Epilog Fusion M2 32 Manual page 109

SECTION 10: SYSTEM FEATURES
Using Color Mapping to Adjust Object Order
Another popular use for color mapping is to adjust the order a series of objects engraved or cut. In the example below,
there are three columns of names we are engraving. If we engrave the left file in the image below, the laser carriage will
have to travel all the way across the table, covering a lot of empty space, to engrave the image.
If we adjust the colors in each bar, we can setup the color mapping to engrave first the red bar, then the green
bars in the center, and finally engrave the blue bar on the right side of the page. The engraving time drops from
39:09 to just 22:14 by using Color Mapping in the file setup.
Engraving Time: 39:09
Additional Color Mapping Notes
• When color mapping is used, it always starts from the top color in the Map List and then descends through the
remaining colors.
• There's one important distinction to recognize about how colors are raster engraved in standard engraving mode
vs. Color Mapping mode. In standard engraving mode different colors are interpreted as different shades of gray
that will produce different fill patterns when engraved. In Raster Color Mapping mode all of the different colors are
engraved as if they have a black fill. There is no way for a color to produce both a fill pattern and be color mapped at
the same time.
Non-Mapped Colors
Non-mapped colors will be processed last and will be processed using the Speed and Power settings from the General
tab. An example would be artwork that has black lines as well as the red and green we are mapping. The black lines will be
processed last at the speeds and powers that are set in the General tab.
Color Mapping in Combined Mode
Color Mapping in combined mode requires a little more planning than Raster only or Vector only modes.
1. Any object that is color mapped will be raster engraved first in the order the colors appear in the Summary section
of the tab. Any other raster objects that are not color mapped will then be raster engraved using the raster settings
found in the General Tab.
Engraving Time: 22:14
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Color Mapping