Speed; Power (Pen Page); Ppi (Pen Page) - GCC Technologies LaserPro Spirit Series User Manual

If you would like to specify your own colors to designate to a particular laser setting, then all
you have to do is to double-click on that particular pen color from the pen menu and a color
manager window will open where you can select "define custom colors" to define your own
color (shown in the picture below). This is useful when your image is composed of colors that
are not part of the pen menu's default color selection, and instead of modifying your image, you
simply assign the laser settings based on the existing colors depicted from your current image.
NOTE
The Spirit Series print driver cannot store more than 16 pen colors or different laser
parameter settings per file.
Speed (Pen Page) [DEFAULT SETTING: 50]
The speed slider controls the laser's speed during operation (engraving speed) with settings
ranging from 0.1 – 100%. Keep in mind, the speed setting refers to the lens carriage moves at
when cutting or engraving straight lines. The machine will automatically slow down when
processing curves.
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Cutting / engraving depth and quality are determined by a combination of power
and speed. Slower speeds at higher power will produce deeper cuts and
engravings, whereas higher speeds at lower power will produce more shallow
cuts and engravings.
Power (Pen Page) [DEFAULT SETTING: 50]
The power slider controls the laser's power during operation (engraving power) with a range
setting from 0 – 100%. The percentage setting represents the power for each laser pulse fired.
PPI (Pen Page) [DEFAULT SETTING: 400]
PPI (pulses-per-inch) represents the number of times the laser pulses (fires) per linear inch,
exclusive for vector cutting. Higher PPI settings will generate deeper, overlapping laser pulses,
resulting in cleaner cuts. Lower PPI settings (lower than 150) will result in the individual laser
pulses being spread apart, resulting in a perforated effect (similar to the perforation in the paper
between mailing stamps).
If you drag the PPI slider to the furthest right (maximum), the value will change to X. This
completely disables the PPI control and continuously fires the laser non-stop, without pulsing.
Think of setting PPI to X as being equivalent to turning a water faucet on with the water
continuously flowing out. This also disables the power ramp functionality, which automatically
controls the PPI depending on the speed of the lens carriage (such as vector cutting around the
corner of a square).
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Cutting / engraving depth and quality are determined by a combination of power
and speed.
engravings, whereas higher speeds at lower power will produce shallower cuts
and engravings.
Slower speeds at higher power will produce deeper cuts and
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