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DPR GEMINI User Manual

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  • Page 1 USER MANUAL GEMINI Digital die cutter for sheets this product is certified...
  • Page 2 Please keep the original packaging in case you need to return the material. If we receive the system in non-original packaging, the warranty will be void. IMPORTANT: The latest version of the Scorpio Series www.dpr-srl.it software is available on our websites www.dpr-llc.com, section “Download”.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    GEMINI USER GUIDE - TABLE OF CONTENTS Overview ................1 GEMINI - Digital Cutting Software Unpacking the contents of the GEMINI .................2 How to istall the Cutting Manager software ..............2 How to update the Cutting Manager software ..............2 Assembly of your GEMINI ....................3...

  • Page 4: Gemini - Digital Cutting Software

    The software runs with the operating systems Windows XP, 7, 8, Vista, 10. Most of old Windows XP computers can be used, but not all of them. Please use this guide to set up your GEMINI and to assist you in designing and cutting your files.

  • Page 5: Unpacking The Contents Of The Gemini

    The GEMINI Exit tray sits under the GEMINI cutting engine, take care to position the vertical tabs under the recesses on the front of the cutting engine. The GEMINI Auto-Feeder, clips on to the front of the GEMINI cutting engine, and lines up next to paper size guides along the front left edge.

  • Page 6: Assembly Of Your Gemini

    ASSEMBLY OF YOUR GEMINI STEP 1 Join the plotter base with the sheet tray. STEP 2 Fix the plotter on the base. Insert the plotter feet into the holes. STEP 3 Unit the feeder with the plotter base. Pay attention!

  • Page 7: Setting Up The Gemini Feeder

    Plug the cables as shown. 1. CAMERA 4. DONGLE 2. CAMERA 5 . FREE USB 3. PLOTTER To connect the GEMINI to the pc, plug the USB cable exit on the front of the feeder (where is the control commands) to the pc.

  • Page 8: Pinch Roller Position - Paper Size/Format Adjustment

    PINCH ROLLER POSITION - PAPER SIZE/FORMAT ADJUSTMENT After adjusting the paper guides width with the knob, you should manually advance one sheet in order to correctly position the pinch rollers. NOTE: The pinch rollers MUST sit over the grit rollers. Typically the Left Pinch wheel is not moved, instead you adjust/slide the feeder to ensure the left side of the sheet is correctly under the ‘static’...

  • Page 9: Cutting Options - Blade Positions

    CUTTING OPTIONS - BLADE POSITIONS The GEMINI cutting engine uses a contour cutting system. The cutter has a dual position blade holder enabling two different types of cutting. (i) Kiss Cut (For adhesive labels) In this mode, you cut over a cutting strip which provides a surface to cut against, and you ONLY cut the top layer of your substrate.
  • Page 10 Out of the box, the Blade tool has been set up to cut labels (It is in the Kiss Cut position, rear), nearest the exit tray and the knife exposure set to the correct setting for label stocks. You need to leave the blade in this position for making an alignment calibration on the GEMINI cutting engine or for cutting labels.

  • Page 11: Changing Blade Positions

    CHANGING BLADE POSITIONS 1. Loosen the tool holder screw. Bracket to hold tool Tool holder Tool holder Bracket to hold tool 2. While pushing up the holder, push until its flange completely touches the upper part of the holder. Bracket to Tool holder hold tool Flange...

  • Page 12: Daily Operation Start-Up

    DAILY OPERATION START-UP 1. Turn on the Graphtec. When the loading is completed press 2 (ROLL-2 CURRENT POSITION). 2. Turn on the Feeder. 3. Open the Cutting Manager. 4. Lower the media lever. 5. Press “Load sheet”. 6. Once the sheet is loaded, check the camera positions. The green square in the camera preview must contain the black-mark (for label cut) or the ENTIRE sheet (for boxes).

  • Page 13: Cutting Manager Software

    CUTTING MANAGER SOFTWARE OVERVIEW OF CUTTING MANAGER SOFTWARE PANEL LAYOUT The Cutting Manager software allows you to adjust and control all the functions and parameters for the digital cutting process. The cutting manager allows you to cut lines or paths of a pdf vector graphics. 1.

