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1. Set power ramp Yes ENTER End operation ESC Select unit Enable Ok ENTER Change A or V l Change A or V Disable Ok ENTER Change A or V Select unit Yes ENTER End operation ESC Set EOF alarm 37 Select unit Set unit in Metric or English Select unit Yes ENTER End operation ESC Set EOF alarm D gt I ENTER Metric mm Ok ENTER Change A or V English inch Ok ENTER Change A or V I ENTER Set EOF alarm Yes ENTER End operation ESC Tune Autofocusing NOTE means default or current setting 38 Set EOF alarm If set in Enable condition a beep tone sounds when End OF File Set EOF alarm Yes ENTER End operation ESC Tune Autofocusing gt I ENTER Enable Ok ENTER Change A or V I Change A or V Disable Ok ENTER Change A or V I ENTER Tune Autofocusing Yes ENTER End operation ESC Select setup 1 16 gt 39 Tune Auto focusing In case the focal length of auto Focus needs to be corrected please insert the corresponding manual focal tool to the hole of the holder shown as in the Figure of LENS and MANUAL FOCUS GAUGE Then operate as follows Tune Autofocusing Yes ENTER End operation ESC Select setup 1 16 If you have ever pressed pa ENTER 74 If you have not pressed AUTO FOCUS after En AUTO FOCUS after power ON S7 lt 5 power ON Press arrow u2. 49 7 Click on OK to apply the changes 8 Print out the selected text again and the laser will do the letter cutting C Raster Engraving Laser engraver prints raster as grids or dots of individually pixels any digital or scanned images can be processed by a laser engraver When doing raster engraving the laser would move from left to right or right to left After the image or graphics is ready please go further to the laser printing operation as next paragraph is shown 50 Printing Mercury Driver Editing After completing the editing job choose File Print and click Properties to access Mercury driver parameter settings General Layout Separations Prepress Misc E No Issues Destination Name Mercury Y Type Mercury Lise PPD Status Ready Where LPT1 Comment C Print to file Print range Copies _ O Current document Documents Number of copies 1 Current page Selection Pages fi GH pi Collate Even amp Odd Print style Custom Current settings not saved v Anoy 51 Mercury Properties Option Pen a Advance Paper Raster 3D Mode O Stamp Mode Save To Default Delete C Mirror C Invert A Choose Printing Mode A 1 B W Black amp White Mode It is useful to activate this mode when using clip art or drawings with several colors shades of gray or many outlines This mode will cr
3. 13 Lens and Manual Focus Gauge Focal Length Matched Color LENS MANUAL FOCUS GAUGE 1 5 Option Purple Blue same as 2 0 2 0 Standard Blue Blue 2 5 Option Gold Gold 4 0 Option Red Red gt ___ Manual Focus Gauge Insert to the hole of the holder for manual focusing Mirror Lens 2 0 2 5 or Slot position for Lens 1 5 only Manual Focus Gauge Holder Auto Focus Gauge Focal Sharp Focus Probe Focus Carriage Assembly 14 Instruction of Rotary Attachment Mercury Properties Option Pen Advance Paper Raster Paper Size Unit e 1440 oo aan Metric Imm j O Imperial inch Diameter 50 00 mm Wersion No Mercury Copyright c Great Computer Co All Rights Reserved Dual Head Rotary Fixture Rotary Parameter Offset 0 00 mm DY 3 35 1 Turn off the power of the engraver 2 Put the rotary attachment onto the engraving table Ensure the two screw holes should match the two corresponding holes on the table and the white mark of the left side align to the position of 24cm 9 45 inch on the ruler then tighten the screws 3 Plug the cable of the rotary attachment into the port in the middle front of the engraver 4 Turn on the power and the engraving table moves down to the lowest position automatically 15 TOP VIEW Window Operation The maximum length of the engraving object is 450 mm 17 71 inch The m
4. Mercury Properties x 9 y e Option Pen Advan E A O PenNo Color gt Ramp a a 3 PE O EHEN H A Q gt g Custom colors gt See eee a Ieee Us M Vector Define Custom Colors gt gt x amp v a Toft wL 191 826 232 341 Text Size PT Cancel 8 220 551 413 Click a erra E gt lt Q TA CorelDRAW 11 Gra EN amp Ls FF 10 28 B 2 Speed Speed setting here determines the speed of laser s motion system during operation The range is from 0 1 100 100 speed is equivalent to the fastest speed and will be the speed that the motion system travels when cutting or engraving straight lines The machine will automatically slow down when it is cutting or engraving curves B 3 Power Power setting here would decide the laser s power during operation The range is from 0 1 100 The percentage represents the power of each laser pulse fired Power and speed work together to determine the depth of a cutting and or engraving Higher power and slower speeds will produce the deepest engraving B 4 Raster Vector On Off Each color in the graphic image may include a variety of color fills and very thin lines It is then possible for one pen color to require both raster and vector modes Turning either Raster or Vector off will force the driver to ignore the pen color s fills or thin lines You can check the Raster or Vector box to turn on off the function 60 B 5 DPI Dots Per Inch Th
5. Specification MERCURY Laser Source Work Area Max Working Piece all doors closed Max Working Piece all doors open Table Size Overall Dimensions Drive Speed Control Power Control Z Axis Moving Resolution DPI Computer Interface Memory Buffer Display Panel Power Power Consumption L 12 L 25 L 30 L 35 L 40 L 60 L 75 L 100 L 120 12W 25W 30W 35W 40W 60W 75W 100W 120W Air Cooled Sealed CO laser 25 x 18 635mm x 458mm 31 5 x 22 4 x 6 5 800mm x 570mm x 165mm 26 8 x 8 x 6 5 680mm x 8 x 165mm 31 x 20 9 790mm x 530mm 44 3 x 28 3 x 39 6 1125mm x 720mm x 1005mm DC servo control Adjustable from 0 1 to 100 of 42 inch sec with up to 16 colors linked speed setting per job Adjustable from 0 1 100 and 16 colors linked power setting per job Automatic 200 250 300 500 600 1000 Print port and serial port for PC 16MB standard and upgrade to 64 MB with SIMM modules Multiple file mode saves up to 100 files 4 line LCD display showing current file name total working time Laser power engraving speed file loaded into memory buffer setup and diagnostic menus 100 240V AC Auto Switch 200 240V 900W 1100W 2000W 3000W Above specification is subject to change without notice Optional Items Rotary Attachment Dual Head Honeycomb Table 77 Cutting box Odor Reduction System Air Assist System 78
6. then you can see the saved files shown in the History Files column You can access your saved settings by clicking on Load or by using the History scroll which keeps track of the settings most recently used Note a These editing options can be saved in image files such as Corel Draw graphics with printer driver parameters setting inside or can be saved a s the default settings in Mercury driver for future files b Please make sure your ID to log in the computer is set to Administrator level therefore OS of 2000 XP can allow you to save parameter settings 61 Mercury Properties Option Pen Advance Paper Raster Mode Setting File Function O ite Manual Color Fill 3D Mode O Stamp Mode PPI History File C Mirror C Invert Mercury Properties Option Pen Advance Paper Raster File parameter setting save delete or load function Review and select the saved file parameter setting here Mode Setting File Function Manual Color Fill 3D Mode Stamp Mode Save To Default DRI 500 e Delete PPI Auto L C Mirror B C Invert NOTE If you wish to use Border and Cluster then the border must be less than 62 the distance specified in the Cluster setting C Advance Setting C 1 Scaling Scaling function enables you to adjust output inaccuracy when you find the actual output scale is different from what you s
