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4 IMPORTANT INFORMATION X Thanks for your purchasing of our Sign Pal Series Lynx cutting plotters. To optimize the performance of your Lynx, please take the time to read through the user manual completely and follow up the correct operation procedure. Hope you will enjoy using your cutting plotter. PRECAUTIONS IN USE ® For safety’s sake, be sure to hold the plotter body’s bottom when moves your cutting plotter. Do not shake ar drop the blade holder, blade tip can fly out.
QUICK MENU Power [ON (the POWER LED lights on) Place the media and lower down the pinch rollers (make sure the pinch rollers are position above the grid drums). The cutting plotter will size the media size automatically according to setting of the dip switch (usually the presetting is ROLL media type). Off-line condition Plotter is not ready to receive data from computer. Press [ON/OFF LINE] the LED above off, On-line condition Plotter is ready to receive data from computer.
ABOUT THE TOOL A generic term referring to the blade that cuts the sheet, the pen that does plotting, and the LED bomb sight (option) used for pointing to the reference point. OFFSET is the distance that the blade tip is displaced from the center line of the blade. Blade Central line Blade tip —— «offset >! i i Protrusion Length of the Blade A Thickness of the film (t1) Protrusion length of the blade E— Thickness of the .
The Specification for GCC Blade ee — ZZ 00215A For cutting general signage vinyl. Standard blade with GAB-1458 Largest angle. The blade is 45° with yellow cap, 0.25 mm blade offset and 5 miles life. —— ZZ 00222A For cutting thin sandblast mask and stencil with friction GCB460SO feed machine. The blade is 60° with green cap, 0.5mm blade offset and 5 miles life. A ZZ 00233A GAB-500 For cutting small text and fine detail. Sharp blade with smallest offset — 0.175 mm.
Important Message Quick Menu About the Tool Spec. of Blade ‘Table of Content Chapter 1 — Learning Shout Your Sign Cutting Plotter 1 1.1 Initial Inspection 1 1.2 Front View of Lynx 2 1.3 Back View of Lynx 3 1.4 Side View of Lynx 4 1.5 Control Panel 3 Chapter 2— Basie Operation 6 2.1 Dip Switch Setting 6 22 Power On 8 2.3 ON/OFF Line Key 9 2.4 Pause Key 10 2.5 Repeat Key 10 2.6 Data Clear Key 10 2.7 Cutting Test 1 2.8 Origin Setting 13 29 When Completing the Cutting Job 13 Chapter 3 — Troubleshooting 14 3.
Chapter 1 — Learning About Your Sign Cutting Plotter 11 Initial Inspection Before setting up your cutting plotter, please carefully unpack and inspect what you have received from the shipped carton by comparing them with the following listed items. If you discover any item missing in the process of delivery, please inform your dealer.
Roll Holder Guide Bushes Roil Holder Roll Holder Support Stand Figure 1-3 Platen Provides the surface for holding and supporting media during cutting. Cutting Pad Provide the protection of blade when the blade is cutting. Alignment Ruler — Media can be aligned with the clear guide line marks. Tool Carriage — This unit performs the cutting with the installed blade and pen Grid Drum Moves the media back and forth during operation. Control Panel Consists of 10 control keys and 6 LED.
1.4 Side Views of Lynx | 4 9 Figure 1-4 Figure 1-5 Left Hand Side (Figure 1-4) Wot — AC Power Connector — Used to insert the AC power cord. Fuse — Upton 3 Amp. Voltage Switch ~ The preset value is 230 voltage. Please adjust to comply with the focal standard. Power Switch — On when switches to [1]; Off when switches to [ O] Right Hand Side (Figure 1-5) Noe oc Dip Switch label — Indicate the function of the dip switch. Dip Switch Used for various parameter setting.
1.6 Control Panel iw HIGH oe Coe REPEAT DATA CLEAR Cuf TEST ORIGIN <) Figure 1-6 ON/OFF LINE Key — Used for communication between the cutting plotter and the host computer. When ON LINE condition, the LED above on. Press again, the ON/OFF LINE LED off. PAUSE Key — Press this key once can temporarily terminate the motion of the cutter, and the ON/OFF LINE LED flashes. Press ON/OFF LINE Key can release the paused state.
Chapter 2— Basic Operation 2.4 Dip Switch Setting The cutting plotter will read values of the dip switch every time when press ON/OFF LINE Key. Therefore, any change during on-line condition will not work, Function for cache dip switch please refer to the sticker on the plotter (Figure 2-1). The presetting of dip switch is as below © Off Set Value : 0.
SW-6 : SMOOTH Make the curves smoother during cutting. When cut the small letter, it is recommend to disabled the smoothing cut. w] Disable the smoothing cut | Enable the smoothing cut. SW.7 : AUTO UNROLL Unroll the heavy media at least 50 cm when the next point of movement is located beyond the unrolled position. As the media type is Single, this function will be disabled. = Disable the auto unroll W Enable the alto unroll! SW-8§ : MEDIA TYPE Set the type of the media you use.
