GCC Technologies LaserPro X252RX User Manual page 76

This mode is useful for engraving rubber stamps, as it allows you to create the outline around
your stamp image.
NOTE
If you wish to use the Border and Cluster function simultaneously, then the Border Thickness
value must be less than the Distance value specified in the Cluster setting.
Vector Function (Advanced Page) [DEFAULT SETTING: Normal]
• Normal: This selection will not apply any special advanced vector function to your job. This is the
default Vector Function setting.
• All Raster Output: This selection will instruct the print driver to process your entire image as a
raster engraving. Any vector lines within the image will be treated as raster data and outputted as
a raster engraving, similar to a dot-matrix printer.
• Vector Sorting: When performing a vector cutting job in which your image has one vector cut area
enclosed within another vector cut area, select the Vector Sorting mode. This mode will
automatically instruct the print driver to process the inside vector image and moving outwards. If
you try to process a vector image that has multiple layers without using this mode, what may
occur is the laser engraver may process the outer vector cutting first, and any inner vector cutting
will not be possible as your centerpiece material may have dropped to the cutting table. This
setting will always automatically direct the laser to cut from the inner most vector shape and move
outwards.
• Optimization Sorting: This is a setting that will minimize your process time. When selected, the
print driver will analyze your image and automatically determine the most efficient processing path
to process your image.
Cluster (Advanced Page) [DEFAULT SETTING: Unselected]
This setting allows you to change how the Spirit interprets and processes individual /
independent areas of an image in order to minimize job-processing times. The Cluster function is
only applicable when multiple areas of an image are broken down and isolated from each other
(areas not touching each other, blank space in-between). Another condition that must be met for
the Cluster function is that these individual areas of your design must have some X-axis overlap,
meaning that they should be to some extent side-by-side with empty spaces between them. The
distance value can be set by the user and represents the limit or cutoff point in which side-by-
side objects will be processed in Cluster mode or not. If the distance between side-by-side
objects is greater than the set distance value, then the individual areas will be processed in
Cluster mode. Conversely, if the distance between side-by-side objects is lesser than the set
distance value, then the individual areas will be processed normally (not via Cluster mode).
An example of an image that would benefit from the Cluster function would be: 2 squares to be
engraved, side-by-side on the X-axis with a 20 cm gap in between them. In this scenario, you
would want to enable the Cluster setting and set the distance to a value less than 20. By doing so,
the laser will completely process one square and "leap-frog" to the second square, rather than
processing both squares simultaneously. The resulting processing time is minimized by
eliminating the unnecessary travel distance the laser head needs to make across the X-axis in
between squares, if they were to be processed simultaneously.
NOTE
If you wish to use the Border and Cluster function simultaneously, then the Border Thickness
value must be less than the Distance value specified in the Cluster setting.
Enhanced Vector Mode (Advanced Page) [DEFAULT SETTING: Unselected]
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