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Chapter 3 PREPARATIONS FOR CUTTING/PLOTTING
3.10 Media and Cutting Conditions
Blade length
Adjust the blade length according to the thickness of the medium. Please see Section 2.4, "Adjusting the Blade Length"
and Section 3.9, "Running a Cutting Test" for the setting procedure.
FORCE, SPEED, QUALITY
Use the following table as a guideline to set these conditions. Please see Section 3.8, "Setting the Cutting Conditions",
for the setting procedures.
OFFSET
The offset varies according to the type of blade being used. Use the following table as a guideline to set this condition.
Please see Section 3.8, "Setting the Cutting Conditions", for the setting procedures.
Cutting conditions for each media type
Cutting medium Thickness (mm) Blade type FORCE SPEED QUALITY
Markinglm
Indoor 0.1 Supersteel blade
• CB09UA
• CB15U
• CB15U-SP
14 to 17 Up to 30 3
Outdoor 0.05 to 0.1 10 to 14 Up to 30 3
Fluorescentlm
0.2 to 0.25 16 to 20 Up to 30 3
Maskinglmforblockcopyproduction
0.01 to 0.1
CB15U-K30
CB15U-K30-SP
5 to 7 5 to 20 2
Masking rubber for sandblasting
Up to 1 21 to 34 Up to 10 1
Thick paper
Up to 0.5 28 to 38 3 to 13 1
E-ute Up to 2 CB30UC 70 to 80 Up to 20 2
Blade Model Names and the Cutter Blade Type and Offset Displayed
Cutter blade
type
Cutter blade number
LCD panel
Screen display
OFFSET
Default Setting range
Supersteel
CB09UA 09U 0 ±5
CB15U 15U 0 ±5
CB15U-SP 15U 0 ±5
CB15U-K30 15U-K30 0 ±5
CB15U-K30-SP 15U-K30 0 ±5
CB30UC 30UC 0 ±5
Other - OTHER 18 1 to 99
Select "OTHER" when using a blade type that is not listed in the table above or when a cutting operation using a thick
orotherwisedifcult-to-cutmediumproducesunsatisfactoryresults,andthenalternatelyadjusttheOFFSETvalueand
run a cutting test until the desired results are achieved.
The table below lists the guideline OFFSET settings when the blade type is set to OTHER.
Model name of the cutter blade used OFFSET
CB09UA 17
CB15U 28
CB15U-SP 28
CB15U-K30 28
CB15U-K30-SP 28
CB30UC 60