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Education
Helpful Tools to Fix Contrast Issues When Lasering Graphics
The larger and more prominent the lasered graphic, the more likely you will want to fix the contrast challenges. A…
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Education
Creating a Logo Design Tip Sheet for Engraving Customers
When considering a production project for a customer, you will want to have a discussion regarding the graphics to be…
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Extruded vs. Cast: Lasering Acrylic Products
Acrylics are a type of plastic. Acrylic is typically very hard and durable. For our industry, acrylic is either manufactured…
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Settings for Lasering vs. Cutting Jobs
There are three primary settings for lasering (rastering) and three for cutting (vectoring) materials. Raster settings include speed of the…
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Education
Ways to Price Custom Lasered Products
Years ago, our industry priced our services mostly by the letter. With production equipment having increased in speed many times…
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Education
What Laser Specifications Do You Need?
Before you begin shopping for a laser, consider your business plan. If you have been in business for a while…
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Education
Your Laser at Work: Making a Home Hobby into a Business
Many readers began working with a laser or other personalization technology to make something for themselves or their home. It’s…
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Pricing Your Laser Services and Paying Yourself Fairly
Determining a fair salary to use in calculating pricing when you start a business is challenging. You may be able…
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Education
Laser Services and Products: Pricing Complexities
Let’s consider all the things you may need to price. You have the products you purchase from your suppliers and…
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Education
Award Products for the Academic World
The pandemic has turned the world upside down, including the academic world. Schools and college campuses were closed all last…
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Education
Software to Complement Your Laser
Besides vector art and bitmap editors like CorelDRAW, Adobe Illustrator, Corel PHOTO-PAINT, PaintShop Pro, and Adobe Photoshop, other software can…
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Education
Tools to Complement Your Laser Engraving Machine
If your laser engraving machine is your primary tool, you will add to the types of projects you take on…
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Education
Computer and Software Needed for Laser Engraving
Most any modern-day PC will operate your laser. What you choose is based on the graphics software (and perhaps other…
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Education
Handling Customer and Third-Party Products
Valuing your time is especially true when personalizing a customer’s product and working with a third-party firm such as another…
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Education
7 Laser Engraving Production Tips
Shop layout Every once in a while, during low volume times, it’s good to look at your production shop layout.…
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Education
Artwork Tips: Layout and Design for a Custom Gift
Getting all the right information about an order is useful in setting up the personalization. When in doubt, ask before…
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