Tips and Tricks for Text Layout ...................................................................... 58
Changing the Locaon, Size, or Angle of Text ............................................................58
Arranging Text to a Fan Layout .................................................................................. 59
Laying Out Text along a Shape ................................................................................... 61
Filling Text .................................................................................................................. 62
Creang/Eding a Stroke Character Font ..................................................... 64
About Stroke Characters and SFEdit2 ........................................................................ 64
SFEdit2 Window ........................................................................................................ 65
Creang a Stroke Character Font ............................................................................... 66
Changing Entered Characters into a Stroke Character Font.......................................68
Eding Stroke Characters ........................................................................................... 70
Checking Finished Results............................................................................. 72
Creang Variable Imprint Data ..................................................................... 73
Step 1: Create a Variable Field ................................................................................... 73
Step 2: Place Text Inside the Variable Field ............................................................... 77
Imprinng on Curved Surfaces ..................................................................... 78
Step 1: Set the Imprint Area ...................................................................................... 78
Step 2: Make Horizontal Wring on Portrait Material ...............................................81
Registering a Wide Variety of Materials ....................................................... 83
Imporng a Bitmap Image ......................................................................................... 83
Scanning the Material with a Commercially Available Scanner ................................. 83
Drawing the Shape of the Material ........................................................................... 83
Registering the Foil and Adjusng the Imprinng Power ............................. 84
Changing Basic Driver Sengs ..................................................................... 86
Other Operaons Available with METAZAStudio .......................................... 88
Chapter 5 Appendix ........................................................................................89
Troubleshoong ............................................................................................ 90
The [Power/Movement] Buon Is Blinking ............................................................... 90
The Machine Doesn't Run Even When Imprint Data Is Sent ...................................... 90
You Cannot Select the Foil Using METAZAStudio.......................................................91
The Imprinted Locaon Isn't Where Desired .............................................................91
The Imprinted Image is Unaracve (It Is Uneven or Shied) .................................. 92
The Imprinted Image Is Always Missing at the Same Locaon .................................. 93
It Is Necessary to Remove the Unneeded Foil That Remains in Locaons outside of the
Imprinng Locaon ................................................................................................... 93
Installing the Driver Separately .................................................................................93
Installing the Soware and the Electronic-format Manuals Separately ....................95
Driver Installaon Is Impossible ................................................................................96
Uninstalling the Driver ............................................................................................... 99
Moving the Machine .................................................................................. 102
Step 1: Removing the Material Retainer from the Machine .................................... 102
Step 2: Aaching the Retainers ............................................................................... 105
Main Unit Specicaons ............................................................................. 107
Center Vise Specicaons ....................................................................................... 107
Imprint Area ............................................................................................................ 107
Locaons of the Power Rang and Serial Number Labels .......................................108
Specicaons ........................................................................................................... 109
System Requirements for USB Connecon .............................................................. 110
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