1. Tap to perform the internal knife pressure test.
2. Tap to confirm the chosen knife pressure.
3. Tap to leave the pressure unchanged.
Once is tapped, the current knife pressure value will be automatically set to the new
value and the cutter will cut the knife pressure test pattern.
Peel out the rectangle and inspect the media backing.
FIG 2-3
2-3 PEELED KNIFE PRESSURE TEST PATTERN
The knife depth is set correctly when the test pattern is cut completely through the vinyl, the
vinyl is removed, and the blade tip visibly scratched the front side of the media backing. The
blade should never cut through the backing; just slightly scratch the silicon coating and the
first few fibres of the backing material.
Because the knife pressure setting depends on the thickness and the type of the media to be
cut, adjusting the knife pressure will require some practice. In general, the knife depth must
be increased when using thicker types of vinyl and decreased when using thinner types of vinyl.