GRAPHTEC CE3000-40 - Selecting Cutter-Pen-Condition Setting Areas; Setting TOOL (Cutter Blade or Pen); Storing Cutter-Pen-Condition Setting Areas

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To preserve the pen life, set the FORCE to the lowest setting, and set the SPEED after checking to confirm
that there are no faint lines or other problems during plotting.
■ Selecting Cutter-Pen-Condition Setting Areas
To set the cutter-pen conditions, first select the setting area (condition number). Switching between these
setting areas enables any of up to eight predefined media types to be selected easily.
Press the (COND.) key in READY mode to display the cutter-pen conditions.
To select condition settings that have previously been stored, select the condition number stored on the
cutter-pen-condition settings display (the number at the left of the display), using the and keys, and
press the (ENTER) key. To cancel the selection, press the (NEXT), (PREV.), or (COND.)
key.
■ Storing Cutter-Pen-Condition Setting Areas
The cutter-pen conditions can be stored in eight setting areas numbered “1” to “8.”
Press the (COND.) key in READY mode to display the cutter-pen conditions.
The current settings are displayed (from the left): condition number, PEN TYPE (cutter blade), CUTTER
OFFSET, FORCE, SPEED, and QUALITY.
The item to be changed is indicated by the symbol. Press the key to change the symbol to , and
press again to move it to the right. Press the key to move it to the left. Use the or key to select
the parameter to be changed, and use the or key to select the setting details. Press the
(ENTER) key to confirm. To cancel the selection, press the (NEXT), (PREV.), or (COND.) key.
■ Setting TOOL (cutter blade or pen)
Set the type of pen (cutter blade) to be used.
Press the (COND.) key in READY mode to display the cutter-pen conditions.
• If the SPEED and QUALITY settings are set to high values, the cut/plotted
results will have a coarser finish, but the overall cutting/plotting time will be
reduced.
• If the SPEED and QUALITY settings are set to low values, the cut/plotted results
will have a finer finish, but the overall cutting/plotting time will be longer.
Selection method
Storage method
When using the optional registration mark scanner, condition settings 1 and 2 are
used for the pen settings when performing “Adjusting the Registration-mark Read-
ing Sensor (2)” (refer to page 4-17). It is therefore more convenient if the cutter pen
settings are assigned to 3 to 8 first.
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