SECTION 10:
ENGRAVING RUBBER STAMPS
The Epilog Radius is has a second print driver for doing rubber stamps. All unique stamp
attributes are added by the driver including shoulders, mirroring of the artwork and raising the
pattern from the background.
A very fast computer is required for producing stamps. The computer must have a
large amount of memory as well. Generally, a 300 Megahertz Pentium or faster is needed,
with 64 Megabytes of memory.
INSTALLING THE STAMP DRIVER
There are two different print drivers on the disk in your accessory pack. The primary
driver is the Radius. The other driver is called Radius Stamp, and it is used to produce rubber
stamps. Use the procedure in section 1 to install the stamp driver onto your system, and make
sure that it is selected as your active or default printer.
LAYOUT FOR STAMPS
1)
Set up your artwork. Areas to be left raised should be black, with areas to be removed
white.
2)
If you want to have the laser cut the individual stamps out from the sheet, place a .001”
outline with no fill around each stamp. You can use rectangles, or you can use the pen
tool to draw a tight outline that follows the shape of the stamp.
3) Draw your boundary. The boundary, or “Fence” is what the laser will use to determine
the limits of the background material to be engraved out. This is a rectangle with a .001”
outline and no fill. Every part of your design must be inside the fence for the engraving to
work properly. The fence should be as small as practical, as this will reduce wasted
material and engraving time. Try and place your stamps in such a way that they can be
enclosed by the smallest fence. When engraving multiple stamps, do not enclose
individual stamp layouts with individual fences. One large fence must enclose all stamps.
*NOTE The fence must be at least .050 inch from the edge of any characters or images.
Putting the fence too close to the characters will result in an unsatisfactory stamp.
4) Print your design.
