How To Load Mat Into Silhouette Portrait

How to load vinyl without a mat.

How to load mat into silhouette portrait.

I like to cut most of my vinyl without a mat because the majority of the time i am using rolls of vinyl instead of. Line the mat up with the blue line on the left hand side of your machine. Silhouette portrait help this is a need to know video but even if you do this right you can run into troubles with the cutting thanks for watching. I was having trouble with my silhouette not recognizing the registration marks as well as not aligning properly.

Load options for the original cameo cameo 2 and portrait are selected using the buttons on the machine itself. In order to prevent damage to your cutting strip a mat should always be used when cutting materials without a backing i would rather take the time to load my mat than have to replace the cutting strip on my machine. Silhouette cutting mats are available in several sizes. Now select load on your cameo 3.

Follow the steps below to see what you need to do to load the cutting mat.