  • Page 14: Creating Your Cut Files

    CREATING YOUR CUT FILES Your files must contain 4 reference marks, known as black-marks, the GEMINI’s high resolution cutting manager video camera detects the black-marks in a fraction of a second and adapts the cut path to any variations in the origin, scale or skew distortion of the print.
  • Page 15 Feeding direction NOTE: If a cutline is too close to the lead edge of the sheet then the GEMINI engine will reverse the sheet out of the pinch rollers while trying to cut the line. When the GEMINI engine subsequently tries to advance the sheet for the next cut line element, it may no longer...

  • Page 16: Graphics File Design

    GRAPHICS FILE DESIGN When printing you don’t want your cut lines to appear on your printed sheet. Equally when cutting you don’t want to confuse the cutter with lines that may be in your printed design. But, in both cases, you need the have available the registration marks.

  • Page 17: Layers For Printing

    LAYERS FOR PRINTING In this example, the main graphics layers and the markers layer are active. The cut contour layer is disabled. This drawing is ready for printing. LAYERS FOR CUTTING In this example, the main graphics layers are disabled. The cut contour layer and the markers layer are active.

  • Page 18: Printing The Artwork / Graphic File

    GRAPHIC FILE COMPATIBILITY The GEMINI cutting manager software can open files in the following formats: Vector PDF. Please ensure when saving your cut lines you ensure there are no guides or rulers on the page, and that there are no boarders on the page. Then ensure you save in one of the above...

  • Page 19: Basic Operations

    Turn on the plotter. Once the display brings you to the “SELECT” menu, press 2 and wait for it to read the media and inputs width into the width settings. Turn on the feeder and wait until the sheet loader is full lowered. Plug the Gemini’s usb cord into your pc, then open the cutting manager.
  • Page 20 Add the sheets according to these pictures. label/tag sheets cardboard sheets WARNING “When they are loaded sheets mustn’t be bent over or damaged”. Now lower the plotter’s lever, then press “Load sheet”. Once the sheet has reached the final position align the pinch rollers to the material.

  • Page 21: Adjust Plotter's Knife

    3. ADJUST PLOTTER’S KNIFE The GEMINI cuts using a cutter blade mounted in a Blade Holder. There are two different Blade Holders to suit the diameter of the cutter blade to be mounted (the 0.9 mm cutter Blade Holder (is BLUE) and is provided as a standard accessory).

  • Page 22: Blackmarks Settings

    4. BLACKMARKS SETTINGS Set the distance between the bases of each blackmark, and their actual size (2x2mm or 4x4mm) 5. CUTTING PARAMETERS LABEL’S CUT Set in the tag area: Force: This controls the force of the cutting blade. Speed: This controls is the cutting speed. WARNING: If the force and speed are too high, the cutting result may be inaccurate.

  • Page 23: Cut Test

    SPECIAL COLOR AREA The “Special Color” panel allows a separate cutting control for lines designed using the color magenta in your graphics file. When you design your jobs including a 100% magenta line in your graphic, it is recognised by the Scorpio CM software and the “Special color”...

  • Page 24: Copy Mode

    7. COPY MODE Choose if you want to cut a determined number of copies, or an unlimited 8. PRESS START TO LAUNCH THE CUTTING SERIES Choose if you want to cut a determined number of copies, or an unlimited HOW TO REPLACE CUTTING MAT CAUTION: Please turn off the power when replacing the cutting mat.

  • Page 25: How To Replace The Knife

    HOW TO REPLACE THE KNIFE 1. Turn the blade-length adjustment knob in the direction of the B arrow and pull the blade into the plunger. Scale Cutter blade moves approximately 0.1 mm turning one scale unit Scale 2. Turn the plunger cap in the counter-clockwise direction to remove it from the plunger. 3.

  • Page 26: Troubleshooting

    IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING THE FOLLOWING ISSUES WITH THE ANY OF OUR GEMINI UNIT, PLEASE FOLLOW TROUBLESHOOTING STEPS BELOW Plotter not found When you launch cutting manager and see this message, make sure that the plotter is connected to the hub, and the hub to the pc. After that if the error persists make sure the plotter is on.
  • Page 27 Dongle not found Check if the dongle is plugged to the hub, and if the hub is plugged to the pc. Media not found Check if paper alignment and distance between blackmarks are properly set. BASIC OPERATION” For paper alignment refer to section 2 of “ Blackmark not found Check if paper alignment and distance between blackmarks are properly set.

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