Gerber P2C 600 User manual

Gerber P2C™ 600
User’s Manual
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equipment.
Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a
Class digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are
designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when
the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment
generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed
and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful
interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a
residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user
will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.
RS-232 shielded cables must be used with this unit to ensure compliance with
the Class FCC limits.
This Class digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.
Cet appareil numérique de la classe est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du
Canada.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.................................................................................. P GE
SECTION 1 1-1
1 1 INTRODUCTION 1-1
1.1.1. PRODUCT FE TURES .....................................................................................1-1
1.1.2. GERBER P2C 600 USER’ S M NU L .............................................................1-3
1 2 SPECIFICATIONS 1-4
1.2.1. CUTTER ..........................................................................................................1-4
1.2.2. MEDI ...........................................................................................................1-4
1.2.3. KNIFE, PEN, ND POUNCING TOOL ............................................................1-5
1.2.4. INTERF CE ....................................................................................................1-6
1.2.5. FIRMW RE ....................................................................................................1-6
1.2.6. PERFORM NCE ............................................................................................1-6
1.2.7. CERTIFIC TIONS............................................................................................1-7
1.2.8. ENVIRONMENT L .........................................................................................1-7
1.2.9. ELECTRIC L...................................................................................................1-7
1 3 CUTTER ACCESSORIES AND CONSUMABLES 1-8
1 4 POSITIONING THE 600 CUTTER ON A TABLE 1-9
1 5 CUTTER COMPONENTS 1-10
1.5.1 RE R P NEL CONTROLS ............................................................................1-10
1 5 2 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS 1-12
1 6 POWERING UP THE CUTTER 1-14
1.6.1. E RTHING (“GROUNDING”) ......................................................................1-14
1.6.2. POWER-UP PROCEDURE ............................................................................1-15
1 7 LOADING MEDIA 1-16
1.7.1. POSITIONING THE PINCH ROLLERS ............................................................1-16
1.7.2. FEEDING ND POSITIONING MEDI .........................................................1-17
1 8 INSTALLATION OF A KNIFE, PEN OR POUNCING TOOL 1-21
1.8.1. KNIFE INST LL TION ...................................................................................1-21
1.8.2. PEN INST LL TION......................................................................................1-25
1.8.3. INST LL TION OF POUNCING TOOL......................................................1-26
SECTION 2 2-1
2 1 THE CONTROL PANEL 2-1
2.1.1. THE LIQUID CRYST L DISPL Y ......................................................................2-1
2.1.2 THE MENU KEY ..............................................................................................2-2
2.1.3 THE EXIT KEY ................................................................................................2-3
2.1.4 THE V KEY ....................................................................................................2-3

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2.1.5 THE TEST KEY ..................................................................................................2-3
2.1.6 THE JOGGING KEYS...........................................................................................2-3
2 2 COMMON MENU ITEMS 2-4
2.2.1 VELOCITY ......................................................................................................2-4
2.2.2 PEN PRESSURE...............................................................................................2-4
2.2.3 KNIFE PRESSURE ............................................................................................2-4
2.2.4 KNIFE OFFSET.................................................................................................2-5
2.2.5 POUNCING PRESSURE..................................................................................2-5
2.2.6 POUNCING G P ..........................................................................................2-5
2.2.7 USER CONFIGUR TION (“USER CONFIG”)..................................................2-6
2.2.8 RESET .............................................................................................................2-7
2.2.9 RECUT............................................................................................................2-7
2.2.10 LO D ............................................................................................................2-7
2.2.11 LIGN LO D.................................................................................................2-7
2.2.12 SYSTEM SETUP................................................................................................2-7
2 3 SYSTEM SETUP 2-8
2.3.1. CONFIDENCE ...............................................................................................2-9
2.3.2. DIN CUT.........................................................................................................2-9
2.3.3. TOOL .............................................................................................................2-9
2.3.4. FLEX-CUT .......................................................................................................2-9
2.3.5. OVERCUT ....................................................................................................2-10
2.3.6. OPTICUT ......................................................................................................2-11
2.3.7 EMUL TE .....................................................................................................2-11
2.3.8. B UD R TE ..................................................................................................2-12
2.3.9. P RITY .........................................................................................................2-12
2.3.10. RTS/DTR .......................................................................................................2-13
2.3.11. RS 232 TEST..................................................................................................2-13
2.3.12. LIGN MODE..............................................................................................2-13
2.3.13. UTOLO D .................................................................................................2-14
2.3.14. L NGU GE.................................................................................................2-14
2.3.15. MENU UNITS ................................................................................................2-14
2.3.16. ROM REVISION...........................................................................................2-14
2.3.17. MEDI SENSOR...........................................................................................2-15
2.3.18. SENSOR SETUP.............................................................................................2-15
2.3.19. C LIBR TE X/Y............................................................................................2-15
2.3.20. COIL SETUP..................................................................................................2-16
SECTION 3 3-1
3 1 MAINTENANCE & CLEANING 3-1
3.1.1. CLE NING THE DRIVE SYSTEM .....................................................................3-1
3.1.2. CLE NING THE SENSOR ...............................................................................3-2
3 2 OPERATING VOLTAGE 3-1
SECTION 4 4-1

