1.5 Accessories
1.6 Pinch Rollers
The test pen is used in calibrating the Scale (Section 2.6) and is also
recommended for test drawing while you are learning where shapes will
cut based on various software settings. Note that a small piece of wax
needs to be removed from the pen’s nib before use. You may also wish
to cut off the very top of the pen refill so that it more easily fits into your
ARTisan:
Your ARTisan is designed for cutting rolls and sheets of adhesive-backed films such as vinyl, stencil mask
and sandblast etching films. It can also use the included cutting mat for non-backed materials such as
paper, cardstock, magnet sheets, and Mylar.
There are individual levers on each pinch wheel which are lifted to raise the rollers or gently dropped to
lower the rollers onto the material or cutting mat.
Insert the media into the space between the pinch rollers and grit rollers and pull out the media far
enough to ensure that it is loaded straight. The edges of the vinyl should be parallel to the left and the
right frame of the cutting platen. (A ‘platen’ is the lower plate that supports the vinyl as it passes through
the cutter.)
Slide the pinch roller assemblies left and right so that the pinch rollers are centered over the grit rollers.
The positions of the exposed grit rollers in the platen are marked by white rectangles above the platen.
The 45° red capped blade is well-suited for cutting thinner
materials such as heat transfer vinyl and wall/auto/decal vinyl
The 60° blue capped blade has a longer cutting edge and is well-suited for cutting thicker
materials like reflective vinyl, some heat transfer film, sandblast stencil, magnet sheets, light
chipboard, etc.
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2.
Test Pen
1.5.1
ARTisan Blades
1.5.2
There are two kinds of blades that came with your ARTisan:
Installing the blades into the blade holder is covered in Section 2.1. Blade Offset and Overcut
are covered in Section 2.2.
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