Editing Quickstartguide:Laser Cutter (section)

==Advanced operations==

===Print & Cut===
This lasercutter is outfitted with a camera, so it's capable of using registration marks to precisely cut out material. For example, if you've first printed your design with the UV flatbed printer (a.k.a. The Mimaki) you can (subsequently) cut it out with the lasercutter. To do so follow these steps '''BEFORE''' printing on your material:
*Add three dots (full RGB black) with a '''6-8 mm diameter''' around your design.
*Add your cutline in full RGB red (255, 0, 0).
*Print on your material using a printer or (if on non-paper material) UV flatbed printer.
*Drag your .ai file into the queue.
*Double-click the file.
*Specify colors if need be. In this case red for the cutting.
*Follow the usual steps for basic operation of the lasercutter (autofocus the machine, click on 'Create job', specify your material in the operating system).
*Before clicking '''PUSH TO LASER''' select the symbol with the '''T and three dots''' from the toolbar.
*A black bar will appear on the left side of the work field, this indicates the lasercutter's blind zone (in other words the part of the field the camera cannot reach. Move your artwork accordingly, especially the black dots.
*At the '''Material''' screen, assign '''black''' to '''Print&Cut''' so the machine understands that it has to look for that color as its registration marks.
*Click '''PUSH TO LASER'''. The machine will now look for the black dots you placed. 
*Sometimes it finds the dots rightaway but sometimes you'll have to guide the laser towards the first mark. 
*On the machine's screen you'll see whatever the laser sees through its camera. Move the laser with the arrows until the dot comes in proper view and the screen shows a green outline around it. Click on '''ACCEPT''' and the lasercutter will jump to the point where it expects the next dot.
*Once the lasercutter has found all dots it'll start.