How To Load Vinyl Into Silhouette Cameo Without Mat

If you are using a sheet of vinyl most often you will cut using a mat.

How to load vinyl into silhouette cameo without mat.

Place your vinyl next to the blue line on the left side just like you would load the mat and the top edge of the vinyl up against the rollers. Now see how the rollers are firmly gripping the edges of the vinyl. When loading a cutting mat into your silhouette align the mat with the white rollers. Your machine will roll your mat into the cutting area.

Don t push it in just hold it up to the rollers so when you push the load button it will pull the vinyl into the machine. Place the vinyl onto the silhouette cutting mat with the backing paper side down onto the mat making sure the vinyl is covering the same area where the design is placed on the virtual mat in silhouette studio. This introductory video shows users how to load material with and without a cutting mat into the silhouette cameo. Place the vinyl on the correct size of mat you have selected in the silhouette software.

If you have a cameo 3 click load on the panel to load the vinyl into the machine. Make sure the arrow on the top of the mat is pointing into the machine. Line the mat up with the blue line on the left hand side of your machine. Use your silhouette without a mat when you are working on vinyl projects.

If you have a cameo 1 or 2 select load media from the panel. How to load vinyl without a mat. Now select load on your cameo 3. Use the blue line on the left hand side of your machine as a guide to align your mat.

If the vinyl doesn t load straight unload and reload until it does. If your silhouette cutting mat is brand new you may want to de stick the cutting mat somewhat by blotting it with a clean t shirt. If it doesn t go in straight it won t be long before it goes awry. 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 sheets.