Summa SummaSign Pro D1010 SL, User Manual

Page 1: ...n it to Summa today or go through the online registration at http www summa be registration html Users outside Europe Africa and the Middle East should check the address on the back of the Warranty Re...

Page 2: ...h the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of these cutters in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be...

Page 3: ...d be directed to Europe and Africa Summa bvba Rochesterlaan 6 8470 GISTEL Belgium Tel 32 59 270011 Fax 32 59 270 063 www summa be Americas and Asia Pacific Summa Inc 10001 Lake City Way NE Seattle WA...

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Page 5: ...IRMWARE 1 7 1 2 6 PERFORMANCE 1 7 1 2 7 CERTIFICATIONS 1 7 1 2 8 ENVIRONMENTAL 1 8 1 2 9 ELECTRICAL 1 8 1 3 CUTTER ACCESSORIES AND CONSUMABLES 1 9 1 4 REAR PANEL COMPONENTS 1 10 1 5 FRONT PANEL CONTRO...

Page 6: ...AL OPERATION 2 7 2 2 1 ONLINE AND OFFLINE 2 7 2 2 2 LOCAL OPERATION 2 8 2 3 THE USER CONFIG MENU 2 9 2 3 1 KNIFE PRESSURE 2 11 2 3 2 KNIFE OFFSET 2 11 2 3 3 POUNCING PRESSURE 2 11 2 3 4 VELOCITY 2 11...

Page 7: ...PLOT 2 20 2 5 3 CONFIDENCE CUT 2 20 2 5 4 DIN CUT 2 20 2 5 5 CAL MEDIA 2 21 2 5 6 CALIBRATION OPOS 2 21 2 5 7 OPOS SETTINGS 2 21 2 5 8 SYSTEM TESTS 2 21 2 6 SYSTEM TESTS 2 22 2 6 1 LANGUAGE 2 22 2 6...

Page 8: ...SECTION 4 3 2 4 INTERFACE 4 2 4 1 INTRODUCTION 4 2 4 2 RS232 INTERFACE NOTES 4 2 4 2 1 SYSTEM SETUP 4 2 4 2 2 SERIAL INTERFACE CONNECTOR ON THE CUTTER 4 3 4 2 3 AVAILABLE SERIAL SIGNALS 4 3 4 3 USB I...

Page 9: ...IGN PRO SL D SERIES CONFIGURATION SUBMENUS 2 4 FLOWCHART SHOWING FACTORY PRESET MENU SETTINGS 2 10 INTERNAL TESTS SUBMENUS 2 19 CLEANING OF THE DRIVE SLEEVES 3 2 LOCATION OF THE SENSORS 3 2 POWER ENTR...

Page 10: ...drag knife as indicated by the D prefix to the product designation This manual covers the following SummaSign Pro SL D series cutter models The SummaSign Pro D750 SL which can handle media widths fro...

Page 11: ...r English units User addressable resolution 0 1 mm 0 025 mm 0 001 or 0 005 Menu mode for selecting the cutter s power up operating configuration Convenient 2 line 16 character liquid crystal display L...

Page 12: ...lete description of the main components of the SummaSign Pro SL D series cutters Step by step instructions for knife and pen installation and media loading Instructions for online and local mode opera...

Page 13: ...m inch mm inch Width 70 to 762 2 7 to 30 120 to 1200 4 7 to 47 120 to 1545 4 7 to 60 170 to 1620 6 7 to 63 8 Maximum cutting width 703 27 7 995 39 2 1344 53 1575 62 Min margin left right 25 1 25 1 25...

Page 14: ...ters When using duly certified media operation in accordance with the functional specifications of the model is warranted Summa should certify other media before use to ensure performance in complianc...

Page 15: ...tools contact your local dealer quoting the part numbers listed in table 1 9 The SummaSign Pro SL cutters will only perform according to specifications if a genuine Summa knife pen or pouncing tool is...

Page 16: ...ess not greater than 0 25 mm 0 010 Axial speed 50 to 1000 mm s 2 to 40 ips Default speed 800 mm s 32 ips Acceleration 3 G 3 G Addressable resolution 0 025 mm 0 1 mm 0 001 0 005 Default resolution 0 02...

Page 17: ...s an essential prerequisite to obtaining high cut quality Additionally media expansion or contraction may occur as a result of temperature variations To improve the dimensional stability of media allo...

Page 18: ...SL D1010 SL D1400 SL D1600 SL Cutter Stand Optional 391 400 Standard User s Manual MD9045 Power Supply Cables MC1184 Europe MC3545 US Serial Cable 423 183 USB Cable 399 111 Standard knife 391 360 Stan...

Page 19: ...L cutter read the following descriptions of the rear panel components Figure 1 1 shows the location of the main components 2 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 FIGURE 1 1 SUMMASIGN PRO SL D SERIES REAR VIEW FOR...

Page 20: ...eceives data will be the active interface until the cutter is reset 4 Power ON OFF switch This rocker switch turns the cutter on and off To switch the power ON press the I side of the rocker switch To...

