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    you need to keep an eye on that, if your under...

    you need to keep an eye on that, if your under warranty still you should work directly with epilog. we had the laser replaced on our Epilog 6 months in because the banding was heavy like yours. The...
  2. Considering we can cut acrylic, plastics, painted...

    Considering we can cut acrylic, plastics, painted items for hours on end and the sensors never read a thing I find it very disturbing that this wood makes it go off. And its consistent. I re ran a...
  3. Home Depot / Boise Cascade birch panel Warning!

    So, as I have mentioned before we have a Purex 400i filter. One of the nice features is that is has a digital readout for filter quality. It measures gasses and if they are above ambient levels (or...
  4. We 'rent' our machine out all the time. But what...

    We 'rent' our machine out all the time. But what it really boils down to is we charge a fee to setup a job $30 - $60 then we Charge $60 - $90 an hour depending on material. Acrylic and rubber get the...
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    Hi Guys, Wanted to jump in on two things 1....

    Hi Guys, Wanted to jump in on two things

    1. General Carbon was an awesome company to work with (as mentioned earlier in another post). I just ordered from them yesterday and had the shipment 22hr...
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    I know this thread is kinda stale but wanted to...

    I know this thread is kinda stale but wanted to chime in since I do have a Purex system and not too many other do.

    I have the 400i. Its a digital version and has the pre filter and the dual...
  7. Any new suppliers for LED Edge Lit Bases?

    I know this has been a topic before but it seems like there is still a lack of suppliers. I am looking specifically for a State side supplier for LED Bases, the ones made of aluminum. I was getting...
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    I think you guys are confusing each other. John...

    I think you guys are confusing each other. John said he installed Corel in XP Mode which means the system is running Corel in a Virtual Computer thats running XP. So When he is going to corel and...
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    I am a little unsure how much flexibility there...

    I am a little unsure how much flexibility there is with link posting when it answers a question so ... heres a try.
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  10. Slightly related but I wanted to mention ... I...

    Slightly related but I wanted to mention ... I don't like the JDS ones. They engrave just fine but the lid is just stupid. They have the pop up nipple thats meant for water bottles you can squeeze...
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    Whats an example by name? I have X5 but have not...

    Whats an example by name? I have X5 but have not found any fonts that wont double vector no matter how thin they look. -
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    Inkscape is free as is the plugin. Its not one...

    Inkscape is free as is the plugin. Its not one stop shopping but you can just make the text you need in inkscape and export to illustrator. .... Not to mention inkscape has alot of other cool...
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    Single Line Font Maker

    Great extension for inkscape. Single lines for doing vector font signatures.

    http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/hershey
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    Had a customer that did his without cermark and...

    Had a customer that did his without cermark and when he saw with cermark he liked that better. He has engraved 15 or so Ipads here and all with cermark. The dark is more appealing to some. If you...
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    FYI. Avoid non branded cheapo ones from ebay....

    FYI. Avoid non branded cheapo ones from ebay. That is probably something that goes without saying but I figured I would take a chance and picked up a few styles of no-name LED night lights off ebay...
  16. I would try rastering a big solid black square...

    I would try rastering a big solid black square (5"x5" +) onto a piece of regular acrylic. When we started having banding issues (on a 3 month old machine) it was painfully obvious and consistent on...
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    I have used foil duct tape. The stuff thats...

    I have used foil duct tape. The stuff thats basically aluminum foil on a roll with sticky on one side. Its for chimey pipe I beleive. It was ok. The bigger goal it accomplished was to block the edge...
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    Unfortunately they are just white. I used one...

    Unfortunately they are just white. I used one with day glow green acrylic and it looked good but short of changing the led out thats the only way to get color.
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    Lowes also has usable GE ones, although I could...

    Lowes also has usable GE ones, although I could only find 'Shell' style which work great but the shell it comes with is pretty usless so it seems a shame to recycle it. The GE shell one just plugs in...
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    Finally had a chance to test an idea on the JDS...

    Finally had a chance to test an idea on the JDS boxes. I have just the regular box not the piano finish but what I did here was to make a textured background (its a mico-gunstock pattern) then...
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    Scott, Not sure how the drivers with the ULS...

    Scott, Not sure how the drivers with the ULS work. With the epilog we have multiple driver based dithering options. When I am testing things I use the 'Standard' because it seems to provide the most...
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    Here is a granite shot. Its really hard to photo...

    Here is a granite shot. Its really hard to photo well so Ill stick to what stood out.

    1. You need to resize the image you are working with and assign the proper DPI before you use ULS for the...
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    Had time to look at the files. The ULS one just...

    Had time to look at the files. The ULS one just didnt have the detail in it. After a quick look ... its a processing failure for lack of a better word. If you resize the image in uls it kills off the...
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    Figured since everyone is testing ill throw in a...

    Figured since everyone is testing ill throw in a little. On the left is EngraveLab Photo Laser Plus with the basic settings recommended from epilog. The right is ULS 1 Touch. I ran both at the same...
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    Without getting into a complete web browser...

    Without getting into a complete web browser tutorial Ill say this to those with a little browser kung foo in their head ...

    If you want to download all of them ... one easy way is to:
    - use...
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