OPOS for contour cutting
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1. TANGLE PRESS MENU Weed carefully with tweezers the rectangle cut and pressthe key The cutter wil now measure the rectangle and set its calibration parameters 2 MEDIA CALIBRATION The OPOS is calibrated to work on a wide range of materials However certain types of material will not work with the default setup high glossy matenals The media calibration test will change the sensor value in sucha way that it is more reliable to sense the markers gt To calibrate the media proceed as follows e Printa black square of at least 4x4cm on the media with the ink that will be used with OPOS e Powerup the cutter and load the piece of media The load procedure is described in the SummaSign Users Manual Press the E key MENU key until the message INTERNAL TESTS is displayed on the LCD 4 INTERNAL TESTS e Pressthe D jogging key until the message CALOPOS isdisplayed T INTERNAL TESTS l CAL MEDIA a Contour C utting Addendum e Pressthe 4 key to confirm the selection The following message is displayed 1 2 MEASURE e With the 1 option the value can be set manually This is useful when you have already calibrated this kind of media and you know the value when the default needsto be set value backagain Otherwise choose 2 to proceed PUTON WHITE AREA e Click the sensor down and use the arow keysto place the sensoron top of a white area Presson the key The cutter will now sens2. willappearon the LCD SET SENSOR ABOVE FIRST MARKER al Position the sensor exactly above the origin marker using the SQM M Q jogging keys a a FAN Ean KA Re a i a aN LA KAN RA o Clickthe sensor box down When using a drag head tum on the metallic knob situated on the lower side of the head Fora tangential head simply click it down manually o Pressthe lt key to confirm the selected point of origin o The cutter willnow scan the markers and store the origin In case something may have gone wrong the following message willbe displayed ERROR MARKERS NOT SENSED PROPERLY 15 Contour C utting Addendum 9 CUTTING THE CONTOUR e Follow the specific instructions for contour cutting in your software If there are no such instructions follow the explanation below e Move the entire design crossmarks and contours included in your software so that the origin mark is situated in the lower left comer of the cutting area In most sign making software the orientation is landscape If not you will have to rotate everything e Select the contoursand cut them out Make sure that only the contoursare cut Make sure that the origin of the cutting area isused vil 5 E Some software will shift the selected contours to the origin when cutting Thiscan be avoided by adding a small rectangle that has its lower left comer right in the origin Select this rectangle together with the conto
3. ADDENDUM OPOS for contour cuti 1 INTRODUCTION a The SummaSign Series cutters have an accurate Optical POsitioning System to guarantee precise contour cutting The OPOScan counterbalance the following imegularities 1 ROTATED DESIGN If the printed design is not loaded straight into the unit the contourcan be rotated equally to fit the printed graphic 2 SKEWED DESIGN If the X and Y axes of the printed design are not perpendicular the contourcan be skewed to fit the printed design 3 INCORRECTLY SCALED DESIGN If the print size is different from the original design in your software due to media expansion or shrinkage or due to printing inaccuracies the contour can be scaled to fit the printed graphic Contour Cutting Addendum OK FAESA Da NOTE The scaling can only be adjusted by a few percent gt Between every set of 4 markers any combination of the three above imegularities can be handled too e The parameter SPECIAL LOAD in the user configuration menu determines which alignment method is used a Manual alignment method or OPOS This parameter can be changed with Summa Cutter Control or with the control panel Using Summa Cutter Control to select the desired alignment method Summa Cutter Control Of x File View Configuration Settings Tests Help eS 2 g 5 fe User Configurations X Ol FIRER Action List x Info on Summa website Summa Cutter Si IMA
