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Table of Contents
TO ENSURE SAFE AND CORRECT USE ............................................................................................. vii
Conventions Used in This Manual......................................................................................................... vii
Description of Safety Symbols ..............................................................................................................vii
PREFACE .................................................................................................................................................. xii
Notes on this Manual ............................................................................................................................. xii
Registered Trademarks ..........................................................................................................................xii
Copyright ...............................................................................................................................................xii
Special Precautions on Handling Blades ..................................................................................................xiii
Cutting Blades.......................................................................................................................................xiii
Cutter Pens ............................................................................................................................................xiii
After Turning on the Plotter......................................................................................................................xiii
Notes on the Stand .................................................................................................................................... xiv
Machine Caution Label............................................................................................................................. xiv
Daily Maintenance and Storage ................................................................................................................ xiv
Daily Maintenance ................................................................................................................................ xiv
Storing the Plotter ................................................................................................................................. xiv
Chapter 1: Out of the Box
1.1 Checking the Contents ....................................................................................................................1-2
1.2 Nomenclature .................................................................................................................................1-3
Front View ...................................................................................................................................1-3
Rear View .....................................................................................................................................1-4
1.3 Assembling the plotter ....................................................................................................................1-5
Vinyl Express Q60/75/100/130/160 (stand provided) .................................................................1-5
Assembling the Stand ................................................................................................................ 1-5
Mounting the stock rollers ...........................................................................................................1-8
1.4 Attaching the Vinyl Express Basket (Option) ................................................................................1-9
1.5 Attaching a Cutter Pen ..................................................................................................................1-10
Attaching a Pen to the Two-Pen Holder (Option) ......................................................................1-11
Attaching a Plotting Pen to the Pen Station ...............................................................................1-12
1.6 Replacing the Cross-Cutter Unit ..................................................................................................1-13
Chapter 2: Cutter Blades and Cutter Pens
2.1 Blade Application and Features ......................................................................................................2-2
2.2 Cutter Pen Nomenclature ...............................................................................................................2-3
2.3 Replacing the Cutter Blade .............................................................................................................2-4
Structure of Cutter Pen .................................................................................................................2-4
Replacing the Cutter Blade ..........................................................................................................2-4
2.4 Adjusting the Blade Length ............................................................................................................2-5
Chapter 3: Preparing to Cut
3.1 Control Panel ..................................................................................................................................3-2
Indicator Lamps ...........................................................................................................................3-2
Function Keys ..............................................................................................................................3-2
Position Keys ...............................................................................................................................3-2
Menu Keys ...................................................................................................................................3-3
3.2 Selecting a Function Menu .............................................................................................................3-4
When the Vinyl Express is in MENU mode ................................................................................3-4