Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Graphetec CE5000 Problems with Solutions


The STATUS lamp on the control panel does not light up.
Power is not being fed to the cutting plotter.
Check to confirm that the power cord is securely connected to the cutting plotter
AC line inlet and the electrical outlet.
The STATUS lamp on the control panel lights up, but nothing appears on the display
panel.
The cutting plotter is defective. Contact your sales representative or nearest Graphtec dealer.

OFFSCALE is displayed when data is received.
Some areas cannot be cut.
The data received lies outside the cutting/plotting area set.
Set the cutting/plotting area
Check the page-length setting
The data received is larger than the
cutting/plotting area set.
Replace with a larger-size medium.
Reduce the data size.
Cannot maintain the cutting conditions
Cannot change the cutting conditions
The cutter-pen condition-setting priority
is set to PROGRAM.
Set the condition setting priority to MANUAL
ENTER was not pressed after the settings were changed.
Check the operation and reset the cutter-
pen conditions .
“LOAD MEDIA” is displayed even when the medium has been loaded.
The medium is semi-transparent and is not detected by the media sensors.
Set the media-sensor setting to DISABLE, and set the cutting/plotting area
The medium is not detected by the media sensors due to strong reflected
light.
Change the lighting direction and avoid direct sunlight.
The medium is not loaded so that it passes the media sensors.
Load so that the medium passes over the media sensors.
The right-hand pinch roller is not positioned over the right-hand long grit
roller.
Position the right-hand pinch roller over the right-hand long grit roller.
The medium is skewed. The left-hand pinch roller is not positioned over the left-hand grit roller.
Position the left-hand pinch roller overthe left-hand grit roller.
The medium was loaded at an angle. Reload the medium.
The length of the medium to be cut was not drawn out first when the
medium was loaded.
Draw out the required length of roll medium to be used.
The medium is suddenly fed forward.
The selections for medium loading are
incorrect.
Check the medium selection (ROLL1-----to check the width and edge of medium.
PRESS ENTR,
ROLL2 ----to check the width and no edge will be detected .
PRESS ENTR,
SHEET-----to check the width and length of medium .
PRESS ENTR).
Abnormal noise is generated by the cutter during cutting.
The cutter plunger tip is in contact with the medium.
Adjust the cutter-blade extension
. Reduce the cutting force
The “NO MEDIA” error message is displayed during a cutting/plotting operation
and operation is halted (CE5000-60/120 only).
“Paper End” was detected erroneously.
Press the “ENTER” key to continue
cutting/plotting and to disable any subsequent “Paper End” detection.
To enable subsequent “Paper End”detection, lower the media set lever
and perform a feed operation.
The cut corners are too rounded or too pointed.
The cutter offset does not match the blade type used.
Adjust the cutter offset value Corners are rounded: Increase the value.
Corners are pointed:
Reduce the value.
The medium curls up at the corners.
The blade offset angle is too small.
Increase the offset angle
The blade is extended too far.
Adjust the blade extension length
The cutter offset does not match the blade type used.
Adjust the offset
The cutting speed is too high.
Reduce the cutting speed
The blade is dull.
Replace the cutter blade
Only the initial section cut is satisfactory.
The cutter blade is not rotating
smoothly in the holder.
Clean inside the holder.
The offset force is insufficient.
Increase the offset force
The CB09UA spring is missing.
Replace the blade with a spring attached.
The cutter blade does not completely cut lines that should be solid (blade skips).
Solid lines are not cut at a constant depth (mild skipping).
The blade is extended too far. Adjust the blade extension length
The cutting speed is too high.
Reduce the cutting speed
Curved lines have coarse resolution.
The cutting data is too coarse
Correct so that the application data is
output with greater detail.
The blade offset angle is too small.
Increase the offset angle Characters or complex figures
are deformed.
The step-pass setting is too large. Reduce the step-pass setting
The cutting start and end points for figures do not match.
The data is not connected. Check by plotting using a pen, and correct
the data.
The offset force is too low. Increase the offset force
The film is too flimsy. Use a stiffer film.
The cutter blade is not rotating smoothly in the holder.
Clean inside the holder.
Cannot cut to the specified
size
The step size for the software and
the cutting plotter do not match.
Adjust the step-size settings so that they
match
Scaling has been specified in the
software.
Check the scaling.
The length cut differs from that
specified.
The medium is slipping.
Reduce the cutting speed
Reduce the pen-up speed
The distance correction is not
correct.
Adjust the distance correction
The medium is discolored
where the blade cut.
The cutter plunger tip is in contact
with the medium.
Adjust the blade extension length
Reduce the cutting force
The cutter blade cuts into the
backing sheet.
The blade is extended too far. Adjust the blade extension length
The cutting force is too high. Reduce the cutting force
The medium is cut, but it is difficult to weed afterward.
The cut medium cannot be picked up using a retack sheet.
The retack sheet is not sufficiently adhesive.
Use a retack sheet with greater adhesion.
The medium becomes entangled
after cutting.
Adjust the blade extension length
Reduce the cutting force
Weeding of the cut medium was left too long.
Weed the cut medium promptly.
Characters and lines are deformed when plotted using
the pen.
A blade has been selected in the cutter-pen settings.
Select PEN
An unintentional L shape is
cut.
“2 mm (BELOW)” has been
selected for the INT.B (Blade-tip
Initial Position) setting.
Select “OUTSIDE” for the INT.B (Blade-tip
Initial Position) setting.
CURRENT LIMIT or POSITION ALARM is displayed.
The STATUS lamp flickers.
The cutting conditions are not suitable for the
medium being cut.
Reduce the cutting speed.
Reduce the cutting force
Excessive load is causing the current to the
motor to exceed the rated value.
Remove the obstruction and turn the cutting plotter back on.
The pen carriage movement is being obstructed.
The pen carriage was subjected to external pressure during cutting.
Scraps of the medium in the moving parts are impeding operation.
If this problem occurs frequently, contact your sales representative or nearest
Graphtec dealer.
SPEED ERROR is displayed.
The STATUS lamp flickers.
The pen carriage was subjected to external pressure after the power was turned on.
Turn the cutting plotter off and then back on again.
The internal speed control is faulty.
If this problem occurs frequently, contact your sales representative or nearest

