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Glossary
Pinchwheel - Wheeled roller, tensioned by springs,
that clamps material between it and the drive shaft
for transporting the material.
Pounce Pattern - A full sized pattern of any design
to be painted. Once the pattern is created, the outline
is perforated into paper using the Pounce feature.
The pattern is then held firmly against the substrate
and perforations patted with powder, charcoal or
colored chalk dust, leaving an outline of the design.
Q
R
Registration Marks - Shapes printed on material
that provide reference points for manual or auto-
matic correction systems.
Resolution - T he smallest distance that a signcutter
can move the material or the carriage. Plotter resolu-
tion affects the accuracy that a plot file is reproduced
on the material.
Roll Feed - A method of pulling material from a roll
for plotting and cutting. Works in conjunction with
panels.
S
Serial Communications - Method of sending infor-
mation from a computer to a signcutter by sending 1
bit at a time through a cable. The serial port on a PC
is a male (small pins) connector.
Service Loop - Slack material between the material
roll and the signcutter.
Stencil - A thin sheet of material into which a design
is cut. When a stencil is placed on another substrate
and paint or ink is applied, the image represented
by the cut out portion of the stencil is printed on the
substrate below it.
T
Tag Board - A heavy paper (usually 150 pound) that
is used in the apparel industry for cutting patterns
and stencils.
Tangential Cutting - When enabled, the tangential
cutting feature carefully aligns the blade with a line
segment before making each cut in the material, of-
fering cleaner cuts on thicker materials.
Throughput - The speed at which a signcutter com-
pletes a job. Represents the ability to process infor-
mation and produce an image.
U
V
Vector - In computerized sign making, a line seg-
ment between two coordinates, on which a pen or
blade path can be created for cutting.
Vinyl - Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) film that, in sign
making, is backed with an adhesive that will create a
strong bond to a surface when pressure is applied.
W
Weeding - Process of pulling extraneous material
away from a cut sign leaving only the sections repre-
senting the intended design.
X
X-Axis - Theoretical horizontal line providing a
lengthwise reference point for signcutters. Associ-
ated with vinyl movement over the platen on the
signcutter.
Y
Y-Axis - Theoretical vertical line providing a longi-
tudinal reference point for signcutters. Associated
with carriage movement on the signcutter.
Z