7. 21 Ill HARDWARE INSTALLATION e Turn all equipment off before making any connection O Check the plug of the power cord to see if it matches the wall outlet If not please contact your dealer Cabling Connection 1 Insert the power cord male into a grounded power outlet 2 Plug the other end female into the engraver The engraver has been design to switch from 100 240 VAC automatically 100W engraver has to use 220 240 VAC only 3 The engraver can communicate with a computer through either a serial RS 232C or a parallel port Centronics Power on off Switch 15 AMP resetable fuse 3 AMP resetable fuse AC Power Connector Parallel Interface Serial Interface Connector Connector Parallel Transmission Connect a parallel cable to the engraver parallel port then to the parallel port of the 22 host computer Never use a mechanical switch box when a second printer port is required The electrical surges can cause damage to the computer and the engraver Serial Transmission If you are using IBM PC PS 2 or their compatibles connect the supplied RS 232C cable to the engraver serial port then to the serial port of the host computer Interface for Macintosh To operate the engraver with a Macintosh computer e g Power Mac you need a MAC modem cable DIN8 to DB25 as an adaptor to connect to the RS 232C cable Exhaust Ventilation Exhaust Blower Connect to an air fil
8. Graphic1 PE E File Edit View Layout Arrange Effects Bitmaps Text Tools Window Help 8 CBESKEBe a aup ea x 87 234 mm 102 517 mi 80 522 6 oloo PE a var Io al g Q Haine v AO y 1405 817 mm 51 299 mm 41 92 iio ajk djo va E 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 millimeters x sail ee PSS xR WHO ODR ONT milligetecs na M 1of1 db Pagel lt mi gt m Width 102 517 Height 51 299 Center 87 234 405 817 millimeters Rectangle on Layer 1 gt None gt lt 47 502 432 359 Click an object twice for rotating skewing dbl clicking tool selects all objects Shift click multi sele Q Black Hairline E 2 Change the text s fill color to white by left clicking on the white color of CorelDraw Color Palette located on the right hand side of the screen 47 YA CorelDRAW 11 Graphic1 OB E File Edit View Layout Arrange Effects Bitmaps Text Tools Window Help a x CB SKBBe a dal vea E A Default Artistic Text x Tp AvantGarde Bk BT 72 Y FUSE G F al Alga LR A 2 amp Q a Q ja eB ED O P g ex mz gt a a Y 3 w u e 1of1 A Pagel lt M 30 35 945 406 048 Text Size 72 000 points Artistic Text AvantGarde Bk BT Nor Black 10 039 415 884 Click an object twice for rotating skewing dbl clicking tool selects all objects Shift click multi sele Q None A te sta
9. function is to adjust the power distribution of the slope shoulder to get the better shape of stamp s vertical profile Select set shoulder in the page Options Enter the dialog box of stamp parameter The black bars in the center are for the surface of each letter while the blue bars are for the shoulders Adjust the value of power level by adjusting bar or the left click of mouse to edit the shape of the shoulders 56 E Add Border You may wish to include a thin or wide border around the outline of your stamp This can be done by creating outline greater than 001 thickness around the image When the Mirror setting is selected this outline will automatically be reserved as a ridge that does get engraved Mercury Properties gt pa Option Pen_ Advance Paper Raster Scaling x g ii O 1000 Y i 071000 Position Mode Home O Without Home O Relative Image Output Direction Top To Bottom Bottom To Top E Invert Border C Use Border cao Thick Vector Function Normal All Raster O Vector Sorting Optimization Sorting Cluster C Use Cluster Distance The Invert mode will reverse the black and white outlines and fills in the selected image Black will become white and vice versa thus creating a high area that will be covered with ink when the stamp is put to use This function is disabled when using the Manual Color Fill mode NW Mirr
10. to dry off the remaining solution gently 3 Do not touch the lens surface with your bare hands or press down hard with any cleaning material 70 VII TROUBLE SHOOTING Quality Problems O Check focus length set under the function key to see if it matches the type of the lens installed O Focus Lens is not installed correctly Focus Lens is loose in the holder O Debris or dust builds up in the bearing tracks or X Axis rails The focus lens and the mirror in the carriage are damaged or need to be clean Non operational Problems Laser beam does not generate 1 If the red alignment beam is not revealed the laser beam is misalignment Adjust reflection mirrors for exact focus 2 If the red alignment beam is revealed please check the driver power The laser power may be too low to be detected Please increase the percentage setting of the Laser Power from the software driver or the control panel 3 Please check if the laser power connector is loose 4 For safety purpose the laser beam will not be generated when the top or front door is opened unless you short the connector of the magnetic switches 5 Check water level or temperature of water cooler for 5 0W and 100W engraver If over heated laser beam will shut down automatically 71 Appendix A 3D Function Tip for 3D Application When doing 3D sample on LaserPro Mercury L 25 acrylic or MDF wood are ideal materials for the purpose For acrylic the suggested PW
11. to the figure as below 68 Clean the focus Sei 70 VI TROUBLE gt SHOOTING 0 nta 71 Qu ality Pro ida 71 Non operational Problems ni 71 Appendix A 3D Function ooocccoccnoocnnnonnnonnnoonanconocnnnocnnnncnonncnonnnnnos 72 Tip fot 3D Application ieiki eis 12 APPENDIX B Application Parameters ooooocccoccncccnononononanananannnos 74 Engraving Para MS asis 74 C ttine Parameters A E AA 75 APPENDIX C Specification i n 77 Optional emis nee ssarke aee E E O EEEO Y QUICK MENU Connect air exhaust system Setup computer and connect with engraving system properly Turn host computer system Install the MERCURY Driver for the first time use only Use Windows based program such as CorelDRAW PhotoShop PhotoPaint Illustrator CASmate Signlab EasySign AutoCAD etc to operate with the SE Gee eee engraver 6 Turn engraver The lens carriage moves to the home position upper left corner and the working table moves down 50mm approximately after system initialization If a rotary attachment has been installed the working table will move down to the bottom 7 Auto focusing under STOP status put work piece on the table move X axis Pkase refer to Fig 3 and carriage by arrow keys to locate the lens carriage above the engraving material holding carriage by hands for prompt moving is acceptable under STOP condition but not recommended Press the table will move upward and stop at the focal position aut
12. 0 3 The smaller the pitch number the sharper the slope If setting the pitch number at a very big value it may take for a very long time for the math calculation Mercury Properties Option Pen Advance i Paper Mode Setting Black amp White Manual Color Fill 3D Mode 2 Stamp Mode Save To Default DPI Delete C Inver E Pitch Value amp Shoulder Power Setting The finished stamp will be a reversed image with engraved depressions 55 and ridges Many of these ridges may be too thin and would break off or be unstable Creating pitch is a way to add support to the thin lines and ridges The pitch value setting allows you to adjust the width of the ridges Broad pitch gives the maximum amount of support for each ridge Experiment with different pitch value settings in order to produce the stamp that is best suited for your application You can specify the size into the pitch box under stamp mode and adjust the bar to specify different laser power level for shoulder Mercury Properties central part Pitch 10 10 a mm Shoulder Level ebents the letter of Adjusting Bar ull a il li Power Level Ll a be tay ae 2 E ls Je J 13 pola 30 146 55 66 76 88 100 The blue bar means different laser power level to compose of the slope Higher level blue bar gets less engraving laser power E Power Level of Stamp Mode This
