You need to know the print area the printer can utilize, but you set up your job in Flexi, apply any bleed and apply the contour cut, then select the whole thing and select the Contour Cut Marks tool select "Graphtec 4 Points Type 1" for the cropmarks type, .060 in the second box, 1 horizontal 1 vertical, 0 spacing both ways, and check the "One Set For All" box. This will make your print about 1.5 inches bigger both horizontally and vertically, so be sure that still falls within the printer's print area. SAVE the file!!! So when this file is printed, the cropmarks for the Graphtec will be printed and your plotter can now take the file and cut it. To print, open the file and click once in the center. Notice the shape becomes contained by a red box, but the individual items are not highlighted. Now you can send the cut to the Graphtec. With the shape highlighted go to the Cut Contour button at the top - looks like a knife blade on a red shape - it will launch the dialog box. in the upper right, make sure Graphtec 9000 is the selected printer. Now to match the orientation of the file with the cut, understand that the front edge of the Graphtec is what it considers the bottom default; in your file on screen whatever is down there is bottom. So if you consider the bottom of the file onscreen as the foot of the shape, when you are in cut setup choose the little man (bottom left middle button, the Rotate button) whose feet are pointed where the bottom of your file is - so feet down means the front of the Graphtec, feet right would be to the right... Load your printed vinyl, getting the cropmarks within the outside clamps and straight (by lining them to the bump at the end of the stainless steel in the front). clamp and machine and choose Roll2 Current Position. After it verifies all clamps and aligned with a grit roller, you can run a test cut to test blade depth and weight are correct - adjust either as needed. Then get out of test and move the blade so that it is within the front right cropmark. Send your cut and the machine should use its electric eye to read all four cropmarks before cutting. Hope that helps. Practice on a few and you'll have it down. But the file cannot be scaled down by the people that print it or you cannot cut it as the distances will be wrong...
