\Manuals\GettingStartedManual8500eRev2
10/02/08
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MatDesigner
™
- Getting Started Manual - Model 8500e
When cutting from the back, place the matboard face down on the CMC (facing away from you) (Fig D). Make sure the mat-
board nestles tightly under the Horizontal Clamp and the Vertical Clamp of the CMC.
Fig C.
Fig D.
Fig C: Cut from Front/Back Indicator. Fig D: Place matboard into the CMC.
Click Cut
Click Cut to cut the mat (Fig E). Because this is the first mat of the day and the motors have been idle, it will ask you to Align
the Head (Fig F). You can tell the motors are disengaged if you are able to easily move the Gantry back and forth, or move
the Head up and down on the Gantry.
Fig E.
Fig F.
Fig E: Click Cut to cut the mat. Fig F: If the motors have been idle it will ask you to Align the Head.
Align the Head When Motors are Disengaged
Align the Head
*Never pull/push on the Drive Shaft to move the Gantry. Use the Gantry
Arm.*
Rotate the Foot Block into the 12 O'Clock position, with the Blade Cartridge on top of the Head (Fig A). Holding it about an
inch above the bottom rail, slide the Gantry and the Head assembly to the left edge of the CMC until it stops. Then Slide the
Head down until the Foot Block rests against the Head Alignment Stop.
Click on the Align Screen (Fig B) and the Head will align to the home position (Fig C) and then
begin to cut
.