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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    4.1 Install LaserPro Mercury II driver to PC. Please follow the procedure below: ............- 20 - Chapter V - Operating the LaserPro Mercury II ... - 21 - 5.1 Using the Hardware.............- 21 - 5.1.1 Adjusting the LCD Display Screen’s Contrast Setting.- 21 - 5.1.2 Graphic Control Panel Overview (Description) ..- 22 -...
  • Page 3 5.2.3 Using the LaserPro Mercury II Print Driver ....- 50 - 5.2.3.1 LaserPro Mercury II Print Driver >> Option Page .- 51 5.2.3.2 Mercury II Print Driver >> Pen Page ....- 55 - 5.2.3.3 Mercury II Print Driver >> Advance Page ....- 58 - 5.2.3.4 Mercury II Print Driver >>...

  • Page 4: Quick Menu

    Turn on the air exhausting system before engraving. The maximum loading weight of working table is 20 kg. NOTICE: 1. In order to match Mercury II driver’s color. Make sure your CorelDRAW V.11 or later the “Color Management off” is disabling. Please fallow the steps: Tools...

  • Page 5: Chapter I - Introduction

    In addition to the safety features of a Class1 machine, the LaserPro Mercury II has been equipped with a red guidance pointer. This red dot allows the operator to safely see the focal point of the laser beam. It also gives Mercury II the improved CDRH safety rating of 1.3 Precaution 1.

  • Page 6: Warning Label

    1.5 The Safety Interlock System The LaserPro MERCURY is complete with a safety interlock system that automatically shuts off the power supply to the laser whenever the top or front door is opened. There are magnets on the top and front door, which activate this safety mechanism. Do not attempt to remove or modify these magnets or any other component of the safety interlock system.

  • Page 7: Frequently Asked Questions

    6. How to engrave an extremely long working piece? The back door (or panel) of LaserPro Mercury II can be removed by taking away the screws. For a better ventilation and safe purpose, this special design is to prevent the back door being opened without notice during operating.
  • Page 8 When doing so, make sure that you wear safety go ggles to operate the machine. - 7 - MERCURY II User Manual...

  • Page 9: Top Door

    Fixer compressor Turn clockwise to decrease the air flow and counterclockwise to Top Door increase the air flow. Please avoid turn off. Control Panel Front Door Switches & Ports Laser Source - 8 - MERCURY II User Manual...

  • Page 10: Back View

    #1 remove the mirror dust remove carefully prevention Disassemble without to maintain box. panel. touching Laser #1 mirror. Rear Door the surface Please refer to the source of the right layout. mirror. inside - 9 - MERCURY II User Manual...
  • Page 11 Mirror 4 and Focus Lens inside Out the Mirror Y-axis Belt X-axis Bearing X-axis Motor X-axis Belt Bearing Track Y-axis Belt Manual Focus Gauge Holder Focal-Sharp™ Auto-focus Gauge Magnetic Sensor for Dual Head Port for Rotary Attachment - 10 - MERCURY II User Manual...

  • Page 12: Lens And Manual Focus Gauge

    Insert to the hole of the holder for manual focusing Mirror Lens 2.0, 2.5 or Slot position for Lens 1.5 only Manual Focus Gauge Holder Auto Focus Gauge Focal-Sharp™ Focus Probe Focus Carriage Assembly - 11 - Mercury II User Manual...

  • Page 13: Instruction Of Rotary Attachment

    3) Plug the cable of the rotary attachment into the port in the middle front of the engraver. 4) Turn on the power and the engraving table moves down to the lowest position automatically. - 12 - Mercury II User Manual...

  • Page 14: Top View

    Fig II. 3. If the engraved object is too small, please use 4-inch lens to prevent collision between carriage and rotary attachment devise. - 13 - Mercury II User Manual...

  • Page 15: Side View

    5. Set up focus. 6. The following is an example of engraving process by using CorelDRAW V.11 or after version a. File b. Print Setup, choose MERCURY II c. Properties d. Paper, select Rotary Fixture e. key in Offset value, X value and Diameter value...

