Print to Cut, and actually cutting correctly.

[Graphics2u]

I have a Mutoh Ultima 48" Cutter and set my contour cut up at -.02 and virtually never have a problem. Once in a great while there will be a glitch but rarely!

 

[Tim D]

What kind of plotter are you using? On my Mimaki, it's called Half Cut, and it's in the manual. It walks ya right through it.

I think I have read through those directions half a dozen times and have yet to make any sense of it.

 

[eforer]

I think I have read through those directions half a dozen times and have yet to make any sense of it.

In the downloads section of the Mimaki USA website, there is a half-cut/contour cut specific manual in pdf format. Its pretty straight forward. Also, if you don't already frequent MimakiJV3Printers : Mimaki JV3 Series Printers you should, its a great resource.

 

[Typestries]

One thing that has not been addressed is cleaning and feed speed. The platen, grit and friction rollers need to be cleaned to prevent slip and drag at high speed that occour AFTER the reg marks have been read and compensated for. Slick back material like controltac slip more easily at high speed feed rates. Also feed rate—if the machine reads the reg marks at slow speed and then cuts at high speed the outcome can be different as the "control" has changed. We've been contour cutting prints since way before automated reg marks and have worked through almost every issue. I do find that cutting anything under .5" tall I cant run the print must past 12'-14' without some minor drift on the plotter, even with automated registration.