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* Sometimes the cutter refuses to print or respond to any buttons. This hasn't happened since I opened a door in the bottom of the printer and poked an EPROM there, so may be due to some poor internal connection. | * Sometimes the cutter refuses to print or respond to any buttons. This hasn't happened since I opened a door in the bottom of the printer and poked an EPROM there, so may be due to some poor internal connection. | ||
* On the right side of the cutter is a switch for cut strength, which controls how much force is used by the blade. I don't know why you wouldn't want to keep this on maximum. | * On the right side of the cutter is a switch for cut strength, which controls how much force is used by the blade. I don't know why you wouldn't want to keep this on maximum. | ||
** If it's set too high, it will tear the vinyl if you're cutting fine figures. The "Test" button is useful for seeing whether it's set correctly: it cuts a square with a circle around it, at wherever the blade happens to be when you press the button. If you can remove the circle from the backing without removing the square, the pressure is probably set correctly.--[[User:Sde|Sde]] 01:20, 6 July 2011 (UTC) | |||
* The cutter will cut thin paper OK, but there's a risk of tearing. | * The cutter will cut thin paper OK, but there's a risk of tearing. | ||
* If your cut fucks up you can hit "pause", remove the vinyl, and then press "pause" again. AFAIK there's no harm in letting it run without any vinyl loaded. | * If your cut fucks up you can hit "pause", remove the vinyl, and then press "pause" again. AFAIK there's no harm in letting it run without any vinyl loaded. | ||
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This provides for hardware (rts/cts) handshake. Software flowcontrol may be OK but the cutter manual suggests overrun may occur. | This provides for hardware (rts/cts) handshake. Software flowcontrol may be OK but the cutter manual suggests overrun may occur. | ||
* You '''must''' have handshaking turned on. If you lose some of your input due to a buffer overrun, the cutter may fly off into the distance (read: run the vinyl through '''very''' quickly with the blade down) when it mis-interprets the coordinates. Putting the serial port in crtscts mode (stty crtscts </dev/ttyUSBwhatever) should be enough to do this. --[[User:Sde|Sde]] 01:20, 6 July 2011 (UTC) | |||
==Consumables== | ==Consumables== | ||
There is a [[Pledges/Vinyl|pledge]] running for the purchase of more vinyl. | There is a [[Pledges/Vinyl|pledge]] running for the purchase of more vinyl. | ||
I have left a small roll of blue vinyl (about 4m) and a large roll of black vinyl (about 47m) in the space. There is also a roll of medium-tack application paper, about 30cm wide. Feel free to use small amounts of these. If you want to use larger quantities, please let me know. --[[User:Sde|Sde]] 21:55, 5 July 2011 (UTC) | I have left a small roll of blue vinyl (about 4m) and a large roll of black vinyl (about 47m) in the space. There is also a roll of medium-tack application paper, about 30cm wide. Feel free to use small amounts of these. If you want to use larger quantities, please let me know. --[[User:Sde|Sde]] 21:55, 5 July 2011 (UTC) | ||