  • Page 16: Dual Head Installation

    Step5：Screw the metal frame which is attached to the right side of dual head to the original lens carriage. Step6：Turn on the power to test whether the dual head is installed properly. During initiation, the - 15 - Mercury II User Manual...
  • Page 17 2. Put the black cap on the “T” connector after taking off the dual head to prevent air flowing leaking. 3. Please choose dual head item from Paper option of printer properties before outputting a graph with dual head carriage. - 16 - Mercury II User Manual...

  • Page 18: Chapter Ii - Recommended Configuration

    Minimum resolution: 200 DPI 2.3 Software GCC driver (designed under Window 95 or higher level) Windows Window 95 or higher CorelDRAW Version 7.0 or higher version Any program that can output HPGL commands - 17 - Mercury II User Manual...

  • Page 19: Chapter Iii - Hardware Installation

    Never use a mechanical switch box when a second printer port is required. The electrical surges can cause damage to the computer and the engraver. 3.3 USB Transmission Connect USB cable to the engraver (USB port) then to the serial port of the host computer. - 18 - Mercury II User Manual...

  • Page 20: Exhaust Ventilation

    3.4 Exhaust Ventilation Exhaust Blower Seal Clip 4 inch diameter flexible hose Connect to an air filter or exhaust air outside of the building - 19 - Mercury II User Manual...

  • Page 21: Chapter Iv - Software Installation

    Select No when asked to print a test page and click Finish Now the LaserPro Mercury II printer driver is installed completely. Don't forget to take the GCC driver disk from the floppy drive and store in a safe place.

  • Page 22: Chapter V - Operating The Laserpro Mercury Ii

    Once you have installed the LaserPro USB Driver (USB connectivity only), LaserPro Print Driver, and have connected the LaserPro Mercury II to your computer, you will need to familiarize yourself with the LaserPro Mercury II’s control panel and LaserPro Print Driver. The print driver will be...

  • Page 23: The Control Panel

    5.1.2 Graphic Control Panel Overview (Description) The Control Panel The control panel on the LaserPro Mercury II provides an easy access to all the manual controls needed for cutting and engraving. The LCD screen, functional, directional and selection buttons make navigating through the machine’s manual controls easy to do.
  • Page 24 LASER key again to enable the laser, and start to laser engraving or cutting on materials. Recall– The RECALL key makes the lens carriage applies the saved position as origin. - 23 - Mercury II User Manual...

  • Page 25: Graphic Control Panel Navigation Chart

    Select Lens Page Link / DLink Page Tune Auto Focus File Information Page Red Beam Set Carriage Lock Set Command Mode Page Set File Save Mode Page Set Fine Mode Other Page Reset Page - 24 - Mercury II User Manual...

