GRAPHTEC Craft ROBO CC200 User guide

Quick Application Guide
CC200
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Usage Precautions for
Media Used for Cutting
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• To ensure safe and correct use of your Craft ROBO, read this Guide thoroughly before use.
• After having read this Guide, keep it in a handy location for quick reference as needed.
• Do not permit small children to touch the Craft ROBO.
• The following describes important points for safe operation. Please be sure to observe them strictly.
To promote safe and accurate use of the Craft ROBO as well as to
prevent human injury and property damage, safety precautions provided
in this guide are ranked into the three categories described below. Be
sure you understand the difference between each of the categories.
: This category provides information that, if ignored, is
highly likely to cause fatal or serious injury to the
operator.
: This category provides information that, if ignored, is
likely to cause fatal or serious injury to the operator.
: This category provides information that, if ignored,
could cause injury to the operator or physical
damage to the Craft ROBO.
Conventions Used in This Guide Description of Safety Symbols
DANGER
WARNING
CAUTION
The symbol indicates information that requires careful attention
(which includes warnings). The point requiring attention is
described by an illustration or text within or next to the symbol.
The symbol indicates action that is prohibited. Such prohibited
action is described by an illustration or text within or next to the
symbol.
The symbol indicates action that must be performed. Such
imperative action is described by an illustration or text within or
next to the symbol.
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WARNING
Safety Precautions
During a cutting or plotting operation, do not
touch the writing panel or moving parts such
as the carriage.
• Such action may cause human injury.
Do not disassemble, repair, or remodel the
Craft ROBO.
• Such action may cause electrical shock or a fire
hazard due to current leakage.
• Contact with the high-voltage parts within the
Craft ROBO may cause electrical shock.
• If the Craft ROBO requires repair, contact your
sales representative or nearest Graphtec
vendor.
Keep your hands, hair, etc. away from the
writing panel and moving parts such as the
carriage even if the Craft ROBO is stopped,
because it may suddenly start moving when
data is received.
• Such action may cause human injury.
Do not connect the Craft ROBO to a
non-rated power supply.
• Use of a different supply voltage may result in
electrical shock or a fire hazard due to current
leakage.
Do not allow dust or metallic matter to adhere
to the power plug.
• A dirty power plug may result in electrical shock
or a fire hazard due to current leakage.
Do not use the power cord or AC adapter if it
is damaged.
• Use of a damaged power cord or AC adapter
may result in electrical shock or a fire hazard
due to current leakage.
• Replace the power cord or AC adapter with a
new one.
Be careful when handling the blade, blade
holder.
• Touching the blade with your bare hand may
cause injury.
• During a cutting operation, keep away from the
blade, blade holder.
Only use the AC adapter that was supplied as
a standard accessory.
• Use of any other AC adapter may cause
malfunctions or result in electrical shock or a
fire hazard.
Do not use the Craft ROBO in a location
where it will be exposed to water, rain or
snow.
• Such location may cause electrical shock or a
fire hazard due to current leakage.
If the Craft ROBO generates smoke,
is too hot, emits a strange odor, or
otherwise functions abnormally, do not
continue using it. Unplug the AC adapter’s
power cord from the electrical socket.
• Use of the Craft ROBO in such status may result in a fire
hazard or electrical shock.
• After confirming that smoke is no longer being generated,
contact your sales representative or nearest Graphtec vendor
to request repair.
• Never try to perform
repair yourself.
Repair work by
inexperienced personnel
is extremely dangerous.
Do not touch
Keep your distance
No disassembly
Prohibited
Prohibited
Avoid water
Beware of electrical shock
Rated
power
supply
Unplug the power
cord from the socket
Prohibited
Prohibited
Beware of electrical shock
Avoid contact

Safety Precautions
Do not use or store the Craft ROBO in a
location exposed to direct sunlight or the
direct draft of an air conditioner or heater.
• Such location may impair the performance of
the Craft ROBO.
Do not place any receptacle containing water
or other fluid on top of the Craft ROBO.
• Fluid falling inside the Craft ROBO may cause
electrical shock or a fire hazard due to current
leakage.
Do not use the Craft ROBO in an excessively
dusty or humid location.
• Such location may impair the performance of
the Craft ROBO.
Do not use the Craft ROBO in a location
subject to excessive mechanical vibration or
electrical noise.
• Such location may impair the performance of
the Craft ROBO.
Do not attempt to lubricate the Craft ROBO’s
mechanisms.
• Such action may cause it to break down.
Do not clean the Craft ROBO using a volatile
solvent such as thinner or benzine.
• Such action may impair its performance.
During cutting or plotting, provide enough
space around the Craft ROBO so that the
loaded sheet will not hit any objects in its
vicinity.
