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  • Page 1 User’s Guide...
  • Page 2 User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter AP-75032, Rev 2.2, 20/04/07...
  • Page 3 This document may not be reproduced by any means, in whole or in part, without written permission of the copyright owner. This document is furnished to support the MUTOH Ultima cutting plotter. In consideration of the furnishing of the information contained in this document, the party to whom it is given assumes its custody and control and...
  • Page 4 User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter AP-75032, Rev 2.2, 20/04/07...
  • Page 5 User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter Dear Customer, Thank you for choosing a Mutoh Ultima series sign cutting plotter. The Mutoh Ultima drag knife cutting plotter has been designed to be one of the most user-friendly and versatile cutting plotters in the market.
  • Page 6 User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter AP-75032, Rev 2.2, 20/04/07...

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    2. Installation Procedures ..........................11 2.1. Preparing the cutting environment ....................... 11 2.2. Parts list..............................12 2.3. Unpacking and setting up the Ultima Cutter ..................13 2.3.1 Unpacking the body ........................13 2.3.2. Mounting cutter body to the stand....................14 2.4.
  • Page 8 6.6.2. Unrecoverable system errors......................92 6.6.3. Communication errors........................93 6.6.4. Language errors..........................93 7. Ultima cutting plotters - Media compatibility & Dimensions ............... 95 7.1. Ultima cutting plotters: Media compatibility ..................95 7.2. Physical dimensions Ultima ......................... 95 AP-75032, Rev 2.2, 20/04/07...

  • Page 9: Regulatory And Safety Information

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 1. REGULATORY AND SAFETY INFORMATION 1.1. EMC STATEMENT FOR CE MARKING Important This is a Class A product approved for industrial environments. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case you may be required to take adequate measures.

  • Page 10: Safety Labels: Safety Labels, Symboles De Sécurité, Sicherheitssymbole

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 1.4. SAFETY LABELS: SAFETY LABELS, SYMBOLES DE SECURITE, SICHERHEITSSYMBOLE Safety Labels are attached to the internal and external area of the cutter to alert you to potentially hazardous situations or conditions. The following safety labels are used in and on the cutter:...

  • Page 11: Installation Procedures

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 2. INSTALLATION PROCEDURES 2.1. PREPARING THE CUTTING ENVIRONMENT The location where you set up your equipment is very important. Please see to it that it meets following conditions: Power supply of 100 to 120 VAC 50/60 Hz or 200 to 240 VAC 50/60 Hz.

  • Page 12: Parts List

    RS-232 and USB interface cable Spare Cutting Mat (1 piece) IF-Cable Starter software kit When ordered as a bundle together with a Mutoh Printer, the in-the-box software may be replaced with one software which handles cutting, printing and contourcutting. AP-75032, Rev 2.2, 20/04/07...

  • Page 13: Unpacking And Setting Up The Ultima Cutter

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 2.3. UNPACKING AND SETTING UP THE ULTIMA CUTTER 2.3.1 Unpacking the body Notes • When unpacking the cutter, check whether all parts described in the parts list are included in the box. Consult your dealer if anything seems to be missing.

  • Page 14: Mounting Cutter Body To The Stand

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 2.3.2. Mounting cutter body to the stand. Notes Assemble the stand as described in the procedure enclosed in the stand box. Step 1 : Position the body above the stand. There are two positioning points on the stand and one screw hole.

  • Page 15: Cutter Parts & Components

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 2.4. CUTTER PARTS & COMPONENTS Removable Panel with LCD-display and control keys. Operation Panel Switches the Ultima cutting plotter ON or OFF. Power Switch Roll Support System The roll support system carries the conveyor rolls.
  • Page 16 User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter USB connector to easily connect the cutter for fast and reliable data USB interface transmission. RS-232 serial interface connector to connect the cutter to the host Serial Interface Connector computer. Centronics Connector Centronics Connector to connect the cutter to the host computer.

  • Page 17: Operation Panel

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 2.5. OPERATION PANEL Using the operation panel, you can access different modes and alter several settings, in order to fine-tune the cutter to match all your needs. CONTROL-KEY Description CANCEL Press the [CANCEL] key to clear all received data.

  • Page 18: Light Indicators

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter FORCE Press the [FORCE] key to access the force menu OFFSET Press the [OFFSET] key to access the offset adjustment menu TOOL Press the [TOOL] key to change the tool type. Press the [MEDIA SUPPLY TYPE] key to select how media is loaded.

