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How to use contour cut?

In order to use contour cut
function on Graphtec CE5000 or
CE3000Mk2 units you will need
following applications. OPS662 - the
Graphtec cutting driver, always
found on original Graphtec CD.
Cutting Master 2 - second version
of software plug-in for CorelDraw
and Adobe Illustrator.
Graphtec cutters use two
languages for communication with
PC. HPGL and GPGL. In order to
use contour cut function please
select GPGL function.
of communication as mentioned
before. Please select GPGL by
pressing UP and DOWN buttons and
confirm selection by pressing
ENTER. After this STEP size option
will be offered. Please select “0.01”
not any other and remember this
number. Be careful not to select
0.25, 0.5 or 0.1.

In order to do this please turn on

the cutter and put any media. When
you put down the media lever please
select from any of offered options,
Roll 1, Roll 2 or Sheet. After the
measurements of media are taken
please press PAUSE button on
control panel and press NEXT button
until you find option COMMAND.
After this you will find two languages

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To confirm this value press
ENTER and leave the MENU by
pressing the PAUSE button again.
These values are stored even after
the cutting plotter power is turned off
so you don’t need to worry about
this anymore.
For installation of Cutting Master
2 it is a must to have only one
version of CorelDraw. Presence of
two different versions of program will
effect corrupted installation of plug-
in software therefore please remove
any versions not needed. Version of
program up to 1.3 perform OK with
versions of Corel 11, 12 and X3.
Version 1.4 operates with Corel X4.
Also make sure you removed old
version of Quick Cut if present. It is
also know that some versions of
Windows XP SP1 and SP2, may
cause errors in plug-in operation
since it uses Visual Basic as script
base in CorelDraw. In this case you
need to re-install Windows or find
other version of Windows XP
installation CD. However this
application works with most of
Windows versions and it should not
make any problems.
After the standard Cutting
Master 2 installation start up the
CorelDraw application and click on
the Rocket or Application launcher
just near the Import and Export icons
on the top of the window. When you
use the simple cutting option all that
is needed is to have drawn object for
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cutting and click the Cut/Plot icon in marks. Margin should take any value
the Rocket Launcher. but it should be at least 10 mm, but
Functions of the started we choose 15 mm. Width of line
applications are usually known from
the similar applications so we won’t
focus on them except the needed
ones. When the new window is open,
on the last panel from the top, you
will find value STEP SIZE which
you’ve already inserted into the
cutter while setting the GPGL
language. You need to setup the
same value you entered into the
cutter. In our case that is 0.01. Right?
By setting this you are ready to start
cutting so click DONE in the present should be from 0.3 to 0.7 and we
window . choose 0.5. Lenght of marker line
To use contour cut function you should be between 10 mm and 20
will need following: mm. When you made your choice
- Image to contour cut press OK and confirm choice.
- Contour cut line
- Registration marks
In our example we used title
When this is performed the
“TEXAS” which was made in
registration marks will be created
CorelDraw. With this you need to
around the image. Since you need to
check that vector data of image are
perform printing you need to
not sent to Cutting Master 2 for
temporary remove the contour cut
cutting. So you need to remove this
line. Select line and perform CUT
drawing before performing contour
function from EDIT menu. Later, you
cut or to convert drawing to bitmap.
will need to select PASTE to get this
After this you need to create
line back.
contour cut line. We used contour
option from the top menu but you
can also make it by freehand.
When the cut data are created you
should start the Registration
marks application from the Rocket
launcher.
In the next shown window
choose Graphtec Type 2
Automatic type of registration
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Since the layer that contains
registration marks is locked you need
to unlock it before you will be able to
export the data to EPS or TIFF
format to perform printing. To do this
select TOOLS menu and then
OBJECT MANAGER. When it
appears from the right side choose
registration marks layer named “SA
regmark...”. Click the symbol of pen
and layer is unlocked. Now select
everything on the page, including
registration markers and export data
to your format. Now print your data
on any wide format printer. It is
important not to print contour line
except if you want to test the
precision of cutting.
When the image is printed you
can put the vinyl into the cutter and
prepare it for cutting. Please select
SHEET from the starting menu when
you insert the vinyl. Test the force of
cutting prior to perform contour
cutting. Put the vinyl into the cutter
the same way it is shown on the
preview of Cutting Master 2. If you
rotate the image, do it by same value
on both sides.
When you finished preparations
get back the contour cutting line by
selecting PASTE from EDIT menu,
and remove the image that is needed
to be cut, or convert it to bitmap. Put
the tip of the cutter blade into the
area of the first bottom right marker
and DON’T press origin button for
any reason. Use navigation buttons
to do this.
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After this please select function If you made more than one copy
Cut/Plot form the Rocket launcher of the same image in your RIP
and Cutting Master 2 will be started. software you can use automated
If you’ve chosen the proper model
of cutter and you did setup the
STEP SIZE you may perform the
cutting. Click SEND button and
program will warn you to set the tip
of the blade into the area of first
marker, as you already did. Confirm
you did it. After confirmation the
cutter will start looking for the first
marker and then next and so on.
After this blade should return on
function to cut all of them by
the start position and start cutting.
repeated function of reading keeping
the same quality. This is
recommended for large number of
small stickers where the quality and
precision is demand. You need to
input the number of X and Y copies
and to set the distance between the
same way you did it in your RIP
software. It is recommended to have
at least 20 mm - 30 mm distance
between the copies. The cutter will
read the marks one by one and cut
the contour set as each is separated
for itself. This way you can keep the
If there is an error message
during the mark reading try process quality and save your time.
few more times and check if you did
something wrong. Wrong markers,
object in the area of marker, fresh
ink, colored background, reflective
background, bad print or media
extension may cause bad mark
reading. So the background must be
white and non-reflective.
If the markers are read well but
there is some difference between
wanted and real position check if
printer is making an error in length
direction which is common. Other
way to correct the cutting is to
correct the file for the wanted value.
If markers are read well and still there
is an error, move the contour line but
don’t move the markers. We
recommend to keep the layer with
markers locked.
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