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4 1 INTRODUCTION 4-1
4 2 RS232 INTERFACE NOTES 4-1
4.2.1. SYSTEM SETUP................................................................................................4-1
4.2.2. SERI L INTERF CE CONNECTOR ON THE CUTTER.......................................4-2
4.2.3. V IL BLE SERI L SIGN LS .........................................................................4-2
4 3 USB INTERFACE NOTES 4-3
4.3.1 USB SPECIFIC TIONS ....................................................................................4-3
4.3.2 INST LLING THE USB SOFTW RE ON WINDOWS OPER TING SYSTEM ....4-3
MEDIA CERTIFICATION A-1
GERBER SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTS A-3

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APPENDIX A:
MEDIA CERTIFICATION................................................................................. -1
ADDRESSES ................................................................................................... -3
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS P GE
1-1 CORRECTLY POSITIONING THE CUTTER ON FL T SURF CE…......……….1-9
1-2 GERBER P2C 600 CUTTER, RE R VIEW........................................................1-10
1-3 GERBER P2C 600 CUTTER, FRONT VIEW......................................................1-12
1-4 GROUND CONNECTION.............................................................................1-15
1-5 MEDI POSITIONING...................................................................................1-17
1-6 FEEDING ROLL MEDI WITH USING FL NGES ........................................... 1-18
1-7 FEEDING ROLL MEDI WITHOUT USING FL NGES .................................... 1-19
1-8 PINCH ROLLER POSITIONING......................................................................1-19
1-9 BL DE INSERTION ........................................................................................1-21
1-10 BL DE LENGTH DJUSTMENT......................................................................1-22
1-11 SETTING KNIFE DEPTH...................................................................................1-22
1-12 KNIFE DEPTH TEST P TTERN ..........................................................................1-23
2-1 GERBER P2C 600, CONTROL P NEL.............................................................2-1
2-2 GERBER P2C 600, M IN MENU.....................................................................2-2
2-3 GERBER P2C 600, SYSTEM SETUP ..................................................................2-8
3-1 CLE NING OF THE FRICTION DRIVE SYSTEM................................................3-2
3-2 POWER ENTRY MODULE................................................................................3-3
LIST OF TABLES P GE
1-1 GERBER P2C 600 CUTTER SPECIFIC TIONS..................................................1-4
1-2 GERBER P2C MEDI SPECIFIC TIONS..........................................................1-4
1-3 GERBER P2C 600 KNIVES, PENS ND POUNCING TOOLS...........................1-5
1-4 GERBER P2C 600 INTERF CE SPECIFIC TIONS............................................1-6
1-5 GERBER P2C 600 FIRMW RE ........................................................................1-6
1-6 GERBER P2C 600 PERFORM NCES..............................................................1-6
1-7 GERBER P2C 600 ENVIRONMENT L SPECIFIC TIONS.................................1-7
1-8 GERBER P2C 600 ELECTRIC L SPECIFIC TIONS ..........................................1-7
1-9 GERBER P2C 600 CCESSORIES ND CONSUM BLES ...............................1-8

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SECTION 1
GENERAL INFORMATION
1 1 INTRODUCTION
Gerber P2C™ 600 cutters have been designed to reproduce computer-
generated graphic images on sheets or rolls of vinyl media. By replacing the
knife with a fiber tip pen, the cutter can also be used to render previews of new
designs on inexpensive paper.
This manual covers the Gerber P2C 600, which can accommodate media
widths from 70mm up to 770mm (2.7" to 30.5").
1 1 1 PRODUCT FEATURES
The following are some of the main features of the Gerber P2C 600 cutters:
• The ability to accommodate various media widths
• n interchangeable pen for producing preview plots of designs on paper
• n interchangeable pouncing tool
• djustable knife pressure and offset settings that are microprocessor-
controlled
• Communication with the host computer via Universal Serial Bus (USB) or
standard serial RS-232-C
• Plug-and-play compatibility for Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT
• n 8-key control panel
• convenient 16-character liquid crystal display (LCD)
• Metric or English units of measurement
• Microprocessor-controlled menu mode that allows for the selection of a
standard start-up configuration

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• wide variety of axial cutting speeds (in metric or English units)
• Up to four separate user configurations that are stored in the non-volatile
memory
• utomatic pull from media roll
• sensor that detects the end of the media
• The ability for the user to reposition the origin
• Concatenation and curve smoothing that result in better cuts
• slitter knife for cutting the finished graphic off the media roll
• Knife depth and offset tests
• n adjustable overcut for easy weeding
• User-selected DM/PL, HP-GL, and HP-GL/2 software protocols
• The ability to recut a graphic multiple times
• n optional stand