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Auto-Registration-Mark-Reading Settings
(Factory Option)
These settings enable pre-plotted media to be cut without any offset by reading the registration marks using the cutting-plotter sensor and adjusting the axes to suit the coordinate data. CHECKPOINT
Registration-mark reading accuracy *: Within 0.3 mm * Accuracy when using pens provided with the cutting plotter, high-grade media, and reading the specified pattern.
Sensor
The following precautions must be observed when the registration marks are automatically read. • Registration-mark pattern • Reading range required for the detection of registration marks • Medium and registration-mark position • Drawing origin point • Medium type The registration-mark conditions that can be read by the cutting plotter are as follows. • Registration-mark line width: 0.3 mm to 1.0 mm (The registration-mark center lines are used as the reference points.) • Registration-mark size: 5 mm to 20 mm (See “Setting the Registration-mark Size.”) • Registration-mark pattern: Pattern 1 or 2 (See “Setting the Registration-mark Pattern.”) • Registration marks must be formed of single lines. • Registration marks must be drawn in black. The cutting plotter cannot detect registration marks on the following media types. • Transparent media: The writing surface is also read, preventing the registration-mark lines from being read. • Non-monochrome drawings: The registration marks cannot be read on colored media or if the registration marks are not black. • Untidy drawings or media: The registration marks cannot be read if the medium surface is dirty or creased, or if the registration marks are defaced. • Medium thickness: The registration marks cannot be read if the medium is more than 0.3 mm in thickness. CHECKPOINT
• The registration marks used in the application software cannot be used. The registration marks must always be created as drawing data. • If auto mark reading is not possible, use the axis alignment function (see “Setting Axis Alignment”). • Auto mark reading cannot be performed when MIRROR is set to ON.
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