cut only with vp540i

[Steve Morgan]

George,
I have an SP-300 which I think in many respects is similar to the bigger machine, the offset on mine is set at 0.225mm

Steve

[George Elsmore]

cheers Steve

[Darren Lawlor]

Hi George,

I am curious to see how you got when using the cut only feature on the 540 machine….

I have attempted it numerous times with no success.

The machine has been out either left or right by at least a couple of mm every time..

I have given up on it now.

Darren.

[George Elsmore]

sound like you need to calibrate your machine Darren

[Darren Lawlor]

George,

I have had a look at the calibration.

I used the cut only feature when I was printing car stickers for the inside of the windows. Printed the stickers in reverse on clear vinyl, then flooded the print with a white vinyl. My problems start when I put the sheet back into the machine to cut these out. The machine reads the registration marks and then starts to cut…..Badly!!

For example, If I am doing a circular sticker, the cut will always be off hence it will cut inside the sticker outline and hey presto …stickers ruined!!

Very frustrating..
Darren.

[David Bilton]

Darren,

You could try changing the pinch rollers.

We had the same problem but since changing the outside pinch rollers it has been cutting alot more accurately.

David

[Warren Beard]

I have done quiet a bit of cutting on my sp540i and have never touched any calibration settings since getting it a few months back and cuts perfectly, the attached fish was 1180mm top to bottom, the crown was done separately and it was spot on.

I do however have issued with laminated prints, I can never weed it easily and battle to get a perfect cut depth no matter how high I go with pressure and that’s even on a new blade, I know it’s just me but can’t figure it out 😕

cheers

Warren

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[Matt Boyd]

hey warren same thing with my vp540i…i have to adjust the cut dept/pressure all the time! its a brand new machine and new blade but…..can never get the pressure tight on the thing! and i’ve been using plotters for the last 9 years!!!!!