  • Page 26: Graphic Control Panel Function Pages

    Main Work Page The main work page is the page that the LaserPro Mercury II will default to upon startup and will be the “home base” for when navigating through the various functions of the control panel. This will be the page that is displayed when you are processing your jobs.
  • Page 27 F1 (Back) Back to previous page Directional Manually adjust the Y-axis position of the laser carriage Directional Manually adjust the X-axis position of the laser carriage Start / Stop Back to Main Work Page - 26 - Mercury II User Manual...
  • Page 28 Manually adjust the X-axis position of the laser carriage Start / Stop Back to Main Work Page Auto Focus Initiate the auto focus function ▲ / ▼ Manual Focus Buttons Manually adjust the height of the work table (Z-axis) - 27 - Mercury II User Manual...
  • Page 29 F1 (Back) Back to previous page F3 (Help) Display help F4 (Recall) Back to previous page Directional Scroll through the menu selections Enter Perform the selection Start / Stop Back to Main Work Page - 28 - Mercury II User Manual...
  • Page 30 The File Management Page allows you to manage the files that you have loaded onto the LaserPro Mercury II. You can scroll through your jobs, delete a selected job, delete all jobs, and go to the Link/DLink Page to set and arrange multiple loaded jobs into a single job queue for processing.
  • Page 31 Add the currently selected job to the job queue F4 (DLink) Remove the currently selected job from the job queue Directional Scroll through your loaded jobs Start / Stop Back to Main Work Page - 30 - Mercury II User Manual...
  • Page 32 / vector speed and power settings for the selected job. File Information Page Relevant Buttons Function F1 (Back) Back to previous page F4 (Edit) Go to the File Management Edit Page for the selected job Start / Stop Back to Main Work Page Mercury II User Manual...
  • Page 33 Relevant Buttons Function F1 (Back) Back to previous page Directional Scroll through the menu selections Directional Cycle through the available selections Enter Perform the selection Start / Stop Back to Main Work Page - 32 - Mercury II User Manual...
  • Page 34 SmartACT for the selected job. These settings correspond to the same settings found on the LaserPro Mercury II print driver. This page allows you to easily adjust these values to make immediate adjustments while processing your loaded jobs, even when you have disconnected your computer from the LaserPro Mercury II.
  • Page 35 PPI, and power ramp settings for the selected job. These settings correspond to the same settings found on the LaserPro Mercury II print driver. This page allows you to easily adjust these values to make immediate adjustments while processing your loaded jobs, even when you have disconnected your computer from the LaserPro Mercury II.
  • Page 36 Perform the selection Start / Stop Back to Main Work Page Auto Focus Initiate the auto focus function ▲ / ▼ Manual Focus Buttons Manually adjust the height of the work table (Z-axis) Mercury II User Manual - 35 -...
  • Page 37 The Set Lens Page allows you to modify the lens setting after you have changed to a different focal lens. Remember to save your settings after you have made the proper changes. Now by pressing the Auto Focus button, the LaserPro Spirit will auto focus properly using the new lens. The LaserPro Spirit’s default setting is <2.0”>...
  • Page 38 Manually adjust the height of the work table (Z-axis) Start / Stop Back to Main Work Page Auto Focus Initiate the auto focus function ▲ / ▼ Manual Focus Buttons Manually adjust the height of the work table (Z-axis) Mercury II User Manual - 37 -...
  • Page 39 Cycle Red Beam between YES / NO Start / Stop Back to Main Work Page Auto Focus Initiate the auto focus function ▲ / ▼ Manual Focus Buttons Manually adjust the height of the work table (Z-axis) Mercury II User Manual - 38 -...
  • Page 40 Carriage Lock Page Relevant Buttons Function F1 (Back) Back to previous page F4 (Save) Save your current settings Directional Cycle Carriage Free between YES / NO Start / Stop Back to Main Work Page Mercury II User Manual - 39 -...
  • Page 41 F1 (Back) Back to previous page F4 (Save) Save your current settings Directional Scroll through the menu selections Directional Adjust the value for that selection Start / Stop Back to Main Work Page Mercury II User Manual - 40 -...
  • Page 42 Set File Save Mode Page The Set File Save Mode Page allows you to set whether or not the LaserPro Mercury II automatically deletes each job file after processing. Setting File Save to <NO> will automatically and immediately delete each job file from the LaserPro Mercury II after the engraving or cutting process.
  • Page 43 Keep in mind that speed and quality are usually at a tradeoff. The system’s default is Fine Vector mode, sacrificing some speed for higher quality. The LaserPro Mercury II’s default setting is <Fine Vector>. • Modes: Quality Vector, Fine Vector, Coarse Vector, Speedy Vector...
  • Page 44 F1 (Back) Back to previous page F4 (Save) Save your current settings Directional Scroll through the menu selections Directional Adjust the value for that selection Start / Stop Back to Main Work Page Mercury II User Manual - 43 -...
  • Page 45 Reset Page The Reset Page allows you to reset all changes made to the LaserPro Mercury II’s Machine Settings Page to their default settings. This does not affect the settings saved to an image file on the computer. The User Reset setting will set all settings back to the default.
  • Page 46 GCC logo, machine name, firmware version, and other information. Machine Information Page Relevant Buttons Function F1 (Back) Back to previous page Directional Scroll through pages Start / Stop Back to Main Work Page Mercury II User Manual - 45 -...

