GRAPHTEC FC5100A-100, User Manual

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Preparing to Cut: Setting Conditions
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Setting Conditions
This function allows you to register eight different groups of conditions in the
plotter’s memory. These conditions greatly affect the finished quality of the cutting
operation. The desired group can be quickly loaded by simply pressing the corre-
sponding function key [F1] through [F4] on the control panel. Each key corre-
sponds to two conditions. Press the key to switch from one condition to the other.
Use the F1 key to toggle between CONDITION 1 and CONDITION 5. Use the F2
key to toggle between CONDITION 2 and CONDITION 6. Use the F3 key to toggle
between CONDITION 3 and CONDITION 7. Use the F4 key to toggle between
CONDITION 4 and CONDITION 8.
CONDITION 1 - To get the factory default setup conditions for the cutter, press the F1 key.
CONDITION 2 - To get the factory default setup conditions for the pen, press the F2 key.
CONDITION 3 - To get the factory default setup conditions for the cutter intermediate, press
the F3 key.
CONDITION 4 - To get the factory default setup conditions for the cutter reflective, press the
F4 key.
CONDITION 5 - To get the factory default setup conditions for the high intensity reflective,
press the F1 key.
CONDITION 6 - To get the factory default setup conditions for the sandblast with tangential
emulation turned off, press the F2 key. Using tangential emulation will give
better results when cutting sandblast media.
For more details see TAN-
GENTIAL EMULATION.
CONDITION 7 - To get the factory default setup conditions for a user-selected condition,
press the F3 key.
CONDITION 8 - To get the factory default setup conditions for the pounce, press the F4 key.
NOTE: The parameters set within each of these conditions greatly affect the finished
quality of cutting operations. The factory set default parameters for each of the
eight conditions are a starting point for the user to fine tune the parameters of
each condition.
Each group consists of four parameters as described below:
• Cutting Force (Pen Pressure): Sets the force to be applied by the cutter blade
during cutting, the hole punching force during pouncing, and the plotter pen
pressure during plotting.
• Speed: Sets the traveling speed of the lowered pen.
• Quality: Sets the acceleration rate of the pen during cutting or plotting. When
you select a speed that is faster than 60, you cannot select quality. At that time
an “xx” appears.
• Cutter Offset: Sets the cutter blade control factor that greatly affects the shape
of corners. CUTTER OFFSET accesses parameters such as the tool type and
the offset value. Select the tool you wish to use first, then set the value.