Help with increasing cutpasses and doing a tracktest

[Phill Fenton]

You can adjust the knife pressure and carry out a test cut using your machines (summa?) local panel if that’s what you mean?

[Phillip Patterson]

no phill i can do that. what i want to do is find a way of adding another cut pass on an artwork. so for example, the letter A with 2 cutpasses will cut twice. basic on the rolands but not on the summas.

[Chris Wool]

you could tell it to return to start and send the file again.

[Phill Fenton]

Surely all you need do is copy the artwork and paste it directly on top of the original?

[Chris Wool]

yes phill but i forget to remove it and wonder why it cuts twice next time.

[Glenn Sharp]

I agree with Phil….just duplicate the artwork on top of the original and make sure both copies are sent through together

I’ve got to ask why though ??

[Phillip Patterson]

thanks ever so much for your replies as this has really been bugging me!!!

for my roland, in versaworks this is just a standard option, i think on the printer options too. I was a little disappointed when i could’nt find it on my summa as i would expect a better standard and more comprehensive options as it is a good piece of kit and secondly its a standalone cutter.

i’m hopeing to cut thick materials such as card, reflectivs and sandblast so its good to be able to pass twice, rather then have too much pressure and cut once.