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  1. Need Help Summa S2 pinch roller scratching print

    Hello guys the back plastic part of the pinch roller is sometimes scratching my prints especially visible with dark prints. the paper goes back when cutting creates a high point where it hits the corner edge of the pinch roller. any solutions to this? I put some paper tape and it helped a bit...
  2. Need Help Summa not cutting the last part of my mural?

    Hello guys the summa s2 is not cutting the last part of my mural for some reason not sure why. I have have paneling set to On. The machine before was unrolling my whole roll of media before cutting so the distributor recommended me to turn on paneling and that fixed my problem. but now its not...
  3. Question How to lower middle pinch rollers pressure on summa S2

    Hi guys how do you lower the inner pinch roller pressure on the s2 as its leaving a bit of an indent on my paper the manual only says something about the outer roller but not the inner.
  4. Looking for a Graphtec FC2250 / flatbed plotter

    HY We are interested into buying a FC2250 equivalent flatbed plotter. We would be grateful if any member would send an offer. Thanks for watching. Regards Franck
  5. Need Help Summa is unloading whole roll before cutting

    Hello when im trying to cut a roll on the summa s2 and it always unrolls the whole roll thing before it starts cutting and its making my media crumble up. So I set the roll up then line it up well and clamp it down and it does the minimum load procedure. after that I click Media Size> Roll > Set...
  6. Need Help Summa unloading whole roll

    Hello when im trying to cut a roll on the summa s2 and it always unrolls the whole roll thing before it starts cutting and its making my media crumble up. So I set the roll up then line it up well and clamp it down and it does the minimum load procedure. after that I click Media Size> Roll > Set...
  7. Need Help how to deal with cuts for long murals?

    Hello trying to cut like 15 foot long wall mural on a roll but sometimes the media doesn't fold well in the media catcher and kind of crumbles the print a bit. Is there a solution for this? do i need a take up reel option so it can roll in there. I have a summa s2 t160. I think i need this...
  8. Summa Flexcut issue with SAi

    Hey guys. I have a Summa s2 160 t and I'm trying to contour and perf cut from SAI. I have created the contour lines, chosen different colours, have the contour set to Tangential and the perf which is a different colour set to Flexcut Accurate. The flexcut mode is OFF on the cutter...
  9. Need Help Summa s2 T160 Long Wall Vinyl Cut help!

    Hello new to the machine Im trying to cut 2 long pieces of wall vinyl 24" inches each on a 54" wide roll about 200" long but im having trouble as the paper is going back and forth a lot and falls off the backing and machine gets jammed. I lowered the knife pressure by a lot and and the...
  10. Summa DC5sx Printer with lot of foils For Sale

    We bought this brand new from the Vegas sign show about 5 years or so ago. There's nothing wrong with it other than it's kind of a PITA. Not a big fan of needing to change foils if you have a lot of colors. About the only saving grace is it prints white. We use it only a handful of times each...
  11. Tiling Issue not closing cuts with S75T and Winplot

    Greetings, I haven't been able to find any information on this issue, hoping somebody has some info. I am trying to tile a large plot that is wider than the plotter. What's happening is that the border of the tile isn't cut, so the shape can't be peeled. To explain another way, say you wanted...
  12. Need Help Die-cutting labels and stickers

    Hello everyone! I am thinking of purchasing either a Summa S1 or a S2. All the stuff I will produce is completely die-cut stickers, not kiss-kut etc. In the Summa world, they call it flex cut. But they do not recommend it for complex shapes (die-cutting) only squares etc. Does anyone have any...
  13. GoSign Question - Cutting multiple small jobs at once

    I am messing around with goSign and trying to figure out how to cut multiple small jobs at once. We have been using vinylmaster with our other cutter (titan stepper) and we are able to load all the different files, sizes, quantities for a single color job and it will auto nest them to cut as...
  14. Suggestions Signlab page size

    Hello, been using signlab for 13 years and never any issues. Recently our summa has been doing some strange things and it has been suggested it is a signlab issue as cc is fine. I do not run the plotters anymore it’s someone new but am told once an object selected, press cut as normal the...
  15. Need Help SummaFlex Pro - layers coloring

    Hello, I need help with SummaFlex Pro. We have Summa F-1612. We had to reinstall windows to version 10. Previously on windows 7 everything worked fine. Now the problem is that when an object in is colored with a some color and in SummaFlex we recolor it to another color (layer), the object is...
  16. SUMMA T Series 64" Tangential OPOS Cutter Like NEW

    I'm selling this cutter for the second time as I thought when Covid hit I would be using it non-stop but orders didn't come in. If you are located in Canada and need a new condition cutter (used approx. 12 times) reach out to me. I don't want to take any chances shipping across the border...
  17. Looking for a Summa D140 or D160 plotter

    I'm looking for a Summa D140 or D160 plotter in good, working condition. Might consider other brands, but nothing with only the 4 corner registration marks. Need something that's at least 54" and will put reg marks every 10 to 12 inches along both sides of a contour cut file.
  18. Want to buy Summa 1612 flatbed cutter or similar...

    Looking to immediately buy a Summa 1612 flatbed cutter (or similar Summa model) gently used. Will arrange our rigging, crating and shipping. Please email me (Dennis) at Designer.Friend214@gmail.com Thanks much!
  19. Question Cadlink Ditigal Factory V10 & Summa D160 Cutter

    Hi, All I wordering if someone can help, I use Adobe, but im wanting to know how to Dye cut labels in Ditigal Factory, or is there anyway I can do it though Winplot, Thanks Luke
  20. Colex Sharpcut 5x10

    I'm shopping for a finishing table that will work in a building with only single phase power. The specs on the Colex Sharpcut fill the need.
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