GRAPHTEC FC2250 Series - Configuring Cutting and Plotting Conditions

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Chapter 3 PREPARATIONS FOR CUTTING/PLOTTING
3.8 Setting the Cutting Conditions (Setting Conditions)
This plotter lets you register eight different groups of cutting conditions in the plotter's memory. The cutting
conditions stored in memory are referred to as setting conditions. Specify each group of setting conditions to
match a particular media type.
The setting conditions can also be freely changed as required. Use the [F1] through [F4] keys on the control
panel to move through the eight groups of setting conditions that are stored in memory until you locate the
one that is suitable for the media type you will be using. Two groups of setting conditions are assigned to
each of the four keys, and each of the eight groups is labeled with a CONDITION (COND) number to enable
easyidentication.
Set the cutting conditions after you have performed tool number assignment. Please see Section 5.9, "Assigning Tool
Numbers" for further details.
In this section, we will describe the setting procedures for the cutting force (pen force, creasing force), speed, cutter
blade type/offset, creaser, quality, Thick Mode and the perforation length.
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Cutting force (pen force, creasing force): FORCE
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Speed: SPEED
•
Cutter blade type/offset: OFFSET
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Creaser
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Quality: QUALITY
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Setting the thick mode
•
Setting the perforation length
With the plotter in Ready status, press the
[F1]
through
[F4] key
corresponding to the setting condition number for
which you wish to make settings.
Setting condition numbers 1 and 5 are assigned to
[F1]
, 2 and 6 to
[F2]
, 3 and 7 to
[F3]
, and 4 and 8 to
[F4]
.
For example, if the
[F1] key
is pressed when COND 1 has been selected, the display changes to COND 5. If a condition
number other than 1 was selected, COND 1 will be displayed when the
[F1] key
is pressed. In the same way, press
[F2]
to select COND 2 and 6,
[F3]
to select COND 3 and 7, and
[F4]
to select COND 4 and 8.
(1) Press the [CONDITIONS] key.
The lower row of the display changes from "READY+ TOOL1" to "CHANGE TOOL1". (The display will differ according
to the setting conditions that have been made.)
FORCE OFFSET
SPEED QUALITY
FORCE OFFSET
SPEED QUALITY
20,20 COND1 09U 0
30 READY+ TOOL1 4
X20 COND1 09U 0
30 CHANGE TOOL1 4
(2) The setting condition parameters are displayed as shown below.
FORCE OFFSET
SPEED QUALITY
X20 COND1 09U 0
30 CHANGE TOOL1 4
Blinking cursor
Cutting (pen force)
Speed
Offset value
Quality
Cutter blade type
Tool number
The values that can be set for each parameter are shown in the following table.
Parameter Value that can be set Remarks
Cutting force
(FORCE)
Tool holder 1: 1 to 40 40 steps
Tool holder 2: 2 to 80 40 steps; even numbers only
Cutter blade type/
offset (OFFSET)
Cutter blade type Offset
09U, 15U, 15UK30, 15-10C, 15-05S, 30U,
CP002 (Creaser), CP003 (Creaser)
-5 to +5
(*1)
Other 1 to 99
CP001 (Creaser), PEN
-
*1
Choose 0 for automatic setting of the optimum offset
for the selected blade type.
Speed (SPEED) 1 to 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 Unit: cm/s
Quality (QUALITY)
1 to 6 The lower the number, the higher the cutting quality
Tool No. 1, 2 Please see Section 5.9, "Assigning Tool Numbers.").