The Cutting Plotter Does Not Operate Correctly; The Cutting Plotter Does Not Operate When Turned On - GRAPHTEC CE3000-40 User Manual

6.1

The Cutting Plotter Does Not Operate When Turned On

Symptom
The STATUS lamp on the
control panel does not light
up.
The STATUS lamp on the
control panel lights up, but
nothing appears on the dis-
play panel.
6.2

The Cutting Plotter Does Not Operate Correctly

Symptom
OFFSCALE is displayed
when data is received.
Some areas cannot be cut.
Cannot maintain the cut-
ting conditions
Cannot change the cutting
conditions
"LOAD MEDIA" is dis-
played even when the
medium has been loaded.
The medium is skewed.
The medium is suddenly
fed forward.
Abnormal noise is gener-
ated by the cutter during
cutting.
Cause
Power is not being fed to the cutting
plotter.
The cutting plotter is defective.
Cause
The data received lies outside the cut-
ting/plotting area set.
The data received is larger than the cut-
ting/plotting area set.
The cutter-pen condition-setting priority
is set to PROGRAM.
ENTER was not pressed after the set-
tings were changed.
The medium is semi-transparent and is
not detected by the media sensors.
The medium is not detected by the
media sensors due to strong reflected
light.
The medium is not loaded so that it
passes the media sensors.
The right-hand pinch roller is not posi-
tioned over the right-hand long grit roller.
The left-hand pinch roller is not posi-
tioned over the left-hand grit roller.
The medium was loaded at an angle.
The length of the medium to be cut was
not drawn out first when the medium
was loaded.
The selections for medium loading are
incorrect.
The cutter plunger tip is in contact with
the medium.
6 – 2
Solution
Check to confirm that the power cord is
securely connected to the cutting-plotter
AC line inlet and the electrical outlet.
Contact your sales representative or
nearest Graphtec dealer.
Solution
Set the cutting/plotting area.
Check the page-length setting.
Replace with a larger-size medium.
Reduce the data size.
Set the condition setting priority to MAN-
UAL.
Check the operation and reset the cut-
ter-pen conditions.
Set the media-sensor setting to DIS-
ABLE, and set the cutting/plotting area.
Change the lighting direction and avoid
direct sunlight.
Load so that the medium passes over
the media sensors.
Position the right-hand pinch roller over
the right-hand long grit roller.
Position the left-hand pinch roller over
the left-hand grit roller.
Reload the medium.
Draw out the required length of roll
medium to be used.
Check the medium selection (ROLL1
PRESS ENTR, ROLL2 PRESS ENTR,
SHEET PRESS ENTR).
Adjust the cutter-blade extension.
Reduce the cutting force.