Thanks starting print now! 
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Tiles are turning out great. These were the first things I put in the GF after the ruler (got a box of 20 of the black tiles on clearance - 17c per)
Iām a big fan of the Hokusai art and tried my hand at multiple colors inspired by @Lotema
https://community.glowforge.com/t/hussar-on-tile-of-course/25982
but need to work on that.
I wanted the whole wave and the longer tile is nice for that. (Hard to find much bigger tiles with the right aspect ratio)
Interestingly the dark blue and lighter blue GreatWave were both with the same sharpie
All are just regular sharpie. All except portrait at 1000/FP/fulldots/450lpi
On portrait - just saw @DesignsByPhil 's note about the dpi (turns out when I put the slider down to 75 the power also went down to 75, had meant to do full - or may I wasnāt paying attention and that was leftover from earlier on that file) - and tried the portrait. Itās a off friendās 30 yrs old pic that I took a pic of on my phone (I plan to will surprise him with a gift)
I do need to try @wenning08 's method:
Need also to find best/better ways to use the black tiles - the glassware one was (failed) test.
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Why the 70 or 75 dots - rather than full? Wonāt that reduce the āresolutionā - or are you doing that for the grainy effect?
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Full dot density overlaps the dots too much on my tests and takes away detail.
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Oh thatās a great one. 
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Thatās awesome! Yes - figured the lower dots helped you get the nice (better) gradation/gray. I had given up on a really nice b/w image/photo from a photographer friend - has tremendous depth and no way I could touch the contrast/brightness without ruining the image - so gave up, figured needed laser tile for that.
Time to give it another go - original image but now try with the lower dots.
Thank you! (and while Iām at it - for info+files on your website too)
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how are you setting the ādotsā? I get the LPI/LPCM thing (doing metric for an american guy takes some doing butā¦ ) NEVER MIND! Found it.
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The butterfly is beautiful!
Did you mask, engrave, spraypaint, then remove the masking?? so clear!
if they were smart theyād use Makerās mark barrels.
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Thanks!
No mask
Engrave
Sharpie
Wait 20 minutes
Wipe with denatured alcohol. Done.
Its 90% about the photo prep in the software you use. High contrast without removing too much detail.
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Thanks. The wife is a Photoshop wizardā¦ or maybe a sorceress?
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Does anyone have a link to a specific one they have used from Amazon? Iām seeing mixed reviews on the off brands. Thx
Canāt find a URL link on the phone, but hereās a pic of the ones I ordered last. No issues.
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looks like https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01D3LPDMC/
used the search by camera in the app and the share button to find.
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even cheaper.
https://www.amazon.com/100PCS-Cleaning-Melamine-Multi-functional-Cleaner/dp/B01LZB2HOQ
Have you used those specifically? Theyāre thinner than other brands and the reviews are a real mixed bag.
similar ones. itās possible (likely) the $30 ones are better. but are they 500% better?
Thatās what Iām asking you. 
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I got some of the ones @jamesdhatch posted, and they work great, but Iāve never used the brand name ones, so I canāt give you a comparison.