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Post by Floyd on Jul 30, 2011 18:36:47 GMT -9
Hmm... Cutter seems to always be around 1-2mm off on the far end of the paper when it's cut. Predictably so. Followed the Calibration window in the new Silhouette Studio 1.7.1 and it was off. But sliding the adjustment window made no difference. Weird. Cannot find anything on the new Calibration system either on the various forums on the nets... anyone else had any luck?
~Floyd
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Post by dcbradshaw on Jul 30, 2011 18:47:00 GMT -9
Haven't had to mess with the calibration for the newer software, but this is the calibration procedure that Mel suggests, posted on the WWG forums. That could be similar to what you did... Maybe try their support?
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Post by Dominic on Aug 5, 2011 2:36:21 GMT -9
I'm having the same problems, on and off, though, and I thought it was due to me using carrier sheets (homemade) way longer than I should, with the sheed somehow drifting slightly during the cutting. Come to think of it, it workes better recently, still with the same sheet...
I need to take a look at the calibration thingy though...
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Post by Floyd on Aug 5, 2011 9:10:17 GMT -9
A few helpful souls pointed me in the right direction with my issue. Which as it turned out ended up being something I did with the Cut File. It looked right on the screen, lined up proper, but the cut would be off.
I've since redid the process. And have not had any issues at all. And I've done 10 or so different prints and cut paths.
I would like to actually know how the Calibration system works since I could not get it to really work. But I was warned off of it and only to use it as a last resort.
So I say check your print out, make sure it's not the printer that's slightly stretching/condensing the print. Make sure the cut path file is right. And work from that side. Especially when you say it's on and off for you. That definitely sounds more like print alignment issues.
As a note, I've only been using the provided carrier sheets. I tried a homemade one following some instructions but it repeatedly failed to recognize the Reg marks. So I'll use the provided sheets till I get a chance to take my time and properly test a homemade carrier sheet.
~Floyd
ps. Seems no way around the few hour learning curve. Even reading all the tutorials... But I am happy with the Silhouette Design Studio software. But if I could import Vector paths from Illustrator or Photoshop I'd save myself some serious time. (Most of the things I am doing requires precise work and so I simply draw all the cuts by hand).
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Post by dcbradshaw on Aug 5, 2011 11:00:20 GMT -9
Registration marks on homemade carrier-
Occasionally I find that I have to add some space to the front (or bottom... whatever, the load-in side of the page) in order to get the registraion mark to read.
It's as if, by having the carrier edge flush with the page to be cut, there's not enough "play" for the rollers to position the page in the right place to see the marks. To counter this, I will sometimes mount the paper "back" on the carrier sheet, so that there's more lead on the load-in side, placing the marks further back. Be careful though, it's possible (and frustrating as hell) to position it so that the carrier will fall right off the rollers on the extreme top of the cut.
If I was home I'd take a picture of what I'm talking about... I'll add one later.
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Post by noremorse on Aug 16, 2011 10:54:48 GMT -9
After many cuts and a lot of frustration I finally got my silhouette to cut PERFECT, literally down the center of the line. The trick for me was ignoring all the calibration nonsense and calibrating the blade by trial and error. It only took me two tries. The net results was a -.25mm adjustment on the X-axis. I wish I would have sat down and figured this out earlier, before cutting out 30+ buildings, but hey its done now lol. My advice is to go play with your calibration settings if your machine is constantly cutting wrong in one direction or another. They very conveniently have reset to default button at the bottom so you really can't screw it up Something else I should mention, after printing off the Studio reg. marks and comparing them with the ones I custom made, the Silhouette marks are a touch low on the bottom left hand corner. I verified this and then discovered that Y axis stretch is 1.5mm more than it should be. This hasn't affected my prints due to using my own reg marks, but people should be aware of that when using the Studio Reg marks.
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