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CUTTING PLOTTER
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Preface
Preface
Chapter One Standard Parts
1.1 Standard Accessories with Cutter…………………………………………………………5
1.1.1 Accessories list…………………………………………………………………………….5
1.1.2 C48 Sketch for Vertical Stands Installation……………………………………………..6
1.2 Optional Accessories………………………………………………………………………..6
1.2.1 Software…………………………………………………………………………………...6
1.2.2 Blade holder and the knife……………………………………………………………….7
1.2.3 C24 Stand Installation Sketch……………………………………………………………7
Chapter Two Safety Precaution
2.1 Safety Precaution……………………………………………………………………………8
Chapter 3 Features
Product Parameters……………………………………………………………………………11
Chapter Four Parts Name and Function
4.1 Front View ( C-24 )………………………………………………………………………...12
4.2 Back View ( C-24 )…………………………………………………………………………13
Chapter Five Cutter Installation
5.1 Installation and connection……………………………………………………………….14
5.1.1 Cutting Environment……………………………………………………………………14
5.1.2 Connect signal cable to the PC. ………………………………………………………...14
5.1.3 USB Driver Installation. ………………………………………………………………...15
5.1.4 Power Cable Connection. ……………………………………………………………….15
5.2 Cutting Media Installation. ……………………………………………………………….15
5.3 Tools Installation.. …………………………………………………………………………17
5.4 Plot Pen Installation……………………………………………………………………….18
Chapter Six General Settings and Operation
6.1 Work Status Descriptions………………………………………………………………….19
6.1.1 Online/Offline.……………………………………………………………………………19
6.1.2 Carriage Movement. …………………………………………………………………….19
6.1.3 Original Point Setting……………………………………………………………………20
6.1.4 Bounded system………………………………………………………………………….20
6.1.5 Back to the original point automatically……………………………………………….21
6.1.6 Reset Default parameter………………………………………………………………...21
6.2 Online Keyboard Function Definition……………………………………………………21
6.3 Offline Status Description…………………………………………………………………22
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6.4 Menu Operation Description……………………………………………………………...23
6.4.1 Power on Display………………………………………………………………………...23
6.4.2 Online/Offline Operation………………………………………………………………..23
6.4.3 Speed and Knife Force Setting…………………………………………….……………24
6.4.4 Knife drop/raise Test…………………………………………………………………….25
6.4.5 Test Rectangle Cutting Operation………………………………………………………25
6.4.6 Pause Button Operation…………………………………………………………………26
6.4.7 Online-change Speed and Knife Force Operation……………………………………..27
6.4.8 Repeat Function………………………………………………………………………….28
6.4.9 Port Setting……………………………………………………………………………….28
6.4.10 X, Y Scale Setting……………………………………………………………………….29
6.4.11 Laser contour cut setting……………………………………………………………….30
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Chapter Seven Troubleshooting………………………………………………………...31
Chapter Eight Appendix………………………………………………………………….32
Appendix USB Port Setting and Replacement……….……………………………………...35
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Preface
Thank you for buying our FOISON cutter plotter.
In the C series cutter user’s manual, it includes the cutter features, parts name, and the
necessary information prior operating, and the basic operation, such as how to turn on/off the
electricity, how to set the cutter etc.
Prior reading the content, please read the following items
- Parts listing
- Safety precautions
In order to use the cutter correctly and safely, please read above relative contents, and leave
the manual at where you can catch conveniently.
Prior operating the FOISON cutter, please thoroughly read the manual, which will help you
acquire performance of the machine and make best of its functions, please keep the manual well
for future reference.
Without our permission, any individual or organization shall not duplicate or promulgate
the contents of this manual.
We reserve the rights to amend this manual or specification of the products without
advising you. If you need precise technical information, welcome to call us or visit to our
website www.foison.net.cn
We have made great effort to accurate our manual, if you find anything wrong in printing or
other respects, please do not hesitate to notify us or local agent of our company.
to acquire the latest information.
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Chapter One Standard Parts
The following cutter standard accessories with the cutter can be available in a packing box.
If you find any damaged, please contact with the local distributor or our company. The other
following optional accessories should be ordered optionally.
