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Options: FC5100A Pounce Tool Manual
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Chapter 10: Options
This chapter contains information regarding the various FC5100A Option User Manuals.
FC5100A Pounce Tool Manual
Pouncing is a method used to create a punched outline on media. This is done
by inserting a special tool in the plotter that produces tiny holes instead of plotting
with a pen or cutting with a blade. This outline or pattern has many uses such as
aligning letters on a large job or creating a chalk outline for graphics that will be
hand-painted.
The pounce tool has a small point that is pressed into the media. The pounce
conditions are set from the CONDITIONS menu.
Force: Sets the hole punching force during pouncing.
Speed: Sets the traveling speed of the lowered pouncing tool.
Quality: Sets the acceleration rate of the pouncing tool.
Offset: Sets the spacing between holes in mm units.
WARNING: To prevent bodily injury, handle the pouncing tool
with care. Pounce tool points are extremely sharp.
While handling the pounce tool use caution to
avoid cutting your fingers or other parts of your
body.
Inserting the
Pounce Tool
Follow the procedure below to attach a pounce tool to the pen carriage:
1 Loosen the pen holder screw.
2 While holding the pen holder
upward, push the pouncing
tool all the way into the holder
until its rim contacts the pen
stopper. The flat side of the
tool must face the pen car-
riage.
Rim
Upper part of pen holder
Flat side
Parallel