Perform Length Calibration - HP 54 Basic Cutter User Manual

Set the cutting speed
The speed at which the tool moves is determined by four different parameters: speed and acceleration while the
tool is down; speed and acceleration while the tool is up. These four parameters have been represented by just
one parameter so that you can change the speed quickly and easily.
This parameter is called velocity; it is the speed of the cutter when the tool is down. If the velocity is raised or
lowered, the other parameters are also raised or lowered accordingly.
NOTE: The speed at which the cutter pulls the substrate from the roll is fixed at 200 mm/s (8 in/s).
Set the velocity
1. Turn on the cutter.
2.
Press
3.
Press
4.
Press
5.
Press
indicating that it is now the selected value.
6.
Press
Set the speed parameters separately
1. Turn on the cutter.
2.
Press
3.
Press
4.
Press
NOTE: Velocity is the main speed parameter. The default value for the three other parameters is AUTO. This
means that they are linked to velocity (which is the speed when the tool is down). The AUTO parameters can be
set individually, but will then cease to be linked to the velocity parameter.

Perform length calibration

The cutter has been calibrated in the factory for standard 2-mil cast or 3-mil calendared vinyl. A different
calibration factor can be associated with each of the four users. This is particularly helpful for multi-colored
signs: it ensures that the parts in different colors match up, even if different types of vinyl are used.
For standard use, it is not necessary to calibrate the cutter. With standard vinyl, the accuracy is within 0.2%.
However, if high accuracy between different vinyls or colors is needed, then calibration is necessary.
1. Turn on the cutter, load substrate, and mount the knife.
NOTE:
of maximum width and a length that is approximately 1.5 times the width.
2.
Press
20 Chapter 3 Load the substrate
.
. System setup appears on the screen. Press
to Settings, then press
to change the velocity, then press
twice to leave the menu.
.
. System setup appears on the screen. Press
or to scroll through the menu until you reach Settings.
The wider and longer the substrate, the more accurate the calibration will be. Use a piece of vinyl
.
.
.
to confirm. An asterisk appears by the velocity,
.
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