Make sure the arrow on the top of the mat is pointing into the machine.
Loading mat into silhouette cameo 3.
The cameo 3 load options are determined by which mat is specified in the design page settings of the silhouette studio software.
However the rollers are a bit different.
Built in roll feeder and crosscutter having a roll feeder and crosscutter built in to your cameo 4 makes cutting rolled materials really simple.
Place the vinyl on the correct size of mat you have selected in the silhouette software.
Use the blue line on the left hand side of your machine as a guide to align your mat.
The cameo 4 uses a simplified touch panel to load and unload your material as well as move the cutting mat or the position of the tools or connect bluetooth.
If you are cutting media without using a cutting mat select none in the cutting mat options.
How to load vinyl without a mat.
Yes all of the silhouette cameo machines portrait machines can cut without a mat.
They can be a bit tricky.
When loading a cutting mat into your silhouette align the mat with the white rollers.
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.
Quick video showing proper alignment of the cutting mat on both the silhouette cameo 3 and cameo 4 machines.
When you load a job that does not have a cutting mat into the cameo 3 machine simply press the load button on your touch screen.
When you remove the cutting mat from your file in silhouette studio the machine knows that you are cutting without a mat and will advance your material into the machine at the correct distance.
Press the up arrow button on the front of the machine.
Line the mat up with the blue line on the left hand side of your machine.
Now select load on your cameo 3.
I have a cameo 1 as well but use my cameo 3 without the mat as the rollers are easier to move.
There is no load media button on the machine only load and unload buttons.
Select load cut mat from the display.
You may have to work on moving the rollers on a cameo 1.
Press load from the control panel on the front of the machine.
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Press the top button indicating the gridded mat.
