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Table of Contents
- 1 Important Safety Instructions
- 2 Table of Contents
- 3 What's in the Box
- 4 Assembling the Stand
- 5 Getting to Know Your Cutter
- 6 Connecting the Cutter to a Computer
- 7 Setting up Media
- 8 Blade Set up
- 9 Control Panel
- 10 Making Your First Test Cut
- 11 Contour Cutting
- 12 Cut and Place Vinyl Like a Pro
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- Page 1 User Manual & Assembly Instructions...
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Page 2: Important Safety Instructions
Do not touch the tip of the sliding blade to avoid injury. Always place the unit on a stable base to prevent it from falling down. Do not operate the unit during thunderstorms; it can be damaged or destroyed by lightning. 425.481.3555 www.uscutter.com... -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Maintenance Cut and place vinyl like a pro Thank you for purchasing the SC2 vinyl cutter. Please read this manual completely and keep it in a safe place for future reference. For Accessories, Supplies, and replacement parts please visit our website at www.uscutter.com 425.481.3555... - Page 4 There will be some noise when the cutter is in use. Take that into account when you locate your vinyl cutting headquarters. Position the SC2 Cutter near enough to your computer to be able to attach it via USB cable or 9-pin serial cable. Internet access will be necessary for downloading drivers and software.
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Page 5: What's In The Box
Items: Foot Cutter Casters Cross Brace Roller Bars Mount Roller Bracket Power Cord USB Cable 9 Pin Adapter Screw Bag Software Card If any parts seem to be missing from your package please contact support @1-888-975-2047 425.481.3555 www.uscutter.com... -
Page 6: Assembling The Stand
Notice there are more than four holes on the foot. Line up the foot and the leg so that the four holes in the leg that look like this line up with the four holes on the foot. 425.481.3555 www.uscutter.com... - Page 7 Attach the foot to the leg with four #1 screws using the Phillips screwdriver. Repeat with the other leg and foot making sure the rounded edge faces out and the holes for the cross piece are close to the top. 425.481.3555 www.uscutter.com...
- Page 8 Use 4 #1 screws (2 on each side) to attach the roller brackets to the stand legs. The metal brackets have a “lip” which the roller guide sits on. When you attach the bracket, make sure the lip faces outward like this: 425.481.3555 www.uscutter.com...
- Page 9 “stair” will appear to have many more slots than you will need but just use the holes that line up with the slots. Remember to take the four rubber feet off from the bottom of the SC2 Cutter. Some users place the rubber feet between the screwhead and the bracket so that the rubber feet remain with the bracket when it is connected to the stand.
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Page 10: Getting To Know Your Cutter
Used by the cutter to determine the location of cut contours Contains the power cable port, power switch, and fuse LEFT SIDE COVER cartridge for the cutter. RIGHT SIDE COVER Contains the USB and serial cable ports for the cutter. 425.481.3555 www.uscutter.com... - Page 11 Allows access to the fuse FUSE CARTRIDGE inside of the cutter. POWER CABLE PORT FUSE CARTRIDGE Holds the blade carriage CARRIAGE SLOT in place. CARRIAGE SLOT Allows access blade/pen carriage slots LOCKING KNOB for exchanging/replacing carriages. LOCKING KNOB 425.481.3555 www.uscutter.com...
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Page 12: Connecting The Cutter To A Computer
You can download and install the VinylMaster Cut software at www.uscutter.com/download, and you will need the key code packaged with this cutter to activate the software. You may need to download drivers to support your operating system. -
Page 13: Setting Up Media
If you are going to cut from a scrap or single sheet instead of a roll, then skip the next step on placing a vinyl roll. All other steps will be the same. Place the roll on top of the stand rollers. For heat press vinyl, please flip the roll. Release the pinch rollers release levers. 425.481.3555 www.uscutter.com... - Page 14 Adjust the pinch rollers so there is one roller located on each side of the vinyl (and, on models with 3 or more rollers, one roller near the center). Avoid lowering a pinch roller to the gap between the two feed rollers. 425.481.3555 www.uscutter.com...