Page 21: ...roller lever This lever is used to raise and lower the pinch rollers during media loading media loading is discussed in Section 1 8 2 Media Drive Sleeves The media drive sleeves move the media only w...

Page 22: ...a sleeves This squeezing between the pinch rollers and media sleeves is what allows the cutter to accurately advance and retract the media The D1010 Pro SL and D1400 Pro SL cutters are provided with a...

Page 23: ...be of the earthed type The earth conductors serving said wall sockets must be properly connected to earth CAUTION Before plugging in the cutter s power cord to a power source make sure the cutter is s...

Page 24: ...ric shock and will also lead to malfunctioning of the cutter 1 6 2 POWER UP PROCEDURE To power up the cutter proceed as follows 1 Be sure the cutter is either placed on a flat level and sturdy surface...

Page 25: ...shown in Figure 1 4 adjustment knob FIGURE 1 4 BLADE INSERTION 2 Set the knife blade length to zero by aligning the blade tip with the tip of the holder An easy way of performing this is by holding t...

Page 26: ...increase the cutting depth Turning the screw counterclockwise will decrease the cutting depth FIGURE 1 6 SETTING KNIFE DEPTH 5 To install the knife into the tool carriage Loosen the clamp screw 2 and...

Page 27: ...n figure 1 7 FIGURE 1 7 KNIFE DEPTH TEST PATTERN The knife depth is set correctly when the test pattern is visible on the front side of the media backing but not on the back In general you should incr...

Page 28: ...y need to be adjusted To prevent damage to the cutter check the depth of the blade tip and the quality of the cut whenever loading a different type of vinyl into the cutter 1 7 2 PEN INSTALLATION The...

Page 29: ...To install the pouncing tool proceed as follows 1 Loosen the clamp screw and swing the clamp arm back Remove the knife holder or pen refer to Fig 1 6 2 Install the pouncing tool close the clamp arm an...

Page 30: ...an be loaded into the cutter When raised the pinch rollers can be moved manually left and right along the pinch roller shaft This way they can be easily positioned in a detent click position The cutte...

Page 31: ...dia routing and keep the vinyl flat Ideally this roller should be positioned halfway between the two edge rollers but always over one of the drive sleeves The center low pressure roller s can be in th...

Page 32: ...de drive sleeve according to the media width The right pinch roller can be located anywhere between the two outer detent positions above the long drive sleeve This flexibility allows a variety of medi...

Page 33: ...ished by sliding the media guides left and right as needed along the media support rollers 5 The pinch rollers should be positioned over the drive sleeves and about 3 to 15 mm 0 1 to 0 6 in from the e...

Page 34: ...to pull the media manually from the roll The cutter will unroll the media automatically during the load sequence 7 The positioning and routing of sheet material is identical to that of roll media 8 Th...

Page 35: ...re consisting of A media width measurement A 45 test A length of media is unwound equal to the width measured between the pinch rollers When the cutter indicates that it is ONLINE it is ready to recei...

Page 36: ...e knife i e the origin can be repositioned to any location Press the key to confirm the selected point of origin The media length needed for a task can be entered by pressing the and jogging keys The...

Page 37: ...rack on the vinyl 800mm s 120g K 45mm ONLINE 1 The cutter is now ready to receive a file 800mm s 120g K 45mm ONLINE 1 The cutter has been selected by the computer When the built in media sensors detec...

Page 38: ...RATION 2 1 THE CONTROL PANEL Figure 2 1 shows the control panel of the SummaSign Pro SL D Series cutters The main functions of the liquid crystal display LCD and the control panel keys are explained i...

Page 39: ...SET LOAD KEY The key RESET LOAD is used to move the origin initiate a load sequence reset the cutter abort the cut in progress or recut the last file When the key RESET LOAD is pressed the cutter goes...

Page 40: ...is offline will return the cutter to online status and the suspended operation will resume While the cutter is offline the following operations can be performed Press the or jogging key to move the to...

Page 41: ...crolling through the different options Press the key ONLINE to exit the menus and resume the previous online operation Under normal conditions the cutter is online it may then be selected by the host...

Page 42: ...is displayed on the LCD as appropriate 2 1 7 THE JOGGING KEYS Use of the jogging keys varies according to the operation in progress For example when working in the USER CONFIG menu the or jogging key...

Page 43: ...desired tool appears on the second line of the LCD Press the key to confirm the tool An asterisk appears next to the selected tool When the cutter is powered on the next time the default tool will be...

Page 44: ...ser configuration In all other cases the cutter is offline When online the cutter can be addressed by the host computer which means that the cutter will execute cutting or plotting instructions issued...

Page 45: ...Pressing any of these keys will suspend the current cutting plotting operation until the cutter is again put online 2 2 2 LOCAL OPERATION Local operation is only possible while the cutter is offline L...

Page 46: ...il USER CONFIG 1 4 is displayed 3 Press the or jogging key until the desired configuration number is displayed next to USER CONFIG NOTE Before altering any of the items in the USER CONFIG menu make su...

Page 47: ...800mm s POUNCE GAP 1mm OVERCUT 1 SYSTEM SETUP SYSTEM SETUP SYSTEM SETUP CONCATINATION 0 DM PL ERRORS IGNORED SMOOTHING OFF HP GL ERRORS IGNORED EMULATE DM PL HP GL ORIGIN RIGHT FRONT TOOL DRAG KNIFE M...

