Photo engraved cat on TroLase
With a realistic photographic laser engraving you will delight the cat owners among your customers.
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Preparation
Materials required:
- TroLase engraving laminate
- Picture frame
Laser engraving machine used:
- Speedy 400 laser engraving machine
- 80 watts
- 2" lens
- Aluminium Cutting Grid Table
This sample can also be made on any Speedy laser engraving machine.
Step by step
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Step 1
Design
Import our template adapting it to your requirements.
With "Create job" move the design to the "Prepare" screen.
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Step 2
Laser process
Place the job to the desired position and adapt the settings.
The laser parameters will vary depending on your laser machine and its available laser power.
Send the job to the "Queue" for Laser engraving.
| Effect | Engrave Quality |
| Process | Engrave |
| Layers | black |
| Power (%) | 45 |
| Speed (%) | 80 |
| DPI | 500 |
| Source | CO2 |
| Air Assist | On |
| Z-offset | +1 mm |
| Passes | 1 |
| Power Correction | 20 |
| Direction | Bottom up |
| Engrave Mode | Standard |
| High quality | High Quality |
| Dithering | Ordered |
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Step 3
Finish
Put the engraved photo in the picture frame and your cat photo is now ready!
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