The Cut Results Are Unsatisfactory - GRAPHTEC FC 4500 Series Service Manual

9.2

The Cut Results Are Unsatisfactory

Symptom
• The cut corners are too round
• The cut corners are too pointed
The cutter blade wobbles only when
it starts to cut
• Solid lines are cut as dotted lines (the
blade skips).
• The cutter blade seems to undulate
when cutting solid lines.
Curved lines become zigzagged.
• The medium's corners peel off.
• The medium peels off when cutting
small characters.
• The blade cuts even into the backing
sheet.
• The blade falls out of the cutter
plunger.
• The medium is being cut but
remaining scraps are hard to remove.
• The processed film cannot be picked
up with a retack sheet.
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Cause
The OFFSET setting is not suitable
for the blade type being used.
The blade does not rotate
smoothly in the holder.
The OFFSET FORCE setting is
too low.
The spring has come loose from
the CB09UA blade.
The cutter's blade is extended too
far.
The cutting speed is too fast.
The software application's cutting
data is too coarse.
The OFFSET ANGLE setting is too
low.
The cutter's blade is extended too
far.
The OFFSET setting is not suitable
for the blade type being used.
The cutting speed is too fast.
The cutter's blade is too dull to cut
the medium.
The QUALITY setting is too high.
The cutter's blade is extended too
far.
The cutting FORCE setting is too
high.
The cutter plunger's diameter is
too large for the blade being used.
The retack sheet's adhesion is too
weak.
The medium gets entangled where
cutting has been performed.
After processing, the medium was
left without promptly peeling off
remaining scraps.
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Solution
Adjust the OFFSET setting.
a Corners are too rounded: Raise the
OFFSET value.
a Corners are too pointed: Lower the
OFFSET value
Remove any foreign matter in the
holder.
Raise the OFFSET FORCE setting.
* The cutter pen's OFFSET FORCE
and the cutting FORCE are two
different functions.
Replace the blade with a new one
equipped with a spring.
Adjust the extended length of the
cutter's blade.
Lower the SPEED setting to reduce the
cutting speed.
Rewrite the software application's
cutting data to specify more coordinate
points for smoother curves.
Raise the OFFSET ANGLE setting.
Adjust the extended length of the
cutter's blade.
Adjust the OFFSET setting.
Lower the SPEED setting to reduce the
cutting speed.
Replace the blade.
Lower the QUALITY setting.
Adjust the extended length of the
cutter's blade.
Lower the FORCE setting.
Use a cutter plunger of the proper
diameter for your blade.
Use a retack sheet with greater
adhesive power.
• Retract the extended length of the
cutter's blade.
• Lower the cutting FORCE setting.
Peel off remaining scraps as promptly
as possible.