1.1 Standard Accessories with Cutter
Number Item Quantity Icon
1 Power cable 1
2 Signal cable 1
3 USB cable 1
4 Rotary tool apron 1
5 Plot pen 1
6 45° Blade 2
7 60° Blade 1
8 Lead 2
9 Certificate of Quality 1
10 Warranty card 1
Documentary of
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12 CD disk 1
13 Sample 1
assembling line of the
vinyl cutter
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1.1.2 C48 Sketch for Vertical Stands Installation
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Only C48 is equipped with stand, the stands is optional for C24
1.2 Optional Accessories
1.2.1 Software
Number Item Quality Icon
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2 Artcut Software 1
3 SignBlazer 1
4 Signcut-X2 1
5 PCSIGN Letter 1
FOISON FLEXI
STARTER
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1.2.2 Blade holder and the knife（Please see 5.3.1 of specific usage）
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ROLAND blade holder:
ROLAND knife:
FOISON blade holder:
FOISON 60ºknife
联机状态
FOISON 45ºknife
( The picture is for reference, the color and dimension subject to products. )
1.2.3 C24Stand Installation Sketch
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The stand for C24 shown as above
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Chapter Two Safety Precaution
The following icons are used in the manual; aims to make sure the user operate the cutter
properly to avoid damaged the cutter. Please comply with the explanation of the icon.
2.1 Safety Precaution
Definition of Warning Symbols：
serious casualty :
WARNING
CAUTION
Definition of Warning Symbols：
Any improper operation possibly results in hazard
of life.
Light hazard in life or equipment damaged:
Any improper operation possibly results in hazard
Of life or the equipment.
The symbol “ ” is prepared to arouse operator's highly attention
when in process.
The symbol “ ” specifies the activities to be forbidden.
The symbol is prepared to arouse operator's highly attention. The
symbols in triangles specify the cases to be attentive. The symbol in
the left warns you of electric shock.
The symbol specifies the activities to be forbidden. The symbol in
the circle specifies the acts to be forbidden. The symbol in the left
tells you no detachment.
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Caution
Do not leak any liquid or drop
metal into the machine, such
things may result in fire.
Do not touch the knife top with
your finger to prevent injury or
perspiration of knife head.
Do not damage or random replace
the supplied power cable. Do not
excessively bend, pull, bundle the
power cable or place weight on it,
otherwise the power source may
be damaged even fire or electric
shock is thus incurred.
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If you are not going to use the
machine for a long time, please
unplug the power cable from the
receptacle, otherwise fire possibly
happens.
When operating the machine, do
not place either of your hands on
capstan to avoid injury.
Place the machine on a stable
surface, otherwise the machine
may fall therefore get damaged.
To unplug the power cable from
receptacle, please hold the plug
instead of the cable, strongly
pulling of the cable possibly
results in electric shock or fire.
Any operation is forbidden in case
of storm or lighting to prevent
damaged of machine.
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Warni ng
Do not use the power source not meeting rating voltage, otherwise
fire or electric shock may be resulted in.
If the machine gives out smoke or unpleasing smell, or noise sounds
please do not use it .in such cases, continuing using it may result in
fire or electric shock.
Do not put out the plug when the power is on to avoid damage to the
Machine.
Make sure the machine grounded otherwise electric shock or
mechanic default may be resulted in.
