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          Expert Pro User Manual

 

 

  General Information

                                                   

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1.4.2    The Back View (Figure 1-2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.4.3    The Whole View (Figure 1-3)

 

 

 

** The Expert Pro model comes with a standard stand   

 

 

 

Pinch Rollers   

hold the media during cutting. 

Lever   

raises or lowers 

the pinch rollers. 

 

Figure 1-2

 

Figure 1-3 

Roll Holder

   

holds  and  supplies  the 

roll media for cutting. 

Stand Beam   

stabilizes the body.   

Roll Holder 

Support   

supports roll holders 

T-Stand 

supports 

the cutting plotter 

T-Stand 

supports 

the cutting plotter 

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Страница 1: ...V 12 2014 Mar Expert Pro Series User Manual http www GCCworld com...

Страница 2: ...fy the information contained in this user manual at any time without prior notice un authorized modification copying distribution or display is prohibited All comments queries or suggestions concernin...

Страница 3: ...nd hairs do not be caught Always connect the power cable to a grounded outlet Always use the accessory power cable that is provided Do not wire the power cable so that it becomes bent or caught betwee...

Страница 4: ...2 10 2 4 Blade Installation 2 12 2 5 Instruction of Damper Roller 2 15 2 6 Cable Connections 2 16 2 6 1 USB Interface 2 16 2 6 2 Driver Un installation 2 20 2 6 3 How to switch the USB mode 2 23 2 6 4...

Страница 5: ...2 6 Trouble Shooting 6 1 Non Operational Problems 6 1 6 2 Operational Problems 6 2 6 3 Communication Problems 6 3 6 4 Software Problems 6 4 6 5 Cutting Quality Problems 6 5 Appendix A 1 Specification...

Страница 6: ...below please check carefully If you find any item missing please consult your local dealer for further assistance S St ta an nd da ar rd d I It te em m Q Qu ua an nt ti it ty y 1 Cutting Plotter 1 2 S...

Страница 7: ...iece of AC power Cord 1 pieces of data cable Print cable 1 pieces of data cable USB cable 1 8m 1 set of Blade Holder Assembly Installed in tool carriage of the cutting plotter 1 piece of Blade Install...

Страница 8: ...provides the protection of blade when the blade is cutting Tool Carriage performs the cutting with the installed blade or pen Alignment Rulers media can be aligned with the clear guide line marks Grid...

Страница 9: ...s with a standard stand Pinch Rollers hold the media during cutting Lever raises or lowers the pinch rollers Figure 1 2 Figure 1 3 Roll Holder holds and supplies the roll media for cutting Stand Beam...

Страница 10: ...of Expert Pro Figure 1 5 Fuse 3 Amp AC Power Connector Power Switch On when switches to I Off to O Figure 1 4 Serial Interface Connector RS232C used to connect the cutting plotter to a computer throu...

Страница 11: ...in front and behind the machine Make sure the cutter is placed on a flat level and sturdy surface The operation temperature should be between 15 to 30 60 o F 86o F in the workshop The relative humidit...

Страница 12: ...eft side vertical stand 1 Right side vertical stand 1 Support for left side 1 Support for right side 1 Stand Beam 2 Bottom Stands with wheels 2 Sliding brackets for paper takeup 1 Hex Wrench M5 4 28 S...

Страница 13: ...crews into the holes but do not tighten them at this step Step 4 Position both the left Support and right Support perpendicularly to the T stand and put the screws into the holes and tighten them as s...

Страница 14: ...and under the plotter and insert the screws into the holes on the bottom of the plotter but do not tighten them up as shown in Figure 2 4 Step 6 Tighten the screws of step 3 and step 5 Place the slidi...

Страница 15: ...8 pieces of M6 screws 1 piece of M5 L shape hexagon screw driver 1 piece of Installation Guide for Stand Set Step 2 Remove the plotter body and the accessories from the shipped carton Place the stand...