13. R is 100 SPD around 30 depends on how deep you want to cut The perfect image for 3D is like those shown below When image is ready choose 3D Effect as the output mode in the driver Sometimes some material shows better effect if you run the job with 2nd pass with laser out of focus Especially with acrylic the 2nd pass will smooth out the surface For engraving wood as it burns easily and leaves blackened surface after the 1st pass it is necessary to run the 2nd pass to remove the burned surface To do that simply fill the image with black colour as the mask see below and Run the black mask image with PWR 100 and SPD100 Create a black image for polishing 72 3D engraving Material 1cm Acrylic Step Speed Power 1 25 2 25 3 100 4 0 2 100 100 100 100 DPI PPI 600 600 600 500 auto auto 800 Focus Auto Focus Lower down table 2 5mm Lower table again 2 mm auto Move table up 1 3mm 73 by Mercury 25W Lens 2 inch Remarks 3D Mode Engraving 3D Mode Engraving Black and White Mode Polishing Cutting off APPENDIX B Application Parameters Engraving Parameter Speed Laminated Acrylic Immitation Leather 74 Poly buttons ae Parameters Speeds 75 Be noticed that above parameters are for reference only Various kinds of elements structures and component ratios may affect the engraving and cutting results differently 76 APPENDIX C
14. USER MANUAL Content 2 A 3 i INTRODUCTION 00 e a a E al ens 5 Principles of COs La iii 5 PP A A emulates 5 PRECIO idas 5 A E A E eea PNET ED E Eea aae E Eat 7 Important Operational Notice for 50 W laser coccccccncononcccnnnnnnos 7 Warning Label a das 8 Frequently Asked QUESTIONS esoo ici 9 Lens and Manual Focus AUTE 14 Instruction of Rotary Attachment ccccececcecceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 15 TOP TE West e laos 16 Opera ds 16 SIDE VIEW a e tac A ae Sit AE i Ue cet 17 Dual Head Installation ooocooccoonnononaconononcnononocanccnaconononenocos 18 H RECOMMENDED CONFIGURATION 21 COMPULEE casi aa 21 Scam a reia dll da 21 A rand AE SEA EES 21 TI HARDWARE INSTALLATION ooo eeeeeceeeeeee 22 Cabling Connection do lin 22 Parallel Tr a 22 Serial Transmission asc corse sie dc css av vada ev ad de abc a 23 Interface for Macintosh Ad 23 Exhaust dao 23 IV SOFTWARE INSTALLATION cooocccconnnccnnnnnnccnnnnnnccnnonnninononns 24 Install LaserPro MERCURY printer driver ooooonncoccccccncnnnnnnnnnnnnnns 24 VZ OPERATION tono aa a S a ii si n 25 Environment A AAA a 25 Flexible Utility of Your Memory Buffer ooococcccccncnnnnnncnnnnnnos 25 Am I in Multiple File mode or Single File mode now 26 MAUI OPE td 27 STAR STO ooo asas 28 FUNCION a Rs 33 Software Opera 45 VI BASIC MAINTENANCE ooooccccocnccnonncnonnnncconnnonononcnonncncnnnnonns 68 Clean the mirror Please refer
15. a safety goggle if you need another one please contact LaserPro for it or try to get one that meets the following specification 190 398 nm OD5 10 600 nm OD5 Visible light transmission 92 9 2 Do not attempt to modify or disassemble the laser system at any time 3 Wear appropriate safety goggles especially when engraving with mirrors or coated metals such as enameled brass and anodized aluminum 4 Good ventilation is required to remove odors and vaporized materials to the outside of the building or structure An exhausted system is recommended Do not work with reflective metals heat sensitive surfaces or other materials that may produce toxic substances such as PVC and Teflon A fire extinguisher should be available on hand at any time Never leave the machine unattended during operation Follow the recommendations for maintaining and cleaning your system Not only will this enable you to engrave efficiently it will ensure that your machine runs safely as well Fire Precaution 1 When cutting materials that easily caught on fire such as acrylic wood or paper it is advised to have air compressor turned onto prevent flame 2 If cutting table or honey comb table is used for cutting purpose do not leave any material underneath as when material at top is cut through the material at below will be burned easily due to trapped heat 3 It is not encouraged leaving the cutting job unattended especially with ma
16. aximum diameter of the padded rubber wheel is 94 mm To get an accurate engraving position during rotating it is better that the diameter of the engraving object is not smaller than 90mm 3 54 inch However the maximum diameter of the loaded object is 180mm and the limited loading weight is 7 Kg 15 4 Lb 1 Measure the diameter of the engraving area for setting up the software operation refer to Software Operation Fig 20 before engraving 2 Lift the lever loading the engraving object slide the adjustable end to the bottom of the object firmly then lower the lever of the fixture to secure it in place shown as in Fig II 3 If the engraved object is too small please use 4 inch lens to prevent collision between carriage and rotary attachment devise 16 SIDE VIEW Adjustable end J hip Open end of the engraving object 4 Turn on the power The rotary attachment is detected and the working table moves down to the bottom automatically The system initializes to the home position at the same time Set up focus 6 The following is an example of engraving process by using CorelDRAW V 8 0 or higher version File gt Print Setup choose LaserPro MERCURY then click gt Properties Paper click Rotary Fixture key in Diameter and Offset value etc then choose Landscape gt key in X value OK NOTICE When doing the Print Setup under print driver setting please always choose Landscap
17. ditioner in the room where laser is in operation to prevent humidity Warning Label DANGER INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN AND INTERLOCK FAILED OR DEFEATED AVOID EYE OR SKIN EXPOSURE DIRECT OR SCATTERED RADIATION On the right of the top door DANGER INVISIBLE LASER RADI WHEN OPEN AND INTERLOCK FAILED OR I ATED AVOID EYE OR SKIN EXPOSURE DIRECT OR SCATTERED RADIATION WARNING PLEASE MUST WEAR A SAFETY GOGGLE Sr DURING OPERATION DO NOT LEAVE THE MACHINE UNATTENDED DURING OPERATION WARNING On the upper center of the front door OTION WARNING Do not use reflective metals heat sensitive surfaces or other materials that may produce toxic substances such as PVC and Teflon Any corrosion caused by working on an unsuitable substances will not be covered in the warranty On the front center of the top area CAUTION AVOID PLACING YOUR EYES IN THE RED BEAM PATH On the front center of the top door Notice Please clean the Auto Focus Probe each time before turning on the machine to make sure the probe is free to move On the surface of Focus Carriage Frequently Asked Questions 1 What materials can be processed by CO laser Virtually any materials such as acrylic wood fabrics glass leather marble stone rubber stamps paper products coated metals plastics especially micro plastic developed by IPI Spectrum and Rowmark etc other hard surface mater
18. e A or V Single 1 File Ok ENTER Change A or V Single No Repeat Ok ENTER Change A or V ENTER Z init AF position Yes ENTER End operation ESC Delete all files 33 e Z init AF position To avoid focus carriage hitting the engraving object accidentally during initializing working table will move down about 50mm automatically after power on the equipment Whereas if a rotary attachment has been installed the working table will move down to the bottom of the engraver After initializing as long as you have not pressed AUTO FOCUS key you can go into this function and move the working table back to the power on position Once the AUTO FOCUS key has been used the last auto focus position has been saved in the memory Therefore the table will move to the last auto focus position by using this function Z init AF position Yes ENTER End operation ESC Delete all files gt Table is moving to init or AF position End operation ESC Delete all files Delete all files Ok ENTER End operation ESC Select lens gt 34 O Delete all files All files in the buffer will be deleted by using this function when setting under Multiple file mode This function is invalid under Single file mode Once you stop or complete a job under Single File mode the file won t be saved in the buffer Delete all files Ok ENTER End operation ESC Select lens gt I ENTER Are yo