  • Page 19: Connecting The Cutter To The Computer

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 2.6. CONNECTING THE CUTTER TO THE COMPUTER To make the connection between the cutter and the computer, you are offered two possibilities. The first possibility is a 2-way RS-232C serial interface. The second possibility is a USB interface.

  • Page 20: How To Upgrade Your Ultima Firmware

    Step 1: In case the power is ON, first turn the power of the machine OFF. Step 2: Connect the Ultima cutting plotter with your PC by means of a USB cable. Remove the RS232 connection. Step 3: Power ON the Ultima cutting plotter.
  • Page 21 Step 7: In the “Device Manager” open the list “Ports” (COM & LPT). Step 8: Check the COM-port number for the USB serial Port (Mutoh Ultima). In the figure above it is COM3. Step 9: Start the Ultima update utility on your PC.
  • Page 22 Step 14: Select the right “.bin” file. Step 15: The Ultima gives a beep and "Connection with ULTIMA established! Please wait..." is shown in the update tool. Step 16: After 13 seconds the message "Sending firmware to ULTIMA!! Please wait...!" appears in the update tool.

  • Page 23: Connecting The Power Cable

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 2.8. CONNECTING THE POWER CABLE To connect the power cable, please follow the instructions mentioned below. Step 1 : Make sure the cutter’s power switch is turned OFF. Step 2 : Plug the plotter-end of the power cable into the connector at the rear of the plotter.

  • Page 24: Installing A Tool

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 2.9. INSTALLING A TOOL At the right-hand side of the cutter head, you will find a pivoting mounting bracket. Opening this bracket will enable you to install a full range of cutting and drawing tools. To do so, please follow the instructions mentioned below.

  • Page 25: Loading Media

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 2.10. LOADING MEDIA When loading media into the cutter, it is necessary to clearly distinguish two situations. The first situation is when you are using cut-sheet media. The second situation is when you are using roll media.
  • Page 26 User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter Step 3 : Insert the media into the cutter. It is best to position the media so that half of it hangs in front and half of it hangs at the back of the cutter.

  • Page 27: Loading Roll Media

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 2.10.2. Loading roll media Step 1 : Put the pressure rollers in the “up” position and turn the power switch ON. The cutter will perform its initialization routine and move the tool head to the rightmost position.
  • Page 28 User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter Step 4 : Adjust the position of the pressure rollers so that they align well with the drive rollers and that they can accommodate the roll of vinyl. Doing this, you are helped by the tactile and audible click system for the left pressure roller.

  • Page 29: Straightening The Vinyl Edge Using The Auto-Sheet-Off Utility

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 2.11. STRAIGHTENING THE VINYL EDGE USING THE AUTO- SHEET-OFF UTILITY The auto-sheet-off mechanism of your cutter can be very easily used to cut the front edge of a new roll of vinyl straight as well as to cut off a sheet of vinyl from a roll, to be used as a separate sheet.
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  • Page 31: Cutter Controls

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 3. CUTTER CONTROLS 3.1. UNDERSTANDING THE OPERATION PANEL CANCEL-key The [CANCEL] key can be used for clearing all received data. Press the [CANCEL] key to return to the previous setting (without changes). EXIT/SHEET OFF-key Press the [EXIT/SHEET OFF] key to go to the previous menu setting.
  • Page 32 User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter TEST-key By pressing the [TEST] key you can select one of the test plots out of the list to cut. CONTOUR CUTTING-key In this menu you can start a “manual”, “auto no barcode”, “barcode multi” or “barcode single”...
  • Page 33 User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter UP-key Press the [UP] key to select a desired value when you are in a menu or a selection dialog. DOWN-key Press the [DOWN] key to select a desired value when you are in a menu or a selection dialog.
  • Page 34 User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter SHEET LED This LED will light up if you selected Sheet Media. ROLL MEDIA LED This LED will light up if you selected the Roll Media. DISPLAY 4 lines / 16 characters Displays the LCD-display messages, shows settings/values and allows menu-wise control.

  • Page 35: Direct Key Access

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 3.2. DIRECT KEY ACCESS On the operation panel are keys to directly change or control some values of the Ultima cutting plotter. Following items can be changed / controlled directly via the operation panel.

  • Page 36: Speed Selection

    One of the most important factors to obtain good quality, but unfortunately also one of the factors that is easily forgotten, is the offset. For more information about the offset, please refer to the chapter ‘Fine-tuning your cutter to obtain Mutoh quality’.