Страница 16: ...stallation 2 6 Step 4 Remove the cutting plotter from the carton Position your stand under the plotter and then insert the screws into the holes on plotter s bottom and tighten them up as shown in Fig...

Страница 17: ...them up as shown in Figure 2 9 You could decide roll holder support s position by inserting into different holes Step 6 Place two roll holders onto the roll holder support and ensure the white protrus...

Страница 18: ...round three times after unpacking roll holder 2 Step 8 Insert the end of the roll holder without the damper into the left roll holder support and then insert the end of the roll holder with the damper...

Страница 19: ...er Manual Installation 2 9 Step 9 Tighten the screw on the damper until it is securely attached to the right roll holder support Step 10 Lastly the complete picture will be shown like below Figure 2 1...

Страница 20: ...on 2 10 2 3 Desktop Support Brackets Step 1 Check three spacer supports on the back of the machine Step 2 Insert the left and right roll holder base into the spacer supports on the left and right side...

Страница 21: ...llation 2 11 Step 3 Press the roll holder base and the installation is complete Note Insert the left roll holder base into the middle spacer support and right roll holder base into the right one when...

Страница 22: ...ng the following situations 1 The tip of blade is broken 2 The cutting traces are not as good as they were 3 Uncut area remains the same even the blade force has been raised significantly Figure 2 12...

Страница 23: ...de tip adjustment screw clockwise or counterclockwise Figure 2 15 Tips The proper length means the blade length is about 0 1mm more than film s thickness For example if the thickness of film is 0 5mm...

Страница 24: ...utward ring of the holder must put into the groove of carriage firmly Figure 2 16 and lock the grip Figure 2 17 5 Reverse steps mentioned above to remove the blade holder 6 Press the push pin to remov...

Страница 25: ...l Installation 2 15 2 5 Instruction of Damper Roller Turn the wheel as instructed below to adjust damping The bigger the number is the stronger the damping The volume symbol sticker indicates the damp...

Страница 26: ...enabled serial port will be disabled automatically 2 6 1 USB Interface Expert Pro build in USB interface is based on the Universal Serial Bus Specifications Revision 1 1 Operation system of Windows 9...

Страница 27: ...tallation has completed 3 You can double click the USB icon on the taskbar to make sure the USB device is detected Step 2 Installing the software 1 Put the installation CD into your CD ROM Please make...

Страница 28: ...r Manual Installation 2 18 3 Click Next to start the driver installation 4 The installation will take a few minutes to complete and you will see a message below and click on OK upon completion Enjoy y...

Страница 29: ...as to whether a second copy of the driver installation is required 2 If the user selects yes a second copy of the driver will be installed For users who have upgraded Adobe Illustrator or CorelDRAW p...

Страница 30: ...n installation You have to remove previous version driver installed on your PC system completely before you can install the latest version successfully Please refer to below steps 1 Right click on the...

Страница 31: ...Expert Pro User Manual Installation 2 21 2 After removing the unit right click on any empty space on the page and select Server Property 3 Select Driver page...

Страница 32: ...Expert Pro User Manual Installation 2 22 Select the model and click on Remove Click on OK Click on Yes The driver installed on PC is completely removed...

Страница 33: ...tting of software package refer to chapter 3 MISC key description Caution Please turn off the plotter before plugging the RS 232C cable 2 6 5 Data Transmitting There are two options to transmit the da...

Страница 34: ...he printer driver as a shared printer then use B PC to connect A PC s printer driver via internet A PC B PC Step 1 Please set A PC s printer driver to shared printer Right click on printer icon choose...

Страница 35: ...Installation 2 25 Step 2 Click Advanced tab then choose Print directly to the printer option Step 3 Send a job to the machine to check if A PC is connected to the machine Try to send a job to check i...

Страница 36: ...Expert Pro User Manual Installation 2 26 Step 4 Activate A PC s Printer Driver from B PC s Network Step 5 Right click on printer icon and select Connect to connect A PC s printer...

