Use EaglePrint with Illustrator

We will guide you in details to use EaglePrint with Adobe Illustrator in this section.

1. Create a new document
   Set the paper size and orientation according to your laser, refer here for more details. And choose the color mode to match the colors for cutting in EaglePrint, refer here for more details.

   
   

2. Create your design
   Create your design. EaglePrint will cut thin outlines, which are less than around 0.01mm, and engrave thick outlines and fills, help you get an exact same result as the design. Refer to Vector graphics for more details.

   
   

   If you want to set different cutting parameters on outlines, assign them with different colors, matching the corresponding ones in EaglePrint, refer to Colors in Cutting for more details.

   Here is an example of setting the color value directly.

   
   

   In color mode, all thick outlines and fills will be spooled in black and results in same engraving effects, refer to Color in Engraving for more details.

   Illustrator does not support image engraving well, we suggest to do that in Adobe Photoshop, refer to Use EaglePrint with Photoshop for more details.

3. Print
   Bring up the print dialog. Choose EaglePrint. Illustrator will set Media Size to Defined by Driver and check the option Auto-Rotate by default. The paper in print preview might be in portrait and will be rotated automatically to match the laser.

   
   

   If you want to change the job settings, click Setup…, and then click Preferences to bring up the printing preferences dialog. Refer to Job Settings for more details.

   
   

   IMPORTANT

   What you see in print preview is what the Windows spooler will get when printing, so we recommend to ALWAYS preview and confirm before printing. If there is anything wrong in print preview, e.g. wrong color, missing parts, paper overflow, etc, please go back and review your design and all relative settings in EaglePrint and in the drawing software.

4. Output
   If everything is good, click Print to bring up the EaglePrint laser window, select the laser, set a name and download the job, or save the job to a USB flash and read it from the laser. Refer to Laser Window for more details.