Discuss the various aspects of heat press technology. Transfer paper, inks, plastisol transfers, vinyl cutters, printers, commercial usage, durability, suppliers, etc.
this machine is not user friendly and I cannot find any realistic information on getting this to work.
So far I have printed my work with registration marks... Put the paper in the machine.. THen in Illustrator I go to CUT/PRINT.. it searches for the registration marks for a few moments and then gives up. Half the time looking right at the registration marks, and half the time not.
Then it gives "MARKERROR" and sits there.
And how do you know if you are giving the right amount of blade? Its going to cut the heck out of the machine.
Last edited by AdamnSmith; February 29th, 2008 at 07:18 PM.
I'm sorry you're having troubles. Registration marks can be a little frustrating at first, but you'll get there.
Even I have trouble with them from time to time.
When you get that error, hit "Enter" on your plotter's control panel, then align your BLADE again (not the laser eye) to just within your reg marks. Then hit cut/plot in Illy again.
Which type of reg marks are you using? I use Graphtec Type 2 that look like little corners on your design.
Align your blade within the green area on the attached pic. It's best if you can be dead-center of that green area.
If you get an error again, just hit "Enter" on your plotter's control panel again, re-align your blade, then hit cut/plot again.
If you're having troubles, I can try to take some video and post it. (I need to borrow my parents' camera, tho, so it will take a while).
As for your carrier sheet...I wouldn't use the one that came with your plotter for inkjet transfers as you cannot use it on your heat press.
If you're using Jet-Pro SofStreth, you can use a downforce of about 30 g (setting 3), and cut just through the polymer and weed that, leaving your backer paper in-tact.
If you would like to order carrier sheets for inkjet transfers, buy Magic Mask from Beacon Graphics.
Please let me know if you're still having troubles. I know this machine pretty much inside and out.
There's a possibility that your machine might have been damaged in shipping.
If it's looking right at your reg mark, then there's probably a problem. Any time mine has caught the edge of a reg mark, it's read it, and gone on to read the rest of them.
Give it a few more tries, and if there's still a problem with it, there is probably a hardware issue.
Oh...one last thing...where on your sheet are your reg marks? Are they COMPLETELY within your pinch rollers? If there's any overlap at all, you will run into problems.
You need to leave a margin on your sheets for your pinch rollers.
If they're within your rollers, then again, there's prolly a problem with your hardware.
Yeah, my registration marks are within the rollers.
When the machine does appear to read the registration mark [this happend maybe twice] it only scoots about a half inch to look for the other one... and gives up very quickly. [The other one is about 4.5 inches away].
I've determined this machine is a piece of trash... Sigh.
Yeah, I hate to say, but I'd call this one damaged in shipping.
I know you're going to give up on this machine, and for that I'm sorry.
Graphtecs really are good machine, but sometimes one may slip through and be a dud, but also, sometimes they're dropped in shipping, which can damage them.
I wish you the best no matter what you decide to do with this machine, whether exchange or return it.
I'm just bummed because I waited 2 weeks to get it.. and Im hoping Specialty Graphics will work with me on the exchange. They probably arent open until Monday, it's probably going to be a hassle to exchange and will probably take forever to get the replacement. Then I have the fact that the FedEx people want a signature but I have to be at work during their delivery hours.
You don't have to apologize so much. It's not your fault! It's just a big fat bummer.
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