User guide

Preparing for a job Operation Instructions SC Cutting Plotters
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AP-75026 Rev 1.0 - 11/01/00
OFFSET PRINCIPLE
One of the most important factors to obtain good quality, but unfortunately also one of the
factors that is easily forgotten, is the offset.
1
2
1: Cutter blade
2: Theoretical Offset
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As you can see in the above figure, the knife offset (2) is the distance between
the knife centre and the knife tip.
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Accurate measurement of the OFFSET to be used is very difficult and requires
specialised equipment. You should therefore adjust the offset (2) by checking
real cutting results on the media you will use. MUTOH helps you doing this by
way of a semi-automatic offset adjustment routine, which has been integrated
into your cutter.
OFFSET EFFECT
The selected Offset value is larger than
the optimum knife offset.
The selected Offset value is smaller than
the optimum knife offset.
In this case, a square corner will be cut as
follows :
In this case, a square corner will be cut as
follows :
The cutting direction is indicated by the
arrow. The corners are not well formed.
The cutter cuts too far in the angular
points.
The cutting direction is indicated by the
arrow. The corners are not well formed. The
cutter did not cut far enough in the angular
points.