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Safety Precautions
Safety Precautions
Move the pen carriage slowly when moving it
manually in order to load the medium or for other
reasons.
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Moving it quickly may damage the plotter.
When using the cutter pen, take care not to extend
the cutter blade excessively.
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An excessive blade length will damage the cutting mat and
impair the plotter's cutting quality.
Always turn off the power before tilting the writing
panel (this precaution only applies to those models
with an adjustable writing panel).
When disconnecting the power cord or an interface
cable, do not pull on the cord/cable.
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Suchactionwilldamagethecord/cable,resultinginare
hazardorelectricalshock.Besuretoholdthepowercord's
plug or the interface cable's connector.
Do not clean the plotter using a volatile solvent (such
as thinner or benzine).
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Such action may impair its performance.
Do not attempt to lubricate the plotter's
mechanisms.
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Such action may cause it to break down.
Do not place magnetic cards, diskettes or similar in
the vicinity of the writing panel of models featuring
magnetic media hold-down.
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The magnetic force may destroy the data on the magnetic
cards or diskettes.
Provide sufcient space around the plotter so that
the media does not strike any objects in the plotter’
s vicinity during cutting or plotting.
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Such contact may cause cutting or plotting to go out of
alignment.
If water or foreign matter enters inside the plotter,
do not continue using it. Turn off its power and
unplug its power cord from the electrical socket.
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Use of the plotter in such status may result in electrical shock
orarehazardduetocurrentleakage.
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Contact your sales representative or nearest Graphtec vendor
to request repair.
Unplug the power
cord from the socket