Specifying The Pen Conditions; The Cutter Pen's Conditions - GRAPHTEC FC4200-50 User Manual

4. SPECIFYING THE PEN CONDITIONS

In preparation for starting a cutting operation, this chapter provides instructions on achieving optimum
cutting conditions by specifying the cutter pen's blade type as well as the cutting FORCE, cutting SPEED,
cutter OFFSET, and cutting QUALITY settings.
The cutter pen conditions for cutting media consists of the following five elements.
(1) Extended length of the cutter blade: See the table below to adjust the extended length of the cutter
blade to suit the thickness of the medium being used. For instructions, see Section 2.4, "Adjusting the
Length of the Cutter Blade."
(2) Cutting FORCE: Specify the FORCE setting based on the reference FORCE values listed in the table
below.
(3) Cutting SPEED: Specify the SPEED setting based on the reference SPEED values listed in the table
below.
(4) Cutter OFFSET: Specify the OFFSET setting based on the reference values listed in the table below.
(5) Cutting QUALITY: Specify the QUALITY setting based on the reference values listed in the table
below.

4.1 The Cutter Pen's Conditions

Optimum Cutting Conditions by Media Type
Medium
Film for outdoor signs
Decorative film
Transparent or
semi-transparent film
Reflective film
Fluorescent film
Rubber for sandblasting
Thick paper
Compressed styrofoam
High-luminance reflective film
Blade Part Nos., Displayed Blade Types, and OFFSET Values
Blade material
Supersteel blades
Ceramic blade
Sapphire blade
Other
Plotting pen
When a blade type has been selected, the default OFFSET value can be adjusted within a ±5 range.
Select OTHER when you will use a hard-to-cut medium that requires an OFFSET setting that is not listed under any of
the blade types.
Select PEN for a plotting pen.
Thickness (mm)
0.05 to 0.08
0.08 to 0.1
0.08 to 0.1
0.08 to 0.1
0.20 to 0.25
0.5 to 1.5
0.3 to 0.5
0.8
0.25 to 0.3
Blade's
part no.
Blade type
CB09UA 09U
CB15-10U 15-10U
CB15U 15U
CB15U-K30 15U-K30
CB15-10C 15-10C
CB15-05S 15-05S
OTHER
PEN
Blade used FORCE
CB09UA 10 to 14
CB09UA 14 to 17
CB09UA 14 to 20
CB09UA 14 to 20
CB09UA, CB15U 20 to 24
CB15U-K30 17 to 36
CB15U 28 to 40
CB15U-K30 37 to 42
CB15UA 23 to 24
Display indication
Displayed OFFSET
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
None
4 – 1
SPEED QUALITY
30 or less 2 to 3
30 or less 2 to 3
30 or less 2 to 3
30 or less 2 to 3
10 to 20 2 to 3
10 to 20 1 to 3
10 to 20 1 to 2
10 to 20 1 to 2
5 to 25 1
Specifiable Default
range OFFSET
±5 17
±5 18
±5 28
±5 28
±5 18
±5 9
1 to 45 1
None 0