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Contents1. Purpose of this Document: ......................................................................................................................................... 4

1.1 Who is this guide for, and what will you learn from it ............................................................................................ 4

2. Software Required: ..................................................................................................................................................... 4

2.1 Installing Pepakura Viewer for Cameo .................................................................................................................... 4

2.2 Installing the Drivers for Cameo ............................................................................................................................. 4

3. How to configuring the software: ............................................................................................................................... 5

3.1 Registering your software ....................................................................................................................................... 5

3.2 Setting Default Registration Mark Measurements ................................................................................................. 5

3.3 Setting Default Print Settings .................................................................................................................................. 6

4. Printing Your Parts to be Cut with Pepakura Viewer for Cameo: ............................................................................... 7

4.1 Working with Letter vs. A4 Size Paper .................................................................................................................... 7

4.2 Checking Placement of Registration Marks for Printing ......................................................................................... 7

4.3 TamaSoft’s Recommendation of Registration Marks for Printing .......................................................................... 8

4.4 Using “Print Preview” to fix some strange issues ................................................................................................... 8

4.5 Making sure you have “Edge ID” enabled ............................................................................................................... 9

4.6 Using the “Show Page Numbers” feature ............................................................................................................. 10

4.7 Printing your pages ............................................................................................................................................... 11

5. Cutting out your pieces with the Cameo .................................................................................................................. 12

5.1 Measuring Registration Marks .............................................................................................................................. 12

5.2 Adjusting the Cameo Blade Depth for Card Stock Paper ...................................................................................... 13

5.3 Placing your paper into the Cameo Machine ........................................................................................................ 13

5.4 Aligning the Cutter with Registration Mark .......................................................................................................... 14

5.5 Cutting Your Pieces ............................................................................................................................................... 15

5.5.1 Basic Setup Tab for Cutting ........................................................................................................................... 16

5.5.2 Cutline Settings Tab for Cutting .................................................................................................................... 17

5.5.3 Cameo Controller Settings Tab / Reading Registration Marks ...................................................................... 18

6. Advanced Hints and Tips ........................................................................................................................................... 20

6.1 Peeling cut Pieces from the Cameo Mat ............................................................................................................... 20

6.2 Preserving and cleaning your cutting Mat ............................................................................................................ 20

6.3 Strange Issues with Printing .................................................................................................................................. 20

6.4 Leaving space around your cutter ......................................................................................................................... 21

6.5 Correcting Offset Cuts ........................................................................................................................................... 21

6.6 Issues Reading Registration Marks ....................................................................................................................... 22

6.7 Working with fold lines ......................................................................................................................................... 22


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6.8 Fixing Registration Mark Printing Issues ............................................................................................................... 22

6.9 Issues Installing Cameo Drivers ............................................................................................................................. 23

6.10 Easier Alignment of the cutting blade with registration mark .............................................................................. 23

7. References and Links................................................................................................................................................. 24


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1. PurposeofthisDocument:

1.1 Whoisthisguidefor,andwhatwillyoulearnfromitAfter buying a Silhouette Cameo to cut my Pepakura pieces, I was both excited and bewildered. There seemed to

be no “Definitive” resource on how to use this machine and the software to cut my card stock for me.

I watched several YouTube videos, read several threads on a few sites, but still seemed to be lacking some of the

basic information on the process from start to end. What was worst of all for me appeared to be the random

incomplete threads I found in relation to some of my own questions or problems.

I vowed that once I understood it all, I would create a definitive guide on how to use the Silhouette Cameo to cut

Pepakura parts. I hope that this helps others where a gaping hole was left in my life.

I will break the guide down into several sections. Some might be relatively obvious, but I encourage you to READ

THEM ALL. Some of my biggest issues were on topics that seemed very simple

If you have comments or additions, please let me know and I will update this guide accordingly

2. SoftwareRequired:

Before you even hook up the Cameo to your PC or Laptop, let’s start with some basics that you need to have in place

2.1 InstallingPepakuraViewerforCameoPurchase and download the Pepakura Viewer for Cameo from the Tamasoft website

(http://www.tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura‐en/download/viewer_crobo.html)

Don’t be confused by the names in the URL link. This is for the CAMEO Silhouette Machine. While there is

older software and drivers for the Craft Robo machine, this guide and all references will be for the Cameo

machine.

Links to the Craft Robo software are also on the link above, but you are on your own when using that one!

This version of the viewer is PAID software. It is not free like the other viewer, but it is worth the few dollars

to purchase, and you will save HOURS of time from cutting manually!

