To meet the need to increase its customers' productivity, Summa's Twin Workflow allows the integration of two cutters for the same job:
- An F series flatbed cutter
- And a vinyl cutter (S Class 2 or S One series)
- Camera-based vinyl cutters can use what Summa calls the Twin Mode
- Sensor-based vinyl cutters can use the Twin X Mode
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Summa's Twin Workflow is included in the manufacturer's software Pro Packs. For more details, please contact Summa directly or refer to their dedicated article.
How to use two Summa cutters with CalderaRIP?
Another way to benefit from this workflow, and to be able to cut a job on 2 cutters, is to use the Summa dual cutters specific driver in CalderaRIP.
However, this is only possible when using the Summa Twin X Mode on sensor-based cutters (like the S One Series, the S Class 2 D Series, or the S Class 2 T Series) since these can register square marks.
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The Summa GoProduce driver has asymmetrical marks and can't be used for the Summa Twin mode. If required, use the SummaFlex driver instead.
Configuration
Let's see an example with the following devices:
- Summa F1612 (flatbed cutter), using the Summa dual cutters driver that will create 2 cut files:
- One for the Summa F series cutter.
- And one for the Summa S2 series cutter.
- Summa S2 T series (roll-to-roll cutter), using Summa S2 PostNet (panelling).
GrandCut configuration for Summa F1612
- Configure your Summa F1612 flatbed cutter using the "Summa dual cutters" (GrandCut B driver):
You may be interested in reading: How to install a GrandCut cutter?
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Check the Marks placement in the corresponding Cutter Tools Configuration tab.
The cut file must have its marks located horizontally at 400.05 mm or 15.75 in, with a horizontal and vertical size of 5.00 mm or 0.20 in. Example in inches:Good to know
To improve your experience, these values are fixed by default in recent versions.
VisualCut configuration for Summa S2 T Series
- Now you must configure your Summa S2 T Series roll cutter, using the Summa S2 PostNet Panelling (VisualCut driver).
You may be interested in reading: How to install a VisualCut cutter?
- During the installation, select the same Queue you previously selected for the GrandCut driver.
In this example, the Queue would be:/opt/caldera/var/public/summa/
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In the VisualCut interface, check the Dual cutter barcode box because the SummaFlex (OptiScout) barcodes are decimal instead of the normal PostNet Summa S2 barcodes which are hexadecimal.
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As mentioned at the beginning, the SummaFlex controller can read both types of marks.
- You are ready to cut.