GCC Technologies EXPERT 24 LX, User Manual

Page 1: ...V 10 2013 Dec EXPERT 24 LX CUTTING PLOTTER User Manual Great Computer Corporation...

Page 2: ...fy the information contained in this user manual at any time without prior notice un authorized modification copying distribution or display is prohibited All comments queries or suggestions concernin...

Page 3: ...peration do not touch any of the moving parts of this machine such as the carriage Also be careful to make sure that clothing and hair do not get caught Always connect the power cable to a grounded ou...

Page 4: ...Driver Un installation 2 13 2 5 3 RS 232 Interface 2 16 2 5 4 Printer Sever Shared Setting 2 16 3 Operation 3 1 The Control Panel 3 1 3 2 VLCD 3 2 3 3 File Uploader 3 6 3 4 Data Transmission 3 7 3 5 E...

Page 5: ...Operate 6 1 6 2 Light Indicators 6 1 6 3 Cutting Quality Problems 6 4 Appendix A 1 Expert 24 LX Specification A 1 A 2 Blade Specification A 2 A 3 CorelDRAW Plug In Instruction A 3 A 4 GreatCut Instruc...

Page 6: ...main features of the Expert 24 LX cutting plotters Dual port connectivity USB Serial interface Up to 250 gram cutting force Up to 400 mm per second cutting speed Guaranty 3 meter 10 tracking Enhanced...

Page 7: ...align media with clear guideline marks D Tool Carriage Performs the cutting with the installed blade or pen with AAS module E Blade Holder To hold the blade F Platen The surface for holding and suppor...

Page 8: ...ower Connector To insert the AC power cord L Fuse 3Amp M Power Switch To turn on or off the machine N USB Connector To connect the machine and a computer through a USB cable O Serial Interface Connect...

Page 9: ...any direction Keep enough space for the machine accessories and supplies Keep the working area stable avoiding severe vibration Keep the temperature between 15 and 30 60 86o F in the workshop Keep th...

Page 10: ...ide vertical stand 1 Right side vertical stand 1 Support for left side 1 Support for right side 1 Stand Beam 2 Bottom Stands with wheels 2 Sliding brackets for paper take up 1 Hex Wrench M5 4 28 Socke...

Page 11: ...screws into the holes but do not tighten them at this step Step 4 Position both the left Support and right Support perpendicularly to the T stand and put the screws into the holes and tighten them as...

Page 12: ...tand under the plotter and insert the screws into the holes on the bottom of the plotter but do not tighten them up as shown in Figure 2 4 Step 6 Tighten the screws of step 3 and step 5 Place the slid...

Page 13: ...1 Step 2 Install blade Figure 2 7 Push the blade to the bottom of the blade holder Figure 2 8 Step 3 Adjust the blade tip to suitable length by screwing Blade tip adjustment screw clockwise or count c...

Page 14: ...ting quality might be affected By increasing the cutting force it might do the trick However once the blade is worn out and no longer provides a reliable cutting you should replace a new one The blade...

Page 15: ...aten extension will help you to adjust the media precisely Figure 2 13 Step 3 Then move the pinch rollers manually to the proper position Be sure the pinch rollers must be positioned above the grid dr...

Page 16: ...on the power the tool carriage will measure the size of the media automatically And the plotting cutter begins to work Note Always adjust the position with the pinch rollers raised Please reposition...

Page 17: ...2 for hardware setup and Chapter 2 4 1 for media loading 2 4 3 How to change the poll size without turning off the machine Have the machine on line press origin set once and the red error light will s...

Page 18: ...s Revision 1 1 Operation system of Windows 95 Windows NT don t support USB USB driver installation Use the USB One click Installation for quick driver installation Follow the simple steps below for dr...

Page 19: ...before you start the driver installation 2 Choose the model you want to install from the driver list and click on Win 8 7 Vista XP Driver Manual Selection or Win 8 7 Vista XP Driver Automatic detecti...

Page 20: ...he driver is being installed for a second time the user will be prompted as to whether a second copy of the driver installation is required 2 If the user selects yes a second copy of the driver will b...

Page 21: ...Un installation You have to remove previous version driver installed on your PC system completely before you can install the latest version successfully Please refer to below steps 1 Right click on th...

Page 22: ...Expert 24 LX User Manual Installation 2 14 2 After removing the unit right click on any empty space on the page and select Server Property 3 Select Driver page...

Page 23: ...Expert 24 LX User Manual Installation 2 15 Select the model and click on Remove Click on OK Click on Yes The driver installed on PC is completely removed...

