Raster image only does outline

[Bill George]

FYI ULS requires a certain color pallet, so some research you will find out. Also line widths wider than a hairline will not vector, same thing do the research. There are also some power supply voltage checks to make before replacing the tube



http://www.lstgroup.com.au/docs/ULS_...ting_Guide.pdf

http://www.saic.edu/media/saic/pdfs/...laserguide.pdf


http://www.engravingsys.com/equipmen...stems-support/

[Scott Marquez]

It looks like you need to determine if you have a power output problem or a software issue.
Can you set up a vector cut job to verify that you have good power?
Scott

[David J Goldsmith]

Also line widths wider than a hairline will not vector, same thing do the research.

Again, there are no vectors in this image at all. It is a straight black square. In the preview it looks like a solid black square. I tested by changing the opacity and in the preview it did change the dithering as expected. I am 100% convinced that the process is correct. Even if the pallet were somehow wrong and it's adjusting the power accordingly it should still be consistent, not a huge blast that burns through the paper followed by barely anything.

[David J Goldsmith]

Can you set up a vector cut job to verify that you have good power?

I'm back home now but I might visit again next weekend. I can do some further cut tests then, but the first thing I did when I showed up last week was to try and cut a sticker from a PDF I had created a couple years ago. It had always worked fine before but now it was cutting inconsistently, failing to etch into most of the sticker. I figured whatever was wrong with the raster was probably the same here and solving the one would fix the other.

[Bill George]

I'm back home now but I might visit again next weekend. I can do some further cut tests then, but the first thing I did when I showed up last week was to try and cut a sticker from a PDF I had created a couple years ago. It had always worked fine before but now it was cutting inconsistently, failing to etch into most of the sticker. I figured whatever was wrong with the raster was probably the same here and solving the one would fix the other.

I have nothing more to add, good luck.

[David J Goldsmith]

So it was the laser. Ordered a new one, picked it up a couple weeks ago, visited my parents yesterday, installed it, and everything is running nice again.

[David J Goldsmith]

So it was the laser. Got a new one a few weeks ago, visited my parents yesterday to replace it, everything is running fine again.

[Bert Kemp]

So you bought a new Laser what did you get how big is it what wattage??

[matt heinzel]

I assume he got a new tube not a whole new system. Sometimes the symptoms can lead in so many directions, sad that is was a tube, but they do offer good rates over at ULS to exchange them.

[David J Goldsmith]

Yeah, it was $1600 for a replacement 30 watt tube. More than we were expecting but not as much as it could've been: first quote I got was almost twice that but included "installation". I'm not paying $1600 to remove a half-dozen of screws.