User`s manual

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10 Plotting on Paper Media
NOTICE
Do not use coated paper. The coating may flake or peel off and adhere to the grit rollers, making it impossible
to perform cutting (or plotting) correctly.
Before cutting, plotting using pen and paper can ensure that your design is correct without wasting materials.
This feature can also be used to plot template designs on thick materials that may not be able to be cut.
* Since the design of the CM-500/400/300 differs inherently from that of dedicated plotters, it does not accommodate
functions such as high-speed plotting, automatic pen changes, pen dry protection, or the like.
Acceptable pens
Water-based fiber-tipped pens
Thick water-based fiber-tipped pens
Water-based fiber-tipped pens
Thick water-based fiber-tipped pens
Water-based fiber-tipped pens
Thick water-based fiber-tipped pens
CM-500
CM-400
CM-300
Acceptable pens and paper media
Menu Settings for Plotting
To perform plotting on a material of paper or the like, first use the display menus to make the settings described below.
If attractive plotting is impossible, adjust the setting parameters within the ranges shown below.
1. Tool No. (see "8 Display Menu Lists/Setting cutting conditions/1—8" )
When "Blade offset" is set to "0.000 mm," the tool number shown on the upper line of the display changes from "CUT" to "PEN."
Select the tool number to be set and make the settings for conditions 2 through 5. Please note that if a tool number for which cutting
conditions have previously been set is selected, the earlier conditions are deleted.
2. Pen Speed (see "8 Display Menu Lists/Setting cutting conditions/ ** cm/s" )
Water based fiber tipped pen / Thick water based fiber tipped pen: 10—50 cm/sec
Set a low Pen Speed value to ensure clear plots with no faintness.
3. Pen Force (see "4-5 Cutting Test (How to Adjust Blade Force/Adjusting the Cutter Blade)" )
Water based fiber tipped pen : 30—60 gf
Thick water based fiber tipped pen : 40—120 gf
4. Blade offset (see "4-1 Installing a Blade/How to Set the Blade Offset")
Set this to "0.00 mm."
5. Cut quality (see "8 Display Menu Lists/Setting cutting conditions/NORMAL (CUT QUALITY)" )
Set this to "Normal."
6. Setting for pen change instructions
If CAD software for plotting use has been used to output data (in RD-GL I format), pen-change instructions are sent to the CM-500/
400/300. If the pen is to be changed during plotting, use "1. Tool number" to set the tool numbers to be used to match the pen
numbers set with the software. Because tool changes are not necessary when cutting is performed, the CM-500/400/300 is ordinarily
set not to accept pen-change instructions. This setting makes it possible to enable the CM-500/400/300 to accept and execute pen-
change instructions.
Acceptable paper
High-quality paper
High-quality paper
High-quality paper
Acceptable paper widths
Min.90 mm (3-1/2") Max.1372 mm (54")
Min.90 mm (3-1/2") Max.1178 mm (46")
Min.50 mm (2") Max. 915 mm (36")
( 50—540 mm (2"—21" ) , 582—915 mm
(23"—36" ) )