  • Page 37: Tool Selection

    Press the [UP] or [DOWN] key to change the force setting. You can choose between ‘pen’ and ‘knife’. Notes Please make sure the tool selected onto the display is the same as the installed tool in the Ultima cutting plotter. Step 4 : Press the [ENTER] key to confirm TOOL selection.

  • Page 38: Test Selection

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 3.2.6. Test selection In order to enable the user to check if the cutter is fully functional, without needing a computer, MUTOH has integrated demo test cuts into the Ultima cutters. For more information about the test cuts, please refer to the chapter ‘Fine-tuning your cutter to obtain Mutoh quality’.
  • Page 39 User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 3.2.7.2. ‘Reset’ Use this function to change a saved user setting to a default value based on Mutoh’s values. Please follow the instructions mentioned below. Step 1 : Press the [PRESETS] key. Step 2 : Use the [UP] or [DOWN] key to select the following display.
  • Page 40 Use the [UP] or [DOWN] key to select the user setting you want to delete. Step 5 : Press the [ENTER] key to confirm. The Ultima cutting plotter will delete the selected user setting. Notes To cancel the changes of the parameter, press the [CANCEL] key. The display will show the previous value for the parameter.

  • Page 41: Contour Cutting

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 3.3. CONTOUR CUTTING Contour cutting is without doubt the most used feature of the Ultima Cutting Plotter. This feature is made to cut pre-printed signs on vinyl for sticker production. Before using this feature, perform the epos alignment as described in chapter 5.6.8.1.
  • Page 42 Step 13 : Press the [CONTOUR CUTTING] key to check the entered values of the ‘X length’, ‘Y width’ and ‘roll direction’. Step 14 : To confirm your settings press the [ENTER] key. Step 15 : The Ultima cutting plotter will start the frame detection. (‘Manual’ or ‘automatic’ as selected in step 5). AP-75032, Rev 2.2, 20/04/07...
  • Page 43 Step 16 : Use the [ARROW] keys to select the first alignment point (P1). Press the [ENTER] key to perform. Step 17 : The Ultima cutting plotter will move the head toward the second alignment point. On the display following message will appear.
  • Page 44 > Single Scan: The command will be given to start scanning the bar code of the first / next bounding box ONLY, from roll or sheet. After finishing this single job, the Ultima returns into the Ready status. > Repeat Mode: AUTOMATICALLY all succeeding frames will be scanned and contour cut as well, until the end of roll is reached.

  • Page 45: Which Aligning Method Should I Use

    The reason for the two barcodes is to make it possible for the Ultima to auto-detect if the image is loaded upside-down or correctly. There is no need for you to search the plot file for each image, the Ultima and the CutServer will do this fully- automatically, until the complete roll with signs is finished.

  • Page 46: Square Details

    Please note that the creation of an image should be done in a graphics application software (e.g. CorelDraw, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop or Macromedia Freehand) or in origin software with design functionalities (EasySIGN Power Pack Pro Mutoh Edition or Scanvec Amiable PhotoPRINT DX Mutoh Edition) Notes Do not forget to create the cutting line around your image.
  • Page 47 User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter The square will be detected on the following points. 110 mm or more for a cut-sheet or for the roll end. Between consecutive boxes: 30 mm – 250 mm (recommended 65 mm) VINYL 5 mm white space Min.

  • Page 48: Special Functions For Quality

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 3.5. SPECIAL FUNCTIONS FOR QUALITY 3.5.1. EPOS offset fine-tune This function is made to fine-tune the EPOS offset. Please follow the steps below to perform a fine-tune Step 1 : Install a knife. Step 2 : Press the [TOOL] key and select ‘knife’.
  • Page 49 User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter Step 9 : The cutter will start cutting 11 lines on at the right side of the box. Step 10 : When pressing the [UP] or [DOWN] key, the laser goes to the next line. Following message is displayed Offset: 0.00...

  • Page 50: Print Deformation

    This means, not a perfect rectangle. The Ultima can not guarantee a perfect cut workflow when the box is deformed. When measuring the four points of the box and the cutter establishes a distortion, the cutter will beep and...

  • Page 51: Cutter Settings & Special Functions

    4.1. GENERAL PROCEDURE TO CHANGE SETTINGS ON THE CUTTER Not only there are keys to directly change or control some values of the Ultima cutting plotter, but more settings are available by following the instructions mentioned below. Step 1 : Pressing the [ENTER] key, the user enters the setup-menu.

