How To Load Vinyl Into Silhouette Cameo Without Mat

Line the mat up with the blue line on the left hand side of your machine.

How to load vinyl into silhouette cameo without mat.

How to load vinyl without a mat. If you have a cameo 1 or 2 select load media from the panel. 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 sheets. Place the vinyl onto the silhouette cutting mat with the backing paper side down onto the mat making sure the vinyl is covering the same area where the design is placed on the virtual mat in silhouette studio.

If the vinyl doesn t load straight unload and reload until it does. If you have a cameo 3 click load on the panel to load the vinyl into the machine. Overview of the s. This introductory video shows users how to load material with and without a cutting mat into the silhouette cameo.

If your silhouette cutting mat is brand new you may want to de stick the cutting mat somewhat by blotting it with a clean t shirt. Place the vinyl on the correct size of mat you have selected in the silhouette software. Select load cut mat from the display. If it doesn t go in straight it won t be long before it goes awry.

Use the blue line on the left hand side of your machine as a guide to align your mat. Make sure the arrow on the top of the mat is pointing into the machine. Don t push it in just hold it up to the rollers so when you push the load button it will pull the vinyl into the machine. Use your silhouette without a mat when you are working on vinyl projects.

When loading a cutting mat into your silhouette align the mat with the white rollers. Your machine will roll your mat into the cutting area. If you are using a sheet of vinyl most often you will cut using a mat. Now see how the rollers are firmly gripping the edges of the vinyl.