click anywhere in the workspace

A new menu appears at the top as along as the text is selected.

Change the color, font, weight, etc. if you want

Position the words under your image and size down using the blue boxes

Select both the image and the words by clicking and dragging

From the right tools menu, select Edit. From the Edit menu, align the objects center.

With both the words and image still selected, go to layers, right click on one of the selected layers and select Group

Turn the ruler on by selecting the Display menu at the top, select Show Ruler

Size image using blue boxes.

To cut the image on vinyl, select File 🡪 Export Transfer FCM File. A message appears letting you know that hidden objects won’t be exported. Select Ok.

From the Export/Transfer FCM File, select “Transfer FCM File via the Internet”

A message appears say “The registered machine is ready to download the transferred file from the internet. Select Ok.

Back on the Brother Scan and Cut machine, select the Home button to get back to the main screen then select “Retrieve Data” from the touchscreen

Select computer with Wi-Fi

Drag the image to the upper right corner

Select ok

Select “please select”

Select cut

Select the wrench

Scroll down to make sure ***Half Cut*** is on which is needed when cutting vinyl

Click ok

Add vinyl to cutting mat

Load mat into machine using the load button

Select Start

Display shows time to complete cutting

When cutting is complete, select Ok then select the unload button

Weed image then use transfer tape and apply image where wanted

That's it! Get to work!

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