GCC Puma III User Manual

Puma III Series User Manual

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Thanks for your purchase of GCC Puma III Cutting Plotter. For your safety and to optimize the performance of the Puma III, please read the user manual completely and keep it in a correct location.

PRECAUTIONS IN USE

z For safety concern, please always hold the cutter firmly from the bottom

when moving it. Do not move the cutter by clasping the depression area on both sides.

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z Do not shake or drop the blade holder, a blade tip maybe fly out. z During operation, keep away from any moving parts of the cutter (such as

the carriage, drums). Also be careful that your clothing and hairs do not be caught.

z Always connect the power cable to a grounded outlet. z Always use the accessory power cable that is provided. Do not wire the

power cable so that it becomes bent or caught between objects.

z Do not connect the power cable to branching outlet to which other

machines are also connected, or use an extension cable. There is danger of overheating and of misoperation of the machine.

z Keep the tools away from children where they can reach. z Always put the pinch rollers within position of the white marks.

Important Information

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Important Information

1. General Information

1.1 Introduction 1-1

1.2 Package Items 1-1

1.3 Product Features 1-2

1.4 Front View of Puma III 1-3

1.5 Back View of Puma III 1-4

1.6 The Whole View of Puma III 1-4

1.7 The Left-hand Side of Puma III 1-5

1.8 The Right-hand Side of Puma III 1-5

2. Installation

2.1 Precaution 2-1

2.2 Stand & Flexible Media Support System 2-2

2.2.1 Stand Installation (for P3-60) 2-2

2.2.2 Stand & Flexible Media Support System (for P3-132S) 2-3

2.3 Blade Installation 2-6

2.4 Cable Connections 2-9

2.4.1 USB Interface 2-9

2.4.2 Parallel Interface 2-12

2.4.3 RS-232 Interface 2-13

2.4.4 Data Transmitting 2-13

3. The Control Panel

3.1 The LCD Panel 3-1

3.2 Menu in On-line Mode 3-2

3.3 Menu in Off-line Mode 3-3

3.4 Menu Items 3-4

4. Operation

4.1 Media Loading 4-1

4.1.1 Loading the Sheet Media 4-1

4.1.2 Loading the Roll Media 4-3

4.2 Tracking Performance 4-6

4.3 Cutting Force and Offset Adjustment 4-7

4.4 When Completing the Cutting Job 4-9

4.5 Puma III Print Driver setting 4-10

4.5.1 Puma III Print Driver setting>Option Page 4-10

4.5.2 Puma III Print Driver setting>Paper Page 4-12

5. Accu-Aligning System

5.1 Introduction 5-1

5.2 Calibrating the System 5-1

5.2.1 Media Calibration 5-1

5.2.2 AAS Calibration 5-2

5.2.3 AAS II on Puma III 5-3

5.3 Printer Test 5-4

5.4 Contour Cutting 5-6

< LCD Control Panel on Puma III series > Key Function LCD Screen To display functions and error messages. Power LED To indicate the power status ( light up: power on; light off: power off ) 4 Arrow Keys To move position, select function, or change setting. ENTER To set item or register the immediately preceding input value. PAUSE/RESUME To temporarily halt cutting process or to continue ON/OFF LINE To switch modes, stop cutting job, or abort changes of settings. OFFSET To adjust the value of blade’s offset. FORCE To adjust the value of cutting force. SPEED To adjust the value of cutting speed and quality. CUT TEST To perform cutting tests in different ways. DATA CLEAR To clear up buffer memory. TOOL SELECT To select tools. MISC To set up functions.