Page 24: ...e assigned serial port COM1 or COM2 of your host computer 2 5 4 Printer Sever Shared Setting In A PC set the printer driver as a shared printer then use B PC to connect A PC s printer driver via inter...

Page 25: ...l Installation 2 17 Step 2 Click Advanced tab then choose Print directly to the printer option Step 3 Send a job to the machine to check if A PC is connected to the machine Try to send a job to check...

Page 26: ...Expert 24 LX User Manual Installation 2 18 Step 4 Activate A PC s Printer Driver from B PC s Network Step 5 Right click on printer icon and select Connect to connect A PC s printer...

Page 27: ...nd PAUSE keys activated While in off line mode the settings in VLCD can be adjusted PAUSE To temporarily halt cutting process or to continue REPEAT To repeat last job DATA CLEAR To clear up buffer mem...

Page 28: ...on 3 1 5 Repeat AAS Job This feature allows users to repeat AAS jobs automatically without having to operate on the computer side Step 1 When the first AAS job finishes press Repeat on the control pan...

Page 29: ...Choose the right port connected to your computer Figure 3 2 If you are using the USB cable choose USB0 from the pull down menu If you are using a Serial cable choose either COM1 or COM2 Make sure no...

Page 30: ...set Auto Unroll Update Setting Poll Size Click on the Poll Size button will reveal the X Y values In the case the maximum plotting length is 25000mm and the distance between the farthest two pinch rol...

Page 31: ...0 250 0 275 0 300 0 500 0 750 and 1 000 AAS Offset To set or modify AAS offset value You can refer to 5 3 Printer Test for more details Auto Unroll To switch options for sheet media Auto Unroll Off De...

Page 32: ...Pause 2 after On Off line 1 and then press Origin Set 3 Step 2 Press the left key 4 and then up 5 Step 3 You have now entered the Data clear and restoring default settings mode press Data clear 6 and...

Page 33: ...lation CD onto your local drive to finish installation Launch GCC File Uploader by double click on the icon Figure 3 5 3 3 2 Functions of File Uploader Port setup This function will be activated while...

Page 34: ...plotter Option 1 With proper interface settings the data can be transmitted from your application software package to the cutting plotters directly Option 2 Most cutting software packages are able to...

Page 35: ...o avoid the falling of cut through materials and material jam beneath the carriage Die Cut helps you to cut through the backing of the material while Kiss Cut cuts through only the top layer but not t...

Page 36: ...en force and offset in the section on the top following normal operating procedures see figure 3 Note 1 The extension of the blade has to be set to cut through both the top layer and the backing in th...

Page 37: ...Material Vehicle stickers Reflective film Cardboard Blade red green green Blade tip length mm 0 27 0 5 0 3 Force g 85 380 165 Speed cm sec 60 3 30 Offset mm 0 275 0 5 0 5 Recommend model RX Jaguar Pu...

Page 38: ...Wipe all the dust and dirt from the tool carriage rail Use a vacuum cleaner to clean any accumulated dirt and media residue beneath the pinch roller housing Clean the platen paper sensors and the pin...

Page 39: ...lint free cloth or cotton swab to wipe away the accumulated dust from the rubber portion of the pinch rollers To prevent the pinch rollers from rotating while cleaning use your fingers to hold the pin...

Page 40: ...elDraw Plug In 07_A 4 GreatCut 07_A 5 Illustrator 5 1 Introduction The Expert 24 LX cutting plotters feature a standard Automatic Aligning System AAS II to guarantee precise contour cutting quality by...

Page 41: ...suggest white media for best cutting result It is not necessary to perform media calibration every time unless the registration marks on the printed media become undetectable in AAS sensing process 5...

Page 42: ...have to be created on your graphic designs by cutting software like SignPal GreatCut or GCC CorelDraw plug in Hand made marks or drawings won t be reorganized by GCC cutting plotters For more details...

Page 43: ...Layout 5 3 Printer Test Before performing AAS contour cutting it s recommended to print out a test file that you can find in the enclosed Installation CD to make sure the AAS II cutting accuracy of E...

Page 44: ...n press Enter Test the cutting again AAS II offset X and Y value is defined as following Horizontal line is defined as X and vertical is defined as Y when facing the cutting plotter When the actual cu...

Page 45: ...tly load your media refer to the alignment ruler on the platen to make sure the registration marks are successfully detected Deviation exceeds the range below will lead to detection failure 5 5 Contou...

