Silhouette Portrait Mat Wont Load

There are two loading options available for the original cameo cameo 2 and portrait load mat and load media.

Silhouette portrait mat wont load.

I am using the silhouette cutting mat that came with it. Silhouette portrait help this is a need to know video but even if you do this right you can run into troubles with the cutting thanks for watching. If you have a cameo 1 or 2 select load media from the panel. Follow the steps below to see what you need to do to load the cutting mat.

Use your silhouette without a mat when you are working on vinyl projects. If the vinyl doesn t load straight unload and reload until it does. If it doesn t go in straight it won t be long before it goes awry. Just as the name implies choose load mat when cutting anything that you have placed onto a cutting mat.

Blade obstructed if a piece of scrap material usually vinyl or paper is stuck on the blade it will cause cutting issues with your. If there is no response when you are trying to access the silhouette studio manual via the help menu in the software there is probably an issue with the pdf reader program on your computer. I like to cut most of my vinyl without a mat because the majority of the time i am using rolls of vinyl instead of. The silhouette studio manual won t open.

When you are preparing to cut material with your cameo or portrait machines it is necessary to load the material onto a cutting mat and then you load the cutting mat into your machine. How to load vinyl without a mat. Line the mat up with the blue line on the left hand side of your machine. I have a silhouette portrait and i was trying to cut and i got a massage that said.

If using the portrait a cutting mat select the load cutting mat button. Now select load on your cameo 3. The selected cutting mat is too wide to be used with the specified silhouette device select a compatible cutting mat and retry. Blade fin is not aligned at 6 o clock the black fin on the ratchet blade housing must be pointed at the 6 o clock position or the silhouette will not cut correctly or at all unlock the lock and turn the blade until the fin is in the correct position.

Place the vinyl on the correct size of mat you have selected in the silhouette software. Materials that have a backing you don t intend to cut through such as vinyl or sticker paper can be cut. Send it to cut.