Reg marks inside of graphic

[Chris Wool]

Can’t see how you can use the grey ones but you should be able to invert the black ones.
May I ask why what printer and cutter I recognise the type of shape

[Iain Sinton]

Looks like the regi marks we use with our signlab and minaki set up

[David Hammond]

Or cutting master/graphtec.

If CM I don’t think you can use the grey ones, but as Chris says change them to the other type and you should save as few mm.

Remember to change it on the plotter too

^^all above based on my assumption of CM/graphtec

[Jon Miller]

ok, thanks guys.

i have a mimaki and a graphtec but am looking to add a gerber edge so just wanted to see about maximizing print area 🙂

[Chris Wool]

Thought that was the problem I have looked hard at that my self and there are some rad panels you won’t fit in the area. They say 300 mm but I used 295 for my workings.
Where about are you in the country.

[Jon Miller]

Cheerz Chris, yes, thought it a bit of a doozy.
I am in Stamford, Lincs. I am willing to travel though in order to find a solution 😀

Kind Regards,

Jon

[Chris Wool]

raining in cornwall
so we have the same thoughts i have been chatting to spandex but yet to actually speak to some one with a real working knowlage of the software and machine. perhaps i ask the wrong questions.
at present we print on rolands and cut and di -cut on a graphtec flat bed but as you are thinking a edge could be handy.

[Jon Miller]

Yup, not overly cheery outside here too 🙂

I guess inverting the reg marks would achieve the same thing as the ‘grey’ ones but I think I noticed in the manual that when using that style of reg mark, they need to be completely outside of the artwork..??
I may be wrong though, not familiar with the cutter yet as have only just got it and haven’t had a fancy separate cutter before 😀

[Jon Miller]

The cutter I have is the FC8600 which came with cutting master 3. Just noticed the ‘convert rectangle’ option which let me create reg marks inside of the graphic. Not yet tested but will give it a go later.

[Chris Wool]

quote :

they need to be completely outside of the artwork..??

thats because the head eye will find the graphic not the next mark and fail. but a bit of tape over the area will stop the eye seeing the graphic and continue to find the next mark.
the graphtec will also give you the option for the distance printed and measured by the plotter v the drawing distance so compensating for the thicker material distance moved.

[Chris Wool]

Other thing on my fc7000 you can tell the arms the distance to the marks.
Advantage is it ignore s any think within 20 mm of the mark except the mark and goes straight to it at higher speed.
Unfortunately using a roll cutter for mx stuff still has a load of problems which you will have to work out as you go

[Jon Miller]

Thanks Chris