Page 46: ...ally copy the graphic and registration marks Step 2 Placing the Registration Marks The AAS Layout Instruction The Auto Detection function will succeed as long as the carriage is positioned within the...

Page 47: ...registration mark is located in the yellowish part of the sticker then the registration mark will fail to be detected Step 3 Print the Graphics Print the graphic and the marks with your printer Scalin...

Page 48: ...from the sides of cutter Before operating AAS change the maximum paper size in Expert 24 LX driver property STEP 1 Find the Expert 24 LX model in the Printer Fax folder of your PC STEP 2 Open the Pro...

Page 49: ...e check the following items first Solutions If the POWER LED lights on the cutting plotter should be in a normal condition Turn off the cutting plotter and turn it on again to see if the problem still...

Page 50: ...graph is clipped This condition indicates that the cutting graph is bigger than the cutting area You can solve the problem by 1 Reload a wider or longer media 2 Move the pinch rollers to widen the cut...

Page 51: ...its 1 stop bit Then press ON OFF Line key to switch back to On Line mode Warning 6 Width sensor error Check that the pinch rollers are positioned above the grid drum and reload the media again 6 2 2 E...

Page 52: ...hnical support No Error 3 Check the media drum or X motor Drum driven motor This message indicates that there might be a problem on the X axis Please check that the drums are working normally and see...

Page 53: ...le Origin Yes Control Panel 6 LEDs 10 Keys Stand Optional Automatic Aligning System Completely Automatic Contour Cutting System for print to cut solution Temperature 15 C 30 C 60 F 86 F Operation Envi...

Page 54: ...harp edge 265012020G The blade is 60 with Green Cap 0 50 mm blade offset For cutting thin sandblast mask and stencil with friction feed or sprocket feed machine 26500059G The blade is 60 with Blue Cap...

Page 55: ...ing to the reference point OFFSET is the distance that the blade tip is displaced from the centerline of the blade Protrusion Length of the Blade Length of protrusion t1 t 2 2 but for your convenience...

Page 56: ...DRAW Version 13 14 15 16 Installation 1 Check the AAS CorelDraw Installer folder in Jaguar IV Installation CD and double click the AASIIVBAInstaller exe file to run the installation program 2 Press th...

Page 57: ...Expert 24 LX User Manual CorelDRAW Plug In A 3 User Instructions 1 Run CorelDRAW to edit your graphics and select all images at once when you wish to plot 2 Select Tools Visual Basic Play...

Page 58: ...ess Run 3 Click on Apply and select whether you would like to add the registration marks by page size or by object Note Add Registration Mark by Object will be the default selection if you click on th...

Page 59: ...eated automatically Note 1 The length setting will be in the range of 5 25mm according to your page size 2 Please DO NOT make any changes to the Origin section when you choose to add registration mark...

Page 60: ...ny error occurred while media sizing For A3 size media sheet the workable area is 10mm extended from the registration mark on the left side 9mm extended from the registration mark on the right side an...

Page 61: ...e line thickness of marks Range 1mm 2mm Optimized Setting 1mm Margin The distance between marks and images Range 0mm 50mm Optimized Setting 5mm Segmental Positioning X Step The distance of intermediat...

Page 62: ...ate the 4 marks as shown in the picture below 4 Point Positioning Length The length of marks Range 5mm 50mm Optimized Setting 25mm Thickness The line thickness of marks Range 1mm 2mm Optimized Setting...

Page 63: ...nd the registration marks is see the figures below Page size unit mm Suggested mark length unit mm A6 105 x 148 5 A5 148 210 8 A4 210 297 11 A3 297 420 16 A2 420 594 23 A1 594 841 and above 25 Table 1...

Page 64: ...u are working on an extra long or large sized image to increase cutting accuracy Segmental Positioning X Step The distance of intermediate position on the X axis Y Step The distance of intermediate po...

Page 65: ...ccuracy Multiple Copies No of X Copies The numbers of copies on X axis No of Y Copies The numbers of copies on Y axis Range 1 50 The more copies you make the more time is needed for data transmission...

Page 66: ...ple Copies when the object to be copied is of large size with the length or width over 200mm to increase the accuracy of registration mark detection Segmental Positioning Please make sure you are happ...

Page 67: ...ition the paper with registration marks printed by your printer on the GCC cutter Step 2 Select Files Print Please note that if you use CorelDraw X5 you must follow the steps below Click the color pag...

Page 68: ...Expert 24 LX User Manual CorelDRAW Plug In A 3 Step 2 Go to the Layout page and select Bottom left corner at Reposition images to Step 3 Click Print You can also add a Hot Icon for the AAS II Plug in...