19. e no matter operating with CorelDRAW V 7 0 or higher version or what the X and Y values are Layout Page Setup gt Set from Printer choose Landscape when X gt Y choose Portrait when X lt Y gt OK NOTICE Please always choose Portrait for Page Setup on CorelDRAW V 7 0 no matter X or Y value whichever is lager File Print gt Properties set up desired power speed ete OK Define engraving location by moving the arrow keys and the red point will show 17 the right position you want Moving the red point from rotary home position at the base of the padded rubber wheel to the open end of the engraving object the Offset value refer to Fig II amp Software Operation Fig 20 will be displayed on LCD Caution Adjust the working table and set up the focus under STOP status Set up focus after initializing the system to prevent the carriage hit the engraving object Dual Head Installation Step 1 Turn off the system Step2 Put the dual head carriage onto the X axis belt bearing track Step3 Cut 25mm 1 inch off the air assist tube on the original lens carriage Step4 Connect the air assist tube of the dual head with that of original carriage by T connector 18 Ees Connector Metal Frame Step5 Screw the metal frame which is attached to the right side of dual head to the original lens carriage Step6 Turn on the power to test whe
20. e dust that may get lodged in the engraved area if the machine engraves from top to bottom Since the exhaust system is located at the rear of the machine the dust will be sucked away from the engraved area C 4 Vector Setting E All Raster Output When choose all raster output to print graphic including vector line and raster image the laser would take the vector line as raster data and print the whole graphics as raster engraving image E Vector sorting When your image has one vector cut area enclosing another vector cut area this setting will automatically direct the laser to cut out the inside enclosure before moving to the outside image E Optimization This is another setting that will automatically cut down on operation time When selected the EXPLORER driver will analyze your image and find the most efficient passing route to complete the job C 5 Cluster To reduce the working time needed for multiple productions this setting may be used Let s take multiple stamp production for example When selected the driver will automatically determine the fastest method to engrave more than one stamps The laser may complete one stamp before starting another or may undertake several stamps at the same time Adjust the Distance setting to determine the maximum distance the laser can leap frog from one image to another As below suppose the Distance you specified is D and the distance between graph A am
21. eate a laser output similar to that of a laser printer The entire selected image will be engraved using a single pen black one power amp speed setting The Mercury driver will interpret colored and shaded areas as different shades of gray halftone areas and it is a collection of dots The resolution and depth of these halftone areas can be adjusted with the DPI the B W mode dithering settings from 2x2 to 8x8 error diffusion and different pattern types Experiment with these different settings to get the optimal results for your application 52 Option Pen Contrast Dark 50 AJ Halftone e Advance Paper Raster Light 50 2 _L amp Dithering CDi Dithering Matrix 8x8 Pattern Type v C Eror Diffusion f Enhance Dithering E Dithering type The gray areas of image will be filled with different dot a b grid density from a 5 grade halftone with 2x2 dots to a 65 grade halftone with 8x8 dots 8x8 dithering type would presents the image into shading effect with more dots than the 2x2 dithering while the 2x2 dithering type would have smaller dots than 8x8 that produces higher resolution The dithering type choice would depend on the image and application Enhance dithering The enhance dithering as what it reads would help to compensate the shortage of smaller grade halftone type such as choosing 2x2 dithering type and enhance dithering at the same time the image would be prin
22. et in the computer you can use scaling function to modify it and get a perfect one Positive value is to enlarge the size negative is to reduce size For examples adjust the scale by 10 to enlarge the object s size by 10 1000 C 2 Position mode options Home Focus carriage goes back to the upper right position after finishing a job Without Home Focus carriage stops at the last position of a data file You can engrave inside a bowel or a concave object to prevent hitting the object Relative Move You can place the focus carriage at any place you want to start a job When finishing a job the focus carriage will move back to the starting point You can engrave inside a bowel or a concave object to prevent hitting the object 63 Mercury Properties o ption Pen Advance Paper l Raster E Scali a Border xX e i 0 1000 C Use Border Y o 1000 Thick Position Mode Vector Function Home Normal O Without Home O All Raster O Relative O Vector Sorting Optimization Sorting Image Output Direction Cluster Top To Bottom C Use Cluster Bottom To Top Distance D C 3 Image Output Direction E Top to Bottom The laser would engraver from top to bottom of the image E Bottom Up Normally the LaserPro Mercury engraves from top to bottom left to right Selecting Bottom Up will force the machine to start from the bottom and work its way to the rear of the working table Some laminates will produc
23. etermine the speed of data transmission of serial port to communicate with the host computer Setting range 9600 19200 38400 57600 Defaults 57600 Select baud rate Yes ENTER End operation ESC Data bit parity 57600 bps Ok ENTER Change A or V xxxxxx bps Ok ENTER Change A or V Set data bit parity Yes ENTER End operation ESC Select language NOTE means default or current setting 42 Set data bit parity Data bits refer to the size of one block of data and parity is used to check if data was received correctly or not The data parity feature is to adjust the byte format and parity type in order to communicate with the host computer through serial port Set data bit parity Yes ENTER End operation ESC Select language gt I ENTER 8 bits no parity Ok ENTER Change A or V 8 bits even parity Ok ENTER Change A or V I ENTER Select language Yes ENTER End operation ESC 43 Select language Select language Yes ENTER End operation ESC English Ok ENTER Change A or V ENR English Polish Ok ENTER Italian Japanese Change A or V Deutsch Turkish ll ENTER or ESC Single file mode Multi file mode Do setup or press Do setup or send STAR key then send at least one file only one file then NEXT FILE NOTE means default or current setting Software Operation Editing Jobs A CorelDRAW Page Size Setting Please ensu
24. ge will display as follows Wait until at least one complete file is received then press START NOTE Please refer to the flow chart of Start to Operate page 20 ENTER Accept and store the selection for setting up AUTO FOCUS This key can only be operated under STOP condition Press this key will move up the working table until the engraving object touches the tip of the focus tool then the table will move down and stop in focus automatically Whenever you change a lens with different focal length press Function key and go through the process of Select lens After changing the lens press AUTO FOCUS key to save the new focal length in memory LCD will show as follows Focusing Then do setup or send a file to start a job 0 0 mm NOTE 1 0 0 mm means the focus position is the Z axis home position of the 29 Working table Above this position the value is negative while below this position the value is positive 2 Whenever the motion system or working table has ever been adjusted by a technical person please press AUTO FOCUS key to get an initial position before going through the function of Tuning Auto focusing to change the focal length NOTICE To stop the motion of auto focus please press either UP or DOWN arrow key If you press the key continuously working table will move up or down correspondingly Arrow Keys Move cursor on the display for selection or adjust
