SummaCut cutter
User’s Manual
Detailed Operation
4-5
4.3.1
Confidence test
The confidence test performs a quick electrical and mechanical test of the cutter to make
sure that the cutter is fully operational. A media sheet of at least A3/B-size should be used
for this plot. This test is always cut at the left side of the loaded media. Press
to start
the test.
4.3.2
DIN A4 Test
The DIN A4 Test also performs an electrical and mechanical test of the cutter, in order to
check the cut quality, but also provides the user with feedback on knife setting, knife
pressure, knife offset, and cutting depth.
This cut is always run as a DIN A4 portrait/A-size image, regardless of the actual size of the
media loaded. If the media loaded is smaller than DIN A4/A-size, part of the outer box will
be clipped (not cut). Press
to start the test.
4.3.3
Tool
Changing of tools is explained in section 2.2.1
4.3.4
FlexCut Mode
FlexCut can be set to OFF, Fast, or Accurate. When the cutter is set to Fast or Accurate, it will
alternately cut a certain length with full pressure, and a certain length with reduced
pressure. The advantage of the FlexCut feature is that it cuts completely through the
material, yet allows the material to stay together by means of the small media bridges.
Fast is the quickest mode, but it is less precise due to the pressure changes during the
cutting.
Accurate is much slower, but much more precise, as the cutter stops at every change of
pressure.
There are 4 typical FlexCut parameters:
1.
Full pressure:
This parameter determines full pressure used during FlexCut mode.
2.
Full pressure cut length:
This parameter determines the length that is cut with full
pressure, usually the length that will be cut all the way through.
3.
Flex pressure cut length
: This parameter determines the length that will be cut with
reduced pressure or without pressure. This is usually a much smaller value than the
full pressure cut length – this is the length of the media bridges.
4.
FlexCut pressure:
This parameter determines the pressure of the Flex pressure cut
length. This is usually a reduced pressure so that the knife only scratches the media or
cuts it only halfway through.
For more info see section 3.5.
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