SummaSign Pro T750 Pro User manual

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USER’S MANUAL FOR THE
T-Series
IMPORTANT
Before you begin...
Please complete the attached Warranty Registration Card and
return it to Summa today or go through the online registration at
http://www.summa.be/registration.html.(Users outside Europe,
Africa and the Middle East should check the address on the back
of the Warranty Registration Card.)
Failure to return the duly completed Warranty Registration Card or
Online registration might delay response to your warranty and
service enquiries.
NOTE
When selecting software drivers: If the Summa name is not
mentioned in the list of available software drivers, use
Summagraphics drivers.

FCC NOTICE
The SummaSign Pro T-series cutters have been tested and found to comply
with the limits for a Class A 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. These cutters generate, use, 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 these cutters 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.
Caution !
Changes or modifications, not expressly approved by Summa, who is
responsible for FCC compliance, could void the users authority to operate
this equipment.
DOC NOTICE
The SummaSign Pro T-series cutters do not exceed the Class A limits for radio
noise for digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of
the Canadian Department of Communications.

Notice
NOTICE
Summa reserves the right to modify the information contained in this User
Manual at any time without prior notice. Unauthorised copying, modification,
distribution or display is prohibited. All rights reserved. All queries, comments or
suggestions concerning this and other Summa manuals should be directed to:
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Trademark Acknowledgements
TRADEMARK ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
3M and Scotchcal are trademarks of the 3M Corp.
Arlon is a trademark of Keene Corp.
DM/PL and Houston Instrument are trademarks of Summagraphics Corporation.
Fasson is a trademark of Avery.
Gerber is a trademark of Gerber Scientific Products, Inc.
Grafitack is a trademark of Grafityp.
HP-GL is a trademark of Hewlett-Packard Company.
IBM PC, IBM PC/XT, and IBM AT are trademarks of International Business
Machines Corp.
Kapco is a trademark of Kent Adhesive Products Co.
Macintosh, Macintosh Plus, Macintosh SE, and Macintosh II are trademarks of
Apple Computer.
MACTac is a trademark of MACTac Europe.
Multifix is a trademark of Multiplast Grafics.
Rubylith is a trademark of Ulano.
Tesa and Tesacal are trademarks of Tesa.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................Page
1. GENERAL INFORMATION
1.1. Introduction...................................................................................................1-1
1.1.1. Product features...........................................................................................1-1
1.1.2. SummaSign Pro T-series User Manual..........................................................1-3
1.2. Specifications ...............................................................................................1-4
1.2.1. Cutter ............................................................................................................1-4
1.2.2. Media ............................................................................................................1-4
1.2.3. Knives, balpoint pen and pouncing tool ..................................................1-6
1.2.4. Interface........................................................................................................1-6
1.2.5. Firmware........................................................................................................1-7
1.2.6. Performance.................................................................................................1-7
1.2.7. Certifications.................................................................................................1-7
1.2.8. Environmental...............................................................................................1-8
1.2.9. Electrical .......................................................................................................1-8
1.3. Cutter options, accessories and consumables..........................................1-9
1.4. Rear panel components ............................................................................1-10
1.5. Front panel controls....................................................................................1-12
1.6. Powering up the cutter...............................................................................1-14
1.6.1. Earthing .......................................................................................................1-14
1.6.2. Power-up procedure .................................................................................1-15
1.7. Installation of a knife, pen or pouncing tool ............................................1-16
1.7.1. Installing a standard tangential knife.......................................................1-16
1.7.2. Installing a knife for cutting masking stencil or heavy materials............1-20
1.7.3. Installing a drag knife.................................................................................1-21
1.7.4. Installing a ballpoint pen...........................................................................1-23
1.7.5. Installing a pouncing tool..........................................................................1-24
1.8. Loading media ..........................................................................................1-26
1.8.1 Positioning the pinch rollers .......................................................................1-26
1.8.2. Feeding and positioning media................................................................1-27
1.9. Media load procedure ..............................................................................1-31

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2. OPERATION
2.1. The control panel..........................................................................................2-1
2.1.1 The liquid crystal display..............................................................................2-2
2.1.2 The Reset/Load key......................................................................................2-2
2.1.3 The Online key..............................................................................................2-3
2.1.4 The Menu key...............................................................................................2-3
2.1.5 The Enter key.................................................................................................2-5
2.1.6 The 1 and 2 keys...........................................................................................2-5
2.1.7 The jogging keys...........................................................................................2-5
2.1.8 The Tool Up/Down key.................................................................................2-5
2.1.9 The Tool Select key.......................................................................................2-6
2.2. Normal Operation........................................................................................2-7
2.2.1 On line and off line......................................................................................2-7
2.2.2 Local operation............................................................................................2-8
2.3. The USER CONFIG menu..............................................................................2-9
2.3.1 Knife pressure..............................................................................................2-11
2.3.2 Pen pressure................................................................................................2-11
2.3.3 Pouncing pressure......................................................................................2-11
2.3.4 Knife offset...................................................................................................2-11
2.3.5 Pouncing gap.............................................................................................2-12
2.3.6 Velocity.......................................................................................................2-12
2.3.7 Overcut.......................................................................................................2-12
2.3.8 System setup...............................................................................................2-12
2.4. System setup...............................................................................................2-13
2.4.1 Concatenation...........................................................................................2-13
2.4.2 Smoothing ..................................................................................................2-13
2.4.3 Emulate ......................................................................................................2-13
2.4.4 Tool..............................................................................................................2-14
2.4.5 Menu units...................................................................................................2-14
2.4.6 Addressing..................................................................................................2-14
2.4.7 Baud rate....................................................................................................2-14
2.4.8 Parity............................................................................................................2-15
2.4.9 RTS/DTR........................................................................................................2-15
2.4.10 DM/PL errors................................................................................................2-16
2.4.11 HP/GL errrors...............................................................................................2-16
2.4.12 HP/GL origin .........................................................................................2-16
2.4.13 Media sensors.............................................................................................2-17
2.4.14 Autoload.....................................................................................................2-17
2.4.15 Tool command...........................................................................................2-17
2.4.16 LOAD ON W CMD.......................................................................................2-17
2.4.17 FLEX-CUT......................................................................................................2-18