  • Page 52: Sheet Off Mode

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 4.2.1. Sheet Off Mode With the sheet-off mode, you can select “AUTOMAT”, “MANUAL” or “DISABLE”. Automatic A sheet-off can be done when pressing the “Exit-Sheet OFF” key. Manual A sheet-off can be done with a snap-off blade knife; the paper will feed towards the cutgroove.

  • Page 53: Sheet Off Margin

    4.2.2. Sheet Off Margin With the sheet-off margin, you can select a value from 1 mm to 250 mm. Before performing a sheet-off the Ultima cutting plotter will forward the media equally to the selected margin. To do this, proceed as follows: Step 1 : In the general setting select ‘Sheet Off Margin’...
  • Page 54 User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter To change the value of the Pre-Feed Length, please follow the instructions mentioned below. Step 1 : In the general setting select ‘Pre-Feed Length’ by using the [UP] or [DOWN] key. Step 2 : Press the [ENTER] key to confirm your selection.

  • Page 55: Max Sheet Length

    In case sheet is selected in the menu but roll media is loaded the Ultima will measure the length of the roll. This is not the intension. Therefore, you can select a Max Sheet length value. In case sheet is selected in the menu, the Ultima will not measure more than the length selected in the Max Sheet length menu, preventing roll media to be rolled off completely.

  • Page 56: Page Mode

    PAGE command is a command, which is used to relocate the origin after a job is finished and which can take control remotely of the cutter’s automatic sheet-off feature. Sheeting-off automatically, without user intervention, is a feature which is unique to Mutoh cutting-plotters and which enhances the cutter’s versatility and overall performance enormously.

  • Page 57: Origin

    To change / control the default origin after a media load sequence, please perform the instructions mentioned bow. Notes Please make sure media is loaded. If this is not the case, the Ultima positioning calculation is based on previously installed media. Step 1 : Select [ORIGIN] menu.

  • Page 58: Tool-Up Speed

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter Step 3 : By using the [UP] or [DOWN] key select an appropriate value. Step 4 : Press the [ENTER] key to confirm. Notes To cancel the changes of the parameter, press the [CANCEL] key. The display will show the previous value for the parameter.

  • Page 59: Cut Quality

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 4.2.9. Cut Quality You can choose a level of quality in the menu. Draft Normal High Notes This value has effect only on the ‘acceleration’ value. The lower the acceleration → the higher the quality but the lower the throughput.

  • Page 60: Factory Default

    By using the [UP] or [DOWN] key select ‘YES’’. Step 4 : Press the [ENTER] key to confirm. The settings of the Ultima cutting plotter will be resetted. Notes To cancel the changes of the parameter, press the [CANCEL] key. The display will show the previous value for the parameter.

  • Page 61: Copies

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 4.2.11. Copies In case multiple outputs of a specific design are needed, you can use the copies function. This function will replot the last set of data, which was sent to the cutting plotter. That is, all data that was sent since the last INITIALISATION command (“IN”).

  • Page 62: Smoothing

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 4.2.12. Smoothing Smoothing can be ENABLED or DISABLED. Depending on your choice, cutting of obtuse angles will be dealt differently by the cutter. If the complementary angle between two consecutive vectors A & B is larger than the smoothing angle, the cutter will slow down and cut a sharp corner (1).

  • Page 63: Bézier Selection

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 4.2.13. Bézier selection This is the calculation accuracy factor for the incorporated Bézier curve generation. The value can be set between 1 and 10. To change the Bézier settings, please follow the instructions mentioned below : Step 1 : In the general setting select Bézier settings with the [UP] or [DOWN] key.

  • Page 64: Emulation Selection

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 4.2.15. Emulation selection Your cutter is able to understand different graphic languages. These languages are MHGL, MHGL/2, HPGL and HPGL/2. To change the graphic language, please follow the instructions mentioned below. Step 1 : In the general setting select “Emulation”...

  • Page 65: Vs/Zf/As Settings Selection

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter Step 3 : By pressing the [UP] or [DOWN] key select the appropriate Program Step. Notes To cancel the changes of the parameter, press the [CANCEL] key. The display will show the previous value for the parameter.

  • Page 66: Communication Selection

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 4.2.18. Communication selection In order for your plotter to be able to communicate well with your host computer, the communication settings on both machines have to match exactly. Please refer to the manual of your software to determine which communication setting will be used by your software.

