Hi everybody,
I bought used used Graphtec FC7000-160 cutter. It works general very well apart from two issues.
One issue is that when I use a new roll of vinyl (50 feet) I get X axis error in a middle of cutting when cutter is trying to pull media. I understand that this is happening because when the cutter is trying to pull the vinyl and it uses more force then the threshold defined and this triggers the alarm. I use work around that I roll out the whole length to be cut for the sign using buttons on the control panel and this way I overcome the problem. However this is just work around, which slows me down and I'm wondering whether there is any tune up which can be done to fix this issue, or whether the motor needs to be replaced. Any comments on this issue are appreciated.
Another problem I experience is the rear sensor. I wasted tons of material when in the middle of cutting I got message "load media" and cutting stopped. I didn't figure out the way to force the cutting process to continue the cut so I always throwing out the piece already cut and starting from the start again. Eventually I realized that this is related to rear media sensor, so I just covered the sensor with the tape and I could cut no problem after that. Again this is just temporary work around and I would like to fix the issue. I think that this is not probably faulty sensor, because the problem would still present, even the tape covers the sensor and it wasn't. Is the any suggestion I should try or where I should look to fix this issue?
Thank you very much in advance for your tips and suggestions.
Robert
I bought used used Graphtec FC7000-160 cutter. It works general very well apart from two issues.
One issue is that when I use a new roll of vinyl (50 feet) I get X axis error in a middle of cutting when cutter is trying to pull media. I understand that this is happening because when the cutter is trying to pull the vinyl and it uses more force then the threshold defined and this triggers the alarm. I use work around that I roll out the whole length to be cut for the sign using buttons on the control panel and this way I overcome the problem. However this is just work around, which slows me down and I'm wondering whether there is any tune up which can be done to fix this issue, or whether the motor needs to be replaced. Any comments on this issue are appreciated.
Another problem I experience is the rear sensor. I wasted tons of material when in the middle of cutting I got message "load media" and cutting stopped. I didn't figure out the way to force the cutting process to continue the cut so I always throwing out the piece already cut and starting from the start again. Eventually I realized that this is related to rear media sensor, so I just covered the sensor with the tape and I could cut no problem after that. Again this is just temporary work around and I would like to fix the issue. I think that this is not probably faulty sensor, because the problem would still present, even the tape covers the sensor and it wasn't. Is the any suggestion I should try or where I should look to fix this issue?
Thank you very much in advance for your tips and suggestions.
Robert