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2.4.18 Recut offset.................................................................................................2-18
2.5. Internal test menu ......................................................................................2-19
2.5.1 Tangential knife calibration.......................................................................2-20
2.5.1.1 Adjust Origin test routine............................................................................2-22
2.5.1.2 Adjust Lat. test routine................................................................................2-23
2.5.1.3 Adjust Long test routine .............................................................................2-24
2.5.2 Cut border ..................................................................................................2-25
2.5.3 Menu plot....................................................................................................2-25
2.5.4 Confidence cut..........................................................................................2-26
2.5.5 DIN plot ......................................................................................................2-26
2.5.6 System tests ................................................................................................2-26
2.6 System tests.................................................................................................2-27
2.6.1 Language ..................................................................................................2-27
2.6.2 ROM revision ...............................................................................................2-27
2.6.3 Service plot .................................................................................................2-27
2.6.4 Sensor setup................................................................................................2-28
2.6.5 Calibration ..................................................................................................2-28
2.6.6 Tracking test ................................................................................................2-28
2.6.7 Friction plot .................................................................................................2-28
2.6.8 RS232 test ....................................................................................................2-28
2.6.9 RAM test ......................................................................................................2-29
2.6.10 Install menu ................................................................................................2-29
2.6.11 Setup coil ....................................................................................................2-29
2.6.12 LCD contrast ...............................................................................................2-29
3. MAINTENANCE AND CLEANING
3.1. Maintenance ................................................................................................3-1
3.1.1 Cleaning the drive system...........................................................................3-1
3.1.2 Cleaning the sensors....................................................................................3-2
3.1.3 Cleaning the nose piece.............................................................................3-3
3.2. Operating voltage conversion ....................................................................3-4
4. INTERFACE
4.1. Introduction...................................................................................................4-1
4.2. Interface notes..............................................................................................4-1
4.2.1 System setup.................................................................................................4-1
4.2.1.1 MS-DOS or PC-DOS generating system......................................................4-1
4.2.1.2 Windows 3.xx.................................................................................................4-2
4.2.1.3 Windows 95...................................................................................................4-2

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4.2.2 Serial interface connector on cutter..........................................................4-3
4.2.3 Parallel interface connector on cutter ......................................................4-3
4.3. Available serial signals ................................................................................4-4
5 CONTOUR CUTTING
5.1 Introduction...................................................................................................5-1
5.2 General (see section 6 for the actual procedure details) ........................5-5
5.3 Creating the design .....................................................................................5-5
5.4 Placing the Cross-marks..............................................................................5-6
5.5 Printing the design........................................................................................5-7
5.6 Loading the cutter and setting the parameters .........................................5-8
5.7 Registrating the cross-marks .......................................................................5-9
5.8 Cutting the contour ....................................................................................5-11
APPENDIX A:
Media certification ...................................................................................... A-1
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
1-1 SummaSign Pro T-series cutter, rear view.................................................1-10
1-2 SummaSign Pro T-series cutter, front view ................................................1-12
1-3 Earth connection........................................................................................1-15
1-4 Standard knife assembly ...........................................................................1-16
1-5 Nose piece installation ..............................................................................1-17
1-6 Knife holder insertion..................................................................................1-17
1-7 Knife depth adjustment .............................................................................1-18
1-8 Knife depth test pattern.............................................................................1-19
1-9 Sandblast knife assembly ......................................................................... 1-20
1-10 Nose piece and knife installtion for cutting masking stencils or
heavy materials..........................................................................................1-21
1-11 Drag knife assembly...................................................................................1-22
1-12 Drag knife holder insertion.........................................................................1-22
1-13 Ballpoint pen assembly .............................................................................1-23
1-14 Ballpoint holder insertion ...........................................................................1-24

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1-15 Media positioning.......................................................................................1-27
1-16 Feeding roll media using media flanges .................................................1-28
1-17 Feeding roll media without ......................................................................1-29
1-18 Pinch roller positioning ...............................................................................1-29
2-1 SummaSign Pro T-series cutter, control panel ...........................................2-1
2-2 Configuration submenus .............................................................................2-4
2-3 Flowchart showing factory preset menu settings....................................2-10
2-4 Internal tests submenus .............................................................................2-20
2-5 Possible knife calibration grounds ............................................................2-21
3-1 Cleaning of the media drive sleeves .........................................................3-2
3-2 Location of the sensors ................................................................................3-2
3-3 Power entry module ....................................................................................3-4
LIST OF TABLES
1-1 SummaSign Pro T-series cutter specifications ............................................1-4
1-2 SummaSign Pro T-series media specifications ...........................................1-4
1-2 SummaSign Pro T-series media specifications (cont'd).............................1-5
1-3 SummaSign Pro T-series knives, ballpoint pen and pouncing tool .........1-6
1-4 SummaSign Pro T-series interface specifications .......................................1-6
1-5 SummaSign Pro T-series firmware................................................................1-7
1-6 SummaSign Pro T-series performances.......................................................1-7
1-7 SummaSign Pro T-series environmental specifications..............................1-8
1-8 SummaSign Pro T-series electrical specifications ......................................1-8
1-9 SummaSign Pro T-series accessories and consumables...........................1-9
2-1 Contents of the SummaSign Pro T-series menus........................................2-5