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center of the job or the upper left (2 radio buttons in top menu division). The lower division of the
Laser Head Positioning dialog box contains 9 radio buttons that allow you to preview job perimeter
positions (you cannot set them as work origins). Keep in mind that the job origin setting is reset to
default when RetinaEngrave is closed.
TEST FIRE [F] AND TEST FIRE DURATION FIELD
Pressing this button causes the tube to fire for the amount of time (in milliseconds) listed in the
duration field. Default value is 5.0ms—this works well for marking thermal paper without burning
through. Remember to close the lid or the tube will not fire.
ROTARY ENGRAVE TAB
The rotary tool, when selected, allows you to enable a rotary attachment, if installed, which allows
the proper steps to be sent to the rotary to turn the item properly. See Appendix B: Rotary
Attachment Installation for more information on the rotary attachment.
LINE TWO MENUS (RIGHT)
START JOB [G]
Press the Start button to start the job with the current settings. The job origin is, by default, located
at the upper left of your design and is indexed from the current location of the laser head. For
example, if you are vector cutting a 3 inch square, the laser will fire and move 3 inches to the right,
then 3 inches forward (down), then 3 inches left and finally 3 inches up back to the starting position
of the laser head. The Start button will be grayed out and not selectable whenever the laser is
disconnected.
PAUSE [SPACEBAR]
Pressing the space key will pause and unpause the in­progress job.
CANCEL
Immediately ends the in­progress job and returns to the job origin.
MODE­SELECT MENU
This drop­down menu allows you to select between several modes: Raster and Vector modes
open their respective tabs, “Raster then Vector” mode will first run the job in the raster tab (black
pixels) and then run the job in the vector tab. The Simulate Vector modes create a red­dot overlay
in the workspace that follows the path of your vector lines at some multiple of the currently selected
speed (for example,100% speed at 0.5x runs at equivalent of 50% speed).
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