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Mercury II User Manual
Speed (Pen Page)
[DEFAULT SETTING: 50]
The speed slider controls the laser’s speed during operation (engraving speed) with a
range setting from 0.1 – 100%. The Mercury II’s maximum laser processing speed is 30
inches per second, therefore a setting of 100% speed is equivalent to 30 inches per second
and a 10% speed setting would be equivalent to 3 inches per second. Keep in mind, this is
the speed the laser moves at when cutting or engraving straight lines. The machine will
automatically slow down when processing curves.
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Cutting / engraving depth and quality are determined by a combination of power and
speed. Slower speeds at higher power will produce deeper cuts and engravings,
whereas higher speeds at lower power will produce more shallow cuts and
engravings.
Power (Pen Page)
[DEFAULT SETTING: 50]
The power slider controls the laser’s power during operation (engraving power) with a
range setting from 1 – 100%. The percentage setting represents the power for each laser
pulse fired.
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Cutting / engraving depth and quality are determined by a combination of power and
speed. Higher power and slower speeds will produce deeper cuts and engravings,
whereas lower power and higher speeds will produce more shallow cuts and
engravings.
PPI (Pen Page)
[DEFAULT SETTING: 400]
PPI (pulses-per-inch) represents the number of times the laser pulses (fires) per linear inch,
exclusive for vector cutting. Higher PPI settings will generate deeper, overlapping laser
pulses, resulting in cleaner cuts. Lower PPI settings (lower than 150) will result in the
individual laser pulses being spread apart, resulting in a perforated effect (similar to the
perforation in the paper between mailing stamps).
If you drag the PPI slider to the furthest right (maximum), the value will change to X. This
completely disables the PPI control and continuously fires the laser non-stop, without
pulsing. Think of setting PPI to X as being equivalent to turning a water facet on with the
water continuously flowing out. This also disables the power ramp functionality, which
automatically controls the PPI depending on the speed of the laser carriage (such as vector
cutting around the corner of a square).
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