How To Pounce - Ioline Supernova I/S Series User Manual

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4. Lower Acceleration. When cutting Rubylith or Amberlith, set
the Acceleration to 0.1 g in the Control Center. Set the Accel-
eration to 0.5g for all other material.
5. Minimum Angle. This is listed in the Control Center under the
Blade Steering Arc heading. The Minimum Angle should be
set at 0 degrees.
6. Overcut. Set this between 0-5 mils. If weeding becomes dif-
ficult at corners, increase Overcut by one mil at a time until
weeding is easier. A little more force might help if the material
has incomplete cutting not at the corners.
7. Offset. Usually the offset listed for the blade is used as the
Offset in the Control Center. For very small characters, tiny
manufacturing variances among blades can make a difference.
Check this by cutting small characters with sharp turns, i.e. the
letter N. With the standard 45 degree, .015 inch offset blade, try
several tests using different offset values, i.e. 13, 14, 15, 16, and
17 mils, then pick the value with the best result.
8. Position the Wheels. Place the pinchwheels near the cutting
area to assure that the vinyl stays flat.

How to Pounce

Use the pounce feature with high quality paper. Ioline recommends
20 lb. paper that lies flat. A pounce tool and a pounce blade (avail-
able from Ioline) are also required.
1. Select Pounce in the Ioline Control Center. Make sure that
Tag Board Cutout is turned OFF. Put the signcutter in START
mode (green LED on). Update the signcutter with the Send Set-
tings (temporary or permanent) buttons.
2. Slide the paper roll onto a media roller (use the roller as an
axle). Ioline does not recommend using two media rollers to
cradle paper rolls.
3. Enable Autoloop or create a service loop of material.
4. Set the Speed knob to maximum. Set the Acceleration to 0.5 g.
Performance will vary with different paper types. Experiment
with lower settings if required.
5. Turn the Force knob to maximum (default is 200 grams).
6. Install the pounce tool and blade like a standard blade holder.
(Note: there is no foot on the pounce blade assembly.)
7. With the Red light ON, press the Test Cut key for 3 seconds.
The signcutter will pounce a 1.9 inch x 7.1 inch design.
8. Increase or decrease the force on the Force Knob as needed for
a complete puncture through the paper. If the pounce blade
picks up the paper and jams, try setting the Force and/or Ac-
celeration to lower settings.
9. The Pouncing Cut is intermittent - short pounce cut followed
by a longer uncut segment. The default length is 40 mils (.04
inches) for the cut and 600 mils (.6 inches) for the blank. The
lengths of the cuts and blanks are adjustable with the Control
Center. Perform test cuts to determine the proper settings for
these parameters. (E.g., try wider blank spacing for larger im-