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Cricut Cake Personal Electronic Cutter User Manual

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  • Page 2 The Cricut Cake™ Personal Electronic Cutter is specifically designed for decorating professional-looking cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and confections in no time at all. Just choose a shape, a size, and press cut. Decorating like a professional has never been faster or easier. Bon Appetit!
  • Page 3 1.5" (3.81 cm) and as large as 23.5" (59.69 cm) with just the touch of a button. Cricut Cake works with material up to 12" x 12" (30.48 cm x 30.48 cm) and 12" x 24" (30.48 cm x 60.96 cm), significantly expanding your creative capabilities.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    The Cricut Cake™ 24" Personal Electronic Cutter™ ............8 Installing the Cutting Blade Assembly ............Positioning Your Cricut Cake™ Machine ............9 What Your Cricut Cake™ Machine Can Cut ..........10 Basic Operations ......................... 10 Setup ........................10 Loading Material ....................11 Place Material on Cutting Mat ...............11...

  • Page 5: End User License Agreement

    4. TRANSFER. You may permanently transfer all of your rights under this AGREEMENT only as part of a sale or transfer of the CRICUT CAKE, provided you retain no copies of any part or component of the CRICUT CAKE, you transfer all of the CRICUT CAKE (including all component parts, hardware, software and upgrades thereof, and documentation), and the recipient agrees to the terms of this AGREEMENT.
  • Page 6 8. TRADEMARKS AND LOGOS. You acknowledge and agree as between you and PRO- VO CRAFT that PROVO CRAFT owns the CRICUT CAKE and PROVO CRAFT trademarks and all CRICUT CAKE and PROVO CRAFT-related trademarks, service marks, logos, and other brand designations (“PROVO CRAFT marks”).

  • Page 7: Unpack Your Box

    Unpack Your Box Your box should contain the following: 1. Cricut Cake™ machine 6. Quick Start Guide 2. User Manual 7. Power adapter 3. Blade assembly 8. Cleaning guide 4. Cake Basics cartridge, cartridge 9. Cartridge plug binder, keypad overlay, 10.

  • Page 8: The Cricut Cake™ 24" Personal Electronic Cutter

    Cartridge WARNING! Disconnect electrical power before servicing or cleaning. DO NOT place your fingers or other objects in the Cricut Cake™ machine while connected to electri- cal power, powered on, or during cutting operations. Rapid movements of the cutting carriage during operation may cause bodily injury and/or damage to the Cricut Cake™...

  • Page 9: Installing The Cutting Blade Assembly

    Positioning Your Cricut Cake™ Machine Place your Cricut Cake™ machine at least 12" (30.48 cm) from the edge of your table to prevent it from tipping and causing possible injury. Depending on the cutting mat used, allow 12"...

  • Page 10: What Your Cricut Cake™ Machine Can Cut

    • stable, flat, and hard-surfaced, within 6 feet (1.83 meters) of a grounded electrical outlet, and that has a minimum clearance of 2 feet (60.96 cm) behind the Cricut Cake machine for paper movement.

  • Page 11: Loading Material

    TIP: Make sure the title on the keypad is the same as the title on the cartridge. Loading Material TIP: The Cricut Cake machine can cut materials as large as 12" x 24" (30.48 cm x 60.96 cm). The machine cannot cut materials smaller than 3" x 3" (7.62 cm x 7.62 cm).

  • Page 12: Load Cutting Mat Into Machine

    TIP: Letters will be cut as single characters. Basic Keys and Buttons You Should Know If you want to stop the Cricut Cake™ machine from cutting before it is finished, simply press the STOP button located adjacent to the STOP CUT button.

  • Page 13: Space

    TIP: If you turn the sound key off, that will become your default setting. The next time you turn the Cricut Cake machine on, the sound will still be off. The Load Mat key pulls the cutting mat and material into the machine.

  • Page 14: Cutting Characters

    (a warning message will display on the display if your size is too large). The Cricut Cake machine includes four units of measurement: Inches—1/4ths, Inches—1/10ths, cm, and mm.

  • Page 15: Advanced Operations

    Advanced Operations Your Cricut Cake machine has a variety of advanced operations designed to en- hance your creativity. We recommend you become familiar with basic operations before moving onto the advanced operations described in this section. Creative Feature Keys Creative Features are found within the six gray keys in the upper left corner of the keypad.

  • Page 16: Modes On The Cricut Cake Machine

    Modes on the Cricut Cake™ machine Portrait The Portrait mode changes the cutting direction from Landscape mode, the default setting, to Portrait mode. Landscape cuts characters from top to bottom on the cutting mat (the right side of the cut comes out of the machine first).

  • Page 17: Quantity

    The Quantity mode allows you to choose the number of cuts you want of those selected on the display. To use the Quantity mode, press the Quantity button until the button is backlit in green and the display reads “Quantity on” and offers instructions.

  • Page 18: Auto Fill

    However, the size modes (Fit to Page, Fit to Length, and Auto Fill) cannot be combined. For example, if you select Fit to Page and then select Auto Fill, the Cricut Cake will automatically deselect Fit to Page and select Auto Fill.

  • Page 19: Line Return

    TIP: Even with the Center Point function activated, a character will still cut proportion- ate to the Key Height Character unless Real Dial Size is selected. For example, a lower- case letter may not cut exactly centered over the center point because it is being cut proportionate to the Key Height Character.

  • Page 20: Mat Size

    CUT button. Cutting on Lightweight or Heavyweight Materials Your Cricut Cake machine can cut a variety of materials. For an optimal cut, you may need to adjust the speed of the cut, and/or the cut pressure as discussed in the follow- ing sections.

  • Page 21: Speed Dial

    When the quality of your cuts decreases, it is probably time to replace your cutting blade. For best results, use only genuine Cricut Cake™ Replacement Cutting Blades, available at participating Cricut retailers.

  • Page 22: Caring For The Cutting Mat

    You can expect anywhere from 25–40 full mat cuts (expect even more when a cut is smaller than the full mat) from your Cricut Cake™ cutting mat before it requires replacement. Your actual cutting mat life will vary, depending on the settings you use and the materials you cut.

  • Page 23: Frequently Asked Questions

    See page 13 of this manual. Q: What does Real Dial Size do? A: By default, your Cricut Cake™ machine will cut characters in proportion to each other. However, if you want to “break” this proportion and get any character to cut at the literal dial size, press the Real Dial Size key.

  • Page 24: Troubleshooting

    Possible Solution 1: Increase the cut pressure. Do this with the Pressure Dial found on the left side of the front of the Cricut Cake machine. See page 21. Possible Solution 2: The cutting blade may dulled by use and need replacement. Refer to the “Replacing the Cutting Blade”...

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