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changes in speed. Higher PPI settings may cause more melting, burning or charring on the edges when
cutting. Lower PPI settings may reduce this effect but may result in a serrated looking edge. Using less
than 150 PPI may result in the pulses being spread so far apart that they may or may not touch one
another creating a perforated effect. A PPI setting between 300 to 500 PPI is a good nominal value for
most applications, but some experimentation may be necessary.
Note: In raster mode, PPI is controlled by the image density selected for rasters (image densities 5 and
below fix pulses at 500 PPI and image densities 6 and 7 fix pulses at 1000 PPI).
Mode (Drop Down Menu)
Mode allows you to force graphical elements mapped to that color to be treated in a certain way. The
choices are Rast/Vect, Rast, Vect and Skip. Rast/Vect mode is the default setting and will interpret
elements in the graphic being printed that are mapped to that color as rasters or vectors depending on
line width. Vectors must have a line width of .001” (.0254 mm) or less, everything else will be treated as
raster objects. Rast mode will force all elements of the graphic mapped to that color to be converted to
raster objects including thin line widths. Vect mode will ignore (not print) raster elements mapped to
that color and only print vector objects mapped to that color. Skip will cause all elements of the graphic
mapped to that color to be ignored (not printed).
Z-Axis
This control lets you set the Z-Axis table to a specific height. When the auto Z feature is turned on in the
UCP and a Z height is set for a color in the color table, the table moves to the height indicated before
processing the elements in the print job graphic that were mapped to that color. This feature can be
used as a method of focusing by entering the thickness of the material to be processed. This feature
requires that the Z axis be calibrated to the focus lens being used and properly homed prior to running
the job.
Set Button
After adjusting all the color-based settings for the colors highlighted you must push the SET button to
register the changes to the color table. Also, note that the changes will not be permanently saved until
the OK or APPLY buttons are pressed.
Apply Button
The APPLY button saves all changes made to the printer driver settings.
Default Button
The Default button will reset the driver settings to factory default values. You may abort these changes by
selecting Cancel; selecting OK or APPLY will approve the changes.
Load Button
To recall a snapshot of the printer driver settings that have been previously saved to a .LAS file using the
save button, select on the “Load” button and choose the desired .LAS settings file from the dialog box. The
settings that are currently on screen will be replaced by the settings from the .LAS file. You may abort these
changes by selecting Cancel; selecting OK or APPLY will approve the changes.
Save Button
The save button brings up a dialog box that allows you to save a snapshot of the laser job settings which you
can then reload at a later date. All settings will be stored in a file with “.LAS” extension. Verify that you have
pressed the SET button before you save any .LAS files to ensure that changes to the color table are properly
registered.
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