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Appendix C: Quick Start Steps
Your Full Spectrum Laser system is ready to use if you have read the manual to this point and
followed all of the foregoing instructions. Please remember to use caution while operating the laser
and make sure that all accessories are functioning properly before running any job. The following
instructions provide a general workflow for taking an original design and turning it into a laser cut
part:
1. Create your artwork/design in the software program of your choice (e.g. CorelDraw)
or use the Design View tab of RetinaEngrave.
2. Turn on the machine and accessories and wait for it to find an IP.
3. Once the machine has an IP (approx. 30s), launch RetinaEngrave.
4. Place your piece of sample material on the honeycomb.
5. Focus the laser head onto the sample piece.
6. Close the cover. 6. From CorelDraw, call up the print menu.
7. Select the “Full Spectrum Engineering” Driver.
8. If the “Preflight check” fails, check that both your document page size and printer
page size match the size of the work area, and that no artwork Is outside the
boundaries of the page.
9. Once the preflight check is clear, continue printing to the software.
10. Your design will be loaded and then rendered by RetinaEngrave under the default
raster tab.
11. Once you have set the power levels and layer ordering to your liking, you can run the
job. If you plan to run it often, you can save the project file to a location on your hard
drive.
Technical Support is available from 8:00 am (PST) to 5:00 pm (PST) Monday through Friday at
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