2.2 InstallingtheDriversforCameoYou need to install the proper driver for the Cameo so that it is recognized on your PC. You can obtain the full

“Silhouette Studio” software for your Cameo from the vendor’s website:

http://www.silhouetteamerica.com/?page=software

Once you install “Silhouette Studio” you will have the proper drivers for the device

If you still don’t have the proper drivers or want to install them direct without the entire Cameo “Silhouette

Studio” software suite, you can obtain JUST the drivers from this link on the vendors site. I did this for my

Win7 64 bit machine and it worked fine for me! http://www.silhouettefr.fr/silhouette_drivers.html

At the time of this writing there were no Windows 8 drivers listed on the vendor website. I am not sure if

the windows 7 Drivers will work on Windows 8 or not.

One user who read this guide reported that the drivers from the website DID NOT WORK properly and he

had to use the ones from the CD included with the device. I always download first and try the latest, but if

you have issue, try the version that comes on the CD as a backup.

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6.6 IssuesReadingRegistrationMarksAs mentioned in section 5.5.3, you might have issues reading registration marks on your paper. There are several

possible reasons for this which can be easily fixed:

If you get ANY kind of error reading the registration marks this is due to:

o The alignment in step 5.4 not being exact

o Bad ambient lighting on the cutter that will not allow the optics to read the registration marks

o Registration marks not being printed dark enough

6.7 WorkingwithfoldlinesDespite the Cameo making perforation cuts on fold lines, I still find that on some smaller pieces (Where fold areas

are very small) it is better to LIGHTLY score the line again with an x‐acto knife to assist in folding the shape. Just

be VERY CAREFUL to only slightly score the piece and not cut too deep

6.8 FixingRegistrationMarkPrintingIssuesThe following issue was reported by NovaDom on the therpf.com forum:

Your guide says to change the default setting to '5mm' for all edges. I did that and I had a recurring problem while doing test prints.

There's supposed to be 3 registration marks on every sheet, one black square, and two 'L' shaped marks.

The black square and the first 'L' printed correctly while the second 'L' only printed partially (only one line _).

After a couple of hours of trying a LOT of different things, I realized that I was working against the limitations of

my printer.

I have a HP inkjet (#1510) and I can't print anything lower than 15mm to the bottom of the page.

I can however print to 4mm of the top, right and left side of the page.

So, different people may have to try different settings, as per their printer's limitations.

So, for my printer, I need to use the following Default Registration Mark Measurements:

If printing portrait

Registration marks, from top side: 5mm

Registration marks, from bottom side: 15mm

Registration marks, from left side: 5mm

Registration marks, from right side: 5mm

If printing landscape

Registration marks, from top side: 5mm

Registration marks, from bottom side: 5mm

Registration marks, from left side: 5mm

Registration marks, from right side: 15mm (the 'right' side is the 'bottom' of the page when printing landscape)


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6.9 IssuesInstallingCameoDriversThe following issue was reported by NovaDom on the therpf.com forum:

I would like to point out that if you purchased a Silhouette Cameo brand new, the Silhouette Studio software

comes in the box. Following the guide, I downloaded the software from the vendor's website (before realizing I

had the CD) and the drivers didn't work for me, for some reason.

To update the drivers, I used the Silhouette Studio CD I had, and it worked right away

NOTE FROM GRENEX: Typically the software/drivers included on the CD in the box are old and outdated. I

typically recommend downloading the latest from the vendor website, but in this instance it fixed the issue

6.10 EasierAlignmentofthecuttingbladewithregistrationmarkThe following hint was suggestion was from PurdueMadLou from therpf.com who suggested taking the cutter

out of the holder when aligning it with the registration mark, centering it using the arrows on the machine while

looking down through the circle in the cutter holder.


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7. ReferencesandLinks

This section contains a list of useful links and references provided throughout this document for software downloads,

information on the process, or links to general forums.

http://www.tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura‐en/download/help_cut/index.html

http://www.tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura‐en/download/viewer_crobo.html

http://printable‐ruler.net/images/stories/rulers/ruler‐12in‐30cm‐USLetter‐transparent.pdf

http://freebies.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=freebies&cdn=hobbies&tm=8&f=20&su=p284.13.3

42.ip_&tt=3&bt=7&bts=7&zu=http%3A//www.vendian.org/mncharity/dir3/paper_rulers/

theRFP.com

401th.com

Youtube.com

Where to buy Cameo

Documents

Definitive Guide to Using Cameo for Pepakura