Graphtec
Advanced Registration
Mark Sensing System
The enhanced ARMS function
of the Graphtec cutter is at the heart of its superior outline cutting abilities.
Because of this function, complex graphics can be quickly and accurately cut.
Boiled down to a nutshell
and in layman’s terms, here’s how it works-
Computers can neither “see”
nor “think”. They can only do what a program “tells”
them to do. The more advanced the program; the more advanced the
computer’s work ability.
In the case of outline
(contour) cutting, the program does this by establishing precise reference points
on your page layout. Think of it as the outline of a GPS location.
It does this by means of
the registration marks the program adds to your layout. The program now knows
the location of the vector location of your image,
relative to the four registration marks.
Important
learning note: Vector maps and Bit maps – many are greatly
confused by these two terms. Here’s something simple to wrap your
head around: Look at the picture of the apple. The entire picture is a
Bit map (zillions of information pieces to a computer program). An outline
of just the apple is a Vector map (continuous line). You can’t see
this outline, but it’s there. Vector outlines of pictures are created
by you, with a computer program. It’s not tough. You can learn to
do this. One more note: If a picture is described as vinyl ready, vectorizing
(outlining) has already been done to the picture.
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To continue, when you print the picture,
the program also prints the four registration marks that you see on your screen.
After printing, you stick
your heat transfer paper on your carrier sheet and then insert both into your
cutter and then you position the cutter sensor just inside one of the registration
marks.
When you hit “Continue”
on your control panel, your cutter immediately finds the location of all four
registration marks and compares that to the image on your screen. This comparison
is “blink fast”.
Faster than you can blink
twice, the computer, figuratively speaking, say’s “Aha, I know exactly
where I am and what I am supposed to do. Let’s get busy!” and it
starts cutting.
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