Cutting vinyl with a cricut machine place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip mat.
Cut setting for printed vinyl.
Set the smart dial on your machine to vinyl or if you have an older machine without a smart dial check out cricut s cut settings guide for vinyl.
These are a good place for you to start.
Once you have arrived at the send tab this is where you can change your settings.
You can access the cut settings by clicking on the send tab in silhouette studio.
You need to make sure you text cut every time you change vinyl to avoid wasting materials.
To change any svg like this into a print then cut image all you need to do is select your image and click flatten.
Now it s a print then cut image it s got a printer symbol now instead.
Refer to kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings.
Allow the ink to dry before proceeding to cut.
If your blade is new 11 will work great but as your blade ages you have to set it deeper.
11 would work only on a brand new blade.
The tricky news is that each piece of vinyl blade and machine can cut a little differently.
Pick htv smooth from the material list on a silhouette or use iron on with your cricut in the cut settings.
Stick a piece of vinyl to your cutting mat making sure the paper backing side is down.
We cut a lot of vinyl.
Please keep in mind that each machine cuts differently based on sharpness of blade state of mat and other factors.
Cut and press settings for products at heat transfer vinyl htv continued these settings were tested on each machine by 143vinyl.
Whether it s glitter adhesive vinyl cut settings or for matte black htv look here for the cut settings of your silhouette cameo or cricut machine.
A very common question we get is.
Let s walk through it all together.
Adjust cut and pressing settings and do test cuts as needed last update.
For cricut maker select browse all materials then select the printable vinyl setting.
What settings do i use to cut printable vinyl on my silhouette cutter the answer for depth is to use the blue tip and set the depth to between 11 and 15.
Match the top corner of printed vinyl liner side down to the top left corner of your machine mat and load it into your machine.
You ll want you to think of the adhesive vinyl process rather than htv process up until you add the heat.
I m using the buffalo plaid pattern which we have in the store and is printed on siser material.
Then load the mat into your cricut machine by pressing the flashing load unload button.
For cricut explore machines turn the smart set dial to custom.
