Using Adobe Illustrator to print to the laser cutter

File Setup

Log into the computer on the Windows side, not PC side
- NOTE: If you are designing something in Illustrator on your own computer to print later, it doesn't matter whether you're using Mac of PC, but we only have a PC driver to print to the Epilog lasers
Open Adobe Illustrator, create a 24” x 12” artboard
Drag in images you’d like to etch/engrave or vector files you’d like to cut out
Make sure path lines for vectors you want cut out are exactly .001 pts with no object color infill
Lines and images above .001 pts will be etched in grayscale

Make sure the green light for the exhaust fan is on
Put your material flat on the print bed
On the Epilog Zing printer, press the >Focus button to bring out the focus beam and drop down the spring
Use the Up and Down buttons on the printer to bring the print bed up and down to focus the laser on your material. The drop-down spring should just barely touch the top of your material
Click Reset to return the laser to print-ready position

Navigate to File > Print (ctrl + P)
Change Printer: to Epilog Zing
Click the Setup... button in the bottom left, (continue)
Click the Preferences button to bring up the blue Epilog Zing preferences menu
Change the Piece Size dimensions to 24” x 12”
Use the handy Epilog Zing Material Settings sheet, our notebook, or the Epilog laser speeds and feeds wiki to look up recommended raster/vector settings for the material you’re using
Click: Okay > Print > Done to save those print settings and return to your artboard
Navigate to File > Print (ctrl + P) again and make sure the print preview looks like the correct image and dimensions
Now click the Print button. Your file will be sent to the printer
On the Epilog Zing printer, press the green Go button