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Adjusting blade compensation
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 left side of the lower line of the display.
3) Using the
and
keys, alter the displayed value.
The range of values that can be set is from 0 to 1.000 mm (in increments 0.025 mm).
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.
For more information on the blade compensation, see “*.*** mm Setting blade compensation” on page 24.
If the blade force is too weak, the sheet will not be cut completely. If the blade force is too strong, blade life will be shortened
Additionally, be aware other problems can be caused by high force settings:
The sheet is easily torn
The blade pierces the sheet
Cutting extends through the base paper, and normal advancing of the sheet becomes impossible
The unit suffers damage
1 CUT 50cm/s
0.250mm 30gf
For Sheets with a Strong Adhesive Layer
If you are using a sheet with a strong adhesive layer, the adhesive layer may adhere to itself immediately when cut. This means that
even though the sheet has actually been cut, it may appear as if it has not been cut, and blade force may mistakenly be set too high.
If a cutting test shows that the sheet peels easily and the blade traces on the base paper are optimal, then the sheet is being cut.
Take care not to set the blade force excessively high.
Continuing Cutting
Cutting after changing the sheet
Again carry out the procedure described from “1-4-3 Loading the Sheet” on page 8 to “1-4-6 Downloading Cutting Data” on page 16.
* There is no need to perform the procedure described under “1-4-4 Selecting the Interface.” Also, if a sheet of the
same type is used, there is no need to perform a cutting test.
Continuing cutting on the same sheet
Refer to “Setting the origin point” on page 25 to set the origin for the area where cutting is to be carried out next.
If the sheet has not been fed to the cutting point when using roll sheets, use the “AREA” function on the display menu to feed the
sheet. Then send cutting data from the computer to the PNC-1850/1200.
Abort cutting
First of all, stop the flow of data being sent by the
computer.
Press the
ENTER
key. Cutting stops and you will see
the top menu.
2)
Continue cutting (or plotting)
Press the
PAUSE
key. The PAUSE LED goes out and
cutting resumes.
1) Press the
PAUSE
key. The PAUSE LED begins to flash and cutting pauses. When the LED
stops flashing and remains steadily lit, the message shown at right appears on the display.
CONT->PAUSE
STOP->ENTER
Pausing Cutting Operations
If you want to stop the PNC-1850/1200 momentarily while it is performing cutting, follow the procedure described below.
1-4-6 Downloading Cutting Data
The unit will begin cutting when it receives cutting data sent from computer.
Software Setting
When cutting with commercially available application software, select PNC-1850/1200 as the setting for the output device. (If
the PNC-1850/1200 cannot be selected, choose any model in the PNC-1100, PNC-1000A, PNC-950 or PNC-900.)
Select either the parallel (Centronics) or serial (RS-232C) interface. Choose the one that the host computer and the PNC-1850/
1200 are connected by.
