DPR GEMINI User manual
USER MANUAL
GEMINI
this product is certified:
IMPORTANT: Please keep the original packaging in
case you need to return the material. If we receive the
system in non-original packaging, the warranty will be
void.
IMPORTANT: The latest version of the Gemini software
is available on our websites
or ,section “Download”.
Overview
GEMINI - Digital Cutting Software
Unpacking the contents of the GEMINI
How to istall the Cutting Manager software
How to update the Cutting Manager software
Assembly of your GEMINI
Setting up the GEMINI Feeder
Cable connections and aligning the feeder
Pinch Roller Position - Paper Size/Format Adjustment
Cutting options - Blade Positions
Cutting Manager software
Advanced options
Creating Your Files
Graphics le design
Layers for printing
Layers for cutting
Marks positioning and specics
File properties for cutting
Graphic le Compatibility
Basic operations
Startup
File opening
Set working view
Set working mode
Sheet and pinch rollers alignment
Adjust plotter’s knife
Changing blade positions
Cutting parameters
Cut test
Copy mode
Press Start to launch the cutting series
How to replace cutting mat
How to replace the knife
How to restore plotter settings
TroubleShooting
GEMINI USER GUIDE - TABLE OF CONTENTS
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GEMINI - DIGITAL CUTTING SOFTWARE
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There are also additional functions enabling the management of die cutting sheet material, using
cross cut (Cut through) and dashed cut features, so that greeting cards, POS and packaging board
material may be also cut.
The gemini solution consists of both hardware and software.
Hardware
The hardware is consist of:
-The automatic sheet feeding system
-The cutting plotter
-The paper exit tray
Software
The Gemini Cutting Manager is our own proprietary software that will allow you to cut lines and
paths of a pdf vector graphics.
The cutting manager works on windows OS from Vista. We do not guarantee its functionality on
windows XP.
HOW TO INSTALL THE CUTTING MANAGER SOFTWARE
UNPACKING THE CONTENTS OF THE GEMINI
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Before installing the cutting manager software please make sure the cutting plotter is o,
disconnected from a power supply, and that the gemini hub’s usb cable is not plugged to
your pc.
The Cutting manager software for the GEMINI can be downloaded from the following websites:
www.dpr-srl.it / www.dpr-llc.com
Execute the installation’s program SetupGeminiCM and follow the next steps
Your GEMINI is packed in 2 boxes.
The second box contains:
- The GEMINI Exit tray (II)
- The GEMINI Feeder (III)
- And the power adaptor, plus USB cables, manual and drivers. (IV)
The GEMINI Exit tray sits under the GEMINI cutting engine, be sure to position the vertical tabs
under the recesses on the front of the cutting engine.
The GEMINI Auto-Feeder clips on to the front of the GEMINI cutting engine and lines up next to
paper size guides along the front left edge.
USB hub integrated under the feeder to your computer.
Also in addition a USB cable to connect the GEMINI cutting Engine to the integrated USB Hub
under the feeder.
3. Click NEXT 4. Allow the permission for the installation
if it is asked
5. Click YES 6. Click FINISH
1. Click NEXT 2. Click NEXT
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To update your cutting manager you just have to unistall the old version of the software from
the control panel or its installer, and then install the new version.
HOW TO UPDATE CUTTING MANAGER SOFTWARE
9. Click NEXT
11. Wait until the sign “Update for the
Graphtec CE6000/CE6000Plus driver was
completed” shows up. Click “OK” to end
the installation. It may ask you to restart
the computer
7. Click OK 8. Click NEXT
10. Select the correct graphtec model
name. Do not confuse graphtec CE6000
with graphtec ce6000plus. Click “Next”
After the installation you will have the software’s shortcut on your desktop, and a folder that contains
the report of all the cuts in C:\Gemini Cutting Manager\Report.
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ASSEMBLY OF YOUR GEMINI
STEP 1
Install the “S” support onto the tray.
STEP 4
Insert the feeder feet into the holes on
plotter plate.
