Cutter Not Lining Up Correctly Pcut CTO1200

[thekingconcept 0]

Hi there,

I have a Pcut CTO1200 and have been printing the same design to t-shirt vinyl for a while. However, yesterday my cutter started mis-aligning parts of the design and the cut lines do not meet up properly. I have tried changing the offset in increments which makes small improvements but in no way solving the problem.

I have attached a photo. I have cut the same item three times in a row on a scrap of vinyl to show you. As you can see, the truck on the right is the closest to correct but the spokes are not quite inside the wheel. The one on the left is a joke! The left to right images are with diffferent blade offsets but I can never get it to cut perfectly. My business relies on this cutter and I haven't had it long... please help!

 

Sophie

 

[jaybyrd 3,770]

Are the pinch roller tight and not having to pull directly from the roll. It looks like slippage to me.

 

Jay

[thekingconcept 0]

Hi Jay,

 

That was my first thought but I always feed out as much vinyl as the design will use first.

 

I always apply my pinch rollers to the black areas, and the metal roller bars all move as one.

 

I am completely baffled as I have been cutting the same design every day for months and now it's doing this on me!

 

Sophie

[jaybyrd 3,770]

I'm at a loss but somebody else on here may know.

Jay

[Dakotagrafx 7,298]

make sure your rollers are tight - I think it is actually one of the newer cutters that they have had several work there way loose.

[thekingconcept 0]

Hi there Dakotagrafx!

 

Thanks for the advice, when you say tighten the rollers, how do I go about it?

 

How would I tighten my pinch rollers on this model too? 

 

Thanks!

[Dakotagrafx 7,298]

the knurled rollers or in your case grit rollers I think usually have set screws on them to tighten to the shaft- after all that use it may even need the belt adjusted - you would have to search for that one though

[thekingconcept 0]

Dakotagrafx!!!!!!!!

 

You are definitely an "advanced member"

 

One allen key is all it took to fix this issue and save me thousands! Thank you - it was the screw on the far right on the roller at the control end - the one that gets used the most. It was loose and now it's perfect. Can't thank you enough!

 

The only issue I have now is that the cutter stops 3 quarters of the way through the same cut at the same place everytime. Some days it will be fine, others it will always stop at this point. Do you have any advice on this?

 

Sophie

[Dakotagrafx 7,298]

now you are getting into issues that are usually fixed by going with a null modem serial cable and and a serial card in your computer . . . .usb on the value machines are a little flaky

[thekingconcept 0]

I have a macbook pro so there is no serial port, what would you suggest as I am currently using USB

[Dakotagrafx 7,298]

buy a dedicated desktop with a serial port just for the cutter.  the cutter doen't require a big computer to run  - the bigger computer is really just needed for design.  up side is also the dedicated computer won't be on the internet etc. so it will always be ready to go and not interupted by virus or bad updates.