Cricut Print And Cut Not Cutting Right

You may need to increase the pressure settings 2 3 times by increments of 2 4 to see a change in the cut result.

Cricut print and cut not cutting right. Place the printed sheet on your cricut cutting mat and hit the go button on your cricut. In the cricut design space select a print then cut image and click go if this is your first time using print then cut it will prompt you to calibrate. I followed the instructions of one youtube video to unlock the image proportions on the canvas in design space and enter the exact proportions as seen on photoshop and this seemed to help a lot for one cut. Click the inside of the shape to hide the inner cut line.

Print then cut calibration within cricut design space there is a print then cut calibration. The machine will cut a series of lines and ask the user a series of questions that will allow the machine to calibrate the best settings for the print then cut. Print and cut is a little different than your normal cutting of vinyl and iron on vinyl. Change the color of the solid shape to white if it is a different color.

The cricut doesn t actually print your image. Print the calibration sheet provided by the software. Click the x in the upper right corner to exit this box. Your cricut can draw write with markers but that is different.

I ve watched several youtube videos of people using the cricut for print cut it they don t appear to have any problems with cut accuracy. Move the solid shape on top of the text and original shape. How to change the setting. Attempt cutting a different material such as printer paper using the appropriate setting for that material.

Now if you have checked the list above and your machine still is not acting right or cutting correctly you may need to change your setting. If not it may be an issue with the original material you are attempting to cut. Sometimes you can use the correct setting and that still happens. Do you experience the same result.