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Chapter 3 Features
Product Parameters
Model C-12 C-24 C-30 C-48
Structure desktop
Max media width 415mm 720mm 850mm 1300mm
Max cutting width 305mm 610mm 740mm 1220mm
Main board High speed Arithmetic Microprocessor, 1MB cache (4 MB is optional)
Interface RS232C,USB
Control penal 10silica gel buttons
Driver Digital DC, step motor, Micro-step Driver
Display 4*8 high resolution LCD
Drawing instruction
Max cutting speed 600mm/s
Max cutting thickness 1mm
pressure
Mechanical precision 0.025mm
Repeatable precision < ±0.1mm
Power supply AC90~240V/50Hz~60Hz
Positioning model Bounded system, random original point setting
Working model Roller
Operational environment
Net weight 9kg 12kg 15.4kg 17.5kg
Gross weight 12.3kg 16kg 17kg 39kg
Dimension 585*265*270 890*265*270 1020*265*270 1530*265*270
Package Dimension 715*380*395 1015*380*395 1085*380*395 1575*370*430
desktop/
(optional stands)
HP-GL，DMPL
50g~800g （160 grades digital Adjustable）
+5 ~ +35℃℃，relative humidity 30%~70%
desktop/
(optional stands)
Stands
(with stands)
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Power Interface
Chapter Four Parts Name and Function
4.1 Front View（C-24）
Left cabinet
Power Switch
Transmission Shaft
Paperweight Wheel
Carriage
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Blade Base
Control Panel
USB Interface
Right Cabinet
Serial Interface
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4.2 Control Panel
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1、 LCD（LCD）Display
2、 Paper Feeding Button: it is X direction button under offline; it is value“－”under
parameter menu.
3、 Original Setting Button: Press such button to fix the coordinate point under offline.
Press more than 2 seconds under “Welcome” interface, the machine will
reinitialize, all data in buffer memory will be cleared. You could go back to the
default parameter.
4、 Rightward Button: it is Y direction button under offline; it is value“－”under
parameter menu.
5、 Paper Withdrawal Button: it is X direction button under offline; it is value “+”
under parameter menu.
6、 Leftward Button: it is Y direction button under offline; it is value “+” under
parameter menu.
7、 Pause Button: Switch to pause/resume model under online working.
8、 Repeat Button: to repeat last job.
9、 Menu Button: Switch to online and menu model.
10、Online Button: Switch to online and offline model.
11、Testing Button: (Press for a short time) to up and down the knife; or (press for a
long time) to test a rectangle itself.
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Chapter Five Cutter Installation
5.1 Installation and Connection
5.1.1 Cutting Environment
Place the cutter in adequate space in case to replace some parts, output the media and
make sure ventilation.
The place for installing the cutter shown as below
Vinyl Cutter
Don’t install your cutter in the following place
- The place where is direct sunlight
- The place where is vibration
- The place where is full dust
- The place where is draught
5.1.2 Connect signal cable to the PC
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To make the connection between the cutter and the computer, you are offered two
possibilities: RS232 and USB interface. For USB connection, you need to install the driver
equipped with the cutter first. (Please refer to 5.1.3)
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5.1.3 USB Driver Installation
For USB connection, you need to install the driver equipped with the cutter. Firstly, put
the disk to the driver, after the driver run by itself, click the USB DRIVER installation, or install
“USB Drive.exe” file under USB DRIVER in the disk equipped with the cutter. After installing
successfully, connect the USB cable to computer USB port. When the computer has found the
new hardware and clew that this hardware can be used, then it means the USB driver has been
installed successfully. Please refer to the appendix for setting the port.
5.1.4 Power Cable Connection
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5.2 Cutting Media Installation
Cautions of Media Preservation
- Keep the media away from direct sunlight and water when before and after unpacked.
You should keep the media in dry, shady and cool place after using it.
- Do not put the media in the vertical position, to avoid mess and damage the edge of
the media
- Do not print media in pile.
Cautions of Media Loading
- Avoid the temperature and humidity changes after unpack the box.
- According to the media feature, when low temperature, media is easy to curl, when
high temperature, it is easy to crease.
- Do not use the media when it is crease, curl or dusty.
- Do not fall or moisturize the media, otherwise it may effects the cutting quality or
result in damaging the cutter.
- Before loading the media, you should roll the media.
The cutter is both suitable for single sheet media and roll media
5.2.1 Press down the handle of paperweight wheel behind the machine to raise the
paperweight wheel.
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5.2.2 Insert the media into the space between paperweight wheel and main shaft, and pull
out the media to appropriate length from the front of the host.
5.2.3 Move the paperweight wheel to the yellow identified
area, then adjust position of the media, a distance of
about 1-10CM is set between paperweight wheel and
media to ensure good running of media
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The cutter adopts high-precision transmission shaft, and pay attention to the
position of the paperweight wheel. The paperweight wheel must be fixed above the yellow
identified area on the transmission shaft.
