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Contents
To Ensure Safe Use.................................. 3
About the Labels Affixed to the Unit ..............................5
Pour utiliser en toute sécurité.................... 6
À propos des étiquettes collées sur l'appareil.................. 8
1 Checking Supplied Items .................... 9
2 Part Names and Functions................ 10
2-1 Front View........................................................... 10
2-2 Rear View ............................................................ 10
2-3 Operation Panel................................................... 11
3 Preparing the CX-24/12 .................... 12
3-1 Setting..................................................................12
3-2 Connection...........................................................13
3-3 Installing the Driver.............................................14
3-4 Port Setting..........................................................15
4 Basic Operation................................. 18
4-1 Installing a Blade.................................................18
4-2 Loading the Material........................................... 19
4-3 Turning on the Power .......................................... 22
4-4 Checking Material Feed.......................................24
4-5 When Performing Long Cutting..........................25
4-6 Setting the Origin Point.......................................26
4-7 Performing a Cutting Test (How to Adjust Blade
Force/Adjusting the Cutter Blade)....................... 27
4-8 Downloading Cutting Data..................................29
4-9 Applying the Completed Cutout..........................34
4-10 When Cutting Is Completed ................................ 36
5 Performing a Self-Test....................... 37
6 Plotting on Paper Media.................... 38
7 Repeating the Same Cutting ............. 39
8 Cutting Printed Material..................... 41
8-1 Using Crop Marks ............................................... 41
8-2 Shape and Layout of Crop Marks........................ 41
8-3 Loading the Material ........................................... 42
8-4 Performing Operations Using Crop Marks.......... 43
8-5 When Crop Marks Cannot Be Read ....................49
8-6 When the Printing and Cutting Locations Are
Misaligned........................................................... 50
9 About the Blades and Materials ........ 51
9-1 Blade and Material Combinations....................... 51
9-2 About the Materials .............................................52
10 Display Menu Descriptions................ 55
10-1 How to Read This Chapter .................................. 55
10-2 Display Menu Descriptions ................................. 55
11 Display Menu Flowchart .................... 63
12 What to Do If... .................................. 65
12-1 If the CX-24/12 Doesn't Run............................... 65
12-2 The Material Slips Away from the Pinch Rollers
During the Cutting Process.................................. 66
12-3 Uncut Areas Remain, or Areas Are Not
Cleanly Cut.......................................................... 67
12-4 The Results of Cutting Are Displaced, and Uncut
Portions Remain .................................................. 67
12-5 Error Messages .................................................... 68
13 Instruction Support Chart .................. 70
14 Specifications .................................... 71
Index ....................................................... 73