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Old August 10th, 2007 -   #6 (permalink)
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Default Re: Contour Cutting Heat Transfers?

I was wondering the same thing, until I recently visited a company selling vinyl and the guy giving us a demo gave me a very good tip for downforce. He took the blade and holder out of the plotter and pressed it against the vinyl. That way you can test if the blade is penetrating just the vinyl or the backing sheet too. He said that one of the biggest mistakes his customers made was setting the blade too long causing it to snap. This way you can adjust the blade yourself without having to refer to the manual for each new material. Hope this helps.