why do i keep getting an x position alarm message?

[Chris Wool]

are you pre feeding enough vinyl so its not pulling on the roll.

also you have reversed the set up command from rear set to front set by the sounds of it.

chris

[Martin Gray]

Hi Chris

Am new to the industry just got my plotter last Wednesday never new a had to pre feed the vinyl

you think a have reversed the set up command How do i change it back? some times it works ok then the next time it trys to take all the vinyl off of my roll

[David Mellon]

quote Martin Gray:

Hello

Having a problem with my plotter it starts cutting then stops after 30 sec or so. and says x position alarm what am i doing wrong? And sometimes when a start a new roll and press enter it keeps pulling on the vinyl and wont set itself up

its a Graphictec ce5000-60 with signlab 8

please help

Martin

Same cutter

On the rare occasion I get position alarm it’s before I start cutting
– always took it to mean the pinch rollers weren’t lined up under the blue lines correctly!

When you load the media, before you press enter make sure your set to roll 2 on the lcd display (will only measure the width) roll 1 will measure the length of the roll too!

I’m no expert but fingers crossed it’s as basic as that.

[Jayne Marsh]

Hi, I have just spoken to my hubby who is a Graphtec engineer and he said that if you are trying to cut from a heavy roll such as a 50m full roll then the cutter you have does not have the power to pull straight from a tightly wound roll therefore giving you the error message. What you need to do is unwind some of the roll before cutting so that the rollers are pulling a loose piece of vinyl. I hope this makes sense. You will need to keep a nice loose piece of vinyl behind the cutter when its cutting from any big heavy roll of vinyl.

[Martin Gray]

Hello David

I think you just solve my first problem its all ways the little thing you need to know when you first start up. Thank you

Jayne that’s exactly what i did 50m roll on the cutter Thank you