Datum Selection; Mark' Printing Set Up - Intec ColorCut BC480 User Manual

(2) LCD display description
Turn on power supply. The BC480 will initialize and go into standby mode - the LCD display will
show the default mode selection - be sure to change your mode and paper size settings to your
desired card cutting options.

2-3 Datum selection

There are two ways of cutting sheets; using the EDGE of the sheet of paper as your initial guide
point or using a printed 'MARK' that the internal mark sensor will read to position its cuts.
Note: The 'MARK' option is particularly useful when printing with a digital printing press or copier
because it allows for any sheet printing adjustments.
On the control panel the 'Datum Selection' can be selected by pressing the
which option you would like to use.
Edge
Edge: cutting from the front of the sheet as a benchmark
Mark
Mark: using a printed 'MARK' to position the cuts on sheet
The machine has preset cutting parameters and will always default to EDGE unless you are using
the CUSTOM mode and some of the CUSTOM modes have 'MARK' detection set as a default - see
section 2-4 Cutting modes.
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Please be sure to note what Datum option you are using before you press the
cut your sheets.
Note: As you scroll through the modes you will need to ensure that you check which datum option
is selected for a particular preset.
button to choose
START
STOP
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2-3-1 'MARK' printing set up

This is the template set up if you are using A3 paper and have a 3 column cassette:
This is the template set up if you have A3 paper and a 5 column cassette:
button to
The 'MARK' on the templates provided are designed to work with the set ups as described in the
manual and those available for download from the Intec website.
If you are creating your own templates be sure to note where the 'MARK' falls in relation to the
sensor arrow marks for your chosen cutting cassette on the feed table and in relation to how you
have the paper feed guides set.
The MARK must
>50mm
be 100% black
Mark Sensor 100mm
This is your groove and
the groove width is
dependant on the
The MARK must be
chosen cutting template.
repeated down the
page for each card
row to be cut.
This is a fixed
width and is
cassette size
dependant.
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