Страница 37: ...s light up power on light off power off 4 Arrow Keys To move position select function or change setting ENTER To set item or register the immediately preceding input value PAUSE RESUME To temporarily...

Страница 38: ...Resume S F O L W T1M Sending data PAUSE FORCE Force 80 gf OK ENTER use to select ENTER to enable the setting SPEED Speed 51cm s Select OK ENTER UP Speed 51 cm s Select OK ENTER Quality Fine Select OK...

Страница 39: ...s Select OK ENTER Speed 3 60 with an increment of 3 cm s UP Speed 51 cm s Select OK ENTER UP Speed 3 60 with an increment of 3 cm s Quality Fine Select OK ENTER Draft Normal Fair Fine FORCE Turn CW Tu...

Страница 40: ...e Width Select OK ENTER Image Scale Length Select OK ENTER Select Unit Select OK ENTER Select Language Select OK ENTER Set Communication Select OK ENTER Paper Saving Mode Select OK ENTER Both Expanded...

Страница 41: ...y again to disable the function PAUSE RESUME To temporarily halt the cutting process To resume the process by press Pause Resume key again ONLINE OFFLINE 1 To switch between online mode and offline mo...

Страница 42: ...ials Arrow and Cross patterns Arrow Ratio Setting To adjust the size of the pattern 100 200 300 400 100 Blade Length Adjust To adjust the length of the blade Note 1 Keep your blade length as 0 before...

Страница 43: ...ng Single mode to size media will disable this function automatically If the length of the rolled media is less than 2 meters or the weight is light it is recommended to set this mode disabled Disable...

Страница 44: ...sers convenient cm gram inch oz cm oz inch gram Metric Image Scale Length Image Scale Width To adjust the image scale of media length and width that may cause by the thickness of the media The Numerat...

Страница 45: ...platen extension will help you to adjust the media precisely Note Be sure that the media must be covered by the paper sensors on the platen when loading the media At least one of the two paper sensors...

Страница 46: ...the power the machine will be initialized Then follow the instruction of LCM to measure the size of the media Note Move the pinch roller by applying force at the rear portion of the pinch roller supp...

Страница 47: ...anges Recommended Insert a roll media flange at the end of each roll media and tighten the thumbscrew until the roll media is firmly gripped see Figure 4 5 Then put the roll media on the roll holders...

Страница 48: ...then place the roll media directly between the two roll holders Figure 4 7 3 Loading the media on the platen After loading the roll media flatten the media on the platen and hold the front edge of th...

Страница 49: ...h rollers 7 Fixes roll holder guide bushes on the roll holder to secure the roll media 8 Turn on the power switch and the tool carriage will size the media automatically Then the cutting plotter is re...

Страница 50: ...button to select the Square Cut and press ENTER KEY to confirm The default cutting force and offset value of the cutting test are 80gf and 0 275mm respectively Step2 Press ARROW KEY to move the tool...

Страница 51: ...C u t Press ENTER_KEY AA CC BB Press ENTER_KEY E n t e r O K S e l e c t M o v e t t e c u X Y M s t S q u a r e C u t Press SPEED_KEY FORCE_KEY OFFSET_KEY to setup or Press arrow keys to desired pos...

Страница 52: ...n Completing the Cutting Job After completing the cutting job raise the sheet loading lever and then remove the material You can also cut off the finished job by the Safe Blade a standard accessory al...

Страница 53: ...files will be tagged with the Expert Pro extension LOAD This function allows you to load previously saved print driver parameters ORIGINAL This function will load the print driver s original factory p...

Страница 54: ...Expert Pro User Manual Operation 4 10 Vinyl Figure 1 Figure 2...

Страница 55: ...orce and offset in the section on the top following normal operating procedures see figure 3 10 Note 1 The extension of the blade has to be set to cut through both the top layer and the backing in the...

Страница 56: ...Material Vehicle stickers Reflective film Cardboard Blade red green green Blade tip length mm 0 27 0 5 0 3 Force g 85 380 165 Speed cm sec 60 3 30 Offset mm 0 275 0 5 0 5 Recommend model RX Jaguar Pum...