5.2.4 Raise two handles of paperweight wheel, to make paperweight wheel down to
press paper
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5.3 Tools Installation
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Do not touch the knife top with
your finger to preserve injury or
passivetion of knife head.
5.3.1Tool Introduction and Application
Icon Series Number Angle Application
45° C12/24/30/48
60° C12/24/30/48
Compare with
Degree Using scope Advantage Disadvantage
More attrite than 45 degree
and Can cut thick and hard
material
60º
big word over 20mm
CAUTION
45ºand 60ºblade of Foison
the quality of cutting small world and high
precision picture is not better than 45
degree blade
45º
Small word below 20mm
or high precision picture
5.3.2 Adjust the protruding length of the knife top as required for specific cutting media
Superficial material
面材
Base paper
底纸
Correct Tool long protruding Tool short protruding
5.3.3 (1) Loosen the screw of tool carrier
(2)Assembly the tool with knife into the tool carrier
(3)When the tool is in appropriate position screw it and fix the screw.
high precision picture is
better than60 degree blade
Length of knife point length of knife point
sharply knifepoint, the attrition is not better
than 60 degree and have large wasting when
cutting thick and hard material
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Knife tool
5.3.4 Trial run (adjusting knife press and tool)
Quality of knife immediately relate to cutting precision and life of machine. To better
your work, please use the standard knives we confirm, but not those with poor quality.
5.3.4.1 Press “Online” button to make the machine Offline.
5.3.4.2 While it’s offline, press “TEST” twice, the machine will automatically cut a small
square from the media.
Setscrew
5.3.4.3 Take off the square, if you fail, the square need to be further cut, because the press
is low or the protruding length of knife top is too short; If the base paper is
pierced through, it signifies that the protruding length of knife top is too long and
the press is too big. Adjust the protruding length of knife top and knife press
according to result of trial run and the description of tool installation. The most
appropriate protruding length of knife top and knife press is to cut the media
exactly but not pierced through.
5.3.4.4 Press “+”or“-”to adjust knife press.
5.4 Plot Pen Installation.
The plot pen presented with the cutter is used for drawing on the media. The operation
method is the same as the above blade holder.
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Chapter Six General Settings and Operation
6.1 Work Status Descriptions
6.1.1 Online/Offline
When the cutter is switched on, it will reset and set to online status. Press “Online” to
switch Online/Offline status. When the cutter transmits data to PC, the cutter must be in online
status. But if you need to change the parameters of the cutter or operate manually, the cutter
shall be in Offline status. The LCD shown as followings:
online status
offline status
6.1.2 Carriage Movement
When the cutter is Offline status, press “ ”, the carriage will move left and
right. press“▲
LCD will show X, Y step value respectively.
”, the main shaft will move back and for the at the same time the
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6.1.3 Original Point Setting
When the carriage needs to move to the original point, press “
set to “0”. Then the new original point is set. The cutter will begin working at the new
original point.
The relationship between Absolute Original Point and random original point:
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”, X and Y value will
Random Original Point
Absolute Original
6.1.4 Bounded system
The cutter adopts advance optical coupler bounded system. The following introduces
how the optical coupler takes effect.
1. Move the carriage to the left side (right side) of the cutter; if the cutter exceeds the
work area, the limit switch takes effect automatically to prevent the carriage strike to
the cutter side. Move the carriage to right (left), the limit switch will lose effect.
2. When the cutter is working, if the work area set in the software is too large and cause
the carriage move to the left and exceed the work area, the bounded system will
activate automatically. The cutter will stop working and the LCD displays Pause
(shown as followings). The cutter shall restart and current job can be neither save or
continue working.
Hints: In the software, please don’t set the work area that exceeds the effect work area. Also
please pay attention to position between the original point and left side of the cutter to
prevent the bounded system takes effect.
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6.1.5 Back to the original point automatically
When turn on the machine, the carriage will back to the original point automatically.
6.1.6 Reset Default parameter
Generally speaking ,. You do not need change the scales (Set Per Xp=36720
Yp=36650) . If the customer changed this incaution and want to go back to the default
parameter , just reset the deafult parameter as following :
Turn on the machine, LCD will show “Foison Welcome Ver 5.01L”, press
setting button) two seconds, then it will appear “RESET”, at that time, the machine is
resetting default parameter. See default parameter as following:
“v=400mm f=30”; “Us=600mm Br=38400”; “Xp=367200 Yp=36650”.
