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Page 1: ...ine This can be found on the GCC CD ROM supplied with your s user manual r conjunction with the manufacture a manual It should therefore be read in This document is designed as a quick step training g...
Page 2: ...account Please notify us of any shortages or damage within 3 days of delivery and in the case of non delivery with 10 days of the date of invoice Any goods conveyed to customers remain the property o...
Page 3: ...Colours In 2D Design 27 How To Engrave A Photo Using 2D Design 29 CorelDraw Setup 35 Example Project Using CorelDraw 38 How To Engrave A Photograph Using CoerlDraw 41 Setting Up The Laser Machine 43...
Page 4: ...to arrange a technician s visit Becasue of the nature of the product if your laser needs repair after the warranty period the repair must only be carried out by an authorised service technician Furth...
Page 5: ...fully before operation E F T P d n a n o l f e T C V P s a h c u s s e c n a t s b u s c i x o t e c u d o r p y a m t a h t s l a i r e t a m r e h t o r o s e c a f r u s e v i t i s n e s t a e h s...
Page 6: ...Balsa Greyboard Cardboard Ceramics Kevlar Vinyl GEFF Plastazote Plastazote Below is a list of known materials which are to be used in the laser cutter as they will produce corrosive fumes that will b...
Page 7: ...ock if fitted to all models to prevent access to the working area during laser operation whilst the laser is firing The interlock system will also not allow the laser to be fired without the extractio...
Page 8: ...id particles may need changing every couple of months The main filter which is a combined activated carbon and HEPA filter which is for fine particles and odour may last six months to a year all depen...
Page 9: ...lean Any staining on the bed can be removed with cream cleaners such as Cif on a damp cloth and then dried Ensure that the machine is disconnected from the mains power These are the most important par...
Page 10: ...HINE IS DISCONNECTED FROM THE MAINS POWER BEFORE OPENING THE TUBE ACCESS PANEL Step 2 Simply remove the three screws and loosen the fourth screw to allow you to raise the dust tube then you will be ab...
Page 11: ...ed Beam mirror and only has to be cleaned if you can no longer see the red beam on the laser bed or material as this mirror only bounces the red light beam NOT the laser cutting beam The mirror labell...
Page 12: ...t Ensure that the mirror is replaced correctly when reassembling To remove the dust cover containing mirror 2 loosen the screw on the bottom flat section of the cover and lift the cover off over the b...
Page 13: ...e replaced correctly before reassembly Note To remove mirror 4 for cleaning you will need to loosen the screw above the mirror located at Correct Positioning of Mirror 4 and the 2 Inch Lens A common p...
Page 14: ...n e e n o y a l h t o l c f o p i r t s e d i w m m 0 2 a f f o r a e T IMPORTANT USE ONLY THE SPECIFIED CLOTH S B A W S G N I N A E L C E H T E S U T O N O D G N I N A E L C R O F Step 3 Support the...
Page 15: ...forth to clean out the dust particles DO NOT apply grease or oil to the motion system tracks The grid bed cutting table will over time take on a black stained appearance around the area most used for...
Page 16: ...ce it has finished Press F4 Function on the laser main menu control panel Step 2 In the next screen you will see a black diamond to the left hand side of your options Move the diamond using the up and...
Page 17: ...g this screen up is by selecting restart from the power options menu on Windows 8 that s under Charms or on the login screen and in Windows 10 it s on the Start Menu Hold down the SHIFT key while you...
Page 18: ...the driver select Do Not Share and Do Not Print A Test Page Step 7 Click OK then Select Next Step 8 Then select Next and then click OK To test that the machine is connected correctly you should go ba...
Page 19: ...ULL ADMINISTRATION RIGHTS Step 1 Go to the Windows start button in the bottom left hand corner of Windows Then go to Devices and Printers in Windows 7 Step 2 Right click on your laser cutters printer...
Page 20: ...cutters power and speeds Note Once the recommended setup has been completed it will be applied to any software that you will be using in Windows ie Coral Draw 2D Design etc Step 7 Option Manual Colou...
Page 21: ...D Design V2 on your computer and select from the tool bar at the top of the screen Step 2 customise operation On the drop down menu that appears simply go down to and then across to the right to this...
Page 22: ...e 2 to the and Bitmap modes mode 1 Step 4 Click OK which will take you back to the main screen Step 5 Setup Set as Default Once you are back at the main screen go up to on the top tool bar of 2D Desig...
Page 23: ...e laser cutter How to assign the custom colours to define the order in which the design will be cut and or engraved For how to perform the design process itself please use the training demonstrations...
Page 24: ...later stage in the printer driv er setup Then you can click OK Step 5 Your 2D Design page will now represent the size of the material in the laser cutter Y axis X axis Step 3 User Defined Select the...
Page 25: ...r design will be held in focus until the final part of the project has been completed Step 1 After you have designed or loaded up your project you will need to select the parts of the design you want...
Page 26: ...will see that the first three of the Custom Colours are in the recommended order Simply click on the colour you want to assign to the part parts selected and then click OK Once you deselect the lines...
Page 27: ...then Select your photo from the saved location Step 1 File Import File on your computer Note You can also use the copy and paste option to import a bitmap colour images can be used Once you have impo...
Page 28: ...s you normally would but in the Options tab when you select the greyscale engrave mode called Black and White a new tab called Raster will appear in the print properties Contrast This is where you can...
Page 29: ...ector functions correctly The colour pallet that you use to set up your project cut order will not match up with the printer driver colours and finally the program will not let you engrave a photograp...
Page 30: ...elect the pen tip icon then select the same icon from the menu that appears If the pen icon is not present please press F12 on the keyboard Step 3 From the pop up window that appears make sure that th...
