SummaCut User’s Manual
General Information 1-16
1.7 LOADING MEDIA
The following procedures are mainly written for the use of roll media. When using
sheets, there are two possibilities. First of all, when using long sheets, roll up the sheet
so that the alignment is identical to that of a roll. Secondly, when using short sheets,
the alignment is not so important. If the sheet is cut off perpendicularly, it can be
aligned to the front border.
1.7.1 POSITIONING THE PINCH ROLLERS
When working with cut sheet or roll media, the traction resulting from the contact
between the pinch rollers and the drive sleeves moves the media in the direction of the
X axis (forward/backward).
Proper movement of the media will only occur if the media is driven by the pinch rollers
that are correctly located over two drive sleeves.
The pinch rollers are lowered or raised simultaneously by means of the pinch roller
lever arm located on the right hand side of the cutter. The rollers must be lifted to
facilitate vinyl loading, during which the media is fed from the rear of the cutter to the
front.
When in the up position, the pinch rollers can be moved manually to the left or the right
along the pinch roller shaft, so that they can be easily positioned in a detent (click
position) where they are to be lowered to ensure optimum traction on the media.
When the pinch rollers are in the up position, the message “INSERT MEDIA” will
appear on the LCD.
CAUTION
Always make sure that the pinch rollers are fully raised before sliding them
to the left or right.
The pinch rollers MUST be positioned correctly and lowered onto the media before an
automatic load sequence is initiated. Make sure that the two pinchrollers are positioned
above the drive sleeves. The left pinch roller should be positioned in a detent (click
position). The right pinch roller should be positioned somewhere on the long drive
sleeve that only has a click position at the beginning and at the end of the sleeve. The
drive drum will move the media only when the pinch rollers are lowered onto the
sleeves.
Before lowering the pinch rollers, carefully check the position of the rollers in relation to
the drive sleeves. When the pinch rollers are DOWN, the two rollers must run over the
sleeves in order to ensure proper media traction. It is very important that both media
edges always rest on the sleeves in such a way that the two pinch rollers, which are
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