(origin
6.2 Online Keyboard Function Definition
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Level Menu Keyboard Definition
Button Function Description
Online Online/Offline Press once to switch to offline status
Menu Menu Switch Press once and enter into Setting menu
Pause Pause/Resume
Knife Force Increase Press once, the knife force increases by 1 , it totally has 160 steps
Knife Force Decrease Press once, the knife force decrease by 1 , it totally has 160 steps
Cutting Speed Increase Press once, the cutting speed will increase by 50mm/s
Cutting Speed Decrease Press once, the cutting speed will decrease by 50mm/s
If either speed or knife force is not optimized, press Pause once to
pause working, after adjusting, press once to resume working
Repeat Knife drop/raise Press once for knife dropping and press again knife raising
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Setting Mode Menu Definition
Button Function Description
Menu Menu Switch
Set Per Menu Definition
Button Function Description
Menu Menu Switch Press once and enter into Foison status
6.3 Offline Status Description
Offline Keyboard Function Definition
Button Function Description
Online Online/Offline Press once to switch to Foison status
Tes t
Tes t
Pause Pause/Resume
Repeat Repeat Last Time Work
Baud Rate Increase Press once and increase to a defined baud rate
Baud Rate Decrease Press once and decrease to a defined baud rate
Idle Speed Increase Press once the Idle Speed will increase by 50mm/s
Idle Speed Decrease Press once the Idle Speed will decrease by 50mm/s
Increase Yp Scale
Decrease Yp Scale
Increase Xp Scale
Decrease Xp Scale
Y+, Left Direction Key Press and realize carriage move to left position
Y-, Right Direction Key Press and realize carriage move to right position
X+, Backwards Direction Key Press and realize main bearing move backwards
X-, Forwards Direction Key Press and realize main bearing move forwards
Original Position Setting Key
Press for One Second
Press for Two Seconds
Press once and enter into Set Per menu
If the actual cutting scale is smaller than the image size
from Y position, press this button will increase the size.
If the actual cutting scale is larger than the image size
from Y position, press this button will decrease the size
If actual cutting size is smaller than the image size, press
this button will increase the size.
If actual cutting size is larger than the image size, press
this button will decrease the size.
Press once will reset X,Y to “0”, the current
position will be the original position
Draw/cut a tiny square
Draw/cut a test pattern
When the cutter finish working, press this key on
offline status will repeat the same job
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The left and right herein refer to the person stands in front of the
cutter. The object is subject to the person’s direction.
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6.4 Menu Operation Description
6.4.1 Power on Display
Ver 5.01L : The cutter program version is 5.01L
The default value: Speed V=400mm, Knife Force f=30
6.4.2 Online/Offline Operation
When the cutter switch on the first time, it will initialize and then the cutter will be in Online
status. Press “Online” can switch it into Online/Offline status. When cutter transmits data to
computer, the cutter must be Online. While it needs to set cutter’s parameters and manual
operation, it must be Offline. The LCD shows as followings:
Online status
Offline status
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6.4.3 Speed and Knife Force Set
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In the “Foison” situation
Click the
Click the
key to increase the speed ，
key to decrease the speed ；
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Click the
Click the key to decrease the pressure
key to increase the pressure ，
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6.4.4 Knife drop/raise Test
Press Repeat to test knife drop/raise. Press once is knife drop and press once again knife
raise. Please refer to the media and examine the difference after changing the knife force.
Hints: the difference effect can be seen after using normal knife force.
6.4.5 Test Rectangle Cutting Operation
In the Online situation to test the up and down of the knife. The first click is to drop the knife,
and click it again is to raise the knife.
Press Te st , the cutter will begin test. The Test button is effective only when the cutter is Offline.
When the cutter is working, the LCD will display Cutting. After it finishes working, the cuter
will turn back to online status, i.e.: display Foison. Shown as followings:
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6.4.6 Pause Button Operation
Press Te st for three seconds will realize self rectangle test cutting. Shown as following:
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6.4.7 Online-change Speed and Knife Force Operation
During the operation, we can adjust the speed and knife force when the cuter is working. The
instructions show as following.