4. GING TECHNOLOGY E amp User Configurations User 1 User 2 User 3 EE User 4 Change Origin 3 Tool Properties Info Reaister Online COM1 2400 N 8 1 H 13 27 20 7 Contour Cutting Addendum Summa Cutter Control _ x File View Configuration Settings Tests Help ES O E B Tool Properties J O Action List x ToolSettings Media Alignment Settings Coil Settings E 0140 EQ User Configurations EE User 1 Special Load e OROS E F User 2 e User 3 Marker distance x direction CR xY Adjustment User 4 ine t Change Origin Marker distance y direction XY Axis Align 3 Tool Properties amp Axis Align i Info Marker size x direction 1 500 mm Marker size y direction 1 500 mm Marker count 14 lt Bl X cma aco COM1 9600 N 8 1 H NUM 17 55 31 4 e Using the control panel to select the desired alignment method Press the E key MENU until the message USER CONFIG 1 is displayed on the LCD 4 USERCONFIG 1 gt Press the D jogging key until the message SYSTEM SETUP is displayed TL SYSTEM SETUP Press the D jogging key until the message SPECIAL LOAD is displayed TL SPECIALLOAD e OPOS Pressthe GS or D key to modify the special load parameter Pressthe key to confim the selection Contour C utting Addendum 2 CALIBRATING THE SYSTEM The principle of OPOS i
5. ase contact yourdealer The description below supposes that OPOS is not supported in you software Otherwise contact your software dealer Contour C utting Addendum 4 CREATING THE DESIGN e Create in your software the design you want to print and Cut e Define the Contour RS 17A a PR Do not define the contour exactly on a printed line This way it will not catch the eye if the contourhas moved a little during cutting wil a PR gt Place the contour on a separate layer assign a unique color to it etc refer to your software documentation so that it is easy to select the contourorthe design e Make multiple copies if necessary of both the design and the contour JO Contour C utting Addendum 5 PLACING THE MARKERS e Place a marker indicating the origin X Size Origin Y Sze a oa Qe White space The marker must be a black rectangle that has sizes which are exactly known Itisadvised to use square markers of 3mm Formarkers of other sizes min 1 2mm max 10mm refer to the comments further in this document When using small sheets it may be better to use smaller markers so that the loss of material will be less Set the line style of the marker to none A line style with a certain thicknesscan influence the size of the markers Make sure there isa white margin of about 3 4 timesthe marker size around the marker If anything is printed
6. e the white area and display the following message PUTON BLACK PRINTED AREA e Use the arrow keysto place the sensor in the lowernght part of the black printed square Presson the 4 key The cutter will now sense the black area e Nomally a value will be displayed on the LCD VALUE 38 This value isa specific value for this kind of media It is advisable to memorise this value Lateron you can calibrate the media quickly by setting this value manually instead of measuring it e Anerrormessage may appear Inthiscase the sensorisnot able to differentiate black and white Make sure that the test hasbeen performed correctly If OPOSin not able to sense the markers the manual alignment methodscan be used Contour C utting Addendum 3 GENERAL see section 6 forthe actual procedure details The OPOS is based on the principle of the registration of black squares printed around the design The registration of the markers is done by a sensorthat ismounted at the bottom of the cutting head For accurate Contour Cutting with the alignment methods proceed as follows e Create the design on which you want to perform the contour cut e Place markersaround yourdesign e Print out the design with the markers e Load the printed design in the cutterand set the marker parameters e Execute the special load procedure e Cut out the contour NOTE Most dedicated sign making software will provide some easier ways to do allthis Ple
7. er 10 Contour C utting Addendum e Place the markers indicating the Y axis 4 Make a copy of the row of markers indicating the X axis an place them above the design Make sure the two rowsof markersare not shifted horizontally The exact distance between the two rows must be known Do not measure these distanceson the print out but measure them in the software The Y distance is the distance from the lower left comer from one marker to the lower left comerof the other marker 11 Contour Cutting Addendum 6 PRINTING THE DESIGN e Printthe markers and the design with your printer scaling 100 e When printing ona roll make sure that the orientation is as follows Origin marker Make sure that there is at least 1 cm preferably 2cm margin 0 4 preferably 0 8 on each side and in the front e When printing on sheets or cutting off your print from the roll make sure that there isa margin of at least 8 cm 3 15 at the end of the sheet FANT LAR fan 5a DE A LA Origin marker 12 Contour Cutting Addendum 7 LOADING THE CUTTER AND SETTING THE PARAMETERS e Load the print out in the cutter as described in the Users Manual Make sure that the marker indicating the origin is situated at the front right a a AA LA A KA a a Origin marker e Open Summa CutterControl and select OPOSin the Configuration menu Summa Cutter Control O
