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Adjusting blade force
1) With a blade installed, a sheet loaded, and the front cover closed, check the display to make
sure that the message at right is shown. If you see a different menu, press the
MENU
key
until the message shown at right appears.
2) Press
or
to move the blinking cursor to value on the right side of the lower line of the display.
3) Using the
and
keys, alter the displayed value.
Select a speed from 30 gf to 500 gf (in increments 10 gf).
4) Press
ENTER
to confirm the selection.
If you haven't yet pressed
ENTER
, you can cancel the setting by pressing
MENU
instead.
The settings are now complete.
1 CUT 50cm/s
0.250mm 30gf
Adjusting cutting speed
1) With a blade installed, a sheet loaded, and the front cover closed, check the display to make
sure that the message at right is shown. If you see a different menu, press the
MENU
key
until the message shown at right appears.
2) Press
or
to move the blinking cursor to value on the right side of the upper line of the display.
3) Using the
and
keys, alter the displayed value.
Select a speed from 1 cm/sec to 85 cm/sec (in increments 1 cm/sec). (When “HEAVY” is selected for “WEIGHT”: 1—50
cm/s.)
4) Press
ENTER
to confirm the selection.
If you haven't yet pressed
ENTER
, you can cancel the setting by pressing
MENU
instead.
The settings are now complete.
1 CUT 50cm/s
0.250mm 30gf
1-4-5 Cutting Test - Setting Cutting Speed, Blade Force, and Blade Compensation
For optimum performance, it is necessary to set cutting conditions that match the sheet, giving consideration to the sheet's
thickness and type of material. The PNC-1850/1200 has an internal "cutting test" to check the cutting conditions. This “cutting
test” allows you to determine settings for the cutting speed, blade force and the amount of offset.
Experiment with different settings for different types of material and adjust the configuration accordingly.
Procedure
1) Install a blade and load a sheet, then close the front cover (see from page 7 to 13).
Use the
,
,
and
keys to move the tool carriage to the position on the sheet for executing the cutting test.
• 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).
2) Press the
TEST
key for 0.5 seconds or more. Cutting test starts.
The resulting cutouts will then appear as illustrated.
3) Confirm the cutting speed and the blade force. Peel off the round section
(marked by ). Confirm that you can peel off the square section
(marked by ), but do not remove it. Also remove the square
section (marked by ). If the blade leaves a slight trail on the base
paper, you have achieved optimum cutting speed and blade force.
Then, peel this off
Peel off first
Origin
(Position of the tool installed in step 1)
A
B
C
4) 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
.
If the sheet was not cut correctly in steps 1) through 4) of the cutting test, change the cutting conditions.
Repeat the cutting test and adjustment until the optimal cutting speed, blade force, and blade compensation are found.