Hints: The adjusted speed and knife force will be realized when the carriage finish cutting one
point to another. You can press Pause and then change the speed and knife force while it doesn’t
need to close the work.
The following is an example show how to lower the speed and increase the knife force:
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6.4.8 Repeat Function
Each time after finish working, switch the cutter into offline status and press Repeat. The cutter
will repeat the job done last time.
Hints: The main board load in flash memory, so it can not repeat the last job after the cutter
switch on again. What’s more, the flash memory is limited; the data shall not larger than the
buffer memory. If the data is too large, it can not repeat the job as well. The LCD will display
No data. Shown as followings:
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6.4.9 Port Setting
Press Menu and enter into menu setting, Us refers to idle speed( default parameter Us=600mm),
it can increase the carriage moving speed while it will not cutting. Press once the idle speed will
increase/decrease by 50mm/s. Br refers to baud rate( default parameter Br=38400), there’re six
baud rates: 57600, 38400, 28800, 19200, 14400 and 9600. The baud rate setting must be the
same as computer’s communication port in use baud rate’s setting. The default parameter when
turn on the cutter is 38400. Shown as followings:
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6.4.10 X, Y Scale Setting
Press Menu once again and enter into Set Per setting. Xp and Yp refer to cutting scale. The
purpose is to set the scale from PC and output file into 1:1 (If there’s any error between the
actual output and the software setting, please adjust Xp and Yp. The default values are
Xp=36720, YP=36650) Shown as following:
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After the parameters are set, press Menu, the LCD will return to original screen display. Shown
as followings:
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6.4.11 Laser contour cut setting
In Online mode, press “ ONLINE” to set machine in OFFLINE mode, then press “Menu” ,
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it will now display LED LASER , then click “
LED light.
Repeat the same process to turn laser OFF .
LCD show as following :
”, the laser will activate and show the RED
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Chapter Seven Print Output
1. When all parameters are well set, switch the cutter into online status.
2. Install the necessary software. (C series cutter is compatible with standard HPGL, DMPL
code. So it is compatible with many software, if you need to obtain the detailed list, please
contact to our Technical Department.)
3. In the software setting, please note that both baud rate and port setting shall be identical
with the cutter. If you have any questions please refer to Appendix or contact us directly.
About the software setting, please refer to the relevant software user manual.
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Chapter Eight Troubleshooting
8.1 Question: Will the character below 1CM be deformed?
Answer:
when graving small characters, please set sharp-angle compensation in the software,
for example, in ArtCut plotting software:
1、Click “Plotting Output” once, a plotting output will pop up.
2、Click “Set” once, a plotting output picture will pop up
3、Click “Compensation Setting”, a dialog box will pop up
4、Select “Sharp-angel Compensation”, adjust the value to required lever.
The compensation ranges within 0.1-0.9, more often we set it to be 0.35. in addition,
the plotting speed of the cutter shall be set below 200.
8.2 Question: why does zigzag happen to the cutter?
Answer:
to cut small glossy character with high requirement for precision, the speed shall not
exceed 200. In most cases, the speed at the shift 200-400 is favorable. To cut big
characters of large quantity with shortest time, the speed can be 500, but since step
distance of motor is so long therefore, you should set the speed to specification
situation.
8.3 Question: why do the paper deviate when it runs by a large margin?
Answer:
the paper feed bracket containing paper roll shall be completely parallel to
paperweight wheel, for big roll of materials, loosen it prior graving to prevent
excessive obstruction when plotting or graving. For the machine with four
paperweight wheels, when plotting big image or characters back and forth, use the
two paperweights wheels at sides instead of press the four down simultaneously.
Unequal abrasion of the two wheels also may result in deviation of the paper, in worse
case replacing wheels is needed.
Note:
The paperweight wheels should press on the axis of bearing Y rotation, instead of
pressing the seat of bearing Y.
