GRAPHTEC FC2250 Series - Setting Initial Force for Thick Media Cutting

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Chapter 5 FUNCTION SETTINGS AND OPERATIONS
5.18 Setting the Initial Cutting Force
This function is effective in THICK mode, the mode used mainly to cut thick media. When a thick medium
is cut, more time than usual may be required for the blade to reach the base of the medium even if a
suitablecuttingforcehasbeenspecied.Ifthishappens,thecuttingoperationmaystartbeforetheblade
has reached the base and the medium may not be cut through at the start point. Specifying the START
CUTFORCEaddstheSTARTCUTFORCEvaluetothespeciedFORCEvaluethatbecomeseffective
immediately after the pen down operation, thereby enabling the blade to reach the base of the medium in a
shorterperiodoftime.(If,forexample,25hasbeenspeciedfortheFORCEvalueand4isspeciedforthe
START CUT FORCE value, the cutting force after the pen down operation temporarily becomes 29.)
(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
OPTION1 OPTION2
(3) Press the [F2] key (OPTION1) to display the menu shown below.
FORCE OFFSET
SPEED QUALITY
START FCE OFST ANG
OFST FCE STP PASS
(4) Press the [F1] key (START FCE) to display the START CUT FORCE setting screen.
FORCE OFFSET
SPEED QUALITY
START CUT FORCE
FORCE =2
Use the [ ] or [ ] key to change the numeric value, and then press the [ENTER] keytoconrmyourselection.
Setting range:1 to 20 (default value: 2), and the screen
21 3 18 19 20
(5) Press the [PAUSE] key to cancel PAUSE mode.
This setting is retained in the plotter's internal memory even while the plotter is turned off.