User`s manual

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4-5 Cutting Test
(
How to Adjust Pen Force and Blade Extension )
Before carrying out actual cutting, you may wish to perform a "cutting test" to check whether the unit produces the cutout satisfactorily.
This is done by examining the results of the cutting test, and adjusting the blade force and the amount of blade extension. The cutting test
should be repeated until the appropriate cutting conditions for the material in use are discovered.
Cutting Test
2
Press the
MENU
key until the screen shown at below
appears.
1
Install a blade and load a material, then close the front
cover.
4
Press the key for 0.5 seconds or more. Cutting
test starts.
The resulting cutouts will then appear as illustrated.
3
Use the , , and keys to move the tool
carriage to the place where the cutting test is to be
performed.
ORIGIN SET->ENTER
O 0
• Note that an area of approximately 2 square
centimeters (a little less than a square inch) is
required to make a test cutout (given that the tip of
the cutter after it has moved is at the origin at lower-
left).
Origin
(Position of the tool
installed in step 3)
BA
C
(3) The remaining cross-shaped area is used to check whether the offset
value is set correctly.
When the offset value has been correctly set, the corners of the figure
should appear cleanly cut as shown in A of the figure below.
If the offset value is too small, the corners will appear slightly
rounded as illustrated by B; an offset value which is too large will
result in a cut figure similar to C.
(2) Remove the square section
(marked by ).
The optimum blade pressure is correct if you
can clearly make out the lines left by the blade.
Check the state of the cutting speed and the blade force.
(1) Peel off the round section
(marked by ).
When it can be peeled by itself, without
disturbing the square (marked by ),
the cutter force is set appropriately.