Page 31: ...t the software will communicate the correct line thickness to the laser cutter This setting needs to be changed on every computer that a student is using to design if it isn t then files that have bee...
Page 32: ...on the top toolbar and then Color Management then across to Default Settings Step 7 From the window that opens up select the Presets drop down menu and from the list select the option Simulate Color M...
Page 33: ...out at the same time then you will firstly need to draw something on the design page This will enable you to select the Print option from the File menu on the top toolbar Step 9 Select your laser cut...
Page 34: ...eformed by drop down menu select your laser cutter then click Apply then select Cancel Step 11 Finally go to Tools on the top toolbar and select Save Settings As Default CorelDRAW X7 will now be setup...
Page 35: ...he laser cutter How to assign the colours to define the order in which the design will be cut and or engraved For how to perform the design process itself please use the training demonstrations within...
Page 36: ...first job red is the second job and green is your third job It s by inputting the power and speed settings that determine whether the colour will be cut or engraved along with setting either a fine l...
Page 37: ...you would like to change your selected part to Right clicking the colour will change the colour and left clicking on the colour will change the colour Tip line fill Black Green Red Simply repeat this...
Page 38: ...ve a photograph bitmap image using your CorelDRAW software Step 1 With your CorelDRAW page open go to File on the top toolbar then select Import from the drop down menu Step 2 Select the image from it...
Page 39: ...mage and go to Bitmaps on the top toolbar From the drop down menu that now appears select the first option Convert to Bitmap Step 4 A pop up window will appear on screen From the drop down menu select...
Page 40: ...p the printer driver the same as you normally would but when you select the options tab select the greyscale engrave mode called Black and White and a new tab called Raster will appear in the print pr...
Page 41: ...erial To do this press any directional key located around the enter button once this will bring up the carriage moving screen on the lasers LCD panel Then press and hold a directional button to move t...
Page 42: ...gh the grid bed Step 5 Auto Focus button on the control panel Shown below this will raise the material to contact the auto focus probe which will in turn lower the material ensuring that the lens insi...
Page 43: ...n 2D Design or CorelDRAW simply select File and then Print Step 2 Select the name of your laser cutter from the Printer name section A and then proceed to properties B Note When you select Properties...
Page 44: ...images 3D Mode This is for use with Images that have a black background and a white foreground Stamp Mode This allows you to taper the sides of the engrave so that the base of your design will have m...
Page 45: ...at the back of this manual To input the settings simply move the slider bars left or right for the required settings Adjust the slider bars here to set the speed power and PPI Pulses Per Inch The PPI...
Page 46: ...om or bottom to top WF Education Group recommend bottom to top mode as this will reveal the image whereas top to bottom can obstruct your view Position Mode This mode will determine the start point of...
Page 47: ...See rotary section of the manual for details D Please note that the paper size is not required to be changed as the installed laser driver will automatically set this paper size to the laser bed size...
Page 48: ...ugh a different initialisation process The rotary attachment is an optional item for GCC Laser cutters It adds a 4th axis that provides the capability of engraving onto cylindrical objects suchs as gl...
Page 49: ...of the rotary attachment To do this simply remove the bottom two screws and loosen the top screw then swivel the face plate clockwise This will enable access to the cone which slides out of the front...
Page 50: ...arrows will now rotate the cone on the rotary attachment Note not If the laser does activate the lower trip switch then turn the laser power This OFF will mean that the laser cutter has not recognise...
Page 51: ...stage To get this measurement you will need to move the laser head to the right until the red beam pointer hits the edge of your glass on the cone see Fig 1 You can then obtain the offset reading by...
Page 52: ...he your Y axis will be the width of the object multiplied by 3 14 Once you have entered these values your page size now represents your object unravelled as a flat piece of material Step 3 Rotate your...
Page 53: ...51 X being the length of your object and the diameter Step 3 Insert the offset acquired at step 12 on page 52 The smallest diameter that can be fitted to the rubber cone pad is 56mm The largest diamet...
Page 54: ...c and simply means that the upper trip switch in the laser cutter has been triggered before the auto focus probe could focus Step 2 Press the up arrow on the laser control panel to raise the laser bed...
Page 55: ...se this button to stop a job if you do not want it to finish Useful control panel commands from the main menu Deleting a file F4 Enter then press either F3 to delete a single file or F4 to delete all...
Page 56: ...sh any fire that may break out Therefore NOT do not leave the laser unattended during operation If you have to disable the SMART Guard we would always recommend that you enable it after finishing your...
Page 57: ...cked By Checked By Checked By Checked By Mirror 1 Mirror 2 Mirror 3 Mirror 4 2 Inch Lens Collimating Lens Motion System Tracks Auto Focus Probe Grid Bed Stainless Steel Bed Underneath the bed Extracti...
Page 58: ...See Right Note If your enhanced vector box is ticked then all you need to do when inputting your cut settings is multiply your by two cut settings only Eg If the chart recommends 2 0 Speed and 100 Pow...
Page 59: ...m HIPS 1 5mm HIPS 2 0mm HIPS 3 0mm Polyproylene Fabric Greyboard 3 2mm Correx Speed 1 3 1 4 0 5 0 2 1 3 3 6 1 8 1 2 Power 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 PPI X X X X X X X X Acrylic 2mm Acrylic 3mm Ac...
Page 60: ...5mm HIPS 2 0mm HIPS 3 0mm Polyproylene Fabric Greyboard 3 2mm Correx Speed 3 5 2 8 2 1 1 1 6 4 9 2 4 4 2 9 Power 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 PPI X X X X X X X X Acrylic 2mm Acrylic 3mm Acrylic 5m...
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Page 62: ...surement this can also be left at the maximum laser bed size if preferred An error warning will be displayed on the Print window if this size is smaller than the page paper size in your design softwar...