The Control Panel 3-1

Please see details in “3.4 Menu Items”

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3.2 Menu in On-line Mode

Power On Puma III in processing

GCC Cutter

LCM Version- - -

Puma III Firmware: Copyright:

Place Media And Then Lower Down The Lever

Roll Edge Single

Sizing Media Width Lever Up T o Abort

Sizing Media Length Lever Up T o Abort

Top menu

S--- F----- O---- L-------- W-----T1M

Sending data

[PAUSE ]

use to select

Pause Setup Resume

[ FORCE] [ SPEED ]

[ OFFSET ]

[ DATA CLEAR ]

[TOOL SELECT ]

Force:80 gf OK:ENTER

Offset: 0.275 mm OK:ENTER

Clear Data Memory N:Cancel OK:ENTER

1S:51 F:80 O:0.275 M Select: OK:ENTER

Set Smoothing Cut Select:

OverCut: 0.00mm Select: OK:ENTER

Set Tangential Mode Select:

OK:ENTER

use to select; [ENTER] to enable the setting

Speed: 51cm/s Select:

UP Speed: 51 cm/s Select: OK:ENTER

Quality: Fine Select: OK:ENTER

OK:ENTER

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3.3 Menu in Off-line Mode

Press [ON/OFF LINE] to switch to the offline mode

Offline For System Setup

[ FORCE]

[ OFFSET ]

[ DATA CLEAR ]

[ ] [ SPEED ]

Force: 80 gf OK:ENTER

Offset: 0.275 mm OK:ENTER

Clear Data Memory N:Cancel OK:ENTER

move origin

X: Y:

Speed: 51 cm/s Select: OK:ENTER

UP Speed: 51 cm/s Select: OK:ENTER

Quality: Fine Select: OK:ENTER

5~400 with an increment of 5(gram force)

0.000~1.000 with an increment of 0.025(mm)

Speed:3~60 with an increment of 3(cm/s)

UP Speed:3~60 with an increment of 3(cm/s)

Draft, Normal, Fair, Fine

[CUT TEST ]

Square Cut Select: OK:ENTER

Repeat Last Plot Select: OK:ENTER

Pattern Setting Select: OK:ENTER

Ratio Setting Select: OK:ENTER

Blade Length Adjust Select: OK:ENTER

Pattern: Arrow Change: OK: ENTER

Ratio: 100% Change: OK: ENTER

Set Length 0.00mm Change: OK: ENTER

Pattern: Cross, Arrow

Ratio: 100%, 200%, 300%, 400%

Test Blade Holder

OK: ENTER

Test Blade Length

OK: ENTER

Turn CW , Turn CCW

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Offline For System Setup

1S:51 F:80 O:0.275 M Select: OK:ENTER

Set Smoothing Cut Select: OK:ENTER

[TOOL SELECT ]

OverCut: 0.00mm Select: OK:ENTER

Set Tangential Mode Select: OK:ENTER

Panel Setup Select: OK:ENTER

Restore default ? Select: OK:ENTER

Save parameter ? Select: OK:ENTER

Firmware： x.x.xx FPGA：Vx.x mm/dd/

Vacuum Select: OK:ENTER

AAS Offset Select:

OK:ENTER

OverCut:0.00-1.00mm with an increment of 0.05mm

[ MISC ]

Auto Unrolled Media Select: OK:ENTER

Media Back & Forth Select: OK:ENTER

Paper Saving Mode Select: OK:ENTER

Set Communication Select: OK:ENTER

Select Language Select: OK:ENTER

Select Unit Select: OK:ENTER

Scale Length Select: OK:ENTER

Scale Width Select: OK:ENTER

USB Printer Type Select: OK:ENTER

Both Expanded Mode、Length Expanded Mode、 Width Expanded Mode、Both Unexpanded Mode

English,Spanish,Italian,Deutsch,Japanese,Portugue se,Polish,Turkish,French

Metric (cm/gf) or English

GCC USB Mode Common USB Mode

The Control Panel 3-4

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3.4 Menu Items Below describes the functions of menu items

Menu or Key Function Setting Default

--- Media sizing ---

Roll To measure media width. Maximum Tracking

150 meters

Edge To measure media width and pull the media back till the front

paper sensor open.

Single To measure media width and length. Maximum Tracking

--- POWER ---

To indicate the power status.

