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ADVANCED SYSTEM OPERATION

Section 9-14

TUNING

Step 5: Fine tuning the raster strokes.

At this point, we are finished with Image Enhancements. Make sure that you save your settings
but your graphic may need a little more “fine tuning”. The typical TUNING setting is +4 when
Image Enhancement is enabled. However, this may or may not be the best setting for your
system. To check this setting, you should perform this last test. Engrave the same text, with all
your Image Enhancement settings but this time set the TUNING value to 0. Then move the
graphic down and engrave it again with TUNING s1, then +2 and so forth all the way to
+8. Compare each one to the other and find the one that is the sharpest and clearest. Go back
and set the TUNING value to the appropriate number and SAVE your settings once again.

The Image Enhancement settings for that material are now complete. If you feel that you can
“tweak” it a little more, go back to step 2 and try again, but this time start with your current Image
Enhancement settings that you saved. It is not necessary to reset your nominal power setting
and we recommend that you leave it the same as the value you determined in step 1.

Setting the Image Enhancement parameters using this procedure will cause all of your graphics,
whether big or small, inverted or not, dense or highly detailed, to appear better than ever. We
suggest that you run this procedure for all your materials and save your parameters. This may
sound like a big job, but the additional productivity and engraving quality that your system is
capable of producing is well worth the small amount of time spent.

NOTE:

Image Enhancement will cause files to take longer to print. Since most materials do not

require the use of Image Enhancement, use this feature only as needed. Also, Image
Enhancement and 3D Effects cannot be selected at the same time. The printer driver will
automatically notify you if you attempt to do so.

Vector Sub-Tab

Vector Optimizer

The four available selections apply to vector
output only and have no effect on raster
images. Regardless of which of the following
selections you choose, vectors are grouped by
pen color and will always output in the color
order listed in the printer driver.

ENHANCE AND SORT

This turns on both features simultaneously.

ENHANCE ONLY

The printer driver collects all the vectors from the application software and reconstructs them
(so to speak) by removing start and stop points within the vector curves so that they run
smoother with less jitter. It has no effect on straight, horizontal or vertical, lines

SORT ONLY

The printer driver collects all the vectors from the application software, stores them in
temporary memory, sorts them, and the outputs them in the following order:

•

All open path vectors are output first (not closed path vectors like circles and

squares) beginning with the end point of the vector path that is closest to the current
position of the focus carriage. All subsequent open vector paths are output using the
same “nearest neighbor” starting point method which eliminates the random “vector
hopping” that causes longer processing times.

•

Closed paths will follow, beginning with the innermost closed path and ending with

the outermost closed path. This is particularly useful in an elevated cutting
application to prevent the outer piece from falling first. The beginning point of a
closed path is automatically selected by the printer driver by the “nearest neighbor”
vector path that has the steepest angle in the Y-axis direction.