Knife Pressure Test Pattern - Summa SUMMACUT User Manual

SummaCut cutter
Setting knife depth and pressure:
(Media must be loaded in the cutter before knife pressure can be tested).
Each keystroke can initiate an internal test or movement of head or media.
Keep fingers and other body parts away from the cutting area.
There are hazardous moving parts.
1. Press three times.
Knife Pressure will appear on the LCD.
2. Press .
Current knife pressure will appear on the LCD.
3. Press or
The value will change
1. Press
2. Press
3. Press
Once is pressed, the current knife pressure value will be set automatically to the
new value and the cutter will cut the knife pressure test pattern.
Peel out the rectangle and inspect the media backing.
The knife depth is set correctly when the test pattern cuts through the vinyl completely, the
vinyl is removed, and the blade tip visibly scratched the front side of the media backing. The
blade should never cut through the backing; just slightly scratch the silicon coating and first
few fibers of the backing material.
Because the knife pressure setting depends on the thickness and type of media to be cut,
adjusting knife pressure will require some practice. In general, the knife depth must be
increased when using thicker types of vinyl and decreased when using thinner types of
vinyl.
Setup
WARNING
to change the knife pressure.
to perform the internal knife pressure test.
to confirm the chosen knife pressure.
to leave the pressure unchanged.
FIG 1-26
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KNIFE PRESSURE TEST PATTERN

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