I have a pile of aluminum pieces to raster, and they require 2 passes. Does anybody know if it's possible to have the laser raster each piece twice automatically so I could sit twice as long before having to jump up and run the job again?
I have a pile of aluminum pieces to raster, and they require 2 passes. Does anybody know if it's possible to have the laser raster each piece twice automatically so I could sit twice as long before having to jump up and run the job again?
Bill Jermyn
Waterloo Engraving
Kitchener, ON
Epilog Legend 32EX 75 Watt, Corel X3, Photograv, Wacom Intuos 3 6X8 graphics tablet
Yes, set the driver to print 2 copies when u send it.
Epilog Legend EXT36-40watt, Corel X4, Canon iPF8000 44" printer,Photoshop CS6, Ioline plotter, Hotronix Swinger Heat Press, Ricoh GX e3300 Sublimation
I tried setting Corel to print 2 copies but that didn't do it. I don't see anywhere in the driver (properties) to do that though. Maybe my machine is too old to have that feature.
Bill Jermyn
Waterloo Engraving
Kitchener, ON
Epilog Legend 32EX 75 Watt, Corel X3, Photograv, Wacom Intuos 3 6X8 graphics tablet
Are you using the Epilog Dashboard driver? That option is set after you enter Print. The next screen that comes up gives you an option to set the number of copies you want. I guess this would be a Corel setting from the File/Print menu
Last edited by Larry Bratton; 12-09-2010 at 11:31 AM. Reason: added image
Epilog Legend EXT36-40watt, Corel X4, Canon iPF8000 44" printer,Photoshop CS6, Ioline plotter, Hotronix Swinger Heat Press, Ricoh GX e3300 Sublimation
I found the copy, duplicate useful for just that purpose. I was 'reprinting' a job several times to keep my power low and charing down on some plywood. One day it hit me - on cut lines, just duplicate them two, three or even four times and run the job once... tada, it re-cuts the lines as many times as I had duplicated them. No more char and I don't have to keep re-running the job.
That Sir, is a really really really great TIP....
Thanks,
AL
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There was a thread on here about that this week. It works for vectors where you just paste copies over copies but the same thing won't work for rasters. To do rasters you have to print them as multiple copies as in the graphic because using the paste method only the top layer will run. The copies function would work with vectors to, because you are just running the same file over and over.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=151735
Last edited by Larry Bratton; 12-09-2010 at 4:31 PM. Reason: added thread link
Epilog Legend EXT36-40watt, Corel X4, Canon iPF8000 44" printer,Photoshop CS6, Ioline plotter, Hotronix Swinger Heat Press, Ricoh GX e3300 Sublimation
My driver is version 6.01 Legend EX Oct 6, 2002 so maybe I need to upgrade, but selecting 2 copies in CoredDraw as in Larry's attachment does not cause the laser to raster the same image twice.
Thanks for the suggestion.
Bill Jermyn
Waterloo Engraving
Kitchener, ON
Epilog Legend 32EX 75 Watt, Corel X3, Photograv, Wacom Intuos 3 6X8 graphics tablet
Last edited by Larry Bratton; 12-09-2010 at 6:46 PM.
Epilog Legend EXT36-40watt, Corel X4, Canon iPF8000 44" printer,Photoshop CS6, Ioline plotter, Hotronix Swinger Heat Press, Ricoh GX e3300 Sublimation
The Legend EX and TT models are still officially on the 2002 6.01 driver, which misses out a load of goodies.
Does anyone know if the "dashboard" driver is OK for the EX/TT series machines?
If you compare the EXT and EX downloads for firmware and drivers on Epilogs tech support section, the Dashboard driver is not offered for the EX. It might be good to direct that question to Epilog though. I still don't understand why you can't use the multiple copies feature in Corel to print twice with the EX? Oh well, I am not a techie, so what do I know. I'm sure there is a reason. Maybe Epilog would have an answer for that one also.
Epilog Legend EXT36-40watt, Corel X4, Canon iPF8000 44" printer,Photoshop CS6, Ioline plotter, Hotronix Swinger Heat Press, Ricoh GX e3300 Sublimation
I would assume color mapping would take care of this as well?
Epilog 40W Mini24, Corel X8 (64-bit), and two big fire extinguishers.
Epilog 40W Mini24, Corel X8 (64-bit), and two big fire extinguishers.
Ed,
I haven't tried that either, but it is my understanding that when printing rasters, the machine only sees the top layer and regardless of how many you stack on top of one another, only the top one will engrave. I got that information from the thread posted earlier. http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=151735 , this is not true with vectors.
Epilog Legend EXT36-40watt, Corel X4, Canon iPF8000 44" printer,Photoshop CS6, Ioline plotter, Hotronix Swinger Heat Press, Ricoh GX e3300 Sublimation