Roland Versacamm print and cut question

[koverall industries]

Hi there, I just purchased a new rolland 54 inch versacamm and im having problems with the cutting of images after i laminate them. When im printing my logos i ensure the crop marks are printed then once complete i laminate my logos. Once i re install the media i use the printer head and place it over the crop mark with a base point ( which i read in the manuel). Then i set all the setting to cut only and check the ( look for crop marks box). Then i click print. Its says everything is processing, but nothing happens. Im not sure what im doing wrong.

any help would be greatly appreciated thanks.

 

[datablitz]

are you using versa works?

when i do that, i just make sure i have the crop marks option selected on the mark options page, set it to print only. then rip and print the job. then i load the job back in after laminating, and get the alignment dot with the dash so that is about straight over from the 'eye' on the head. go back into the settings, change it to cut only, and hit go. it comes out, finds the mark and starts cutting.

 

[Red Ball]

Get your sales technician back out to examine.
We had the same problem just these last few months.
New machine and very intermittent cutting ability.
Something (a rail) from the factory out of adjustment.
Since then we are spot on.

 

[threeputt]

Not quite sure about everything you said, but here's what we do.

1) Be sure the art is sent to VW with the cutlines already applied. This is critical. If you don't see "marching ants" in the window when you've got "cut only" selected under Cut Controls, you've done something wrong in the design area. (I can help, but that's a different issue altogether)


2) In the Job Settings dialog box do this: Under Marks set "crop marks",
then under Cut Controls set print only.
3) Print as normal, after selecting for profiles, media, quantities, etc.
4) Take out of the printer and laminate.
5) Re-place into the printer and under Cut Controls, select Cut Only, Enable Advance Settings and set them. For Oracal 3651, with a overlaminate of Oracal 210, and a normal blade maybe 20 speed and 115 grams of downforce.
6) Advance media til the circle/spot is adjacent to the hold downs. You can also run the carriage out to see if the little blade is approximately in the center of the dot.
7) Hit the "V" and the machine will search out the little registration dot, find it, and begin cutting.

 

[koverall industries]

Thanks guys for all your help. I'm g

 

[koverall industries]

Thanks guys. I'm gonna try all the tiPs tomorrow and see if I can get it working.

 

[CentralSigns]

When you went to cut only was the ants circling the cut lines?

 

[Mike F]

Did you have the layout set to "center on media"? that can throw it off sometimes as well if you load it back in in a different spot from where it came out and it reads the sheet size as a different size than what it printed at. if that's the case then don't hit "get media width" in the settings when you load the cut file.

 

[airborneassault]

I've had similar issues on a Sp540V from Versaworks. I do as you say and in VW it shows the job under print status at 0% then disappears as if it's finished. I've gotten it to cut by turning off the power on the front panel, turning off the main power on the side and unplugging for a minute. Versaworks took off then and I was able to cut the job no problem.


Is this the same issue you're having or does the machine actually take off and attempt to read the crop marks?