Aligning the Positions of Cutting with Crop Marks Manually

Depending on the type of media, it may not be possible to detect crop marks automatically. When crop marks cannot be detected automatically, perform alignment manually.

The following figure is given as an example to explain how to manually set the base point (B) and align points (, , and ).

The numbers for align points are determined with reference to the location of the base point, as shown in the following figure. You cannot set the align points unless you specify the base point. Redoing the setting for the base point clears any align points that have been set.



  1. Press ◀, ▶, ▲, or▼ to move the center of the blade to the "base point (B)" position.


  2. Press FUNCTION to display the screen shown below.


  3. Press ENTER.
    The [BASE POINT] is set. The character "B" is displayed on the screen.


  4. Press ◀, ▶, ▲, or ▼ to move the center of the blade to the "align point 1 ()" position.


  5. Press FUNCTION, then ▶ to display the screen shown below.


  6. Press ENTER.
    The [ALIGN POINT] is set. The characters "B1" are displayed on the screen.


  7. Repeat steps 4 through 6 to specify "align point 2" and "align point 3" as required.
    The number of the align point you are setting is determined automatically.