Job Type - Epilog Fusion M2 32 Manual

SECTION 5: USING THE LASER DASHBOARD™

Job Type

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Choose between the three modes of operation.
• Raster Mode: Used for engraving or marking materials. Typical uses include engraving clipart, scanned images,
photos, text and graphic images. Vector lines that you want to engrave rather than cut should be set 0.006" (0.152
mm) or greater line thickness.
• Vector Mode: Selected when you are running only cut lines or for use with the Red Dot Pointer for previewing the
job processing area. For vector mode, a line is recognized as a line to be cut based on the line width (or stroke).
These lines can also be affected by resolution. For more information, see "Setting a Vector Cutting Line" on page
78. To make things easy, set any cut lines to a line width of 0.001", or hairline width in CorelDRAW.
• Combined Mode: Used when you engrave and cut in the same job. The laser will always engrave first, then follow
with the vector mode.
Note on Vectors: If you are in Vector or Combined mode, all thin lines will be vector cut! This can be
disconcerting because even if the lines are not visible in your artwork they will still cut. Usually, this happens
when incorporating a clipart image that has hidden lines that are not readily apparent. Please refer to "Setting
a Vector Cutting Line" on page 78 for an illustrated explanation of how this can affect your work.
Piece Size
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Enter the size of the page you used when creating your artwork. Some laser users prefer to design their piece with a page
size matching the page they are engraving, while others prefer to design with the page size set to the full engraving table.
Raster Settings
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Speed: Determines the travel speed of the carriage in Raster mode and is adjustable in 1% increments from 1 to 100%.
The slower the speed, the deeper the engraving. Speed settings are heavily dependent on the hardness and the thickness
of the material being engraved with harder materials requiring slower speeds for deeper engraving. Slower speed settings
will produce greater depth of engraving. Please refer to "Appendix B: Material Settings" on page 193 in this manual.
Power: Determines the amount of laser energy that is delivered to the piece being cut and is adjustable in 1% increments
from 1 to 100%. The higher the power, the deeper the engraving. Please refer to "Appendix B: Material Settings" on page
193 in the manual.
Engrave Direction: This feature applies to raster engraving only and allows you to engrave your project either from the
top-down or the bottom-up direction. In standard top-down engraving there can be a large amount of engraving debris
generated, especially on materials such as plastic, wood and rubber. As the debris moves toward the exhaust plenum,
some of it collects in the area that has just been engraved. Bottom-up engraving prevents the debris from collecting in the
freshly engraved spaces.
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