You can even send the jobs to a certain folder and call them up as needed from the laser. The xenetech lasers have a connection to the xenetech software without using a printer driver. People say all lasers are the same but to me they aren't for that major reason. Now they do so they charge extra for new buyers since they want to sell you their laser to. It used to work with Epilog for free when you bought a rotary because Xenetech didn't have a laser. I use Xenetech software to run our Epilog and hope to get a Xenetech laser soon. It will also run the Epilog laser with a several hundred dollar charge. The xenetech software that runs the xenetech rotarys will also run the Xenetech Laser. Some work well with the 'Advanced tab on the exporter set to remove hidden lines, some get messed up by that and need to be hand broken up and reattached. Many are perfect, some need a lot of work. I have converted many AI and EPS files to PLT in Corel. It is a point to point line format in its simplest format. What I do is import the clip art into Corel and export as PLT. It may do it, or it may not have those import filters. I have never tried to import clip-art directly into this program because I have thousands of logos that I already converted to PLT for my earlier engraving systems. While some software may work from clip-art, I can speak about Gravostyle98 only. Sorry to be so unknowledgeable about these things, but can rotary engravers do much in the way of artwork?Īre they limited to clip art and if so, are all of the previously mentioned rotary engraving software applications equal in this area? Output from Corel is not optimized for an engraver and in certain cases would take 2 to 10 times the production time of the "native" engraving software (David T.: note that I stay away from the "proprietary" word).Ĭreate your graphic in Corel but then be sure the engraver you select will allow you to copy/paste from Corel. While Xenetech and a few others correctly advertise that they will run direct from Corel, about the only time you'll ever see it is when we demonstrate that capability (and then, the salesman in us very carefully chose our sample to be engraved). Xenetech works best with their Graphics Workstation software.ĭavid Takes said it diplomatically but I'll emphasis that as fantastic as Corel is for so many purposes, it *stinks* in layout production in comparison to software designed "from the ground up" for engraving. New Hermes/Gravograph works best with Gravostyle. There are some workarounds for Corel Draw with some of the machines, but I would steer away from that option myself. I have found that most computerized mechanical engraving machines run best with their own proprietary software. Do most rotary systems use Corel Draw? I would prefer to use just one software program. I have one more question along this line. Full Version: Question regarding equipment options
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