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# About
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This file contains the documentation of the it-sydikat mimaki vinyl plotter.
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# Maintainers
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- currently i think noone? Or maybe everyone, who knows.
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# Technical
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From the techincal standpoint, the Mimaki CG-61 Vinyl Cutter is used to cut
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foil and print stickers. The following is pasted from the Mimaki meta
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page at <https://meta.it-syndikat.org/t/mimaki-cg-61-vinyl-cutter/41>:
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Paste:
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* Technisches
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Max. Schnittbreite: ca. 61 cm
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Max. Schnittlänge: unbegrenzt
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Input Format: HPGL
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Usage via network
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* Switch on the plotter
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insert your material
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define cut/pen settings
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turn on "REMOTE" mode
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Go to http://mimaki.asozial.it-syndikat.org/
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Upload your hpgl file
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Define your Scaling Factor (if hpgl is exported with 2048 dpi, your scaling factor is 1.2403 - with 2540 dpi it's 1.00)
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Press "Send"
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* Usage if connected directly via USB or parallel (deprecated)
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Cutter mit USB2Parallel Adapter verbinden, check welchen Namen der Port bekommt (zB. /dev/usb/lp1)
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Inkscape File als .hpgl speichern
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hpgl output flatness: 0.2
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X-Origin: 0 px (optional)
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Y-Origin: 0 px (optional)
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Resolution: 2048 dpi
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Pen Number: 1
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Plot invisible layers: optional
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Note für Inkscape > V.9: Man kann beim HPGL Speichern mehr als 2048 dpi eingeben - somit spart man sich das nachträgliche Skalieren mit der Angabe von 2540 dpi Auflösung.
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* HPGL Scaler (deprecated)
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Alex hat uns einen HPGL Scaler geschrieben:
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<https://github.com/W4RH4WK/HPGLtrans>
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* Anwendung:
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$ cat file.hpgl | ./HPGLtrans -S 1.25 > /dev/usb/lp0
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Tools
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Es gibt mehrere Tools für den Cutter, bitte Tooleinstellungen beachten:
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* Schleppmesser
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Druck zwischen 035 und 060 einstellen
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Schwarze od. weiße Folie: zB. 045
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Metallic Folie: zB. 030
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Farbige Folie: zB. 040
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Geschwindigkeit: zw. 10 und 100 (je detaillierter die cuts sind, desto längsamer)
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* Kugelschreiber
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in selbstgedruckten Adapter einspannen
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Tool-Taste drücken bis man bei "PEN" ankommt
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Druck: 100 bei schwerem Papier, 50-70 bei dünnem Papier
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* Edding Adapter
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Tool: PEN
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Druck: 30-50
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Geschwindigkeit: 10-20
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# Software
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The software has been replaced in early 2018. It used to be a go script, piping
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out the HPGL file to the printer location, most often /dev/usb/lp0. It was
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replaced due to some errors with a php script doing the same thing. Its
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source code is located here: <https://github.com/IT-Syndikat/its-mimaki>
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# Plotting
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There is a usb to parallel converter attached to the left hand side of the
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plotter. Once connected to a linux machine, it will spawn a character device
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at `/dev/usb/lp0`. You can `cat` your hpgl file into there.
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# Network
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Currently not applicable
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