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ADVANCED SYSTEM OPERATION

Section 9-4

NOTE: When adjusting the printer driver settings in the Manual Control Tab, it is highly
recommended that you practice engraving or cutting on a scrap portion of that material in case
the settings need to be re-adjusted to obtain the desired results.

Manual Control Tab

The Manual Control Tab in the printer driver gives you
full control of the engraving and vector settings. This
tab of the printer driver is meant for the advanced
user.

Color, Power, Speed, and PPI

To change the % Power, % Speed, and/or PPI of a
color, position the mouse arrow on the color name and
click once. This will highlight the color’s parameters
and will allow the changing of the settings by using the
scroll bars, plus (+) or minus (-) buttons, or by typing in
each setting in the appropriate control box. It is
possible to click on more than one color to set them to
the same setting at the same time.

% Power

Available settings are from 0 to 100%. This setting is directly related to how deep the engraving will
be. The higher the setting, the deeper it engraves, marks, or cuts, and vice-versa.

% Speed

Available settings are from 0 to 100%.  This setting determines the maximum rate of travel of the
motion system. Actual engraving time (throughput) is not only dependent on the % Speed setting, but
is also dependent on the size and the placement of the graphic in the engraving field. The motion
system will accelerate/decelerate as fast as it can up to the chosen speed.  If the motion system
cannot achieve the chosen speed based on the size of the graphic or graphical placement in the field
it will automatically adjust its speed internally to the maximum speed it can achieve. This is evident
when you see the motion system automatically slow down while cutting curves or circles as opposed
to straight lines. Automatic proportional pulsing (see PPI) of the laser beam will ensure that there is
no difference in the depth of cut from straight lines to curves. Remember that depending on the
graphic and your chosen settings, increasing or decreasing the speed setting will not necessarily
process the file faster or slower, respectively. We will discuss how to optimize the throughput of the
system later in this manual.

% Power and % Speed work together in determining how deep the engraving or cutting will be.
Higher power and slower speeds produce deeper results. Lower power and higher speeds produce
shallower results.

NOTE:

100% raster speed is different than 100% vector speed. Due to the inertia of the X-axis

arm, movements in the Y-direction, and also depending on which model you have, vector
speeds will range from one-third to one-half the maximum raster speed.

PPI

Available settings are 1 to 1000. The laser beam is always pulsing and never “on” continuously even
though it may appear that way. The PPI setting indicates how many laser pulses, per linear inch, the
laser cartridge will emit. The pulsing of the laser beam is electronically linked to the motion system.
These pulses will always fire, equally spaced, from one to the next, regardless of changes in speed.

In raster mode, the laser pulses are applied in bi-directional, horizontal scan lines just
like a dot matrix printer. If you set the PPI to 500 and use the standard focusing lens
(2.0”) which has a laser spot size of five thousandths of an inch (.005”), pulses will fire
every .002 inches (500 PPI), which will produce pulse overlap. Raising the PPI
higher, such as 1000, the pulses will overlap more whereas lowering the PPI to
something like 150 will spread the pulses out far enough where they may not overlap
at all. When raster engraving filled objects, it is advisable to use a PPI setting of 500 or higher.