Page 69: ...mands Macros Step 2 Choose GCC_CorelDraw_AASII GCCModule GCC_AASII and drag it to the commands bar Step 3 If you want to have a different icon select Tools Customization Commands Appearance to import...

Page 70: ...elow is a step by step instruction of using the AAS function of GreatCut 2 software through CorelDRAW and Adobe Illustrator Edit your image in CorelDRAW 4 Point Positioning Step 1 Create a new file in...

Page 71: ...Expert 24 LX User Manual GreatCut Instruction A 4 Step 2 Complete contour line settings including contour offset value and press Calculate to confirm Contour lines will be added to the images...

Page 72: ...Expert 24 LX User Manual GreatCut Instruction A 4 Step 3 Press the Settings icon on the GreatCut 2 toolbar Step 4 Press the button on the right of Jog marks...

Page 73: ...p Jog Marks window and click OK Step 6 Ensure the three items below are selected and click OK 4 Point Positioning Size The length of marks Range 5mm 50mm Optimized Setting 25mm Object margin The dista...

Page 74: ...Expert 24 LX User Manual GreatCut Instruction A 4 Step 7 Click the Set Jog Marks Icon in the GreatCut 2 toolbar The system will create the 4 marks as shown in the picture below...

Page 75: ...maller the size is the smaller the distance between the object and the registration marks is see the figures below Table 1 25mm is the suggested value for the registration mark length 2 The size of th...

Page 76: ...Step 1 Select both the entire object including registration marks and the contour line and press the Cut icon in the GreatCut 2 toolbar Step 2 The system will activate GreatCut2 automatically and impo...

Page 77: ...r Manual GreatCut Instruction A 4 Step 3 Select Output under File Step 4 Select Cut with AAS in Mode Tool in the Output to device window Complete the settings of AAS Offset Pressure Speed Material wid...

Page 78: ...Expert 24 LX User Manual GreatCut Instruction A 4 Step 5 Click output and the object will be sent to GCC Cutting Plotter...

Page 79: ...ning section to complete the contour line setting and registration mark creation procedures Adjust the size object margin and line thickness of your registration marks and the space between registrati...

Page 80: ...Expert 24 LX User Manual GreatCut Instruction A 4 Follow the same steps in the Output section to output your image to GCC Cutting Plotter Segmental Positioning X axis Y axis...

Page 81: ...ng section to complete the contour line setting and registration mark creation procedures Click the Set Jog Marks Icon in the GreatCut 2 toolbar and 4 marks will be created as shown in the picture bel...

Page 82: ...ber in X Y the number of copies desired on the X Y axis and Distance in X Y distance between each copy settings then click OK Note The spacing of vertical horizontal Offset X Y should be 20mm or 0mm U...

Page 83: ...al GreatCut Instruction A 4 The system will create several copies of the object with registration marks as shown in the picture below Follow the same steps in the Output section to output your image t...

Page 84: ...24 LX User Manual GreatCut Instruction A 4 Edit your image in Adobe Illustrator 4 Point Positioning Step 1 Create a new file in Adobe Illustrator Step 2 Select the image and go to Contour in GreatCu2...

Page 85: ...Cut Instruction A 4 Step 3 Complete contour line settings including contour offset value and press Calculate to confirm Contour line is now added to the object Contour offset is the distance between t...

Page 86: ...Expert 24 LX User Manual GreatCut Instruction A 4 Step 4 Click Settings in GreatCut 2 under File Step 5 Press the button on the right of Jog marks...

Page 87: ...rks and click OK Step 7 Ensure the three items below are selected and click OK 4 Point Positioning Size The length of marks Range 5mm 50mm Optimized Setting 25mm Object margin The distance between mar...

Page 88: ...Expert 24 LX User Manual GreatCut Instruction A 4 Step 8 Click Set Jog Marks in GreatCut2 under File The system will create the 4 marks as shown in the picture below...

Page 89: ...tput Step 1 Select both the entire object including registration marks and the contour line then click Cut in GreatCut2 under File Step 2 The system will activate GreatCut2 automatically and import th...

Page 90: ...Expert 24 LX User Manual GreatCut Instruction A 4 Step 3 Select Output under File Step 4 Select Cut with AAS in Mode Tool in the Output to device window...

Page 91: ...Expert 24 LX User Manual GreatCut Instruction A 4 Step 5 Click output and the object will be sent to GCC Cutting Plotter...

