Roland CX-24/12

4 Basic Operation

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4Stickers

- CX-12

Position the material so that the left and right

edges are each above one of the grit rollers.

Align so that the left and right edges of the material

are parallel with the guide lines.

Using the stickers on the rails as a guide, adjust the

positioning of the left and right pinch rollers above

the grit rollers.

Make sure the end of the material has been pulled out

farther toward the front than the blade protector.

Make sure the end of the material

does not catch on this groove.

Raise the sheet loading lever.

This lowers the pinch rollers to hold the material in

place.

The white areas of the rails serve as a guide for positioning

the grit rollers.

Material's edge

Blade protector

Guide line marks

Contents

Main CX-24/12 USERS MANUAL Contents To Ensure Safe Use About and Notices About the Symbols Page About the Labels Affixed to the Unit Avis sur les avertissements propos des symboles Pour utiliser en toute scurit Page propos des tiquettes colles sur l'appareil 1 Checking Supplied Items 2 Part Names and Functions 2-1 Front View 2-2 Rear View 2-3 Operation Panel 3 Preparing the CX-24/12 3-1 Setting 3-2 Connection For IBM PC or PC Compatibles For Macintosh 3-3 Installing the Driver Connecting the Power Cord 3-4 Port Setting Checking the Communication Parameters for the Port and Driver - Windows 95/98/Me 2 Checking the Communication Parameters for the Port and Driver - Windows NT 4.0/2000/XP 5 Turned clockwise Turned coun- terclockwise Making the Settings from the Menu on the CX-24/12 Page 4 4-2 Loading the Material Acceptable Material Sizes - CX-24 Loading the Material - If You Are Not Using the Roller Base - If You Are Using the Roller Base Page 4-3 Turning on the Power For the CX-24: Putting the Machine in the Setup State SELECT | ROLL Making Menu Settings with the Control Panel How to View the Display For the CX-12: SETUP -> ENTER 4-4 Checking Material Feed AREA |< 1.0m> AREA | < 1.0m> AREA | MOVE 4-5 When Performing Long Cutting 1.5 m (59 in.) or more Location of the origin point Material shape selected from the menu Model 4-6 Setting the Origin Point ORIGIN SET 4 4-7 Performing a Cutting Test (How to Adjust Blade Force/Adjusting the Cutter Blade) The square should remain, without peeling off. Cutting Test Adjusting the Amount of Blade Extension Adjusting the Blade Force Too large Too small FORCE | < 80g> FORCE | < 80g> 4-8 Downloading Cutting Data NOTICE :Cutting area :Pinch roller Page Page Pausing Cutting Operations PAUSE | <CONT.> - To resume cutting without change 8 9 11 10 Page Page - For Roll Materials, or When Detaching Only a Cut Portion 4-10 When Cutting Is Completed When not in use for extended periods, unplug the power cord from the electrical outlet. Page 5 6 Plotting on Paper Media OFFSET| <0(PEN)> Acceptable Pens and Paper Media 7 Repeating the Same Cutting Preparing the Cutting Data REPLOT| START REPLOT| CLEAR Page 10 mm (0.39 in.) 8 Cutting Printed Material 8-2 Shape and Layout of Crop Marks Shape of Crop Marks 8-1 Using Crop Marks - Data-creation Program 8-3 Loading the Material Page 9 10 7 8 Page 7 CROPMARK|<AUTO> CX-24 CX-12 BASE X|<5.0mm> WIDTH |<170mm> LENGTH|<210mm> 9 10 1 2 5 6 7 3 4 8 9 10 MARK 1 NOT FOUND 8-5 When Crop Marks Cannot Be Read MARK 2 NOT FOUND 8-6 When the Printing and Cutting Locations Are Misaligned MEDIA MISALIGN ANGLE TOO BIG WIDTH TOO BIG ANGLE TOO BIG 9-1 Blade and Material Combinations 9 About the Blades and Materials 9 About the Blades and Materials Acceptable Material Widths * Make sure the pinch rollers are positioned above the grit rollers. CX-12 9-2 About the Materials CX-24 About the Cutting Area <CX-24> <CX-12> When Loading Flat Material Rubber Sandblast Stencils A Material with Edge Holes for Sprocket Feed 10-1 How to Read This Chapter 10 Display Menu Descriptions SELECT SELECT | ROLL 10-2 Display Menu Descriptions CROPMARK| <OFF> CROPMARK BASE Y | <5mm> BASE X | <5mm> BASE X BASE Y WIDTH SETUP | <ON> LENGTH | <210mm> LENGTH SETUP FORCE SPEED AREA |< 1.0m> SPEED |<40cm/s> AREA OFFSET REPLOT SMOOTH.| <ON> ROTATE| <OFF> SMOOTH ROTATE WEIGHT I/O | <AUTO> RESTORE| <USER1> I/O CALL| <USER1> #BAUD. #HANDS.|<H-WIRE> #PARITY| <NONE> #HANDS. #STOP.| <1> LANG. INITIALIZE EEROM DEMO CUT INITIALIZE EEROM UNIT | <Metric> 11 Display Menu Flowchart Display Menu Flowchart When Using Crop Marks 12 What to Do If... 12-1 If the CX-24/12 Doesn't Run... SELECT | ROLL SETUP -> ENTER PAUSE | <CONT> To stop operation 12-2 The Material Slips Away from the Pinch Rollers During the Cutting Process 12-3 Uncut Areas Remain, or Areas Are Not Cleanly Cut 12-4 The Results of Cutting Are Displaced, and Uncut Portions Remain 12-5 Error Messages Err:Bad Positin SHEET UNLOADED DATA OVERFLOW DATA EMPTY Origin Error Page 13 Instruction Support Chart 14 Specifications * Parallel Serial Parallel connector (in compliance with specifications of Centronics) Serial connector (RS-232C) Index A B C D R S T U W