GRAPHTEC FC2250 Series - Defining Effective Cutting;Plotting Area

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Chapter 5 FUNCTION SETTINGS AND OPERATIONS
5.15 Setting the Cutting/Plotting Area
The U.R. (Upper Right) and L.L. (Lower Left) functions are used to specify the effective cutting area of the
plotter so that any data specifying coordinate positions outside of the effective cutting area is disregarded.
The origin moves together with the new cutting area.
Current origin/Current L.L. Point
New effective cutting area's origin
New effective cutting area's L.L. Point
New effective cutting area's
U.R. Point
Y
X
Current U.R. Point
Current effective cutting area
Newly specified effective
cutting area
As soon as both the L.L. and U.R. points are set, the pen carriage moves to the new origin. To avoid injury, keep your
hands and other obstacles out of the vicinity of the pen carriage and Y bar.
(1) Press the [PAUSE] key to select PAUSE mode.
(2) Press the
[NEXT] key repeatedly until the following menu is displayed.
FORCE OFFSET
SPEED QUALITY
I/F FUNCTION
TOOL COND AREA OPT
(3) Press the [F4] key (AREA OPT) to display the menu shown below.
FORCE OFFSET
SPEED QUALITY
ROTATE MIRROR
L.L. U.R. SCALE
(4) Press the [F2] key (L.L. U.R.) to display the screen for setting the L.L. point of the effective cutting area.
FORCE OFFSET
SPEED QUALITY
SET L.L. DEFAULT
X= 0 Y= 0
Use the [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] keys to move the pen carriage (the tip of the tool selected by the current setting) to
the desired new L.L. point (origin) and then press the
[ENTER] key. At such time, the X= and Y= coordinate values
respectively represent the current pen carriage position as X- and Y-axis displacements from the original origin.
To select the default L.L. point, press the
[F3] key (DEFAULT). You do not need to press the [ENTER] key if the
default L.L. point was selected.
(5) Whentheeffectivecuttingarea'sL.L.pointhasbeenspecied,thescreenforsettingtheU.R.pointisdisplayed.
FORCE OFFSET
SPEED QUALITY
SET U.R. DEFAULT
X= 0 Y= 0