8.4 Question: why does lock up happen in plotting output?
Answer:
1, exterior input voltage is too low, the plotter will restart thus lock up happen
2、When disturbance of exterior input voltage is too high, lock up may happen, to
resolve it you can use purified regulated power source
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8.5 Question: why does the machine feel tingle?
Answer:
the machine might be improperly grounded, make sure central line of the power
source grounded
8.6 Question: why does the job feel not smooth with sharp-angle raised when plotting?
Answer:
1. The protruding length of knife top is too long, please adjust it as required
2、The knife is abraded, replace it.
8.7 Question: why the cutting plotter don’t transit file or scarify?
Answer:
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Please set the same as the following picture . Choose XON/XOFF here .
8.8 Question: No LCD display or a black row of blocks are displayed?
Answer:
1. In case of no display, check whether the power work well
2. If black blocks are displayed, check whether voltage is at required level. If troubles
remain after the above operation, please contact maintenance center
8.9 Question: why can not some characters close in strokes when it is plotting?
Answer:
Because the knife of the plotter is eccentric knife with a eccentric value, to resolve it,
set “closing compensation” in the software. For example: in ArtCut software:
1、Click Plotting Output once, a plotting output picture will pop up
2、Click Set once, a picture of setting plotter will pop up.
3、Click Compensation Setting a dialogue box will pop up
4、Select Closing Compensation, adjust the value to required level, generally the
value is set to be 0.85.
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9.0 Question: why the machines have missed some pave of letter when cutting?
Answer:
1. Check the machine if it presses enough
2. Reinstall the software
3. Chook the head of the knife
4. If the problem is still in existence, please contact with repair center
9.10 Question: how do we maintain the cutter?
Answer:
Foison series cutter all employ upscale oil bearing from Japan, no oil is needed even it
works for a long time.
After operation everyday, clean the dust with soft brush. The glue remaining in engine
base can be cleaned with alcohol. If frequently operated in dusty environment above
two years, please have maintenance technicians clean the dust in machine. If plotting
precision degrades, the maintenance of running parts are desirable (firming and
replacing the abraded parts).
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Chapter Nine Appendix
Appendix 1
Installation USB driver in WINDOWS
Method I:
Do not connect cutter with computer, insert the CD (which shipping with cutter)
into the CD-ROM, Click the USB Driver, show as follow,
will pop out following dialog box
After a few seconds, the dialog box disappear, and complete install driver.
Then plug in the USB cable, the system will install the hardware drivers
automatically, and prompt you can use the new hardware (Vinyl Cutter).
Method II:
(In the situation of have not installation driver), connect the vinyl cutter and
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computer with USB cable, will prompt find new hardware on the lower right
corner of the screen, show as follow dialog box
Please select the second one “Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)”:
Click ‘Next’, find CD-ROM drive letter, and find out in USB Driver folder (for
example: G: / USB Driver /)
Click ‘Next’, show as follow
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Click install, pop out following dialog box
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Click ‘Finish’
After a few seconds, will pop out a dialog box again, do the install steps as above.
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Please select the second one “Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)”:
Click ‘Next’, find CD-ROM drive letter, and find out in USB Driver folder (for
example: G: / USB Driver /), click Next, show as follow
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Click install, will pop out follow dialog box
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Until now, install USB driver successful.
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Select My Computer – (click the right button) – Properties – Hardware – Device Manager,
then you will see the followings:
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In the above dialogue , show as the red square , USB SERIAL PORT (COM3) is the USB
port parameter . Please note , when you use USB output , please pay more attention on the
COM port selection in the cutting software should the same as the USB port it used in PC.
In the above figure, the communication port of USB is COM3. But in some software only
has COM1 and COM2 selectable, please follow the following instructions to change the
port parameter.
First we could change COM1 port to any port that not in use, such as COM4. The method
is as following
1. Click the mouse’s right button of COM1 and select Properties, shown as followings:
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2. Click Advanced and enter port selection, shown as followings, then select COM4,
click OK.
Now COM1 has changed to COM4 successfully, but in Device Manager interface you do
not see COM1 change to COM4. At this moment you only need to close Device Manager,
then reopen it again. So you will find COM1 changed to COM4.
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Change COM3 of USB to COM1 by the same way. After you change it successfully, you
will see the following:
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