Page 92: ...me steps in the 4 Point Positioning section to complete the contour line setting and registration mark creation procedures Adjust the size object margin and line thickness of your registration marks a...

Page 93: ...GreatCut Instruction A 4 Click the Set Jog Marks Icon in the GreatCut 2 toolbar and 4 marks will be created as shown in the picture below Follow the same steps in the Output section to output your ima...

Page 94: ...tion to complete the contour line setting and registration mark creation procedures Click the Set Jog Marks Icon in the GreatCut 2 toolbar and the system will create the 4 marks as shown in the pictur...

Page 95: ...Expert 24 LX User Manual GreatCut Instruction A 4 Click Multi Copy in GreatCut2 under File...

Page 96: ...Note The spacing of vertical horizontal Offset X Y should be 20mm or 0mm users are advised to set the Distance in X Y as 0 mm to remove the space between each copy to avoid the waste of materials The...

Page 97: ...4 CS5 CS6 Installation 1 Check the AAS Illustrator Installer folder in Ex 24 Lx Installation CD and double click the AASIIInstaller exe file to run the installation program 2 Press the Install button...

Page 98: ...lustrator Plug In A 5 Printer Setting Step1 Right click on the printer and select Properties to open the Printer Properties page Step2 Go to the Advanced page and make sure the Enable advanced printin...

Page 99: ...n A 5 User Instructions 1 Open Illustrator 2 Edit your image and create a contour line Note you must have the line width set as 0 001mm 3 Click on the image and apply the AAS function File Scripts _AA...

Page 100: ...ed 5 Three types of registration marks are introduced here 4 Point Positioning Segmental Positioning and Multiple Copies Note The values entered in the 4 Point Positioning section length thickness and...

Page 101: ...User Manual Illustrator Plug In A 5 6 Confirm the registration marks the 4 Point Position mark is used as an illustration in the following steps 7 Click on the blank area on the page and then click Do...

Page 102: ...Expert 24 LX User Manual Illustrator Plug In A 5 8 Hit Edit Artboards 9 Click on Presets Fit Artboard to Artwork bounds...

Page 103: ...xpert 24 LX User Manual Illustrator Plug In A 5 10 Please move your mouse to the tool bar on the left when step 10 is finished and then click Selection Tool 11 This will take you back to the edit mode...

Page 104: ...n A 5 12 Print out the file with the contour line and the registration marks 13 Place the printed file on the cutter lower the pinch rollers and then position the carriage at the origin of the registr...

Page 105: ...Expert 24 LX User Manual Illustrator Plug In A 5 15 Select the cutter model position the object in the bottom left corner 16 Your job is now completed...

Page 106: ...registration mark by page size go to Scripts under File and select _AASII_Plug_In Tick Make by page size and click Apply and the registration mark will be created on the 4 corners of the page automat...

Page 107: ...prevent sheets dropping or any error occurred while media sizing For A3 size media sheet the workable area is 10mm extended from the registration mark on the left side 9mm extended from the registrati...

Page 108: ...n mark by Object you will be offered three options of registration marks Firstly select the graphic which you want to add registration mark on and go to Scripts under File and select _AASII_Plug_In Ma...

Page 109: ...he system will create the 4 marks as shown in the picture below 4 Point Positioning Length The length of marks Range 5mm 50mm Optimized Setting 25mm Thickness The line thickness of marks Range 1mm 2mm...

Page 110: ...maller the size is the smaller the distance between the object and the registration marks is see the figures below Table 1 25mm is the suggested value for the registration mark length 2 The size of th...

Page 111: ...are working on an extra long or large sized image to increase cutting accuracy Segmental Positioning X Step The distance of intermediate position on the X axis Y Step The distance of intermediate posi...

Page 112: ...pies The numbers of copies on X axis No of Y Copies The numbers of copies on Y axis Range 1 50 The more copies you make the more time is needed for data transmission Numbers of X Copies Numbers of Y C...

Page 113: ...SignPal AAS II Quick Start 3 SignPal 10 5 Feature Lists 1 Installing the SignPal 10 5 software To install the software you must have Administrator privileges To use the software you must have Adminis...

Page 114: ...evious version of the software installed you will be prompted to overwrite the existing installation Click Yes to overwrite any previous installation of the software 8 Select the features of the softw...

Page 115: ...for the installation a Click Disk Space b From the drop down menu select the drive you want to install to and verify that it has enough space for the installation c Click OK The installation drive cha...

Page 116: ...nual SignPal 10 5 Instruction A 6 4 11 Once the installer is finished installing the Install Manager opens The Install Manager will automatically enable you to access the software and any optional fea...