• Such contact may cause cutting or plotting to
go out of alignment.
When using the blade, blade holder, make
sure that the correct blade adjustment cap for
the selected Media Type is installed.
• An overly extended blade will damage the
cutting mat and adversely affect the cutting
quality.
Move the pen carriage slowly when moving it
manually in order to load the sheet for cutting
or for other reasons.
• Moving it quickly may damage the Craft ROBO.
When using indoor lighting such as a
fluorescent lamp or an electrical lamp,
provide a distance of at least one meter
between the Craft ROBO and the light source.
• Closer proximity of such a light source may
cause the sensors to malfunction.
When disconnecting the power cord or an
interface cable, do not pull on the cord/cable.
• Such action will damage the cord/cable,
resulting in a fire hazard or electrical shock. Be
sure to hold the power cord’s plug or the
interface cable’s connector.
If water or foreign matter enters inside the
Craft ROBO, do not continue using it. Turn off
its power and unplug its power cord from the
electrical socket.
• Use of the Craft ROBO in such status may
result in electrical shock or a fire hazard due to
current leakage.
• Contact your sales representative or nearest
Graphtec vendor to request repair.
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Prohibited Prohibited
Prohibited Prohibited
Avoid water
Beware of electrical shock
Unplug the power
cord from the socket
Prohibited
Prohibited
Contact prohibited
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By using the Media Trial Kit, you will be able to learn the basic operations in a short time.
Make
Something
Now!!
Choose an
Application
To Make a Pop-up Greeting Card
To Cut a Vinyl Sticker
Before using the Media Trial Kit, please follow the instructions in the Quick Start Instruction Sheet to install the Craft ROBO driver,
the Craft ROBO Controller, and the ROBO Master.
Also, make sure that the Craft ROBO is connected to your PC.
Explanations for two
different applications
are provided:
To Make a Pop-up Greeting
Card and To Cut a Vinyl
Sticker. Select the
application that best suits
your purpose.
Examples
Examples
Application
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Application
Create a vinyl sticker
Create a greeting card
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To import an image that you have
already captured, click the “Image
Import” button and select the
image file.When you have
returned to the Create Drawing
window, left-click at the position
where you wish the image to be
placed. You can affix any photo
that you have to the pop-up. Or,
you can cut an original photo or
illustration on the Craft ROBO and
then affix it to the pop-up. Sample
images are available in the CD-ROM supplied with the Craft ROBO.
Click the Output Settings button
to display the Output
Settings window.
Select the printer you use in the
Printer box, and make sure that
Graphtec Craft ROBO has been
specified in the Craft ROBO box.
Click “Print Settings” and
uncheck the “Print Cut Lines”
checkbox.
Click the [OK] button to return to
the Create Drawing window.
Click [File]➞[Open] in that order
and select [New Baby pop-up
greeting card (for Practice).GSD].
The file is located in the Samples
folder under the folder you
selected when you installed
ROBO Master. It is usually
located in the following folder:
Program Files\ROBO Master\Samples
Note:The cut line for the pop-up card
has already been specified, and
so there is no need to make any
settings or to change them.
Input a character string here
and then click the [OK] button.
Click the Text tool button to
display the Text Settings window.
Set the font and text size and
then enter a name in the
character string entry box.
Click the [OK] button to return to
the Create Drawing window, and
left-click at the position where
you wish the name to be placed.
Output Settings button
Select Craft ROBO
Click
Enter a name and
then click [OK]
Image import button
Import a photo or an image and
then position it
Click with the mouse at the position where you wish the name to be placed
Check this
checkbox
(Landscape)
Click to remove the check mark
HINT
To change the color of the
characters, click the Line Type
button and then click the
[Change] button in the window displayed.
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To Make a Pop-up Greeting Card
11Launch ROBO Master
Load the Pop-up Card
template
3Make the Print Settings 4Create a layout using text and images 1Launch
ROBO Master
Click the desktop icon to launch
[ROBO Master].
ROBO Master
shortcut icon
Application
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Click the Output to Craft ROBO button , confirm that the
driver name reads Graphtec Craft ROBO, and then click the
[OK] button to start the Craft ROBO Controller.
Load the [Card without Craft Paper Backing]
sheet from your Media Trial Kit in your
printer.
Click the Output to Printer button to
display the Output to Printer window.
Check that your printer is displayed in the
printer box and then click the [OK] button to
start printing.
Click the Preview buttons to display the Preview window.
Use the Change Display button to display the print data and the
cut data separately, or superimposed.
After checking the data displayed, click the Close button to
return to your usual Create Drawing window.
