Follow our tutorial to produce a brochure cover made from the material LaserPaper Wood. This tutorial offers a small insight into the numerous applications you can produce using the material.
For the inner part, use paper with at least 150 g/m² to secure sufficient volume of the finished item
Make sure that "Send Beziers and paths to driver" is activated in your laser software. If this is not done then the registration marks will not be recognised by JobControl® Vision.
Step by Step
Step 1: Make design layout
Begin by creating your design and adapt it to your requirements. You can either print your design yourself or use your preferred printer is you don't have the facility to do so. As this tutorial uses both laser cutting and laser engraving, we put a cross hair in the middle of the print file instead of registration marks. The hair cross will help you to position the job precisely.
Send the graphic for the outer shell to your laser using the below settings:
Print settings:
Process mode
Resolution
Cut line
Standard
500 dpi
none
Halftone
Others
Colours
enhanced geometries, inner geometries first
Step 2: Laser cutting and engraving
Adjust the parameter settings as required. These will vary depending on the laser machine used and its available laser power.
Tip:
Change the order of the colours in JobControl from red to blue so that the material is scratched first and cut second.
Laser parameters:
Colour
Process
Power (%)
Speed (%)
ppi/Hz
black
Engraving CO2
20
50
500
red
Engraving CO2
12
1.5
1000
blue
Cutting CO2
5
1.5
1000
Passes
Air Assist
Z-Offset
Advanced
1
on
+2.5 mm
-
1
on
-
-
1
on
+2 mm
-
Step 3: Post-processing
Take the cover out of your laser and insert the core of the catalogue. Or if you are using a commercial printer, forward the cut-out cover to your printing representative to attach it to the catalogue.
Inspiration
Thanks to the wood grain, coloured prints also look great on this material. The only limit is your imagination.
