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Inkscape on the laser cutter
Sun, 09/05/2010 - 21:48 — tgsnyder
Does anyone currently print directly from Inkscape on the laser cutter? I found a post from last year where someone had a problem with it always using 50/50 for the settings no matter what they did, and a response suggesting it normally worked. I experienced a similar issue when I tried -- it seems that the driver settings don't stay changed when I change them from the Inkscape print settings dialog. I tried several different things, but it always wanted to print a raster, usually at the default speed and power. The document was purely "vector", with all strokes at 0.001in.
If anyone has any tricks they can share on making this work reliably, please do. Thanks!
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Inkscape to the laser cutter via Acrobat
According to https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/630639 this is a known issue with Inkscape. The recommended approach (which I have not tried yet) is to save as PDF from Inkscape and then print that file from Adobe Acrobat Reader. I have heard that any line width at or below 0.003 inches will turn into a cut, while wider lines will be etches. If/when I get any more laser time :) I will try it myself.
I've used Inkscape a fair
I've used Inkscape a fair bit, by saving as PDF and then printing from Acrobat Reader. The lines need to be very thin to turn into cuts instead of etching. The exact size depends on the etch DPI setting; 0.003 will probably work with some settings but not all. I just use 0.0001 for all my cut vectors, and that works fine.
.0001 or .001?
Which did you mean? .0001 or .001?
I meant 0.0001. At 1200 dpi
I meant 0.0001. At 1200 dpi etch setting, 0.001 will show up as an etch, not a cut. (Ideal is a "hairline" line width, which is supported by many drawing programs, including Corel. However, the SVG file format does not support that, and as Inkscape is primarily an SVG editor, neither does Inkscape. So you have to play tricks with the line width.)