The gift box seems to be recommended as the first print, and it’s on office copy paper, which is of course not proof marked.
I didn’t get any fold lines, and the final tabs got clipped off at paper edge.
I don’t know what the symbols on the left mean, but I’m now thinking they show cutting or engraving stages in the print.
I told the system I’m using office paper, but I don’t know what settings are appropriate yet, so I don’t know how to tell that they are crazy values.
Is there a way to define an office paper material with appropriate cut and scorch settings?
Since this is supposed to be the starter project, somewhere there must be step by step instructions that would make it likely to print correctly, and I don’t know where they are to be found.
There is a step by step tutorial. It should’ve actually started automatically if it was your first print. I’m not sure which machine you’re using and if that makes any difference. You should have a set focus button that let’s the laser focus on the paper thickness, and in the work area, where it says unknown material, you should be able to click that and choose copy paper. Then it should load the settings for the paper, along with the score and cut steps on the side.
I’m doing this from my phone right now, so it’s going to look different than the computer, but here is what I’m talking about. I don’t have the tutorial set up. But you might find it on the support web page where it talks about first cuts.
Should be lit up with different colors of you did it right. Colors vary depending on what you set it as, so don’t mind it if mine look different than yours. Just make sure your paper is where the design is, or move the design to where you put your paper.
The settings work well. But if you need to adjust something, you can click the little hamburger menu next to where it says score or cut. It should show you the settings it defaulted to, and you can make adjustments. Or you can manually enter settings of your own and use set focus to measure the material…but I always use a similar proofgrade setting to get a good starting point and test from there…
This is the desktop version, menu icons are still similar. Sorry, still on my phone, so it’s a bit chopped off. You can save your own custom settings too.