8. f x File View Configuration Settings Tests Help gt 2 E User configurations X O Action List x Info on Si ebsit Summa Cutter E amp User Configurations EE User 1 z User 2 E User 3 EH User 4 Change Origin 3 Tool Properties Info TECHNOLOGY Register Online comi 2400 N 8 L H 13 27 20 7 13 Contour Cutting Addendum Fill in the values for the marker distances sizes quantities and press OK The number of markers is the number of markers in one row and not the number in both rows Summa Cutter Control _ x File View Configuration Settings Tests Help Action List x Tool Settings Media Alignment Settings coi Settings E D140 E amp User Configurations EB User 1 Special Load ES User 2 EB User 3 Marker distance x direction 60 000 mm EH User 4 K r Change Origin Marker distance y direction 540 000 mm 3 Tool Properties KR i Info Marker size x direction 1 500 mm RK Marker size y direction 1 500 2 mm R Marker count 14 lt R al X Cancel 4 apply COM1 9600 N 8 1 H NUM 17 48 07 7 Contour Cutting Addendum 8 REGISTRATING THE CROSS MARKS e Before proceeding make sure all the cutting parameters are correct pressure velocity See User s Manual e Pressthe 2 key until the message SPECIALLOAD isdisplayed on the LCD SPECIAL LOAD al Press and the following message
9. s based on the principle of registrating black printed markers around the design to know the exact position of the printout The registration of the markers is done by a sensorthat is mounted at the bottom of the cutting head To be sure that OPOS works accurately the distance between the sensor and the knife tip must be calibrated OPOS calibration To make sure that the sensor is able to recognise the markers a media calibration can be performed The OPOS system hastwo calibration procedures m OPOS calibration E Media calibration 1 OPOS CALIBRATION The OPOS calibration fixes the exact distance between the knife tip and the sensor When noticing that the contourhas shifted it may be necessary to perform another calibration test gt To calibrate the optical system proceed as follows e Power up the cutter and load a piece of black vinyl with a white backing The load procedure is described in the SummaSign Users Manual e Set the Origin on a clean blank part of the vinyl Defining the origin is described in the SummaSign Users Manual Press the E key MENU key until the message INTERNAL TESTS is displayed on the LCD 4 INTERNAL TESTS e Pressthe D jogging key until the message CALOPOS isdisplayed T INTERNALTESTS J CAL OPOS J Contour C utting Addendum Pressthe 4 key to confirm the selection The cutterwillnow cutouta rectangle e The message WEED RECTANGLE willappearon the display WEED REC
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11. within this margin the sensor may have trouble to locate the markers Make sure that the origin marker is situated at the left side and below all the contours that will be cut whl E w gt Place allthe markers on a separate layerfor easier handling Place a sign somewhere indicating the origin This is useful when the printed design needsto be loaded in the cutter Contour C utting Addendum e Place the markers indicating the X Axis Oe Be X Distance 4 Place copies of the origin marker at a regular distance in the horizontal direction Makersure that all markers are exactly at the same height Itisadvisable to place markers along the complete design Make sure there isenough white space around every marker The advised X distance depends on several items Nomally 20 cm isa satisfying distance If the marker size is smaller than 3 mm it is advised to lower this distance If the white margin around the marker is not 3 4 times the marker size is it advised to lower the X distance The bigger the X Distance the faster OPOS works The smallerthe X distance the more accurate OPOS works however the influence on the accuracy is rather small The exact distance between the two markers must be known Do not measure these distances on the print out but measure them in the software The X distance is the distance from the lower left comer of one marker to the lower left comer of the other mark
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