25. ials blended with polyester and fibers Corian Fountainhead and Avonite etc or laserable simulated products of stone wood and metal etc Bare metals can not get a good engraving result by using CO laser However special kind of spray has been developed that allows CO laser to mark on the bare metals such as stainless steel aluminum etc Do not engrave or cut materials which are heat sensitive or toxic substances can be produced e g PVC and Teflon coating 2 What is the life cycle of the laser source The life cycle of laser source is around 20 000 hours however it can be re filled and should be done by your dealer 3 What is the main purpose of air assist system The air assist system can provide a much better engraving 4 cutting effect as 1t will blow away vaporized particles and prevent fire due to overheating 4 What does cutting table do The cutting table also known as honeycomb table is especially useful for vector cutting application The space between materials and working table gapped by cutting table allows heat and smoke to be disbursed and vented out which may otherwise cause bad cutting effect 5 What is the maximum engraving speed of LaserPro Mercury The maximum engraving speed of LasePro Mercury is 1066 mm sec 42 inch sec When engraving an A4 18 x 28 cm size square with 250dpi at full speed it takes LaserPro Mercury about 18 minutes to complete 6 How to engrave an extre
26. ill use three different assigned power and speed settings In order to utilize up to 16 different pens make sure your graphics program uses the 16 colors recognized by the driver 58 Mercury Properties p _ n m Option Pen Advance Paper Raster Color Speed Power Raster Vector Ramp 50 0 NO JOOOOOAAd ana Adjust speed power for each pen Check to enable or disable raster vector power ramp for each pen B 1 Pen Settings There are 16 available pen settings to match a specific laser setting with the different colors used in the graphic image If your image uses black outlines and red and blue color fills then the driver will instruct the laser to use three different power and speed settings on the three distinct areas The speed and power settings designated to each pen color will represent a proportion of the master control speed and power settings If you would like to use a color not included in the driver s original 16 colors please double click on the specified pen and the color manager window would jump out then you can select the color you would like to apply 59 ES CorelDRAW 11 Graphic2 File Edit View Layout Arrange Effects Bitmaps Text Tools Window Help 0DOSAXBAZ 2 du P E A Default Artistid ES LE e A General Layout Separations Prepress Misc gt No Issues E A
27. is setting determines the quality of image resolution was using the raster engraving DPI can also be referred to as horizontal lines per inch or fill spacing The amount of raster strokes per vertical inch of travel will affect the image resolution of the engraving Higher DPI settings will have cleaner and deeper engravings but will take longer to complete Lower DPI settings will have coarser and shallower engraving but will take less time to complete Experiment with different settings to get your desired effect You can find the DPI function at Mercury driver gt Properties gt Option B 6 PPI Pulses Per Inch This setting should not be confused with DPI PPI determines the gross amount of laser pulses there will be per linear inch The adjusted range is from 30 to 1500 PPI or you can choose auto mode When choosing auto mode the system will come up with the proper PPI value automatically In order to maintain the quality of raster graph the PPI value will at least equal to DPI value automatically even you set the lower PPI value than DPI value Low PPI settings are a good example of how the LaserPro Mercury can perforate paper B 7 Save Parameters Setting Each job may require unique Mercury driver parameter settings After you have adjusted all of the settings remember to save it in a desired location for future use Press the SAVE icon and save the parameter settings to the proper directory as wished or default for all applications
28. mely long working piece The back door or panel of LaserPro Mercury can be removed by taking away the screws For a better ventilation and safe purpose this special design is to prevent the back door being opened without notice during operating However you have to use magnetic devices to short the connector of the magnetic switches on both side of the front door while opening for engraving extremely long work piece When doing so make sure that you wear safety goggles to operate the machine 10 Front View Ton Door Switches amp Ports Control Panel Front Press the ring to pull out the air tube Air inlet connect to air compressor Turn clockwise to decrease the air flow and counterclockwise to increase the air flow Please avoid turn off 11 Back View Top Door NOTE Please refer to Fig 25 and follow the instruction for the basic maintenance of mirror Step 2 D Unscrew and fr maintain Unscrew and Unscrew and remove the 1 mirror pull out remove the panel UY Please refer to 1 mirror dust prevention the right carefully box layout without touching the surface of the mirror ESO Back Panel Y source Back Door inside 12 Motion System Release the Screw to Pull Out the Mirror Y axis Belt X axis Motor Y axis Belt Focus G Holder Focal Sharp Auto focus Gauge for Dual Head D ES Port for Rotary Attachment Se
29. n X lt Y gt OK 3 When using the available artworks from the Clipart of CorelDRAW to prevent the hidden vector lines shown on your engravings Please do as follows CorelDRAW choose file from Clipart gt Bitmaps gt Convert to Bitmap gt Click Color then choose Grayscale gt OK I INTRODUCTION Principles of CO Laser LASER is a Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation A CO laser works by exciting the molecules of a carbon dioxide gas mixture To engrave the beam is focused through a lens The intensive beam can vaporize the surface of the material leaving an engraved image or in some cases cutting through the material Safety The safety rating of Class 1 by CDRH means that the laser beam is enclosed in a cabinet and has safety interlock mechanisms to protect the operator from injury While when a class 1 laser system equipped with a red dot pointer which allows you to position laser beam the safety rating turns into Class 3a due to the red beam is laser light A few extra safety precautions namely avoid placing your eyes in the red beam path is required Precaution 1 Always wear certified safety goggles Reflective materials such as mirrors enameled brass and anodized aluminum may reflect a portion of the invisible laser radiation This may cause sever eye damage if appropriate safety goggles are not worn NOTE Each LaserPro laser machine is equipped with
