Position Of The Origin Point And The Registration Mark - GRAPHTEC FCX4000 SERIES User Manual

Position of the Origin Point and the Registration Mark

The origin point after scanning the registration mark will be as shown below.
MARK TYPE 1
Origin point
MARK TYPE MIRROR 1
Origin point
Cutout area
Supplement
Offset amount away from the registration mark will be the origin point for cutting if the registration mark offset is set. (See
"Setting Offset Between the Registration Mark and Cutting Origin Point")
The condition offset is generated is explained with creating the registration mark and the cutting data using an
application software on the computer as an example.
Print onto the sheet media using a printer, and set that sheet media on the cutting plotter. Send the cutting data
from the computer to cutting plotter.
Also, scan the registration mark on the sheet media with the cutting plotter, determine the origin point of the plotter.
Origin of the cutting data
* Dotted border is not actually written.
The origin point of the plotter will be set as the registration mark origin point as shown above, and it is different
from the origin point of the cutting data. The difference between these two origin points are called as offset.
In case of the figure above, set x and y to the cutting plotter as a registration mark offset.
It can cut properly by setting the offset value to the cutting plotter.
There are following methods to measure the offset.
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Cutting data is checked on the computer, and the distance between the origin point of the cutting data and
the registration mark origin point is measured.
Origin point
Printed sheet media set on the
plotter
MARK TYPE 2
Origin point
MARK TYPE MIRROR 2
Origin point
Cutout area
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MARK TYPE 3
Origin point
MARK TYPE 4
Origin point