  • Page 67: Special Key Combinations

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 4.3 SPECIAL KEY COMBINATIONS ShortCut description Key combination Comment Bar code verification Test + Contour Cutting + Right Position head near bar code first Jog key Updating the keyboard Presets + Origin + Speed + Force...
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  • Page 69: Finetuning Your Cutter To Obtain Mutoh Quality

    The offset 5.1. ADJUSTING THE KNIFE DEPTH Two types of high quality knife holders are available for the Ultima cutters. No matter which type of knife holder you are using, adjusting the knife depth is a very important parameter when it comes to making high quality outputs. Always make sure that the knife blade protrudes enough, but not too much out of the knife holder.
  • Page 70 User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter TO ADJUST THE KNIFE DEPTH, PROCEED AS FOLLOWS: STANDARD KNIFE HOLDER OPTIONAL KNIFE HOLDER WITH NONIUS Hold the body (2) in one hand and adjust the Loosen the base part of the cutting knife. To do this, depth by using the set screw (3).

  • Page 71: Setting The Cutting Pressure / Test Squares

    For some applications it might be convenient to be able to very accurately change the depth of the cutting blade. For those applications, MUTOH can provide you with an optional knife holder, featuring a nonius (vernier) with which it is possible to adjust the depth of the knife in increments of 0.01 millimeter (0.0004”) The upper scale lines make it possible to change the knife depth over 0.05 mm (0.002”).

  • Page 72: Offset Principle

    Accurate measurement of the OFFSET to be used is very difficult and requires specialized equipment. You should therefore adjust the offset (2) by checking real cutting results on the media you will use. MUTOH helps you doing this by way of a semi-automatic offset adjustment routine, which has been integrated into your cutter.

  • Page 73: Offset Adjustment Procedure

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 5.5. OFFSET ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE In the Ultima you have 2 tools (drag knife and pen) with its own velocity, force, acceleration, offset (only drag knife) settings. Each user preset holds the settings for these 2 tools.
  • Page 74 User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter You have selected “TEST1” Step 7 : After pressing the [UP] key, the cutter will cut the offset “TEST1”. Following pattern is cut. 0.45 0.46 0.47 0.48 0.49 0.50 0.51 0.52 0.53 0.54 The display will show the following message: Offset : 0.50...

  • Page 75: Performing A Test Cut

    5.6. PERFORMING A TEST CUT In order to enable the user to check if the cutter is fully functional, without needing a computer, Mutoh Europe has integrated thirteen demo test cuts into the Ultima cutters. The demo cuts are accessible by pressing the [TEST] key.

  • Page 76: Quality Check

    If you do not want to perform the test, press the [EXIT] key. Step 8 : The Ultima will cut a picture. Check the patterns. Especially look for good quality of the corners and easy weeding. If this is not the case readjust the Ultima cutting plotter.

  • Page 77: Settings Plot

    By pressing the [UP] or [DOWN] key select ‘Settings → plot’. The display on the operation panel Step 5 : will show the following message. Testplot : Settings → Plot Choose testfile Step 6 : The Ultima cutting plotter will plot the actual settings. AP-75032, Rev 2.2, 20/04/07...

  • Page 78: Epos Align Tune (Manual)

    Peel off the boxes cut by the Ultima cutting plotter. Step 9 : Press the [ENTER] key. Step 10 : The Ultima cutting plotter will move the laser to the point where both squares touch. Following message will appear. * Epos Calibration. *...
  • Page 79 Step 7 : Press the [ENTER] key. The Ultima cutting plotter will start drawing a cross. Step 8 : The Ultima cutting plotter will move the laser to the point where both lines intersect. Following message will appear. * Epos Calibrate. *...

  • Page 80: Epos Align Tune (Automatic)

    Press the [ENTER] key. Step 9 : The laser of the Ultima cutting plotter will measure the box. The distance between laser and knife is calculated and stored. Step 10 : Calibration of the E-pos system with the ‘automatic calibration’ method is done. Following message will appear.

  • Page 81: Epos System → Check Sensor

    (bounding box) on the vinyl. That’s the main reason of the “Check sensor” menu. When you put the vinyl in the Ultima, and you do a sensor check, and the ACD value is black, it will be impossible to do a contour cut on that vinyl.