Страница 57: ...ing Recommended Methods Gently wipe the cutting plotter surface with a lint free cloth If necessary clean with a damp cloth or an alcohol immersed cloth Wipe with water to rinse off any residue and dr...

Страница 58: ...the Pinch Rollers If the pinch rollers need a thorough cleaning use a lint free cloth or cotton swab to wipe away the accumulated dust from the rubber portion of the pinch rollers To prevent the pinch...

Страница 59: ...in properly Does the AC power cord connected to the power connector properly Does the power LED still illuminate Solutions If the LCM is able to display the message the cutting plotter should be in a...

Страница 60: ...ing well and if the media is well loaded Correct the problem and re power on to reboot system Error Check Media Or Y Motor This message indicates that there might be an obstruction to carriage relatin...

Страница 61: ...ctly Refer to Chapter 2 Connecting your cutting plotter Yes No Try the communication between your cutting plotter and computer If it still does not work have your cutting plotter serviced Refer to the...

Страница 62: ...nd using a different cable Does the software vendor provide a sample file Most well known cutting softwares in the world have drivers for our cutting plotters If not use software that has HP GL and HP...

Страница 63: ...an optimum blade force Refer to Chapter 4 3 Cutting Force and Offset Adjustment Is the tool offset set up properly Yes No Adjust the tool offset to obtain an optimum value Is there any dirt adhered t...

Страница 64: ...Buffer 4MB Interfaces USB 2 0 Full Speed and Serial RS 232C Type of Command HP GL HP GL 2 Control Panel LCD 20 digits x 2 lines 14 Keys 1 Power LED Dimension HxWxD mm 220x 879x258mm 8 67 x34 61x10 16...

Страница 65: ...flock and stencil sharp edge 265012020G The blade is 60 with Green Cap 0 50 mm blade offset For cutting thin sandblast mask and stencil with friction feed or sprocket feed machine 26500059G The blade...

Страница 66: ...stance that the blade tip is displaced from the centerline of the blade Protrusion Length of the Blade Length of protrusion t1 t 2 2 but for your convenience you may just make it about 0 3mm 0 5mm bey...

Страница 67: ...Expert Pro User Manual Blade Specification A 2...

Страница 68: ...file with CorelDRAW User Instructions 1 Open CorelDRAW finish editing all the files you wish to plot and select all the images at once 2 Select Outline Pen to adjust the outline for cutting 3 Adjust t...

Страница 69: ...Expert Pro User Manual CorelDRAW Plug In A 3 4 Select File Print to output the file to your cutters 5 Choose the correct model you have installed...

Страница 70: ...out page and click the Reposition images to Bottom left corner Please note that you must put your image at the bottom left corner 7 Go back to the General page and check that your image is at the bott...

Страница 71: ...on your MAC you may need Parallels Desktop software Window OS and Windows based Adobe Illustrator CS6 to install Windows OS in your MAC computer and run Windows based software under MAC computer User...

Страница 72: ...h this dialog below Step 2 Create import your image file For texts 1 Enter your texts in Adobe Illustrator select the letters and click Text outline to outline the letters A contour line will be creat...

Страница 73: ...l DriectCut A 4 For Images 1 Open a new image on Illustrator and decide the size of your material 2 Select the image and click Make outline and offset to create outlines of graphics Outlines will be c...

Страница 74: ...User Manual DriectCut A 4 3 Click on the image and apply the AAS function by clicking the Add registration marks command and select the registration marks needed The registration marks will be create...

Страница 75: ...DriectCut A 4 Step 3 Output 1 Click on Plotter Setup and select the correct model in Plotter List 2 Tick Default Environment to create Pen No 1 in the Pen section Double click Pen No 1 and complete y...

Страница 76: ...Expert Pro User Manual DriectCut A 4 3 Select the entire object and click Plotter Output 4 Output the object by clicking Export and GCC Cutting Plotter will start cutting the image...

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