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Focus View

The Focus View allows you to quickly manually move the focus carriage to a desired position in the
material processing field.

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To have full range of motion, verify that you are zoomed out in the preview window by right-
clicking on the mouse before entering the manual focus window.

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In  the  focus  view  the  cursor  changes  to  a  blue  target  symbol  with  trailing  X-Y  coordinates.
Clicking  the  mouse  in  the  preview  window  moves  the  focus  carriage  to  the  selected  position.
Selecting  another  feature  from  the  drop  down  list  terminates  the  focus  feature  and  moves  the
focus carriage back to the home position.

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To move the focus carriage to a specific location, select the GO button. Type in the X and Y
coordinates and press the GO TO button and the focus carriage will move to the specified
location. You can also move the engraving table to a specific Z-height using the GO feature.

Relocate View

The Relocate feature gives you the ability to move the image in the selected job to another area of
the engraving field. This feature does not permanently modify the original image location.

When this feature is activated, the image is surrounded by nine small squares (anchor points)
representing the center and extents of the graphic. Using these anchors you can relocate the image
in one of three ways:

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You can select and hold an anchor point and drag that anchor to move the image around in the
field.

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You can select an anchor point and type a new X-Y coordinate for that anchor point in the X-Y
fields to the right of the preview screen.

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Using  the  X-Y  manual  motion  buttons,  you  can  move  the  focus  carriage  to  a  location  on  the
processing  table  in  the  laser  system  using  the  red  pointer  diode  as  reference,  then  select  an
anchor point in your image and press the TO POINTER button to move that anchor point to the
current  focus  carriage  location.  This  feature  is  useful  for  aligning  an  image  with  a  piece  of
material you plan to process with the laser system.

Note:

If you print with a page size smaller than the maximum field size of the laser system, the

anchors will display at the edges of the page on the image.

Duplicate View

The Duplicate feature gives you the ability duplicate an image in a grid pattern. You can select how
many rows and columns of the image as well as the spacing between the rows and columns. After
you create a grid of duplicate images you can also remove any one of the copies or the original from
the group by selecting that instance in the preview window. If you need to restore a copy that you
removed, click in the general area of that instance and it will return.

Estimate View

The estimate feature approximately calculates the amount of time it will take the laser system to
process the selected job. For more complex jobs, the estimate feature can take a while to estimate
the job completion time.

A job can be estimated while a machine is disconnected or turned off.

Settings

The settings button gives you access to the printer driver settings for the selected job. Most of the settings
can be changed after printing if necessary. Any changes made will be permanently saved with the job.