2.2 Power On is on. Turn the power switch on the left] on; the culling plotter is rea lights when uses different functions key in normal conditions. 4 Be sure not to put anything or hands on the platen of the plotter when turning on the power. It may cause injury. < Keep long hair away from the grid drum when power hand side of the cutting plotter and the POWER LED dy to receive data from computer.
2.3 ON/OFF LINE Key ® On-line When the machine is “ON LINE” condition, the ON/OFF LINE LED on, the cutting plotter is ready to receive data from the host computer. At this moment, only “PAUSE” and “ON/OFF LINE” keys are valid. Change the setting value I. Press the PAUSE key to change the setting value during cutting. 2. Press the ON/OFF LINE key to continue cutting. Terminate the cutting & clear the data in the buffer I. Press the ON/OFF LINE key or press the PAUSE key 2.
2.4 PAUSE key The purpose of the “PAUSE” key is to temporarily terminate the motion of the cutter after it started cutting. At this moment, the ON/OFF LING, LED flash; you can change the dip switch setting on the right-hand side of the plotter. It will resume cutting after pressing the ON/OFF LINE key to make the machine in the online status. Note : The parameters of dip switch in effect can not be changed while the cutting has started unless pressing the “PAUSE” key.
2.7 Cutting Test In order to achieve the best cutting performance, it is necessary to set cutting conditions that natch the cutting media, giving considerations to the thickness of the sheet and type of material. Lynx can performs a cutting test is to determine the appropriate cutting force and offset value for your media and this can only work under the off-line condition. Once you finish the cut test, the new origin is also set to the current tool carriage position. Procedures : 1.
2.741 Adjust Tool Force When the cutting test is completed, a square cut out appears. Peel off the square to see if it s. the setup too! force is appropriate. If can be easily separated from the media base. I['y not, use “Pen Force Control Slider” on the right-hand side of the plotter to adjust the tol force. First, move the control slider to the left-most indicator mark (min. blade force), then increase the blade force gradually by moving the slider, until an optimum force is obtained.
2.8 Origin Setting Use the ORIGIN SET key to set a new origin at any position in the cutting area. From where the too] carriage starts to work. Please note new origin setting must be made under the off-line condition. Procedures : 1. After loading the media and lowering down the level, use ARROW keys to move the carriage to the desired location for a new origin. 2. Press ORIGIN SET key and the origin point is set. The ORIGIN LED lights. 2.
Chapter 3 Troubleshooting This chapter helps you to correct some common problem you may come across. Prior to getting into the details of this chapter, please be sure that your application environment is compatible with the cutting plotter. Note: Before having your cutting plotter serviced, please make certain that the malfunction is in your cutting plotter, not the result of an interface problem or a malfunction in your computer or a software problem. Why the cutting plotter does not operate ? 3.
3.2 Lights Indicators Certain problems are identified by the control panel lights. When your cutting plotter stop operating or the lights are on or flashing unexpectedly. see the following descriptions of panel light patterns and the corrective actions you should take. 3.2.1 Warming Indicators When the ERROR LED flashes (as Warming 1-6), take the necessary action according to respective instruction below. If the problems are solved, the ERROR LED will turn off automatically.
Warming 3. Lever up mediator. Check if you lower down the lever and be sure to put the media before cutting. Warming 4. Cannot repeat cutting This conditions happen for two reasons: the buffer holds no data or the buffer is full. For the formal condition, please send a new graph from computer; for the latter condition, please repeat the same cutting job from the computer. In both conditions, press ON/OFF LINE key to clear the warming message. Warming 5.
32.2 Error Indicators If some mechanical problems or failure during operations happen, the ERROR LED will turn on. Please follow the instruction below to solve the problem. If the plotter still cannot work. please inform your dealers type of error indicators or have your plotter serviced Error indicators ERROR| ON/OFF | REPEAT | DATA | GUT . LINE CLEAR! TEST 1 Sam error [Dram error [Check media, drum, or X motor Check media or Y motor flash Oot Error 1 and 2. At this moment, please contact your dealer.
3.3 Cutting Quality Problems x _ | Remove the blade Please contact your dealer for technician | | fastened securely? Ts the blade installed correctly and the blade holder Is the blade dull or chipped? Refer to the “Installation the blade of Chapter 2”. Y Replace Is tool force set up with a new properly? blade T | Yes the tool offset set up Adjust the tool force to obtain properly? an optimum blade force. Refer . : to 2.
Appendix Specification: LYNX S-60, 8-30 Model Name/No. LYNX S-60 LYNX S-30 Operational Method Roller-Type Max. Cutting Width Max. Media Loading Width Min, Media Loading Width 50mm Acceptable Material Thickness Number of Pinch Rollers 0.8mm (0.03 in) 2 Drive DC Servo Control Cutting Force 0-300 g Max. Cutting Speed Up to 600 mm /sec (23.62 ips) Offset 0~1.0 mm Mechanical Resolution 0.009 mm Software Resolution 0.025 mm Distance Accuracy 0.254 mm or 0.1% of move, whichever is greater Repeatability +0.