Sending Cutting Jobs from GreatCut-R

Check that the machine is in online mode and start cutting.
WARNING

Never touch the cutting carriage while output is in progress.

The cutting carriage moves at high speed. Coming into contact with the moving carriage may cause injury.

MEMO If the cutting setting is "Accept setup command" and the cutting job is output from GreatCut-R, the cutting conditions set using GreatCut-R are applied. The printer driver's cutting settings are not applied.
Procedure
  1. Start GreatCut-R.
  2. Display cutting data, which includes the cutting lines, on the GreatCut-R work screen.
    • GreatCut-R format file:
      • Select the cutting data from File - Open, and then click Open.
    • Other files:
      • Select the cutting data from File - Import, and then click Open.
    MEMO CorelDRAW format files cannot be imported into GreatCut-R. Open the target cutting data in CorelDRAW and click CD_icon_Cut on the menu bar.
  3. Click File - Output.
    The Output to device window appears.
  4. Set up the job to be output to the machine.

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    Setting item Setting details Notes
    Device Set the output device. Select the machine model.
    Mode Cut with AAS/Cut/

    FlexCut

    Cut with AAS: For printing and cutting

    Cut: For cutting only

    FlexCut: For perforated cutting
    Output Profile Foil*1
    Output/save method Configure these settings according to the cutting job to output.
    *1 The first time you perform this action, select the Foil saved as default, and after saving some settings as presets, select the profile to use as reference for the material to be cut.
  5. Click the parameter values to edit cutting conditions.
    If Mode / Tool is set to Defalut in the Layer Settings window, the values of cutting conditions set here are applied.
    MEMO
    • Speed can be changed in 3 cm/s (1.18 in./s) increments.
    • Enter 1 in Step count. The value entered here is the number of times of cutting in the same location (overlap cutting).

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  6. Click Read material size to import the size of the material loaded in the machine.

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    MEMO To return the cutting carriage to the set origin after cutting is finished, set Origin to Don't set.

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  7. Click Output.
    The cutting data is sent to the machine and cutting starts.
    MEMO When the cutting data is too large to fit in the material to use, the following window opens. Set the method for dividing the cutting data for cutting on the material, and then click OK.

    Select how to divide the material for the cutting data, and then set inner margins so that no gap is left in the borders (in the X and Y directions) of the divided cutting data.


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