Graphetec CE5000-60 Functions

Pressing the (PAUSE) key in READY mode displays the PAUSE menu, enabling the various settings to be made.
Select the required menu by scrolling through the list using the (NEXT) or (PREV.) key.
  • FEED
  • MOVE TO R. MARK
  • AUTO PRE FEED
  • TANGENTIAL
  • AUTO REG. MARK
  • CLEAR BUFFER
  • AXIS ALIGNMENT
  • DISTANCE ADJUST
  • PAGE LENGTH
  • PLOT AREA
  • EXPAND
  • ROTATE
  • MIRROR
  • COPY
  • SORT
  • RS-232C
  • COMMAND
  • BLADE WEAR SETUP
  • PEN UP/DOWN
  • TEST
  • PEN UP SPEED
  • OFFSET FORCE
  • OFFSET ANGLE
  • STEP PASS
  • INIT. DOWN FORCE
  • LENGTH UNIT

Saturday, March 27, 2010

vinyl cutter basic information

Basic Information about Cutting Plotter

Monday, January 5th, 2009
cutting plotter ( or sometimes it is also called vinyl cutter) is similar to a regular wide-format printer, except that it uses a cutting blade instead of a writing stylus or printer head. Instead of adding ink to paper, it cuts shapes out of raw materials, often vinyl. Cutting plottersare used to create packaging prototypes, signmaking  and to cut out letters. Cutting plotters can be set up as a single function devices, or as multifunction tools that can both print and cut. If you are interested in buying a plotter cutter for your business, there are a few things you need to know.
Basic features of a plotter cutter
If you are looking for a basic plotter cutter then there are three main features that you will want to examine.
·                            First, look at the size of the machine. Since size is going to impact the cost of the machine, you don’t want to buy a cutting plotter that is oversized for the projects that your company does. On the other hand, you also don’t want to buy a plotter cutter that is too small to handle the projects you have on deck.  Redsail will provide different models with different sizes.
·                            Next you will want to look at the cutting force of the machine. Most machines will have a range of cutting forces that you can select from such as a cutting force range of 30 to 500 gf (gram force), so ask the dealer what cutting  force is required for your application.
·                            The final feature to look at is the cutting resolution. The cutting resolution will determine the fineness of the lines and grooves that you will be able to make. Cutting resolution is usually measured in millimeters per step.

vinyl cutter basic information

Basic Information about Cutting Plotter

Monday, January 5th, 2009
cutting plotter ( or sometimes it is also called vinyl cutter) is similar to a regular wide-format printer, except that it uses a cutting blade instead of a writing stylus or printer head. Instead of adding ink to paper, it cuts shapes out of raw materials, often vinyl. Cutting plottersare used to create packaging prototypes, signmaking  and to cut out letters. Cutting plotters can be set up as a single function devices, or as multifunction tools that can both print and cut. If you are interested in buying a plotter cutter for your business, there are a few things you need to know.
Basic features of a plotter cutter
If you are looking for a basic plotter cutter then there are three main features that you will want to examine.
·                            First, look at the size of the machine. Since size is going to impact the cost of the machine, you don’t want to buy a cutting plotter that is oversized for the projects that your company does. On the other hand, you also don’t want to buy a plotter cutter that is too small to handle the projects you have on deck.  Redsail will provide different models with different sizes.
·                            Next you will want to look at the cutting force of the machine. Most machines will have a range of cutting forces that you can select from such as a cutting force range of 30 to 500 gf (gram force), so ask the dealer what cutting  force is required for your application.
·                            The final feature to look at is the cutting resolution. The cutting resolution will determine the fineness of the lines and grooves that you will be able to make. Cutting resolution is usually measured in millimeters per step.

