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hey fellas/gals, Hopefully I'm in the right page to post this but I have my first backlit sign box project to do, was going just copy the the way the sign is made now which is translucent vinyl on 1/8in. acrylic. But I have access to a large format printer and have some backlit film. Question...

make sure that the page length setting is set to about 1077in.: MENU, MEDIA,Page Length

if it goes past the rollers eventually hitting the wall then you probably have a damaged push roller sensor which is located under the cutting heard. Try disableing the sensor by turning the ploter ON while pressing the DOWN arrow button, hit next and look for Y home or push roller, select...

hey, w/ your lever down, select Inti. Menu, backround settings, next until you see Pen up Move, Enable it. Or from the Ready screen press MENU, NEXT, back round settings, select back round settings, next, until you see pen up move, enable it.

Thanks for all the replies..

I don't think it will work through USB since the firmware and main board on these 2 units is different. If you go w/ Serial connection is should work for you. Try a serial cable from Graphtec.

Hello, Has anybody had any issues printing on PhotoTex Media? pulling off the roll? print and cut issues? sizing or scaling issues. thanks.

Illustrator w/ Cutting master 2.

Try doing the same but plot the design instead using the Pen that came w/ the plotter. make sure you change the cutting conditions to Pen and a force of around 12-13, on paper. If it comes out the same than the issue is in the plotter, design... if not most likely the tool(blade, cut conditions...

Hey, Any body having issues contour cutting( cut line alignment) PhotoTex media(for solvent printers) on an FC8000?if so any suggestions?

here you go,this is off your users manual- except for the cross marks.

does cm2 open when you select it? what exactly is it that is not happening? need more info.

have an FC7000-130 w/ 2 x push rollers and stand 2,700.00 I only used it to cut diamond grade, clear bra, contour cutting vehicle wraps. the only problem is that I'm in So. California.

Yes, along w/ replacing your teflon I will replace blade holder as well. then make sure that you only extend the blade out the thickness of the material layer(if vinyl then only to the vinyl layer) then cut test cuts gradually increasing the force until you able to weed the test cut, then do a...

Use the media set lever on the right stock roller bracket and align you roll by tension. Make sure that you have the push roller pressure levers set in the down pos. You might want to prefeed the amount of media that your going to need using the prefeed feature in the plotter: MENU, MEDIA...

Nope... no maintenance required just replace your consumable items like blades, blade holders, teflon mats. Cover the plotter when not in use to protect it from dust reaching your Y bar and pulleys because the pulleys have these grease that you don't want to turn to gunk. Also when you go home...

Hello, exactly which peace do yo uneed. I have some complete assy.

Yes, make sure you leave at least .25in of space from the right roller to the mark, same on the left. and at least 3.5in of space from the end of the media to the last 2 marks. You don't need to enable or change anything on the plotter, everything is controlled by software, move the blade tip to...

most of the FC drivers on either graphtecamerica.com or graphteccorp.com are compatible, you should first try to do a Print Test page directly out of the windows driver before going to flexi.. after trying a driver, it might take you a couple of tries. Now, if you get an error 1 message on the...

First, the reason is 35 bucks is because it can w/stand 4 yrs of abuse. The teflon strip is your cutting surface, below that you have what called the teflon mat base. Call Gaphtec and ask for a part # for the Teflon mat/ base assy. and give them your exact model, I would have given it to you but...