How To Load Vinyl Into Silhouette Cameo Without Mat

Make sure the arrow on the top of the mat is pointing into the machine.

How to load vinyl into silhouette cameo without mat.

If it doesn t go in straight it won t be long before it goes awry. If you are using a sheet of vinyl most often you will cut using a mat. When loading a cutting mat into your silhouette align the mat with the white rollers. If you have a cameo 1 or 2 select load media from the panel.

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. Send it to cut. If you have a cameo 3 click load on the panel to load the vinyl into the machine. Line the mat up with the blue line on the left hand side of your machine.

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. This introductory video shows users how to load material with and without a cutting mat into the silhouette cameo. Place the vinyl on the correct size of mat you have selected in the silhouette software. Your machine will roll your mat into the cutting area.

If the vinyl doesn t load straight unload and reload until it does. Select load cut mat from the display. 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. Use the blue line on the left hand side of your machine as a guide to align your mat.

Use your silhouette without a mat when you are working on vinyl projects. Overview of the s. Now select load on your cameo 3. Place your vinyl next to the blue line on the left side just like you would load the mat and the top edge of the vinyl up against the rollers.