30. n system by hand to clean each bearing 5 Mirrors and Lens The focus lens and the mirror located on the carriage are the two components most likely to require frequent cleaning Caution Don t scratch out the soft coating of the mirror s surface Excessive cleaning the mirrors and lens may cause damage and reduce their life cycle refer to Fig 24 Clean the mirror Please refer to the figure as below 1 Unscrew and remove front cover of the focus carriage Release the top screw and pull out mirror carefully 2 Put lens tissue on the mirror and drop a little lens cleaner on the middle area of the tissu after the fluid has been absorbed evenly pull the tissue One direction gently to clean the mirror 3 Let it air dry and re install it 4 Unscrew and remove the dust prevention box then clean the X axis Mirror Y axis Mirror and 1 mirror same as above process separately 68 Pull the tissue one direction gently after Lens Cleaner the cleaner has been absorbed evenly Lens Tissue O CORRECT Do not use cotton swab to rub clean the mirror X INCORRECT Top Screw Mirror Remove Front Cover Loading hole for manual focal tool Auto focus gauge Focal Sharp 69 Clean the focus lens 1 Unscrew and remove the front cover of the focus carriage Pull out focus lens carefully 2 Flood the focus lens with lens cleanser on both sides then using a cotton swab or lens tissue
31. objects or cylinders Please check the chapter of rotary attachment installation in chapter I INTRODUCTION E Diameter Set up the diameter of the engraving area Circumference Diameter x 3 14159 66 Offset The distance from the open end of the engraving object to the base of the padded rubber disk The offset value will be displayed on the LCD screen D 4 Dual Head When working with Dual Head the function of Rotary Fixture is disabled and vice versa The working size for dual head is 305mm x 458mm while enable the rotary fixture the working size will change into 635mm x 458mm 67 VI BASIC MAINTENANCE O Keeping the optics and motion system clean is essential to an excellent quality engraving and the reliability of your engraver Please clean Bearing track and X axis DU bearing daily to maintain good condition of machine O Never pour or spray any liquid directly onto the laser system e Turn off the power and unplug the system before cleaning 1 Inside the System Open the top door the front door and the back door if necessary Vacuum to clean inside of the engraver and vent area thoroughly 2 Engraving Table Dampen the paper towel or cloth with alcohol or cleaner to clean the Engraving Table 3 Motion System Dampen the cotton swab to clean the rails of the Motion System Get rid off any debris built up in the bearing tracks 4 Bearings Hold a dampened cotton swab against the bearing and moving the motio
32. omatically 8 The following is an example by using CorelDRAW V 11 Layout Page Setup gt Set from Printer choose Portrait gt OK gt Edit desired file picture etc gt File gt Print gt Properties Options choose desired Mode refer to Fig 11 then set up proper resolution power and speed OK gt Print File name is shown on LCD then press START Please refer to page 20 Start to Operate for detail operation in different mode selection e Ifthe memory buffer is set up in Single file No Repeat mode under START condition the engraver will start to engrave cut upon receiving a file While if the memory buffer is set up in Multiple File mode receiving at least one complete file then press START to start a job refer to page 20 Start to Operate O Choices of DPI must be the same for both editing and printing out a file e Turn on the air exhausting system before engraving O The maximum loading weight of working table is 20 kg NOTICE 1 In order to match Mercury driver s color Make sure your CorelDRAW V 9 0 or later the Calibrate colors for display is disable Please fallow the steps Tools gt Options gt Global gt Color Management gt Disable Calibrate colors for display gt OK 2 When operating with CorelDRAW V 9 0 or later version please choose Landscape for Page Setup when X gt Y choose Portrait whe
33. ons Workspace Document L cereral Normal Paper Labels Page Size O Portrait Landscape Layout F y Label Background Width 635 0 milimeters v Guidelines TA cane Grid eight 458 0 millimeters Rulers n Styles C Resize current page only Save Publish To The Web E Global Bleed 00 milimeters Set From Printer Save Custom Page Add Page Frame Custom Y Resolution 300 a Step5 Check the Page Size has changed YA CorelDRAW 11 Graphic1 Fie Edit View Layout Arrange Effects Bitmaps Text Tools Window Help opoalsbAr o AQ Je 2 re rl Units milimeters vi de 254 mm q We ei 400 500 DORA 3 Y PSP ws Pagel j Y El al gt gt lt 46 248 566 294 Click an object twice for rotating skewing dbl clicking tool selects all objects Shift click multi sele 2 gt lt 46 B Vector Cutting The laser cutting is NOT doing a proper cutting because the width of the text s outline is not set to its thinnest width The MS Windows driver determines raster engraving or vector cutting based on the outline width of an object Therefore to achieve a vector cutting please set the text s filled with white color and the outline to its thinnest width in CorelDraw How to perform vector cutting 1 Select the text in which the change applies by clicking on the text E CorelDRAW 11
34. or Invert gt 3 When using a stamp the image needs to be reversed or mirrored in order to show up properly when the stamp is in use This setting will transfer 57 right to left and vice versa Mirror B E Cutting out the Stamp After you have created a border around the stamp you may wish to have the Mercury s vector setting cut out the stamp from the rubber sheet To do this create a thin 0 001 red line around the outline edge of the border or where ever you wish the stamp to be cut The vector setting will always be performed after the engraving is complete E Stamp Production You may wish to create a full sheet of duplicated rubber stamps in order to have them all engraved at once saving on material costs and operation time To do this copy and paste the image to the full page which is smaller or equivalent to the working table and the rubber sheet Next make sure that the image is mirrored inverted and that the appropriate shoulder border power and speed settings are in place B Parameter Settings The LaserPro Mercury allows the use of 16 different colors to represent 16 different power and speed settings when cutting and engraving These colors are referred to as PENS Try to think of each pen as a designated laser setting rather than as a color An image that is only black and white will use only one power and speed laser setting Black An image that includes black red and blue colors w
35. p B is X If you chose the function Cluster and X gt D the output movement will be route b If you don t chose Cluster or even you chose Cluster and X D the output movement will be route a a x fe route a _ gt _ _ gt lt lt route b C 6 Border You can add border at image edge for a better output of the stamp image You must select Image Invert under stamp mode when using border As for the figure below you can specify the border X and Y If you chose the Cluster and want to have border the border X and Y must be less than the Distance D you specified Add border Wei L a calle origin 65 D Paper Settings These settings are included in Mercury driver Properties Paper They are used to adjust several output settings D 1 Paper Size As described in Paper and Layout Settings ensure that the paper size is no greater than the working table area D 2 Unit You can choose the unit measurement either with metric or imperial inch Mercury Properties Option Pen Advance Paper Raster Paper Size y 1440 00 mm A O Imperial inch Diameter 50 00 Version No Mercury Copyright c Great Computer Co All Rights Reserved Qual heac Rotary Fixture Rotary Parameter Offset 0 00 Uninstall Driver Dv 3 35 D 3 Rotary Attachment Rotary attachment is specially designed for engraving on the surface of round
