How To Load The Silhouette Cameo Cutting Mat

There is no load media button on the machine only load and unload buttons.

How to load the silhouette cameo cutting mat.

Place the vinyl on the correct size of mat you have selected in the silhouette software. If you are using letter size cardstock on the cameo and not the full 12 12 mat you need to move the plastic roller on the right in to the notches towards the middle so that the roller grabs the edge of the mat. Loading your mat 1. Press the top button indicating the gridded mat.

The cameo 3 load options are determined by which mat is specified in the design page settings of the silhouette studio software. The solution if this happens to you use the keypad on the cameo to move the dot next to load media back up to load cutting mat. I explain what load mat vs load media means. Press the up arrow button on the front of the machine portrait.

Be sure that you select the mat you are using from the page. When loading a cutting mat into. I think this might be another post that i can file under why am i so stupid. Overview of the s.

Next apply your material to the mat. Ta da then your problem is fixed. Next butt the mat up to the rollers on your machine. Cutting mats are printed with a 1 inch grid pattern to help you position and align your material.

This introductory video shows users how to load material with and without a cutting mat into the silhouette cameo. Press load mat silhouette cameo 1. How to load the silhouette cutting mat silhouette cameo 3. If you are cutting media without using a cutting mat select none in the cutting mat options.

The first thing you need to do is make sure your rollers on your silhouette cameo are set to the widest position. Locking the roller bar. I had such trouble at the very beginning trying to use my machine so i am hoping this tutorial will help anyone out there who is afraid to do that first cut with their machine. I just share a couple of tiny bits of info about the silhouette cameo.

Press load from the control panel on the front of the machine silhouette cameo 2. Use the grid lines on the mat to line the material up with the edges of the sticky portion of your mat. Now select load on. To load a cutting mat into the silhouette cameo remove the protective covering sheet from the mat.