  • Page 47: The Laserpro Mercury Ii Print Driver

    Printers and Faxes. If LaserPro Mercury II is not selected as DEFAULT PRINTER, you may set it up through the graphics software as well. The following example takes Corel Draw to demonstrate how to set up LaserPro Mercury II as the Printer.

  • Page 48: Page Setup And Orientation

    5.2.1 Page Setup and Orientation The first thing you must do before working with the LaserPro Mercury II Print Driver will be to make sure the page and layout settings are properly configured within your graphics software. You will need to access and edit the Page Setup or Layout page of your graphics software to set your graphics software’s page layout to match the LaserPro Mercury II’s...
  • Page 49 Mercury II User Manual - 48 -...

  • Page 50: Color Management

    5.2.2 Color Management LaserPro driver uses pen color settings to control laser engraver’s engraving and cutting parameters. In addition to having your Page Setup and Orientation properly set in your graphics software, you will also need to make sure Color Management is DISABLED prior to working with the LaserPro Mercury II Print Driver.

  • Page 51: Using The Laserpro Mercury Ii Print Driver

    LaserPro Mercury II Print Driver. The LaserPro Mercury II print driver allows you to adjust your engraving / cutting options. After you have setup your image, design, or text to be...

  • Page 52: Laserpro Mercury Ii Print Driver >> Option Page

    The following sections describe the specific functions for each of the settings found in the LaserPro Mercury II Print Driver. If you are new to laser engraving, it is recommended that you first familiarize yourself with the general principles of the laser process in Section 6, especially the Vector Cutting and Raster Engraving concepts.
  • Page 53 Manual Color Fill: Select this mode when you would like to designate specific power and speed settings and link them to certain colors of your image. The LaserPro Mercury II print driver allows a maximum of 16 pen parameters to be set.
  • Page 54 Print from your graphic software program. If Print Immediately is not checked, then selecting Print will transfer the job file to the LaserPro Mercury II system and will need to be initialized from the LaserPro Mercury II control panel.
  • Page 55 NOTE If you are using Windows 2000 or XP as your operating system, then make sure you log in with an administrator or administrator-rights account in order to properly save laser parameter settings. Mercury II User Manual - 54 -...

  • Page 56: Mercury Ii Print Driver >> Pen Page

    5.2.3.2 Mercury II Print Driver >> Pen Page The LaserPro Mercury II incorporates the use of 16 different colors to represent 16 different laser power and speed settings when cutting and engraving. These colors are referred to as “Pens”. Think of each pen as a designated laser setting, rather than as a color. As an example, a black and white image will use only one power and speed laser setting (Black).
  • Page 57 The speed slider controls the laser’s speed during operation (engraving speed) with a range setting from 0.1 – 100%. The Mercury II’s maximum laser processing speed is 30 inches per second, therefore a setting of 100% speed is equivalent to 30 inches per second and a 10% speed setting would be equivalent to 3 inches per second.
  • Page 58 To do this, you would simply need to select the pen color that you have assigned to the sections to be cut and select the Air checkbox for those particular pen colors. Mercury II User Manual - 57 -...

  • Page 59: Mercury Ii Print Driver >> Advance Page

    5.2.3.3 Mercury II Print Driver >> Advance Page Scaling (Advance Page) [DEFAULT SETTING: 0] In some cases you may find a slight output inaccuracy in the actual output compared to what you have set in the computer. This margin of error or offset is extremely small (approximately 1/300).
  • Page 60 As an example, if the subsequent job is to vector cut a circle and you have the Position Mode set to Center, then the Mercury II will vector cut a circle around the initial position of the lens carriage.
  • Page 61 Use Cluster (Advance Page) [DEFAULT SETTING: Unselected] This setting allows you to change how the Mercury II 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).
  • Page 62 This setting allows you to improve the cutting quality at the expense of speed. Your engraving speed will be dropped by 50%, to maximize the cutting power. We recommend that you enable this function when cutting thicker materials. Mercury II User Manual - 61 -...