Page 117: ...ll to startup items to install a shortcut for the software in the Startup folder of the Start menu If this is done each time the computer starts up the software will automatically start up and minimiz...

Page 118: ...l SignPal 10 5 Instruction A 6 6 14 Open SignPal 10 5v1 15 As you have not registered before please check on the box at bottom to register a new account 16 Input your personal information to complete...

Page 119: ...Expert 24 LX User Manual SignPal 10 5 Instruction A 6 7 17 If you have registered before please enter your Registration code as below to open SignPal 10 5v1 software...

Page 120: ...Expert 24 LX User Manual SignPal 10 5 Instruction A 6 8...

Page 121: ...following Check Run in demo mode to run a demo version of any available products in any available language Ignore the password that s shown in the box use the Add button to enter any additional passw...

Page 122: ...l 10 5 Instruction A 6 10 2 Set up your GCC Cutter on Production Manager 1 Open Production Manager 10 5v1 2 Choose and set up your GCC cutter Note that AAS II System only works on RX Jaguar IV Puma II...

Page 123: ...Expert 24 LX User Manual SignPal 10 5 Instruction A 6 11...

Page 124: ...Expert 24 LX User Manual SignPal 10 5 Instruction A 6 12 3 Select File Print Setup in SignPal Software 4 Select the printer and paper size...

Page 125: ...Expert 24 LX User Manual SignPal 10 5 Instruction A 6 13 SignPal AASII Quick Start 5 Use the Rectangle Tool to create a rectangle...

Page 126: ...Expert 24 LX User Manual SignPal 10 5 Instruction A 6 14 6 Select Effect Contour Cut Then click Apply in DesignCentral window...

Page 127: ...ing Set the vales as 0 1cm or above and click Apply in DesignCentral window The value is to define the distance between registration marks and image area If the value is less than 0 1cm it is likely t...

Page 128: ...6 16 Segmentation in DesignCentral window and then click Apply 10 For Multiple Copies this function is not available in SignPal Currently the Multiple Copies function is only available under CorelDraw...

Page 129: ...cm 1m 100 in Print page 13 Load the printout vinyl on the plotter and select File Cut Contour to send data You can preview the job and change cutter s parameter settings in Properties tab of Cut Conto...

Page 130: ...Expert 24 LX User Manual SignPal 10 5 Instruction A 6 18...

Page 131: ...Instruction A 6 19 3 SignPal 10 5 Feature Lists Pro Master Expert Apprentice Text Text tool Arc Text Path Text Vertical Text Vertical Path Text Kerning Break apart Join Load fonts on the fly Drawing B...

Page 132: ...Measure tool Path Editing Select Point Tool Remove point add point straighten path Round corner Sharpen Corner Optimize by Curve Optimize by smooth arc Optimize by 3point arc Make Arc Reduce Points C...

Page 133: ...end email as jpg send email as pdf send email as native Workspaces View Design Editor Color mixer Snap Arrange Group Compound Mask Lock Guides Contour Cut Dimension Convert to outlines convert linked...

Page 134: ...tion A 6 22 Color Trapping Smooth shadow Bitmap Marquee Move Eraser Pencil Fill Crop Autotrace Color Trace Change Color Mode Production Cut Plot Manual Split Lines Tile all copies Panel to border Auto...

Page 135: ...6 on your MAC you may need Parallels Desktop software Window OS and Windows based Adobe Illustrator CS6 to install Windows OS in your MAC computer and run Windows based software under MAC computer Use...

Page 136: ...th this dialog below Step 2 Create import your image file For texts 1 Enter your texts in Adobe Illustrator select the letters and click Text outline to outline the letters A contour line will be crea...

Page 137: ...al DriectCut A 7 For Images 1 Open a new image on Illustrator and decide the size of your material 2 Select the image and click Make outline and offset to create outlines of graphics Outlines will be...

Page 138: ...X user manual DriectCut A 7 3 Click on the image and apply the AAS function by clicking the Add registration marks command and select the registration marks needed The registration marks will be creat...

Page 139: ...l DriectCut A 7 Step 3 Output 1 Click on Plotter Setup and select the correct model in Plotter List 2 Tick Default Environment to create Pen No 1 in the Pen section Double click Pen No 1 and complete...

Page 140: ...Expert 24 LX user manual DriectCut A 7 3 Select the entire object and click Plotter Output 4 Output the object by clicking Export and GCC Cutting Plotter will start cutting the image...