Setting Up Roll Material

MEMO

When not using the roller base, cut off the amount needed for the cutting from the roll beforehand, and load it as flat material.Setting Up Flat Material

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1. Loading Roll Material

Load the roll material to the machine by using the roller base.

Required item
RollerBase
Roller base
CAUTION

Load the roll media correctly.

Otherwise the media may fall and cause injury.

CAUTION

The roll media is approximately 5 kg (11.02 lb.).

To avoid injury, handle the roll media with care.

CAUTION

Never load media that weighs over 5 kg (11.02 lb.).

The machine may fail to withstand the weight and tip over or cause the media to fall.

Procedure
  1. Check that the loading lever is lowered.
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  2. Attach the roller base onto the machine.

    Hold the end of the machine when lifting.

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  3. Place roll material on the roller base.

    Load the roll material () so that the portions (A) extending beyond the left and right edges of the roller base () are uniform.

    CAUTION

    Load the roll media correctly.

    Otherwise the media may fall and cause injury.

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  4. From the roll, pull out the material a little longer than the amount to be used, and insert it from the back to the front of the machine.
    GS2_SetupRollSheet_1-2
    IMPORTANT

    Leave some slack in the pulled out material. If you load the material without creating some slack, the material cannot be fed correctly.

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  5. Move the pinch rollers to the edges of the material and within the grit patterns.

    Position the pinch rollers so that each one is 25 mm (0.99 in.) or more () inward from the respective left or right edge of the material.

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    MEMO

    Sprocket-fed perforated material has perforations along each edge for material feeding. If the pinch rollers are positioned over the perforations, the material cannot be fed correctly. When using this material with the machine, place the pinch rollers away from the perforations.


    GS2_Material-Sprocket Feed

  6. Align the left edge of the material so that it lies approximately parallel to the guide line ().
    Figure 1. View from above the Machine
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  7. Raise the loading lever.

    The material is secured in place.

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MEMO

Use the following link to view a reference video for this procedure.

Loading Roll Material
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2. Select the Material Type

Select the type of material to be loaded to the machine.
Procedure
  1. Turn on the machine.
    The screen shown in the following figure is displayed.
    MENU_SELECT-SHEET_ROLL
  2. Press [▲] or [▼] to select "ROLL" or "EDGE".
    If "EDGE" is selected and set, approximately 15 mm (0.59 in.) () from the top edge of the material is reserved for the margin. If
    "ROLL" is selected and set, no margin is reserved.
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  3. Press [ENTER].

    The cutting carriage moves to the left edge. The cuttable width then appears on the display.

    MENU_W_L_mm

3. Check Material Feeding

Before cutting, feed the material forward and confirm that material can be fed normally.

If you start cutting without confirming the material feeding, the material may slip during cutting, or the cut quality may be degraded with improper feeding.

Procedure
  1. Press [MENU] several times to display the following screen.
    MENU_UNSETUP
  2. Press [▼] to display the following screen.
    MENU_CONDITION
  3. Press [▶], then [▲] to display the screen shown below.

    The screen shown in the figure below is displayed.

    MENU_AREA_10m
  4. Press [▶].
  5. Press [▲][▼] to set the material length required for the cut data.

    For the grit roller to feed material forward, margins have to be left at the start and end of the cutting area. It is a good idea to set a value that is about 0.2 m (7.87 in.) longer than the required material length.

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  6. Press [ENTER].

    The set length of the material moves out to the front, then is immediately pulled back and taken up again.

    If the material slips away from the pinch rollers, press [PAUSE] to stop operation.
    Lower the loading lever, take out the material, and perform the setup again from the beginning.

  7. Press [MENU] to return to the original screen.