[ Arrow Keys ]

1. To move the tool carriage position on X or Y axis.

2. To select functions or change values of settings.

[ ENTER ]

1. The displayed parameters will be saved automatically.

2. To set a new origin at the present tool carriage position. In “offline” mode, moving the tool carriage to desired position by [Arrow Keys], then press [ENTER] key to set a new origin. While moving with the parameters of XY-axes displayed, press [MISC] key will enable fine-tune movement; press [MISC] key again to disable the function.

Maximum Tracking 150 meters

10 meters

[ PAUSE/RESUME ]

To temporarily halt the cutting process.

To resume the process by press [Pause/Resume] key again.

[ ONLINE/OFFLINE ]

1. To switch between online mode and offline mode.

2. To stop the cutting job or abort the change of setting. Once press this key, the cutting job will be terminated immediately and cannot be resumed.

[ OFFSET ]

To set or modify the distance between the blade tip and the

center axis.

[ FORCE ]

To set or modify the value of tool force. 5~400gram;

[ SPEED ]

Speed To set or modify tool speed at horizontal moving. 3~60cm/sec; Up Speed To set or modify tool speed at vertical moving. 3~60cm/sec; Cutting Quality

To set or modify cutting quality. [Slower speeds / higher quality - Faster speeds / lower quality]

The Set Cutting Quality Page allows you to adjust and balance vector mode’s quality and speed settings based on your specific job. Draft Mode offers the highest output speed, sacrificing quality. Whereas Quality Mode offers the highest quality, sacrificing output speed. Keep in mind that speed and quality are usually at a tradeoff.

[ CUT TEST ]

0.000~1.000mm 0.275mm

5 gram/per step

3cm/sec per step 3cm/sec per step

Draft, Normal, Fair, Fine

80 gram

51cm/sec 51cm/sec Normal

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Square Cut To perform a cutting test at present blade position.

For more information, please refer to “4.3 Adjusting the Cutting Force and Offset” to adjust blade force and cutting speed. Recut:

Plot

To repeat the last job without re-sending the data. Copy:

To copy the last job without re-sending the data. * 1mm gap will be auto-generated between 2 copies).

* If the media length is not enough to continue, it will show

below message on LCM:

1~99; 1 per step

OpOtuSfa;ce #

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If both functions are enabled at the same time, the cutter will perform the last setting only.

Pattern Setting

Ratio Setting To adjust the size of the pattern 100%, 200%,

Blade Length Adjust

To clear up buffer memory.

To provide two patterns for cut test Note: It is recommended to select “Cross” if you are working on thick pieces of materials.

To adjust the length of the blade Note:

1. Keep your blade length as 0 before you start adjusting.

2. Test the blade holder first and then test the blade length by pressing ENTER.

3. Keep the blade holder at the same position when you perform blade holder and blade length tests.

4. When blade holde r and blade length tests are finish ed, the screen will show you to what degree (the unit of the value following “CW” or “CCW” is “circle”) and in which direction [CW (clockwise) or CCW (counterclockwise)] you should turn the adjustment knob.

EG, Turn CW 0.5 is telling you that you should turn the

knob for half a circle clockwisely.

5. The value on the screen will be 0.0 when the blade length is perfect and no more adjustment needs to be made. You may start cutting at this point.

[ DATA CLEAR ]

“Arrow” and “Cross” patterns

300%, 400%

0.00mm-5.00mm 0.00mm

Repeat Last

“Arrow”

100%

[ TOOL SELECT ]

Set Smoothing Cut

Over Cut To generate an overcut to facilitate weeding. 0.00mm-1.00mm Set Tangential

Mode

Panel Setup Accept setup command:

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To enable smooth-cutting function. Enable

0.05mm/per step To enable the emulated tangential-cutting mode for thicker media types and small letter cuts. Note: while the Offset value setting at 0.000 mm, “Set Tangential Mode” will automatically be disabled.

To accept commands of the Force, Speed, Cutting Quality, and Offset only via software.

Disable

0.00mm

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PRECAUTIONS IN USE

Contents

Chapter 1 General Information

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Step 7

5. Reverse steps mentioned above to remove the blade holder.

6. Press the push-pin to remove the blade from the blade holder when replacing blade. (Figure 2-17)

Chapter 3 The Control Panel