Friday, March 26, 2010

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installation process for Redsail vinyl cutter

(1) Place the machine: 
Put the machine on a horizontal table, change plotter four foots, to keep plotter very horizontally. Make enough space not only to the front of plotters but also to the back of plotter.
No shake when plotter is running. Don’t touch the  vinyl cutter with magnet. Put the plotter in cleaning room. 
Suggest you connect the machine’s metals shell with the ground using a
metal wire, to avoid ESD.
(2) First power on, examining plotter: 
Set the power wire to machine power port, connect the power wire to AC220V power. Switching the power on, the green LED on keyboard will
light when power is on. Later, the carriage must move to right side itself, and return a little. This is the initialization of cutting plotter. The message of
speed and pressure will be showed on the LCD monitor. Followed are the
machine  parameters: 
Speed: 600mm/s
Pressure: 150g
(3) Connect to computer: 
You can choose the computer port (com1 or com2). 
Turn off the computer power; turn off the plotter power. 
Connect one side of the RS232 wire to computer RS232 port, other side be
connect to plotter. 
Turn on computer; turn on the plotter, waiting a moment for machine
examining itself. 
Run the any Sign software (Such as Easycut; Flexisign; etc), choose
“HPGL language cutting plotter”, and setup the software parameter as the
following:
Port: com1 or com2
Baud rate: 9600
Parity: None
Data bit: 8
Stop bit: 1
Data flow control: RTS/CTS; XON/XOFF 
Above is done, every thing will be ok. If the red LED on keyboard is light,
please press the “ONLINE” key one time. When the green LED on keyboard is
light, you can output the data from computer to your cutting plotter.

installation process for Redsail vinyl cutter

(1) Place the machine: 
Put the machine on a horizontal table, change plotter four foots, to keep plotter very horizontally. Make enough space not only to the front of plotters but also to the back of plotter.
No shake when plotter is running. Don’t touch the  vinyl cutter with magnet. Put the plotter in cleaning room. 
Suggest you connect the machine’s metals shell with the ground using a
metal wire, to avoid ESD.
(2) First power on, examining plotter: 
Set the power wire to machine power port, connect the power wire to AC220V power. Switching the power on, the green LED on keyboard will
light when power is on. Later, the carriage must move to right side itself, and return a little. This is the initialization of cutting plotter. The message of
speed and pressure will be showed on the LCD monitor. Followed are the
machine  parameters: 
Speed: 600mm/s
Pressure: 150g
(3) Connect to computer: 
You can choose the computer port (com1 or com2). 
Turn off the computer power; turn off the plotter power. 
Connect one side of the RS232 wire to computer RS232 port, other side be
connect to plotter. 
Turn on computer; turn on the plotter, waiting a moment for machine
examining itself. 
Run the any Sign software (Such as Easycut; Flexisign; etc), choose
“HPGL language cutting plotter”, and setup the software parameter as the
following:
Port: com1 or com2
Baud rate: 9600
Parity: None
Data bit: 8
Stop bit: 1
Data flow control: RTS/CTS; XON/XOFF 
Above is done, every thing will be ok. If the red LED on keyboard is light,
please press the “ONLINE” key one time. When the green LED on keyboard is
light, you can output the data from computer to your cutting plotter.

