Machine

LaserPro SpiritGX manual

Work area: 960 x 610 mm

Setting suggestions per material

Material Thickness Cutting Speed/Power Engraving Speed/Power
Acrylic 2mm 2/100 45/100
Acrylic 3mm 1.2/100 45/100
Cardboard 3mm 10/100 50/50
MDF 3mm 2/100 50/100

Operation

  • For cutting the stroke has to be 0,001 mm
  • Use different colors for things with different speed/power settings

Preferences

File > print > setup > preferences

  • Set speed/power settings for each color
  • turn on air for each color

Choose the position mode:

  • Home to start job from machine home position
  • Relative to start from wherever the laser head is

When using position mode Home it’s neccessary to check Extend

Engraving

When engraving (stroke > 0,001 mm) the settings (speed, power) for the black is some circumstances (still figuring out when) the black settings are used even if the shapes have other colors.

Just keep things to engrave black whenever possible.

Cut stroked lines

Inkscape: Set stroked path, Path > Stroke to path ???