Curious to know if its possible to score on Alumamark. I just did a business card with the engrave setting and thought about scoring it after I did it. The engrave time was 14 min and that’s just for 1 card. Is it possible to score it and have less time?
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If you can engrave, you can score.
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Would the settings be the same?
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I don’t know what you are engraving/scoring so it is hard to say. A score is just a single line that can be any path. For engraves the printhead simply goes back and forth. Scores generally are done at a slower speed than engraves. I suggest you do a bit of testing. You may also want to defocus the laser for a wider score path.
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how do I defocus the laser?
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By entering a manual focus height. In acrylic, if the material is .125" some people use a focus height of .25 so the beam is diffused before it strikes the material. This may be helpful: Guide to Defocused Acrylic Engraving
Alumamark is quite different than acrylic, but the principle is the same.
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Thank you very much. I’ll look into it. The alumamark is nice but expensive. For 25 business cards with shipping was around 50.00. So I want to be wise about it due to the cost.
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Designate one card as a tester and do tiny little tests. You can do tons of tests in the space of a single biz card.
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The more cards you do at once, the lower your per unit time will be.
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