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                                                                                                            Expert 24 User Manual 

 

Blade Specification                                                  A-3 

 

For cutting thick fluorescent and reflective vinyl. Also for cutting 
detailed work in standard vinyl. 

20200159G 

The blade is 45° with  Red Cap(5-unit package), 0.25 mm offset 

 

For cutting reflective vinyl, cardboard, sandblast, 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 is 60° with  Blue Cap, 0.25 mm blade offset 

 

For Cutting small text and fine detail. Sharp blade with smallest 

offset. 

26500060G 

The blade is 0.175 mm blade offset with Black Cap 

 

265012840G 

For thin and delicate media such as window tint. 

 

The blade is 25° with  Yellow Cap, 0.25 mm blade offset 

 

Blade Specification

 

Содержание EXPERT 24

Страница 1: ...V 10 2013 Dec EXPERT 24 CUTTING PLOTTER User Manual Great Computer Corporation...

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

Страница 3: ...ation do not touch any of the moving parts of this machine such as the carriage Also be careful to make sure that clothing and hair do not get caught Always connect the power cable to a grounded outle...

Страница 4: ...USB Interface 2 10 2 5 2 Driver Un installation 2 13 2 5 3 RS 232 Interface 2 16 2 5 4 Printer Sever Shared Setting 2 16 3 Operation 3 1 The Control Panel 3 1 3 2 VLCD 3 2 3 3 File Uploader 3 5 3 4 Da...

Страница 5: ...ce 1 2 Product Features The followings are the main features of the Expert 24 cutting plotters Dual port connectivity USB Serial interface Up to 250 gram cutting force Up to 400 mm per second cutting...

Страница 6: ...ith clear guideline marks D Tool Carriage To help perform cutting job with installed blade or pen E Blade Holder To hold the blade F Platen The surface for holding and supporting media in operation G...

Страница 7: ...er Connector To insert the AC power cord L Fuse 3Amp M Power Switch To turn on or off the machine N USB Connector To connect the machine and a computer through a USB cable O Serial Interface Connector...

Страница 8: ...any direction Keep enough space for the machine accessories and supplies Keep the working area stable avoiding severe vibration Keep the temperature between 15 and 30 60 86o F in the workshop Keep the...

Страница 9: ...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 take up 1 Hex Wrench M5 4 28...

Страница 10: ...rews 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 sh...

Страница 11: ...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 12: ...Step 2 Install blade Figure 2 7 Push the blade to the bottom of the blade holder Figure 2 8 Step 3 Adjust the blade tip to suitable length by screwing Blade tip adjustment screw clockwise or count clo...

Страница 13: ...ng quality might be affected By increasing the cutting force it might do the trick However once the blade is worn out and no longer provides a reliable cutting you should replace a new one The blade i...

Страница 14: ...e 2 12 Step 2 Load your media on the platen and slide it under the pinch rollers from either the front side or the backside The alignment rulers on the platen extension will help you to adjust the med...

Страница 15: ...ft sides of media Position the Secondary Pinch Roller at the center of media Figure 2 17 Primary Pinch Roller Secondary Pinch Roller X Incorrect O Correct Figure 2 18 Step 4 Push the lever backward to...

Страница 16: ...e Have the machine on line press origin set once and the red error light will start blinking then pressed again and the machine will start moving to get the new size Then open the VLCD and under the p...

Страница 17: ...evision 1 1 Operation system of Windows 95 Windows NT don t support USB USB driver installation Use the USB One click Installation for quick driver installation Follow the simple steps below for drive...

Страница 18: ...before you start the driver installation 2 Choose the model you want to install from the driver list and click on Win 8 7 Vista XP Driver Manual Selection or Win 8 7 Vista XP Driver Automatic detectio...

Страница 19: ...driver is being installed for a second time the user will be prompted 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...

Страница 20: ...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 21: ...Expert 24 User Manual Installation 2 14 2 After removing the unit right click on any empty space on the page and select Server Property 3 Select Driver page...

Страница 22: ...Expert 24 User Manual Installation 2 15 Select the model and click on Remove...

