Silhouette Portrait Mat Wont Load

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Silhouette portrait mat wont load. The selected cutting mat is too wide to be used with the specified silhouette device select a compatible cutting mat and retry. I have a silhouette portrait and i was trying to cut and i got a massage that said. Send it to cut. I am using the silhouette cutting mat that came with it.

If it doesn t go in straight it won t be long before it goes awry. If the vinyl doesn t load straight unload and reload until it does. Follow the steps below to see what you need to do to load the cutting mat. How to load vinyl without a mat.

Line the mat up with the blue line on the left hand side of your machine. Now select load on your cameo 3. 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.

Silhouette cutting mats are available in several sizes. There are two loading options available for the original cameo cameo 2 and portrait load mat and load media. 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. Blade obstructed if a piece of scrap material usually vinyl or paper is stuck on the blade it will cause cutting issues with your.

Use your silhouette without a mat when you are working on vinyl projects. 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. If you have a cameo 1 or 2 select load media from the panel. If using the portrait a cutting mat select the load cutting mat button.

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. If you have a cameo 3 click load on the panel to load the vinyl into the machine. 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.