Summa D120 - Media Length Calibration

SummaCut cutter User’s Manual
Basic Operation 2-8
How to Make Sure the Sign Has the Correct Size
2.5
(Length Calibration)
The SummaCut cutters are friction-feed machines. This means the cutting length
depends on the thickness of the material.
The cutters have been calibrated in the factory for standard 2-mil cast or 3-mil
calendared vinyl. Each user (the SummaCut has a total of 4) can hold a different
calibration factor.
This is very helpful for multi-coloured signs. It ensures that the parts in different colours
match up, even if different types of vinyl media are used.
ATTENTION: For standard use, it is not necessary to calibrate the machine.
With standard vinyl the accuracy is within 0.2%. However, if high accuracy
between different vinyl or colours is needed, then calibration is necessary.
Calibrating the media (Length calibration):
1.
Power on the cutter, load the media, and mount the knife (see section 1).
NOTE: The wider and longer the loaded media, the more accurate the
calibration will be. Use a piece of vinyl of maximum width and a length that is
approximately 1.5 times the width.
2.
Press .
‘Knife pressure’ will appear on the LCD.
3.
Press .
‘System Setup’ will appear on the LCD.
4.
Press .
‘Actions’ will appear on the LCD.
5.
Use or to scroll through the menu until ‘Calibrations’ is reached, press
.
‘Cal. Media’ will appear on the LCD.
6.
Press .
7.
Use or to scroll through the menu until ‘Cal Length’ is reached, press
.