Страница 23: ...the RS 232 Serial Port For IBM PC PS 2 users or compatibles connect the RS 232C cable to the serial connector of the assigned serial port COM1 or COM2 of your host computer 2 5 4 Printer Sever Shared...

Страница 24: ...17 Step 1 Please set A PC s printer driver to shared printer Right click on printer icon choose Printer properties Click Sharing tab then check Share this printer Step 2 Click Advanced tab then choose...

Страница 25: ...job to the machine to check if A PC is connected to the machine 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 print...

Страница 26: ...y ON OFF LINE and PAUSE keys activated While in off line mode the settings in VLCD can be adjusted PAUSE Temporarily halts the cutting process or resumes a paused job REPEAT Repeats last job DATA CLEA...

Страница 27: ...n and after re setting the position as the new origin user can use the repeat function to repeat a job 3 2 VLCD VLCD is a program for modifying parameters of cutting functions 3 2 1 Installation Step...

Страница 28: ...ble choose either COM1 or COM2 Make sure no other devices are occupying the port that you are going to use Step 4 Press the Connect button to connect your computer and the cutter If the connection suc...

Страница 29: ...user to select the media weight There are 2 options Heavy and Light Default Offset Adjusts the blade offset to ensure cutting quality There are 8 options 0 000 0 175 Default 0 250 0 275 0 300 0 500 0...

Страница 30: ...Pause 2 after On Off line 1 and then press Origin Set 3 Step 2 Press the left key 4 and then up 5 Step 3 You have now entered the Data clear and restoring default settings mode press Data clear 6 and...

Страница 31: ...n CD onto your local drive to finish installation Launch GCC File Uploader by double click on the icon Figure 3 5 3 3 2 Functions of File Uploader Port setup This function will be activated while choo...

Страница 32: ...tter Option 1 With proper interface settings the data can be transmitted from your application software package to the cutting plotters directly Option 2 Most cutting software packages are able to emu...

Страница 33: ...avoid the falling of cut through materials and material jam beneath the carriage Die Cut helps you to cut through the backing of the material while Kiss Cut cuts through only the top layer but not th...

Страница 34: ...force and offset in the section on the top following normal operating procedures see figure 3 Note 1 The extension of the blade has to be set to cut through both the top layer and the backing in the...

Страница 35: ...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 36: ...pe all the dust and dirt from the tool carriage rail Use a vacuum cleaner to clean any accumulated dirt and media residue beneath the pinch roller housing Clean the platen paper sensors and the pinch...

Страница 37: ...int free cloth or cotton swab to wipe away the accumulated dust from the rubber portion of the pinch rollers To prevent the pinch rollers from rotating while cleaning use your fingers to hold the pinc...

Страница 38: ...heck the following items first Solutions If the POWER LED lights on the cutting plotter should be in a normal condition Turn off the cutting plotter and turn it on again to see if the problem still ex...

Страница 39: ...aph is clipped This condition indicates that the cutting graph is bigger than the cutting area You can solve the problem by 1 Reload a wider or longer media 2 Move the pinch rollers to widen the cutti...

Страница 40: ...ts 1 stop bit Then press ON OFF Line key to switch back to On Line mode Warning 6 Width sensor error Check that the pinch rollers are positioned above the grid drum and reload the media again 5 2 2 Er...

Страница 41: ...nical support No Error 3 Check the media drum or X motor Drum driven motor This message indicates that there might be a problem on the X axis Please check that the drums are working normally and see t...

Страница 42: ...ile 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 th...

Страница 43: ...Expert 24 User Manual CorelDRAW Plug In A 1 4 Select File Print to output the file to your cutters 5 Choose the correct model you have installed...

Страница 44: ...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 45: ...254 mm or 0 1 of move whichever is greater Repeatability Repeatability Repeatability Repeatability 0 1mm Re Re Re Re plot plot plot plot Memory Memory Memory Memory 500 Kbyte Interfaces Interfaces In...

Страница 46: ...arp 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 is 60 with Blue Cap...

Страница 47: ...g to the reference point OFFSET is the distance 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 y...

Страница 48: ...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 49: ...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 50: ...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 cr...

Страница 51: ...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 created...

Страница 52: ...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 yo...

Страница 53: ...Expert 24 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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