Pay attention!
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STEP 2
Fix the tray to the plate of plotter.
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Plotter plate
Tray
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STEP 3
Insert the plotter feet into the holes on
plate.
SETTING UP THE GEMINI FEEDER
To connect the GEMINI to the pc, plug the USB cable exiting the front of the feeder
(where the control commands are located) to the PC.
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CABLE CONNECTIONS AND ALIGN THE FEEDER
The last item to connect is the feeder, but you need to make the USB connections before aligning
the feeder.
The GEMINI system requires 2 USB connections:
- The Plotter requires a USB cable (supplied in the box).
- Dongle
integrated USB hub this enables you to connect all your GEMINI USB connectors.
Plug the cables as shown.
1. PLOTTER
2. DONGLE
3, 4, 5. FREE USB
The pinch rollers move the sheet during the cut, and they must be set correctly.
NOTE: The pinch rollers MUST sit over the grit rollers.
Typically the Left Pinch wheel is not moved, instead you adjust/slide the feeder to ensure the left
side of the sheet is correctly under the ‘static’ left pinch wheel.
Then adjust the right pinch rollers so that they are positioned above both the media and the grit
rollers.
MOST IMPORTANT:
If you need to move the right Pinch wheel to suit your media size, the
relocation of the pinch roller must be made only when the Plotter’s rear
lever is lowered.
Once you have relocated the right pinch wheel to accommodate your
media, lift up the lever to engage the rollers.
PINCH ROLLER POSITION - PAPER SIZE/FORMAT ADJUSTMENT
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CUTTING OPTIONS - BLADE POSITIONS
The GEMINI cutting engine uses a contour cutting system.
(i) Kiss Cut (For adhesive labels)
In this mode, you cut over a cutting strip which provides a surface to cut against, and you ONLY cut
the top layer of your substrate.
You do not cut all the way through the media.
(ii) Die Cut / Cross Cut (For Packaging or Cutting all the way through substrates)
In this mode, you cut over a groove which provides a recess so the knife can cut through your
substrate and not cut into the machine.
In this mode you DO cut all the way through the media.
Left pinch roller
Right pinch roller
Button #2 for the
reading of the sheet
Power button on
the left side
Adhesive cut position
Cross cut position
Lever raised engages
the pinch rollers
Lever lowered
releases the pinch roller
In this position we cut against the cutting strip,
and do not cut all the way through the media.
In this position we cut over a groove on the cutter bed.
This enables the blade to cut all the way through the media.
(For cutting card shapes or packaging).
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Out of the box, the Blade tool has been set up to cut labels (It is in the Kiss Cut position, rear),
nearest the exit tray and the knife exposure set to the correct setting for label stocks.
You need to leave the blade in this position for making an alignment calibration on the GEMINI
cutting engine or for cutting labels.
However if you have already performed a calibration and wish to Die-cut card, you will need to
adjust the knife position to the front position (nearest the feeder) and you will need to adjust the
blade exposure.
MOST IMPORTANT:
To save adjusting knife depth when switch between labels and card stock,
you can order a second blade holder and blade.
Then simply adjust one for labels and the other for card.
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CUTTING MANAGER SOFTWARE
OVERVIEW OF CUTTING MANAGER SOFTWARE PANEL LAYOUT
The Cutting Manager software allows you to adjust and control all the functions and parameters for
the digital cutting process.
The cutting manager allows you to cut lines or paths of a pdf vector graphics.
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3. “Open PDF” and “Open last job
“Open last job
4. Operation buttons to help control the cutting series
5. “Cut test” launches a single cut
6. Control to assist in the alignment of the camera and the pinch rollers
7. In this area the user chooses the number of copies per job run
8 - 9. Working perspective controls and preview
10. Sheet settings
11. Magenta lines settings (for boxes)
12. Border lines settings
13. Label’s or Pack’s mode switch
14. Mark mode allows you to choose how many marks you want the plotter to check.
You can choose to check no marks, 2 marks or 4 marks. The more marks are checked the
more cutting precision you will have. To see how to place the marks in your .pdf look at pag.19
15. Advanced options
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ADVANCED OPTIONS (15)
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15. Settings
16. Report
17. Set the language interface
18. Restore of plotter settings
19. Shows the software version
Settings (15)
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added to the delta.
