Outline Of Arms; Shape (Pattern) Of Registration Mark; Mark Type1 - GRAPHTEC FC8000 Series User Manual

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Outline of ARMS

ARMS (Advanced Registration Mark Sensing System) will scan the registration mark (reference line) written
on the media using sensors.
Accuracy of registration mark scan is within 0.3 mm when scanned registration mark specified by the
plotter using supplied pen and high quality paper.
Be caution about following when scanning the registration mark.
Shape (Pattern) of the Registration Mark
P .5-2
Scan Range Necessary to Detect the Registration Mark
P .5-3
P .5-4 Positioning of the Media and the Registration Mark
P .5-5 Position of the Origin Point and the Registration Mark
Media That Registration Mark Cannot be Detected
P .5-5
Supplement
Perform the automatic registration mark scanning with paper-weight (See "Setting Paper-Weight"
it may not scan the registration mark correctly if it is turned off.

Shape (Pattern) of Registration Mark

The shapes (patterns) of the registration mark the plotter can scan are following 2 types.
MARK TYPE 1
MARK TYPE1 is used when you do not want the registration mark
inside the cutting area. Cutting area becomes smaller for the area
of registration mark on the media.

MARK TYPE1

Cutting area
5-2
P .7-21 ) turned on. The media might lift, and
Supplement
Left fgure is for 4POINTS. Number of the
l
registration mark will be different for the
2POINTS and 3 POINTS, but the shape of the
registration mark will be same.
l See "Setting Shape (Pattern) of Registration
Mark" P .5-9 to change the shape (pattern)
of the registration mark.