How To Make Sure The Sign Has The Correct Size - Summa SUMMACUT User Manual

SummaCut cutter

2.5 How to Make Sure the Sign Has the Correct Size

(Length Calibration)
The SummaCut cutters are friction-feed machines. This means that the cutting length is
dependent on the thickness of the material.
The cutters have been calibrated in the factory for standard 2-mil cast or 3-mil calendared
vinyl. Each user (the SummaCut has a total of 4) can hold a different calibration factor.
This is very helpful for multi-colored signs; it ensures that the parts in different colors match
up, even if different types of vinyl media are used.
NOTE: For standard use, it is not necessary to calibrate the machine. With standard vinyl
the accuracy is within 0.2%. However if high accuracy between different vinyl or colors is
needed, then calibration is necessary.
Calibrating the media (Length calibration):
1. Power on the cutter, load media, and mount knife (see section 1).
NOTE: The wider and longer the loaded media, the more accurate the calibration will be.
Use a piece of vinyl of maximum width and a length that is approximately 1.5 times the
width.
2. Press .
'Velocity' will appear on the LCD.
3. Press .
'System Setup' will appear on the LCD.
4. Press .
'Confidence' will appear on the LCD.
5. Use or to scroll through the menu until 'Calibrate X/Y' is reached, press
'Calibrate X/Y' will appear on the LCD.
6. Press .
The cutter will reload the media and perform the length calibration test. Take out the media
and measure the length of the cut line with a ruler (measuring device). The length that has to
be entered is the distance between line 1 and line 2 as shown in the figure.
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