ROBO Master window
Preview button
Preview of cut data
and print data
Preview of cut data
Preview of print data
Printer output button
Select “Card without Craft Paper Backing” in the Media Type
box.Click the [Next] button to proceed to the “Blade cap
adjustment” step. Install the yellow cap displayed on the
screen to the blade holder tip.
Select “Card without
Craft Paper Backing”
Click
Output to Craft ROBO button
22Print the data you have created and load the sheet in the Craft ROBO
1Check the Cut line and Print data 2
Print the data you have created
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Specify the cutting conditions
Preview window
Change display
buttons
Close button
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33Make preparations for cutting
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Press the Card without Craft Paper
Backing onto the carrier sheet.
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HINT
Standby switch
Press the standby switch on the
Craft ROBO, and confirm that the
LED lamp on the switch is lit (blue).
Align the left edge of the sheet
with the vertical guideline indented
on the front guide. While making
sure that the sheet is straight, turn
the feed knob until the top edge of
the sheet touches both pinch
rollers.
Peel off both the inside liner and the liner
strips on both sides from the carrier sheet
so that the entire adhesive surface is
visible.
Press the Card without Craft Paper
Backing onto the adhesive surface of the
carrier sheet, making sure that the edges
of the card are parallel to the edges of the
carrier sheet.
(When pressing the card onto the adhesive surface,
be careful not to cause air bubbles or wrinkles in the
card.)
Close the top cover.
Click the [Next] button to proceed
to the “Registration Marks” step.
Click the [Next] button again to
proceed to the “Start cutting” step.
Load the printed sheet
following the printed
hint line "Feed this side
first".
HINT
Blade holder
Blade adjustment cap
Blade
Liner
Peel off the inside liner and the
liner strips on both sides
Carrier sheet
Adhesive surface
Card without
Craft Paper Backing
Carrier sheet
cap media Protruding blade length
(approx.)
Blue For thin film 0.1mm
Yellow For thick film, thin paper 0.2mm
Red For thick paper 0.3mm
such as a postcard
Lock lever
OPEN CLOSE Blade holder
Upper surface of blade holder
Holder protrusion
Turn to this position
Pinch rollers
Guideline
Front
2Load the printed sheet in your Craft ROBO and mount the blade, blade holder
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Turn the lock lever to the left
(OPEN direction) to loosen the
clamp bracket.
Check that the yellow blade
adjustment cap has been attached
to the blade holder, and then
mount the blade holder in the Craft
ROBO. Turn the protrusion on the
holder 90 degrees to the right so
that it fits against the protrusion on
the clamp bracket. Firmly insert the
blade holder in the clamp bracket
and then turn the lock lever to the
right (CLOSE direction) to tighten
the clamp bracket.
Click the “Next” button. The
“Design Orientation” screen is
displayed. Click the “Next” button
once again. The “Load Media”
screen is displayed.

Click the [OK] button to start cutting.
Do not touch the Craft ROBO during the cutting
operation.
When cutting has been completed, remove the
sheet. Turn the feed knob to remove it.
44Perform Cutting
1Perform cutting 2Finished!
[OK] button
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Click
Click the [Cut...] button. The registration marks are
read automatically. Do not touch the printed sheet
during the reading operation, as this will affect the
accuracy.
3Perform Auto Registration
Mark Reading
HINT
If a “Registration Mark Reading Failure”
error message is displayed, please refer
to the Craft ROBO User’s Manual
(CD-ROM).
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The pop-up card is complete when you assemble it.

Click the Output Settings button to
display the Output Settings window.
Make sure that Graphtec Craft ROBO has
been specified in the Craft ROBO box.
Click “Print Settings” and uncheck the “Print
Cut Lines” checkbox.
Click the [OK] button to return to the Create
Drawing window.
Click the New button to display the
Document Settings window. Select “ISO A4”
for Document Size and “Landscape” for
Orientation, and then click the [OK] button.
Uncheck the “Use Registration Marks”
checkbox.
A vinyl sticker is a self-adhesive, single-color
sheet of film. Logos and text can be cut out of
the sheet for use on car windows or as store
signs, for example.
Here you can enjoy cutting out your own
name or creating your own original logo, and
then affixing it to a favorite item.
A4
Output Settings button
Select
Craft ROBO
Click
Check
this checkbox
(Landscape)
Click to remove the check mark
Landscape
New
For a name plate
Original Logo
To Cut a Vinyl Sticker
Application
How do I use it?
What is a vinyl sticker?
11Launch ROBO Master
2Set the Document Size 3Make the Print Settings 1Launch ROBO Master
Click the desktop icon to launch
[ROBO Master].
ROBO Master
shortcut icon
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