Page 48: ...d Some fine tuning may be necessary because of the knife s mechanical tolerances To verify the knife offset a test can be cut by pressing the 1 key If the offset value is set too low the rectangles wi...

Page 49: ...POUNCING GAP The pouncing gap submenu is used to set or modify the distance between the pounced holes Pouncing gap only applies when the machine is in pounce mode The default pouncing gap is 1 mm The...

Page 50: ...language The SummaSign Pro SL cutters support DM PL HP GL and HP GL 2 The active plotting language is marked with an asterisk on the LCD NOTE The cutter s active cutting plotting language MUST match...

Page 51: ...ve menu units is marked with an asterisk on the LCD 2 4 6 ADDRESSING The ADDRESSING submenu is used to select the cutter s default DM PL user addressable resolution The user addressable resolution can...

Page 52: ...0 BIT 8 1 8 data bits no parity bit 8 high 1 EVEN 7 data bits 1 parity bit parity bit even ODD 7 data bits 1 parity bit parity bit odd The active parity setting is marked with an asterisk on the LCD...

Page 53: ...menu will only be displayed if PLOT LANGUAGE is set to HP GL See Paragraph 2 4 3 The HP GL ERRORS submenu can be set to REPORTED or IGNORED The feature is activated by selecting REPORTED and is normal...

Page 54: ...e select commands the P and SP commands respectively are ignored or accepted When the TOOL COMMAND option is set to ACCEPT the P or SP commands will change the selected tool in the cutter according to...

Page 55: ...of pressure Pressing the 1 key will activate the configuration menu which allows you to set the cutting pressure and cut length 1 CUT LENGTH This parameter determines the length that will be cut with...

Page 56: ...e desired menu is displayed Press the key to exit all menus and return the cutter to online status INTERNAL TESTS INTERNAL TESTS LANGUAGE INTERNAL TESTS CUT BORDER INTERNAL TESTS ROM REVISION INTERNAL...

Page 57: ...tion is altered The resulting plot should be kept with the cutter documentation in order to provide other users with details about the unit s actual configurations 2 5 3 CONFIDENCE CUT The CONFIDENCE...

Page 58: ...calibrate the Optical Positioning System OPOS This calibration is normally done at the factory When the system is no longer working precisely a calibration test must be performed Calibration determin...

Page 59: ...w setting The information on the LCD can be displayed in English French German Spanish Italian or Dutch 2 6 2 ROM REVISION Press the key to view information about the cutter s ROM revision This inform...

Page 60: ...al measurement indicates 105 mm then 105 mm can be entered for that particular line by which the system will be calibrated 2 6 7 RS232 TEST The RS232 TEST verifies the cutter s RS 232 C serial communi...

Page 61: ...alibrate the knife and pen pressures and to set the knife and pen landings After calibration the values are saved in the system s non volatile RAM A tension gauge of 100 gr and 500 gr is required to e...

Page 62: ...fect traction as the media will tend to slip between the pinch rollers and the drive sleeves To clean the drive sleeves proceed as follows 1 First disable the sensors through the cutter s control pane...

Page 63: ...become dirty with accumulated residue from the media that may cause the cutter to malfunction To clean the sensor area proceed as follows 1 The sensors are located on the right side of the cutter one...

Page 64: ...supplied to your site you must change the voltage BEFORE powering on the cutter When changing the voltage setting you will also have to change the fuses as appropriate for the voltage To change the f...

Page 65: ...ta first will stay active and the others will be deactivated The deactivated ports can only be reactivated by restarting the cutter Connecting more than one of the three communication cables to the cu...

Page 66: ...you are making your own cable only a few of the cutter s pins will actually need to be connected to the host computer To ensure optimal results the cable length should not exceed 4 8 m 16 feet It shou...

Page 67: ...ctor Plug the other end of the cable into the computer s USB interface connector 3 The computer should find the new USB device and ask for the driver Insert the Summa Cutter CD Manuals and Drivers CD...

Page 68: ...once installation is complete Next to the cutter s USB connector is a small light emitting diode LED that will either be on blinking or off If the LED is off then the cutter and the computer are not c...

Page 69: ...2 21 Ground 4 Data 3 22 Ground 5 Data 4 23 Ground Pin n Definition Pin n Definition 6 Data 5 24 Ground 7 Data 6 25 Ground 8 Data 7 26 Ground 9 Data 8 27 Ground 10 Acknowledge 28 Ground 11 Busy 29 Gro...

Page 70: ...the User s Manual An alphabetic list of all duly certified media is included below Please consult your local Summa representative before using non certified media Manufacturer Type 3M Scotchcal Serie...

Page 71: ...s Cutters User s Manual Appendix A 2 MACTAC MaCal 8900 MaCal 9700 MaCal 9800 MULTIFIX Series 1000 Series 5000 Series 7000 MULTISTIQ Series 4500 Series 4600 Series 4700 PMF 500 600 700 Series TESA Tesa...