2. When you launch a cut, if you need to scan marks, after the plotter recieves the sheet from the
head may not move always on the mark during the mark scan.
To solve this you can:
- Place the pinch rollers at 2mm from the sheet border (pag.22)
- Choose how much you want to move the head forward or backward with the mark
constant. With a positive value will move the pen more further, with a negative value more
further back, when the plotter’s head moves on the mark to start the scan.
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CUTTING
DIRECTION
The check button allows you to check the head position at the start of the mark scan. The cutting
pen should be inside the area as shown in the following picture (check this positioning with the
cutting pen in the kiss cut position)
cutting
direction
CUTTING
DIRECTION
RIGHT POSITION WRONG POSITION
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curves seems too “sharp-cornered” during the job, reduce the curve approximation to low or
minimum.
However, if you reduce the curve approximation too much, it will decrease your cutting speed, so
choose the most proper value.
4. Your artwork may be not printed straight. When this happens, the cutting lines will have a
The arrow near the textbox shows you towards which direction will be rotated your cut. Usually the
artwork should not be too much rotated. When you check the cutting rotation we suggest you to
change by 0.1 degrees with the arrows your value, and then proceed with a cut test.
CUTTING
DIRECTION
CUTTING
DIRECTION
CUTTING
DIRECTION
cutting
direction
STEP
1. Check the match between the
cut with the print.
2. Rotate the die-cut to nd the
correct inclination (until the cut
lines and the printed lines are
parallel).
3. Adjust the osets to match the
cut lines to the printed lines
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5. Your artwork may be printed with a distortion. In that case it will look more stretched or
compressed than it should be. So your cut will look to don’t have the same position on all the labels.
value to correction x/y will stretch your cut on x/y, otherwise a negative value will compress the cut
on the x/y.
cutting
direction
CUTTING
DIRECTION
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CUTTING
DIRECTION
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STEP 1
VERIFY THE
CORRESPONDENCE OF
THE CUT WITH THE PRINT
STEP 2
AT THE POINT INDICATED,
ADJUST OFFSET TO ALIGN
THE CUT WITH THE PRINT
STEP 3
INCREASE OR DECREASE
THE “STRETCH”
PARAMETER (X)
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CUTTING
DIRECTION
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CUTTING
DIRECTION
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cutting
direction
STEP 1
VERIFY THE
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE
CUT WITH THE PRINT
STEP 2
AT THE POINT INDICATED,
ADJUST OFFSET TO ALIGN
THE CUT WITH THE PRINT
STEP 3
INCREASE OR DECREASE
THE “COMPRESSION”
PARAMETER (Y)
6. When you cut on very thin materials, your contours may not be closed completely.
start length” how much you want the plotter’s blade to
Instead, add on end length how much you want the plotter’s blade to delay the end of your cut after
the last label’s point.
You can add for both “start length” and “end length” up to 0.9mm, allowing you to close incompleted
contours with a gap up to 1.8mm.
To get more accurate result on the corners, use the overcut feature during cross cutting.
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Report (16)
can save where you prefer the report of all the cuts done during the last session.
If you go at the “C:\Gemini Cutting Manager\Report
contains the report of all the cuts done since the software installation.
Language (17)
You can switch between the english and italian language in this menu. If you would like to have
another language pack for the cutting manager, contact us.
Init cutter (18)
The init cutter loads the plotter settings necessary to the graphtec. This procedure has to be done
whenever the plotter has been reset.
About (19)
The “About” button shows you the current software version, and other additional information.
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7. With the reset button you can restore all the settings values to default.
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or close the window, everything changed will be undone.
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