GRAPHTEC FC2250 Series, User Manual

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Chapter 3 PREPARATIONS FOR CUTTING/PLOTTING
3.6 Turning on the Plotter and Initialization
The moment you turn on the power, the plotter's Y bar and pen carriage will start to move. Do not put your hands or
other objects on the writing panel. Such actions are dangerous.
(1) Make sure the power s turned off.
(2) Securely plug the connector end of the power cord nto the plotter's power nlet.
(3) Securely plug the other end of the power cord into an electrical outlet of the specified voltage.
(4) Turn on the power.
(5) The green power lamp on the control panel wll lght, and the Y bar and pen carrage wll start to move as shown n
the figure below. These operations are part of the initialization process.
The figure below shows what the plotter does when the power is turned on. The pen carriage returns to the Home
position, and then moves back and forth twice at a 45° angle from the origin point to determine the friction coefficient
of the plotter mechansms.
Pen carriage Y bar
Writing panel Control panel
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Home position
(6) When the initialization process is complete, the plotter is ready to begin plotting or cutting.