Cutting
covers a broad range of hardware and software, but lasers provide the
most versatile cutting blade, enabling your finishing show to create
Print & Cut acrylics, paper, film or cardboard products with minimal
fuss or software experience.
Trotec Laser produces JobControl
Vision control software, which takes output files from Adobe
Illustrator, InDesign or Corel Draw in order to seamlessly integrate
cutting with the design process.
The Vision module uses
registration marks to determine the position and rotation of printed
sheet material on the working area of the laser. Additionally, any
distortions - linear or non-linear - in the printed graphics are
recognized with the intelligent JobControl® Vision camera.
By
applying sophisticated mathematical algorithms the system compensates
for the detected print distortions and adjusts the cutting path
dynamically to match the artwork. No matter if flexible or rigid
materials.
The registration marks are printed along the image.
The camera - which is attached to the working head - “reads“ the
registration marks prior to the cutting process and compares the “read”
positions on the printed design and the target positions in the original
cut file.
Any deviations are adjusted automatically. There is no
need for manual alignment which speeds up your production and costly
miscuts on large final quality prints can be avoided. This guarantees a
perfectly cut end product.
Bi-directional communication is one of
the main advantages of JobControl®. This means that the software
"speaks" to the laser - you always know the position of the camera and
laser head on the working area. It is displayed on your PC's screen. The
connection of bi-directional communication and the USB-camera is patent
pending.