36. p down key to Press AUTO FOCUS key tune focusing position then then FUNCTION key press ENTER select the function Tune Autofocusing Attach manual focus gauge to the carriage and press arrow key up and down to position the working table in focus then press ENTER New focal length has been saved Complete tuning Ready to setup or send a file to Select set up 1 16 Yes ENTER End operation ESC Select baud rate gt 40 Select setup 1 16 You can assign 16 different colors individually for speed and power to achieve a variety of cutting effects This function works when your software package can output HPGL plot without using MERCURY s driver Select setup 1 16 Yes ENTER End operation ESC Select baud rate gt LL ENTER Setup 1 id D A O Vv Ok ENTER End operation ESC I Change A or V Setup x DO A UU Y Ok ENTER End operation ESC di ENTER Set Speed and Power first without operating through Driver Select baud rate Yes ENTER End operation ESC Data bit parity gt Press POWER key to change Press SPEED key to Power I I change speed POWER xxx SPEED xx x UU A po Vv DO A UU v End operation ESC End operation ESC ENTER 11 a ENTER Save the desired cutting power Save the desired cutting speed for not using Mercury s driver for not using Mercury s driver NOTE means default or current setting 41 e Select baud rate Baud rate is to d
37. put while still keep files that you saved before under multiple file conditions However the file sent under Single file mode will not be saved In other words every time you want to engrave this file you have to re send again from the host computer 25 Am I in Multiple File mode or Single File mode now Power ON LaserPro MERCURY Firmware V x XX Copyright 200x Initializing Please wait Table moves down I about 50mm Press FUNCTION key Set memory buffer Yes ENTER End operation ESC Z init AF position gt a Press ENTER key on Single 1 File Ta Single No Repeat Ok ENTER Multiple 100 Files Ok ENTER Ok ENTER Ch Change A or V tere T Change A or V 1 means default or current setting 2 AUTO FOCUS and all other function keys should be operated under STOP condition 3 NEXT FILE and DELETE keys are invalid under Single file mode 26 Start to Operate Power ON ll LaserPro MERCURY Firmware V x xx Copyright 200x Initializing Please wait Table moves down about 50mm automatically Single file status Under STARTcondition Upon the receipt of files start to engrave cut Under STOP condition Multiple file status Press START STOP turn to STOP condition al File x file name SY O Speed xx x 00 00 eae es xs Se Power xx PPI xxxx ES caps edna ace Press Press DPI xxx xxx K pe a new file NEXT FILE FUNCTION rom hos
38. re the laser engraver is set as the Default Printer before following the next steps Step1 Click Laydut Page Setup YA CorelDRAW 11 Graphic1 fe fx x File Edit View Arrange Effects Bitmaps Text Tools Window Help oe we je B Insert Page m 0POa dE a 0 v te E ao MA cml Y a loa las Loa ltd hits milimeters xj 254mm Es Fa i 0 4 cit a E el 250 300 350 400 nmillimeters N ig Switch Page Orientation A ty EA Page Setup Page Setup x 9 iE B Page Background E amp Q a Q a A Q P Qu w MI u M 1of1 Pagel amp fl gt gt 27 375 326 659 Click an object twice for rotating skewing dbl clicking tool selects all objects Shift click multi sele Q E fa corelDRaw 11 Gra EN jus FF 08 58 Step2 Get into Document Page Size Step3 Click Set From Printer to resize the page size to be the same as the printer s paper size Ensure the Normal Paperand Landscape options are checked Step4 Click OK to complete the page size setting Notice Pre In some instances the LCD panel shows a message of Graph was clipped or the laser engraver is engraving at some strange location in some unpredictable way The result engraved artwork is scrapped Post This is caused by the mismatch of Printer s paper size and the CorelDraw s page size To matches these two size please following the proceeding instructions Opti
39. rt e BA CorelDRAW 11 Gra EN A FF 11 08 3 Change the text s outline color by right clicking on the desired color on CorelDraw Color Palette Notice If the width of the line to be cut is not set at minimum value the laser is going to performing etching instead of vector cutting The laser unit looks like engraving from left to right and right to left instead of cutting 48 ES CorelDRAW 11 Graphic1 Ex E File Edit view Layout Arrange Effects Bitmaps _Text Tools Window Help al x lopeaxeee a Aup ve A Defaut Artistic Text J E AvantGarde Bk BT F 72 al ag y E El E qF abl AJA DE A 2 e qu M n m o A 3 j O O Or a 2 a NOI a U 2 as a P Q D A 3 Y A a Pagel lt im ani 35 945 406 048 Text Size 72 000 points Artistic Text AvantGarde Bk BT Nor gt None gt lt 168 976 423 999 Click an object twice for rotating skewing dbl clicking tool selects all objects Shift click multi sele Q Black Hairline 4 Change the outline to its thinnest width by right clicking on the selected text 5 Go to the Properties option 6 Click on the Outline tab and change the Width to its thinnest dimension Outline Pen Arrows Color vi millimeters 5 Style Calligraphy Stretch Nib shape A Ve Comers Line caps 100 x Om ae Oma O a po SI Osm Omm C Behind fill C Scale with image
40. setups then set up desired cutting speed No matter you are using MERCURY s driver or not you can change speed on the fly by pressing PAUSE key prior to change speed during cutting or engraving Set up desired speed press ENTER then press RESUME to continue the job POWER Set up laser power for desired depth and effect Other conditions are same as stated in SPEED PAUSE Temporarily stop the job during cutting or engraving RESUME Continue the temporarily stopped job 31 DEL FILE This key delete file is valid under Multiple file mode only Delete current file Sure press again No ESC Press DEL FILE again to delete the file and LCD shows Now deleting current file please wait 32 FUNCTION Set memory buffer Setting memory buffer in Single file mode when working with a large data file or Multiple file mode up to 100 files that can be saved for constant engraving Under Single file mode you can only output one job a time Unlimited data can be transferred without saving in the buffer therefore once you want to repeat the job you have to re send the file from the host computer Under Multiple file mode you can engrave one job while transfer and design the next simultaneously until reaching 100 files limit or memory is used up Press FUNCTION key Set memory buffer Yes ENTER End operation ESC Z init AF position gt Press ENTER key Multiple 100 Files Ok ENTER Chang
41. t computer key for further then press to get a desired setting NEXT FILE filg selection to show the file name on LCD File x file name Press Speed xx x 00 00 START STOP A Power xx PPI xxxx to engrave cut DPI XXX xxx K 27 DOOR orn SPEED POWER oe a AUTO aren sce ENTER aa DEL FUNCTION FRE RESUME PAUSE A Down START STOP Single File Mode Turn on power MERCURY is under START condition and ready to receive a file LCD shows as follows Upon the receipt of a file MERCURY starts to engrave cut immediately When a job is done LCD will show the working time such as 01 10 means Iminute and 10 seconds File file name Speed xx 01 10 Power xx STOP DPI xxx Press START STOP key turn the engraver to STOP condition LCD shows as follows Under STOP condition AUTO FOCUS and all other function keys can be operated while NEXT FILE and DELETE keys are invalid under Single file mode File file name Speed 00 00 Power STOP DPI 28 Multiple File Mode Turn on power Mercury is under STOP condition and all function keys can be operated Laser engraver is ready to receive a file LCD shows as follows Upon the receipt of a complete file LCD will show the following message for instance Then press START STOP key the engraver starts engraving or cutting File 1 file name Speed 70 00 00 Power 40 PPI xxxx DPI 500 If there is no file having been sent the messa
