Though there are standard pre-defined material sizes in the Silhouette Studio program (such as 8.5 x 11 Letter size and A4 size), you can define custom user material sizes in the software to fit the media type and size you're working with, provided the material size is compatible.
Cameo
The Silhouette Cameo® standard model has adjustable pinch rollers to control the material width allowance with pre-set roller settings for the following widths:
- 8.5-inch Lettersize material
- 8.5-inch Portrait cutting mat
- 12-inch material
- 12-inch Cameo cutting mat
It cannot accept materials with a width exceeding a 12 inch path.
When cutting with a mat, you will be able to cut the full width of the mat's gridded cutting area, which is up to 12 inches for the Cameo model. When not using a mat, the cutting width is slightly reduced by about 0.25 inch to accomodate the machine's ability to properly grip the material with the rollers.
When cutting longer materials that have their own adhesive backing (such as adhesive-backed vinyl), you may bypass the cutting mat so long as the material is wide enough to be gripped by the pinch rollers. In this case, you can cut lengths of up to 10 feet.
Cameo Plus
The Silhouette Cameo® Plus model has adjustable pinch rollers to control the material width allowance with pre-set roller settings for the following:
- 8.5-inch Lettersize material
- 8.5-inch Portrait cutting mat
- A3 size material
- 12-inch material
- 12-inch Cameo cutting mat
- 15-inch material / 15-inch Cameo Plus cutting mat
It cannot accept materials with a width exceeding a 15 inch path.
When cutting with a mat, you will be able to cut the full width of the mat's gridded cutting area, which is up to 14.75 inches for the Cameo Plus model. When not using a mat, the cutting width is slightly reduced by about 0.25 inch to accomodate the machine's ability to properly grip the material with the rollers.
When cutting longer materials that have their own adhesive backing (such as adhesive-backed vinyl), you may bypass the cutting mat so long as the material is wide enough to be gripped by the pinch rollers. In this case, you can cut lengths of up to 10 feet.
Cameo Pro
The Silhouette Cameo® Pro model has adjustable pinch rollers to control the material width allowance with pre-set roller settings for the following:
- 8.5-inch Lettersize material
- 8.5-inch Portrait cutting mat
- A3 size
- 12-inch material
- 12-inch Cameo cutting mat
- 15-inch material
- 15-inch Cameo Plus cutting mat
- 20-inch material
- 24-inch material / 24-inch Cameo Pro cutting mat
It cannot accept materials with a width exceeding a 24 inch path.
When cutting with a mat, you will be able to cut the full width of the mat's gridded cutting area, which is up to 24 inches for the Cameo Plus model. When not using a mat, the cutting width is slightly reduced by about 0.25 inch to accomodate the machine's ability to properly grip the material with the rollers.
When cutting longer materials that have their own adhesive backing (such as adhesive-backed vinyl), you may bypass the cutting mat so long as the material is wide enough to be gripped by the pinch rollers. In this case, you can cut lengths of up to 10 feet.
Portrait
The Silhouette Portrait® has pinch rollers set to accept A4 and Letter size materials, as well as the standard Letter size cutting mat (which may be used for A4 size materials as well). The pinch rollers on this model are not adjustable. It cannot accept any materials with a width exceeding a 9 inch path.
When cutting longer materials that have their own adhesive backing (such as adhesive-backed vinyl), you may cut lengths of up to 10 feet so long as the material is wide enough to be gripped by the pinch rollers.
Materials that are smaller than the width of the pinch rollers would require the use of a cutting mat to hold the material in place properly during the cutting process. If such is the case, the maximum length of the material could not exceed the length of the cutting mat (click here to see specific cutting mat sizes).
Curio
The Silhouette Curio™ cannot cut materials without use of the cutting mat and base/platforms. The cutting area is determined by the mat and base in use. The included base and mat have amaximum area of 8.5 x 6 inches. The optional larger base can accommodate a maximum of 8.5 x 12 inches.
The smallest recommended size of material would be at least 3 inches width by 3 inches length, which would require the use of a mat as they are not wide enough to be gripped by the pinch rollers.