  • Page 82: Test Sheet Verify Epos Alignment

    → test plot Choose testfile Step 9 : Press the [ENTER] key. The laser of the Ultima cutting plotter will measure the box and will start (re)drawing the image file. Step 10 : Verify positioning of contour cutting. To verify bar code reading, please follow the instructions mentioned below.

  • Page 83: Plotter Maintenance & Troubleshooting

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 6. PLOTTER MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING In this chapter, you will learn: How to keep your cutter in good shape and prevent problems by regularly performing some easy, daily maintenance. How to pinpoint and check out problems that might occur.

  • Page 84: Cleaning The Cutter Blade

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 6.1.2. Cleaning the cutter blade Use following procedure to remove small vinyl particles in the base part of the cutting blade holder. STANDARD KNIFE HOLDER KNIFE HOLDER WITH NONIUS Step 1 Step 1 Take the body (2) into one hand and unscrew the Take the ring in your hand and remove the base part.

  • Page 85: Wear & Tear

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 6.2. WEAR & TEAR Although all materials used for your cutter have been chosen to ensure good durability, it will be necessary, in order to maintain high quality output, to replace some parts, which are liable to wear and tear.

  • Page 86: Replacing The Knife Blade

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 6.2.2. Replacing the knife blade To replace a blade, please proceed as follows: STANDARD KNIFE HOLDER KNIFE HOLDER WITH NONIUS Step 1: Hold the body (2) into one hand and Step 1: Take the body into one hand and remove the...

  • Page 87: Replacing The Auto Sheet-Off Knife

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 6.2.3. Replacing the auto sheet-off knife When you frequently use the auto-sheet-off utility, it is a good practice to regularly clean the knife and to replace it when it starts to wear. To replace the auto sheet-off knife, please follow the instructions mentioned below.

  • Page 88: Clean Sensor And E-Pos Laser

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 6.3. CLEAN SENSOR AND E-POS LASER. Ultima’s sensors and E-pos laser will work better and last longer if you keep them clean and perform a few simple daily maintenance tasks. Use a cotton swab to clean the media sensors and E-pos laser.

  • Page 89: Troubleshooting

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 6.4. TROUBLESHOOTING In this section you will find a summary of problems that might occur during day-to-day use of your cutter and some hints how to determine the cause of the problem. 1. Power switch is turned ON, but the cutter does not operate.

  • Page 90: Checking The Communication Settings

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 6.5. CHECKING THE COMMUNICATION SETTINGS Communication problems are the most frequent errors, which occur. Therefore we have included a step- by-step procedure to check out your configuration’s communication settings and assure that your cutter is working fine.

  • Page 91: Error Messages

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 6.6. ERROR MESSAGES 6.6.1. Recoverable system errors In this section you will find a summary of problems that might occur during day-to-day use of your cutter and some hints how to determine the cause of the problem.

  • Page 92: Unrecoverable System Errors

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 6.6.2. Unrecoverable system errors Unrecoverable errors may be caused by some part of the cutting plotter, which is malfunctioning. In case of an unrecoverable error, most of the time the cutter will be completely blocked and all the LEDs will be flashing.

  • Page 93: Communication Errors

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter IDFE_MBUSGETDATA_SEARCHSENSOR 6019 "MBUS GETDATA IN SEARCHSENSOR" IDFE_MBUSSTOP_SEARCHSENSOR 6020 "MBUSSTOP IN SEARCHSENSOR" IDFE_MBUSSTOP_SEARCHSENSOR1 6021 "MBUSSTOP IN SEARCHSENSOR1" IDFE_MBUSSTOP_SEARCHSENSOR2 6022 "MBUSSTOP IN SEARCHSENSOR2" IDFE_MBUS_CMD_SETKNIFE 6023 "PROBLEM IN SETKNIFE" IDFE_MBUS_CMD_SETLASER 6024 "PROBLEM IN SETLASER" IDFE_SFWT_CTF 6070 "SFWT delay_ctf problem"...
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  • Page 95: Ultima Cutting Plotters - Media Compatibility & Dimensions

    User’s Guide – Ultima cutting plotter 7. ULTIMA CUTTING PLOTTERS - MEDIA COMPATIBILITY & DIMENSIONS 7.1. ULTIMA CUTTING PLOTTERS: MEDIA COMPATIBILITY Ultima 850 Stand Model Maximum Media width:850 Roll and Cut-Sheet Maximum cutting width : 630 mm Ultima 1400 Stand Model...
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