coreldraw plug-in for redsail vinyl cutters

RRedsail Technology Co., Ltd
Installation of CorelDraw Drivers
1. Install the redsail cutting plotter driver
A. Run the RedSailDrv from CD
B. Select the REDSAIL CUTTER PLOTTER(HPGL) driver
You must select the REDSAIL CUTTER PLOTTER(HPGL) driver,then click OK to continue.
Installation is finished,a REDSAIL printer is in your printers folder: 1
Redsail Technology Co., Ltd
2. Printer Settings
After you set REDSAIL CUTTER PLOTTER as default printer, then make the settings as follows:
A. Ports Settings
For COM1 or COM2, just change ‘’the Flow control’’ to XON/XOFF. 2
Redsail Technology Co., Ltd
B. PAPER Settings,
(1) Click the “Printing Preferences”
(2) Set the Paper Size
(3) Set the Print Quality(Low) 3
Redsail Technology Co., Ltd
3. CorelDraw OutPut
A. Edit Work
(1) For letter or character, first SKETCH them (as Figure 1), then FILL them with NOFILL
(as Figure 2), and PRINT.
Figure 1. CorelDraw Design - 1
4
Redsail Technology Co., Ltd
Figure 2. CorelDraw Design - 2
B. Online with the Redsail Cutting Plotter:
Before you send out the data to the cutting plotter, please plug the dongle to the usb port of your PC. ONLINE with the Cutting plotter, then you can press “PRINT” to send the data and communicate with the cutting plotter.
C. Print Settings
Select File \ Print, it will display like Figure.3, and do make the right Print settings as Figure 3.
Figure 3. Proper Settiing 5

coreldraw plug-in for redsail vinyl cutters

RRedsail Technology Co., Ltd
Installation of CorelDraw Drivers
1. Install the redsail cutting plotter driver
A. Run the RedSailDrv from CD
B. Select the REDSAIL CUTTER PLOTTER(HPGL) driver
You must select the REDSAIL CUTTER PLOTTER(HPGL) driver,then click OK to continue.
Installation is finished,a REDSAIL printer is in your printers folder: 1
Redsail Technology Co., Ltd
2. Printer Settings
After you set REDSAIL CUTTER PLOTTER as default printer, then make the settings as follows:
A. Ports Settings
For COM1 or COM2, just change ‘’the Flow control’’ to XON/XOFF. 2
Redsail Technology Co., Ltd
B. PAPER Settings,
(1) Click the “Printing Preferences”
(2) Set the Paper Size
(3) Set the Print Quality(Low) 3
Redsail Technology Co., Ltd
3. CorelDraw OutPut
A. Edit Work
(1) For letter or character, first SKETCH them (as Figure 1), then FILL them with NOFILL
(as Figure 2), and PRINT.
Figure 1. CorelDraw Design - 1
4
Redsail Technology Co., Ltd
Figure 2. CorelDraw Design - 2
B. Online with the Redsail Cutting Plotter:
Before you send out the data to the cutting plotter, please plug the dongle to the usb port of your PC. ONLINE with the Cutting plotter, then you can press “PRINT” to send the data and communicate with the cutting plotter.
C. Print Settings
Select File \ Print, it will display like Figure.3, and do make the right Print settings as Figure 3.
Figure 3. Proper Settiing 5

Foison vinyl cutter c24

I have faced one problem in c24 cutter, the cutter is not moving smoothly but paper movement is smooth .
I have problem related to y-motor movements, as the moter is not changing the direction smoothly.
I have checked the motor ic's.
I have checked the power supply,
I have also changed the board also.
          But the problem remains there .
  I have changed the carriage P.C.B. sensor (sensor for home/end sensor )
and the problem solved.

Foison vinyl cutter c24

I have faced one problem in c24 cutter, the cutter is not moving smoothly but paper movement is smooth .
I have problem related to y-motor movements, as the moter is not changing the direction smoothly.
I have checked the motor ic's.
I have checked the power supply,
I have also changed the board also.
          But the problem remains there .
  I have changed the carriage P.C.B. sensor (sensor for home/end sensor )
and the problem solved.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

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We are in the sign industry from last 10 years; we are providing service tol branded vinyl cutting plotters (ROLAND,GRAPHETEC,MIMAKI,) and good quality china vinyl cutting plotters(REDSAIL,FOISON,PCUT).

Now we started a blog service for vinyl cutters; on this blog we will provide free technical support and advise to all vinyl cutter users and buyers.you can ask any question on vinyl cutter here.

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  • All types of software related problems of vinyl cutters/plotters
  • · SignWizard related problems
  • · FlexiSign related problems
  • · All types of software problems
  • · All types of ready to cut industrial logos
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We also provide service to

· All types of repairing of plotters

· SignWizard related problems

· FlexiSign7.5 related problems

· All types of software problems

· All types of ready to cut industrial logos

· All types of ready to cut cliparts

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Now we started a blog service for vinyl cutters; on this blog we will provide free technical support and advise to all vinyl cutter users and buyers.you can ask any question on vinyl cutter here.

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  • · FlexiSign related problems
  • · All types of software problems
  • · All types of ready to cut industrial logos
  • · All types of ready to cut cliparts
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We also provide service to

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· SignWizard related problems

· FlexiSign7.5 related problems

· All types of software problems

· All types of ready to cut industrial logos

· All types of ready to cut cliparts

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