GCC Technologies EXPERT 24, User Manual

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

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

Page 3: ...ation 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 outle...

Page 4: ...USB Interface 2 10 2 5 2 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 5 3 4 Da...

Page 5: ...ce 1 2 Product Features The followings are the main features of the Expert 24 cutting plotters Dual port connectivity USB Serial interface Up to 250 gram cutting force Up to 400 mm per second cutting...

Page 6: ...ith clear guideline marks D Tool Carriage To help perform cutting job with installed blade or pen E Blade Holder To hold the blade F Platen The surface for holding and supporting media in operation G...

Page 7: ...er 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 Connector...

Page 8: ...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 the...

Page 9: ...eft side 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...

Page 10: ...rews 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 sh...

Page 11: ...and 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 slidi...

Page 12: ...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 clo...

Page 13: ...ng 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 i...

Page 14: ...e 2 12 Step 2 Load your media on the platen and slide it under the pinch rollers from either the front side or the backside The alignment rulers on the platen extension will help you to adjust the med...

Page 15: ...ft sides of media Position the Secondary Pinch Roller at the center of media Figure 2 17 Primary Pinch Roller Secondary Pinch Roller X Incorrect O Correct Figure 2 18 Step 4 Push the lever backward to...

Page 16: ...e Have the machine on line press origin set once and the red error light will start blinking then pressed again and the machine will start moving to get the new size Then open the VLCD and under the p...

Page 17: ...evision 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 drive...

Page 18: ...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 detectio...

Page 19: ...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 be...

Page 20: ...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 the...

Page 21: ...Expert 24 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 22: ...Expert 24 User Manual Installation 2 15 Select the model and click on Remove...

Page 23: ...the RS 232 Serial Port For IBM PC PS 2 users or compatibles connect the RS 232C cable to the serial connector of the assigned serial port COM1 or COM2 of your host computer 2 5 4 Printer Sever Shared...

Page 24: ...17 Step 1 Please set A PC s printer driver to shared printer Right click on printer icon choose Printer properties Click Sharing tab then check Share this printer Step 2 Click Advanced tab then choose...

Page 25: ...job to the machine to check if A PC is connected to the machine 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 print...

Page 26: ...y ON OFF LINE and PAUSE keys activated While in off line mode the settings in VLCD can be adjusted PAUSE Temporarily halts the cutting process or resumes a paused job REPEAT Repeats last job DATA CLEA...

Page 27: ...n and after re setting the position as the new origin user can use the repeat function to repeat a job 3 2 VLCD VLCD is a program for modifying parameters of cutting functions 3 2 1 Installation Step...

Page 28: ...ble choose either COM1 or COM2 Make sure no other devices are occupying the port that you are going to use Step 4 Press the Connect button to connect your computer and the cutter If the connection suc...

Page 29: ...user to select the media weight There are 2 options Heavy and Light Default Offset Adjusts the blade offset to ensure cutting quality There are 8 options 0 000 0 175 Default 0 250 0 275 0 300 0 500 0...

Page 30: ...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 31: ...n 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 choo...

Page 32: ...tter 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 emu...

Page 33: ...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 th...

Page 34: ...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 the...

Page 35: ...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 Pum...

Page 36: ...pe 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 pinch...

Page 37: ...int 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 pinc...

Page 38: ...heck 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 ex...

Page 39: ...aph 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 cutti...

Page 40: ...ts 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 5 2 2 Er...

Page 41: ...nical 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 t...

Page 42: ...ile with CorelDRAW User Instructions 1 Open CorelDRAW finish editing all the files you wish to plot and select all the images at once 2 Select Outline Pen to adjust the outline for cutting 3 Adjust th...

Page 43: ...Expert 24 User Manual CorelDRAW Plug In A 1 4 Select File Print to output the file to your cutters 5 Choose the correct model you have installed...

Page 44: ...out page and click the Reposition images to Bottom left corner Please note that you must put your image at the bottom left corner 7 Go back to the General page and check that your image is at the bott...

Page 45: ...254 mm or 0 1 of move whichever is greater Repeatability Repeatability Repeatability Repeatability 0 1mm Re Re Re Re plot plot plot plot Memory Memory Memory Memory 500 Kbyte Interfaces Interfaces In...

Page 46: ...arp 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 47: ...g 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 y...

Page 48: ...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 User...

Page 49: ...h 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 creat...

Page 50: ...DriectCut A 4 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 cr...

Page 51: ...user manual DriectCut A 4 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 created...

Page 52: ...DriectCut A 4 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 yo...

Page 53: ...Expert 24 user manual DriectCut A 4 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...