  • Page 63: Mercury Ii Print Driver >> Paper Page

    The paper size represents your total work area. Ensure that the paper size is never set greater than the Mercury II’s worktable area of 51” x 36” (1300mm x 916mm) or 29” x 20” (740mm x 460mm) with the Extend option checked. The X value represents the length and the Y value represents the width.
  • Page 64 The following is an example that has the proper image tuning, and demonstrates this significance when engraving fine, small, intricate text. The following two pictures show engraved text magnified with no image tuning (left picture) and image tuning enabled (right picture). Mercury II User Manual - 63 -...

  • Page 65: Mercury Ii Print Driver >> Language Page

    Current language options allow for: English, Spanish, French, and Chinese (Simplified, Traditional), Japanese, and German. Uninstall Driver (Language Page) Select this to uninstall the Mercury II print driver. You will then need to restart your computer to complete the process. Mercury II User Manual...

  • Page 66: Mercury Ii Print Driver >> Raster Page

    5.2.3.6 Mercury II Print Driver >> Raster Page NOTE The Raster Page is only available when Black & White Mode Setting is selected from the Option Page; this page offers a number of advanced Raster Engraving output options. Contrast (Raster Page)
  • Page 67 65-grade halftone. The following diagram is an example of the raster effects when using the different dithering matrices. 2 x 2 Dithering 8 x 8 Dithering 2 x 2 8 x 8 Mercury II User Manual - 66 -...
  • Page 68 Please take some time to experiment with the multitude of raster options to get the one you feel is the best for your piece. This is where much of the fun in engraving is….experimentation! Mercury II User Manual - 67 -...

  • Page 69: Mercury Ii Print Driver >> Stamp Page

    5.2.3.7 Mercury II Print Driver >> Stamp Page Producing stamps require different operational steps than your standard engraving or cutting jobs. The Stamp page offers dynamic options allowing you to customize your stamp production process. NOTE The Stamp page will only appear and be accessible when you have selected the Stamp Mode from the Option Page.
  • Page 70 NOTE The visual representations of the Pitch and Shoulder Levels in the Mercury II driver are an exaggerated representation to allow for easy visual guidance and precise input.

  • Page 71: Chapter Vi - Basic Maintenance

    3. Let it air dry and re-install it. 4. Unscrew and remove the dust prevention box then clean the X-axis Mirror, Y-axis Mirror and #1 mirror same as above process separately. Mercury II User Manual - 70 -...
  • Page 72 Pull the tissue one direction gently after the cleaner has been absorbed Lens Cleaner evenly ○ Lens Tissue ○ (CORRECT) Do not use cotton swab to rub clean the mirror ╳ (INCORRECT) Mercury II User Manual - 71 -...

  • Page 73: Clean The Focus Lens

    2. Flood the focus lens with lens cleanser on both sides then using a cotton swab or lens tissue to dry off the remaining solution gently. 3. Do not touch the lens surface with your bare hands or press down hard with any cleaning material. Mercury II User Manual - 72 -...

  • Page 74: Chapter Vii - Trouble Shooting

    3. Please check if the laser power connector is loose. 4. For safety purpose, the laser beam will not be generated when the top or front door is opened unless you short the connector of the magnetic switches. Mercury II User Manual - 73 -...

  • Page 75: Appendix A. 3D Function

    Appendix A. 3D Function Tip for 3D Application When doing 3D sample on LaserPro Mercury II (L-25), acrylic or MDF wood are ideal materials for the purpose. For acrylic the suggested PWR is 100%, SPD around 30%(depends on how deep you want to cut).
  • Page 76 3D engraving / Material: 1cm Acrylic by Mercury II 25W Lens: 2 inch Step Speed Power DPI PPI Focus Remarks 100% 600 auto Auto Focus 3D Mode Engraving 100% 600 auto Lower down table 2.5mm 3D Mode Engraving 100% 100%...

  • Page 77: Appendix C. Specification

    External exhaust system required, one 4" connection on the back of the Air Exhaust System machine. *Throughput value represents the Max. number of 8" x 10" 500DPI raster jobs that can be done per hour. Above specification is subject to change without notice. Mercury II User Manual - 76 -...

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