need help with my vinyl cutter

i have just purchased a second hand vinyl cutter it is a creation pcut ct-1200 all it came with was one parralel cable and artcut 2005 the person that i bought it off said it was fully working but when i got there it was boxed up so couldnt see it working i have emailed him for help with it but no reply so i was wondering if any one knows about these cutters i cant seem to get it to communicate with my computer i can do a test page perfectly from the cutter its self but nothing from computer please can any one help me am i missing drivers or any thing