42. ted with 256 grade halftone and 2x2 dots therefore better shading effect with small 2x2 dots grids Error Diffusion The error diffusion presents the shade of image as a spread halftone instead of dots therefore more detailed Pattern Type The halftone pattern has three kinds of layout options which determine the shape of each grid dot to compose the shading effect of raster image Dot A halftone pattern consists of circle dots Corner The dark dot spread from the left upper corner of the pattern 53 result in a little triangle shape to imitate a shading effect c Bayer A random halftone pattern 2x2 Enhance Dithering 8x8 Enhance Dithering Dot Bayer A 2 Manual Color Fill Mode Each power and speed setting can be linked to certain color on the layout Totally 16 color settings are available The desired color can be adjusted by changing the ratio of Red Green and Blue If the speed or power is set to 0 the corresponding color area or vector line will be invalid A 3 3D Mode With this function we can get the sculpture effect The engrave image must have gray levels The engrave image is effected by PPI DPI power and speed setting 54 3D Image File Sample Material Density Board A 4 Stamp Mode Mainly used in rubber stamp production Create a slope base of stamp characters by setting up the stamp parameter Normally the pitch number for engraving a 2 3mm thick rubber pad can be set at 0 2 or
43. ter or exhaust air outside of the building 4 inch diameter flexible hose 23 IV SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Install LaserPro MERCURY printer driver for windows XP 2000 98 Power On click 2 2 2 9 choose Settings and click Double click and start Add printer wizard Next step Choose Local and click choose Have disk and click Insert the MERCURY Driver disk properly into the floppy drive then click OK choose the port where your laser system is connected and click Next step name your system or bypass choose the driver to be default printer select NO when asked to print a test page and click Now the LaserPro MERCURY printer driver is installed completely Don t forget to take the GCC driver disk from the floppy drive and store in a safe place 24 V OPERATION Environment e A clean well ventilated room with a temperature of 15 C 25 C 60 F 78 F Strongly suggested the temperature of 25 C and a relative humidity between 30 and 40 as an office type environment O Avoid from unstable voltage supply Short path for an effective air exhaust O Have a fire extinguisher available at any time Flexible Utility of Your Memory Buffer The standard memory buffer size of Mercury is 16M and can be expanded to 64M 32M SIMM x 2 You can choose Multiple file mode with limited memory to save files and re call them for constant applications Or you can choose Single file mode to get an unlimited data out
44. terials mentioned above Important Operational Notice for 50 W laser 18 20 C is recommended temperature for 50W laser If the temperature is too high the laser will be overheated and not functioning efficiently or even shut down However there is exception condition when the dew point Ref 1 a ratio between room temperature and humidity it is the point when condensation will form is above 20 C On the other hand if the temperature is too low lower than the dew point the optic including turning optic and output coupler and electronic components such as RF and control board inside the laser tube will be damaged easily due to condensation form on them When condensation form on the optic and when laser beam hits the water the coating of the optic will be damaged And more seriously water on the optic will collect dust and dirt which will lead laser to burn and destroy the optic Therefore to prevent such thing happening the temperature of cooling water MUST be kept above the dew point Ifthe roomtemperature is 20 C and the dew point is 18 C the cooling water must be set at 19 C or higher Ifthe dew point is 22 C which is higher than the highest recommended temperature for operation then the cooling must be set above 22 C There may be some slight degradation in the performance of the laser but condensation will not form on the tube or the electronics Ref 2 Thus it is recommended to install a dehumidifier or air con
45. the working table on Z position by pressing the arrow keys of UP and DOWN UP key After initializing press this key will move up the table LCD displays Focusing Then do setup or send a file to start a job X X mm During working time i e Start condition this message won t be shown When Auto Focus is under process press UP key will stop the motion of Auto Focus and change to up movement DOWN key Same as above function but the motion direction is opposite ESC Escape Exit and back to the main menu NEXT FILE This key is valid under Multiple file mode only Press this key the LCD shows File x file name Speed xx 00 00 Power xx PPI xxxx DPI xxx xxxxx k The k message shows on the lower right corner expresses the k bytes memory that 30 has been left over in the buffer PPI means pulse per inch File shows the current working file number Press NEXT FILE each time will increase 1 i e 1 2 3 100 and recycle the counting Once the buffer has received up to 100 files the LCD shows More than 100 files are not allowed Please delete files then other files If a file received is out of memory the LCD shows Not a complete file due to out of memory Please delete some RED BEAM On Off red beam SPEED Set up laser speed for desired effect When working without using MERCURY s driver lower case press FUNCTION key then select one of the sixteen
46. ther the dual head is installed properly During initiation the system will detect the dual head carriage when it moves the lens carriage to front right side so it would not crash the dual head carriage when move the origin position Note 1 Keep the screws on the lens carriage after taking off the dual head 2 Put the black cap on the T connector after taking off the dual head to prevent air flowing leaking 3 Please choose dual head item from Paper option of printer properties before outputting a graph with dual head carriage 19 Mercury Properties Option Pen Paper Size Unit Metric mm O Imperial inch Version No Mercury Copyright c Great Computer Co All Rights Reserved _ Rotary Fixture ili Rotary Parameter GCC Offset 0 00 mm Uninstall Driver 20 Il RECOMMENDED CONFIGURATION Computer Your PC must be sufficient to equip with Window 95 at least We recommend the specification of PC for better work as below CPU Pentium at least DRAM 32 MB RAM or up FDD One 3 5 1 44 MB floppy HDD 1 2 GB Hard Drive or up SVGA 15 Super VGA Monitor On Board Parallel Mode Setup from PC BIOS SPP Preferred Mode ECP Cable length less than 1 8meters Scanner Flat Bed Minimum resolution 200 DPI Software GCC driver designed under Window 95 or higher level Windows Window 95 or higher CorelDRAW Version 7 0 or higher version Any program that can output HPGL commands
47. u sure Sure ENTER No ESC I ENTER Select lens Yes ENTER End operation ESC Select unit gt 35 Select lens There are four different lenses for use on the LaserPro MERCURY as follows Focal Length Cutting capability 1 5 optional High Thin 2 0 standard 2 5 optional 4 0 optional Low Thick The high resolution lens is designed for precision engraving while the low resolution lens is mostly applied for cutting due to its lower beam divergence which results in a straighter cut in thick materials The longer the focal length the bigger the beam spot size Although it is not ideal for high resolution image engraving The large spot size of low resolution lens can spreads the laser s heat over a larger area which helps minimizing melting thus can be applied to engrave certain kinds of plastics Select les Yes ENTER End operation ESC Select unit gt I ENTER 2 0 inch 50 8mm Ok ENTER Change A or V x x inch xx xmm Replace lens of Ok ENTER 1 5 inch Change A or J 2 5 inch 4 0 inch After changing lens press AUTO FOCUS and the new j focal length will be saved automatically Select unit Yes ENTER End operation ESC Set EOF alarm D 36 Set power ramp If set in Enable condition and cutting speed is 3 or above under vector mode the power control is enabled If set in Disable the power control is disabled Default Enable
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