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the job does not show up, see the printer connection help section 
below and then start over from the start of step 6.)

6.2.16. Make sure to load/use the Honeycomb Table
6.2.17.

7. Focus your the laser for your material 

(See below)

8.  It is recommended that if placement is important, you test on cardboard first.
9. Check that the fan is on and the fire extinguisher is nearby
10. Press the green Go button to start the job - if there are any problems or to 

stop the job at any time, press the red Stop button

11. When the laser is finished and the head returns to its start position, open the 

door and remove your material.

Tips

• You can turn on the red laser pointer using the Pointer button on the machine
• Use the rulers to hold any materials that might move during the process
• You can repeat any jobs already sent to the machine by selecting them with the 

up and down buttons and then pressing Go 

• To switch table surfaces 

(steel vs honeycomb)

, lower the laser platform at least 

15cm while in focus mode, flip the 3 rulers up, and carefully remove the table by 
lifting the edge toward the front first and keeping the table far away from the 
laser head. Insert the desired table putting the edge that is closest to the laser 
head down first and then placing the table into the provided space. Flip the 
rulers back down to hold it in place

Focusing the Laser

I.

 Before you start etching or cutting, you MUST set the 
Focus on the Laser machine. 

A. use the Epilog Manual Focus Guide 

1. open the door to the Epilog Laser
2. attach the Manual Focus Guide to the laser 

head, matching the two holes on the guide to 
the two pegs on the head. Magnets will hold 
it in place.

3. select “Focus” on the Epilog Laser keypad
4. use the Down arrow on the Epilog Laser 

keypad to lower the table to easily fit your 
material under the Manual Focus Guide

5. use the Up and Down arrows on the Epilog Laser keypad to adjust the 

height

a) you want the bottom of the Manual Focus Guide to just barely touch 

your material, the guide should not be pushed up by your material

b) exit the Focus menu by pressing the “Jobs”

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Страница 1: ...e laser fills up with excess smoke resulting in no visibility in the machine stop the laser and check your settings Starting the LASER 1 Turn on the exhaust fan using the switch at the wall outlet 2 Turn on the laser using the switch on the lower left side of the laser machine Starting the COMPUTER 1 Power on button on lower left side of monitor 2 Hold down the Option key as the computer boots to ...

Страница 2: ...ut with 6 2 2 In the Inkscape Menu select Object Fill and Stroke 6 2 3 Set Fill to none and the stroke to pure opaque black with a stroke width of 001 inches see the FabLab guide for detailed instruction 6 2 4 Goto File Save As and save the file as a pdf with default settings 6 2 5 Open the file with Adobe Reader 6 2 6 Press Print 6 2 7 Choose the Epilog Laser as your printer if it is not availabl...

Страница 3: ... lower the laser platform at least 15cm while in focus mode flip the 3 rulers up and carefully remove the table by lifting the edge toward the front first and keeping the table far away from the laser head Insert the desired table putting the edge that is closest to the laser head down first and then placing the table into the provided space Flip the rulers back down to hold it in place Focusing t...

Страница 4: ...ceholder for the Drivers you cannot use it 6 The Epilog Engraver will be either Fully Opaque or semi transparent 7 If it is fully Opaque and there are no warning icons on it then you should be ready to send jobs to it 8 If it is not fully opaque or there is an exclamation point in front of it you need to try reconnecting the laser again 1 Pull the USB cable out of the computer wait 5 seconds plug ...

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