- Page 15 ” from the edge of the roller and the edge of the vinyl on both sides. Engage the Pinch Rollers by pushing down on the Pinch Roller Release Levers. If the cutter is not already on, turn it on now. 425.481.3555 www.uscutter.com...
- Page 16 Installing VinylMaster drivers Under the File pull down menu select Vinyl Spooler When in the Spooler select Connections tab 425.481.3555 www.uscutter.com...
- Page 17 Installing VinylMaster drivers Click ADD, and then select maker USCutter from pull down menu Select the SC2 cutter from the pull down menu 425.481.3555 www.uscutter.com...
- Page 18 Installing VinylMaster drivers Verify that Direct COM Port appears and then select Auto Detect Follow the PC prompts to turn off/on and click Next 425.481.3555 www.uscutter.com...
- Page 19 Newer versions of Vinyl Master Cut also have extensive help menus and context sensitive videos that will help train you and help guide you through any software issues you may experience. 425.481.3555 www.uscutter.com...
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Page 20: Blade Set Up
6 months Blades should be replaced every . Your blade may need to be replaced more often if you are cutting thicker material such as flock, glitter, or reflectives. 425.481.3555 www.uscutter.com... -
Page 21: Control Panel
Home (0,0) location and The cutter may pause briefly and resume cutting store that as the new origin point. once the new settings have been entered. 425.481.3555 www.uscutter.com... -
Page 22: Making Your First Test Cut
For thicker materials, such as Siser StripFlock, Siser Glitter, and similar heavy stock materials, MEDIA MEDIA CARRIER CARRIER a 60 blade is needed. MEDIA CARRIER MEDIA CARRIER MEDIA CARRIER LOAD MATERIAL Most vinyl products are loaded from over the top. 425.481.3555 www.uscutter.com... - Page 23 CUT SPEED FORCE/PRESSURE This setting determines how hard the blade comes down onto the material. outer square INCREASE won’t weed FORCE blade digging too DECREASE far into carrier FORCE weeds easily with a PERFECT! lightly scored carrier Test Cut 425.481.3555 www.uscutter.com...
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Page 24: Contour Cutting
Place media in cutter as shown so that the blade would come down just outside the black square. Also set your origin point on the cutter here (just outside the black square). 425.481.3555 www.uscutter.com... - Page 25 Take the time to get it right. figure 5 Press Cut Now to execute your contour cut. Contour cutting will cut an outline around your image as might be the case when creating peel and stick labels for your customers. 425.481.3555 www.uscutter.com...
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Page 26: Troubleshooting
(not in front) of the track. If the inconsistent. wheels are not on the track, gently lift the carriage arm and press back until both wheels are resting on the track. 425.481.3555 www.uscutter.com... - Page 27 Clean the inside of the blade holder by Change the offset setting. coating the blade with WD40 and moving it in and out of the blade holder. Clean off any debris that comes out. Replacement blade holder may be needed. RAISE OFFSET LOWER OFFSET 425.481.3555 www.uscutter.com...
- Page 28 • USCutter stocks replacement wise experience problems with cut quality. cutting strips. Go to USCUTTER.com and search using Refer to the manual section on the keyword: Cutting Strip. Blade Set-up for instructions on how to install •...
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Page 29: Cut And Place Vinyl Like A Pro
CARRIER through two sheets of paper. You Use sparingly to preserve MEDIA CARRIER sharpness. VINYL CUTTING NEEDS www.uscutter.com should only be able to cut through the top sheet. MEDIA MEDIA CARRIER CARRIER 425.481.3555 MEDIA 425.481.3555... - Page 30 The standard SC2 series warranty is 1 year from day the product is received. In the event of a pur- chase of an extended warranty, extended warranty begins day after last day of initial warranty period.
- Page 31 Defective Items: If any item arrives in unusable condition, USCutter must be notified within 30 days or receiving the product or replacement may not be provided. USCutter reserves the right to request proof in the form of photos as proof of defects or to docu- ment failure of parts replaced under warranty.
- Page 32 For permission requests, write to USCutter, 7945 NE 65th St., Suite 200, Redmond, WA 98052 10/10/201...