GCC Technologies LaserPro C180II User Manual page 92

V ector Function (Advance Page) [DEFAUL T 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.
• Inside-Out Cutting: When performing a vector cutting job in which your image has one vector
cut area enclosing 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.
Use Cluster (Advance Page) [DEFAUL T SETTING: Unselected]
This setting allows you to change how the LaserPro C180II 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 somewhat side-by-side with empty space 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 result: you shorten the processing time by minimizing 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 V ector Mode (Advance Page) [DEFAUL T SETTING: Unselected]
This setting allows you to improve the cutting quality at the expense of speed. Your engraving
speed will be dropped 50%, to maximize the cutting power. We recommend you enable this
function when cutting thicker materials.
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