Unique catalogue cover of LaserPaper

See how you can produce valuable catalogue covers, brochures or other printed items using LaserPaper Wood.

Unique catalogue cover of LaserPaper

See how you can produce valuable catalogue covers, brochures or other printed items using LaserPaper Wood.

Follow our tutorial to produce a brochure cover made from the material LaserPaper Wood. This tutorial offers a small insight into the numerous applications you can produce using the material.

For more information about laser cutting and laser engraving paper, visit our applications section.

Preparation

Materials required

1 sheet of LaserPaper Wood maple
Material to cover the engraving table. Regular paper is suitable for this

Laser machine used

Speedy 360, 120 Watt with 2" lens
Aluminium cutting grid table or honeycomb table

To create this sample you can use any laser machine from the Speedy laser engraver series.

Important information

For the inner part, use paper with at least 150 g/m² to secure sufficient volume of the finished item
Make sure that "Send Beziers and paths to driver" is activated in your laser software. If this is not done then the registration marks will not be recognised by JobControl^® Vision.

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Step by step

Step 1

Step 1: Make design layout

Begin by creating your design and adapt it to your requirements. You can either print your design yourself or use your preferred printer is you don't have the facility to do so. As this tutorial uses both laser cutting and laser engraving, we put a cross hair in the middle of the print file instead of registration marks. The hair cross will help you to position the job precisely.

Send the graphic for the outer shell to your laser using the below settings:

Print settings:

Process mode	Resolution	Cut line
Standard	500 dpi	none

Halftone	Others
Colours	enhanced geometries, inner geometries first

Step 2

Step 2: Laser cutting and engraving

Adjust the parameter settings as required. These will vary depending on the laser machine used and its available laser power.

Tip:

Change the order of the colours in JobControl from red to blue so that the material is scratched first and cut second.

Laser parameters:

Colour	Process	Power (%)	Speed (%)	ppi/Hz
black	Engraving CO₂	20	50	500
red	Engraving CO₂	12	1.5	1000
blue	Cutting CO₂	5	1.5	1000

Passes	Air Assist	Z-Offset	Advanced
1	on	+2.5 mm	-
1	on	-	-
1	on	+2 mm	-

Completed catalogue cover with laser engraved pattern

Step 3

Step 3: Post-processing

Take the cover out of your laser and insert the core of the catalogue. Or if you are using a commercial printer, forward the cut-out cover to your printing representative to attach it to the catalogue.