Ensure the mat is lined up with the guides on the machine and the edge of the mat is under the roller bar when you get ready to load it.
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If the mat size is correct proceed to step 3.
Select the right setting for your material.
Position the mat underneath the mat guides on your cricut machine.
This video will walk you through how to put your paper on your mat and load it into your cricut.
Are you having this issue with multiple projects.
If the design space canvas will not load if there is just a spinning circle on your screen follow the steps below to troubleshoot the issue.
Smart set dial is not working.
My mat is crooked when loaded into my cricut machine.
The one about loading mat correctly you can turn it and load the opposit from the cut out to get full use of you matt.
Cricut machine roller bars are not moving.
Verify that you are using the correct mat size for your machine.
Press the unload mat button and then press the load mat button.
Keeping mat pushed firmly against rollers press the load unload button.
Ensure there is enough space for the mat to run all the way through the machine.
Select your cricut joy machine from the connect machine drop down.
Place your material on the adhesive area of the mat aligning it with the upper left corner.
Section 3 loading unloading section 3 page 2 loading unloading the mat step 5.
Be careful on 5 per cricut that adhesive can gunk up the machine collects on the rollers and can cause issues and even void your warranty.
If this does not help proceed to 5.
Press the reset all button to clear all commands and then press the load mat button again.
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If the mat is lined up with the guides when loading but still loads crookedly proceed to step 4.
If this does not help proceed to 4.
My explore machine pauses or stops when cutting writing or scoring my project.
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The cricut may think that the mat is already loaded in the machine.
If the issue occurs with multiple projects proceed to step 2.