GRAPHTEC FC 4500 Series - Page 150

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9 TROUBLE SHOOTING
Symptom Cause Solution
• The cutter unit generates an
abnormal noise during operation.
• The medium becomes discolored
wherever the blade passes.
The tip of the cutter plunger is
rubbing against the medium.
Adjust the extended length of the
cutter’s blade and the cutting FORCE
setting.
• The resulting image is not the
specied size.
The software application and
plotter are not set to the same
STEP SIZE setting.
Specify the same STEP SIZE setting
for both your software application and
for the plotter.
Scaling is enabled at your software
application.
Check the scaling setting.
• The PROMPT lamp lights when
data is output (an off-scale error has
occurred)
• Certain areas of the medium cannot
be cut.
The software application and
plotter are not set to the same
STEP SIZE setting.
Specify the same STEP SIZE setting
for both your software application and
for the plotter.
Computer output to the plotter
contains data specifying coordinate
points outside of the specied
AREA setting.
Re-specify the AREA setting.
Computer output to the plotter
species an image that exceeds
the effective area.
Rewrite your data to specify a smaller
image.
• Cutting conditions cannot be retained
or changed.
The CONDITION PRIORITY
setting is PROGRAM.
Switch the setting to MANUAL.
The ENTER key wasn’t pressed
after changing a setting.
Check your setting procedure.
• Characters and lines become
deformed when plotting.
The plotter is set to Cutter mode. At the CONDITIONS menu, switch the
pen type setting from a blade type to
PEN.
• The plotter does not cut/plot the
specied length (slight error in
distance precision).
The DIST. ADJ. function is
improperly specied.
Adjust the distance precision.
• Characters become deformed.
• Complex images become deformed.
The STEP PASS setting is too
high.
Lower the STEP PASS setting.
• The starting and end points of an
image do not match.
The cutting data has not been
written so that the points meet.
Check your cutting data by plotting it
with a pen.
The OFFSET FORCE setting is
too weak.
Raise the OFFSET FORCE setting.
The medium’s backing sheet is too
limp.
Switch to a medium with a stiff backing
sheet.
The blade does not rotate
smoothly.
Check if any foreign matter has adhered
to the blade. If so, remove it.