GRAPHTEC FC4200-50 - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

CONTENTS
1. UNPACKING YOUR PLOTTER
1.1 Checking the Standard Accessories .................................................................................. 1-1
1.2 Plotter Nomenclature ......................................................................................................... 1-2
2. CUTTER BLADES AND PENS
2.1 Types and Features of Cutter Blades ................................................................................ 2-1
2.2 Nomenclature of Cutter Pens ............................................................................................ 2-2
2.3 Replacing a Cutter Blade ................................................................................................... 2-3
2.4 Adjusting the Blade Length ................................................................................................ 2-4
3. PREPARING FOR A CUTTING OPERATION
3.1 Control Panel ..................................................................................................................... 3-1
3.2 The Tree Structure of Menus ............................................................................................. 3-3
3.3 Connecting Your Plotter to a Computer ............................................................................. 3-4
3.4 Turning on the Plotter and Initialization ............................................................................. 3-5
3.5 Securing a Medium ............................................................................................................ 3-6
4. SPECIFYING THE PEN CONDITIONS
4.1 The Cutter Pen’s Conditions .............................................................................................. 4-1
4.2 Selecting a Set of Cutting Conditions ................................................................................ 4-2
4.3 Specifying the Cutting Conditions ...................................................................................... 4-3
4.3.1 Specifying the Cutter OFFSET ................................................................................. 4-3
4.3.2 Specifying the Cutting/Plotting FORCE .................................................................... 4-4
4.3.3 Specifying the Cutting SPEED ................................................................................. 4-4
4.3.4 Selecting the Cutting QUALITY ................................................................................ 4-5
4.3.5 Setting Cutting Conditions in THICK MODE............................................................. 4-6
4.4 Running a Cutting Test ...................................................................................................... 4-7
5. USING THE BASIC FUNCTIONS
5.1 Specifying the Origin Point of the Plotting Area ................................................................. 5-1
5.2 Using the COPY function ................................................................................................... 5-2
5.3 Specifying the Corrective Values for the Pen Width .......................................................... 5-5
5.4 Raising or Lowering the Pen.............................................................................................. 5-7
5.5 Clearing the Plotter’s Internal Buffer Memory .................................................................... 5-8
5.6 Specifying the Pen Conditions ........................................................................................... 5-9
6. USING THE MAIN FUNCTIONS
6.1 Selecting the ORIGIN POINT Position in HP-GL Mode ..................................................... 6-1
6.2 Specifying the Effective Cutting/Plotting AREA ................................................................. 6-2
6.3 Enabling the ROTATE Mode to Rotate the Coordinate Axes ............................................. 6-4
6.4 Specifying the THICK MODE Settings ............................................................................... 6-6
6.5 Enabling the MIRROR Mode to Produce a Mirror Image .................................................. 6-7
6.6 Specifying the Pen SORT Function ................................................................................... 6-9
6.7 Overview of Automatic Registration Mark Recognition ...................................................... 6-11