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Materials & settings

Power, speed and passes that worked for real people on real material. Filter by your machine and laser type, then run a test tile before you commit a full sheet.

These are starting points from community members, not manufacturer specifications. Materials vary between batches and suppliers, machines drift, and lenses get dirty — always test on an offcut first. Never laser PVC, polycarbonate, ABS or any material you can't identify.

MaterialMachineOpPowerSpeedPassesDPIAirConfirmed
Black anodised aluminium1.5mm · Diode

One pass only. A second pass breaks through to bare metal and goes grey.

LP4mark100%20 mm/s1×1000
Black anodised aluminium1.5mm · Diode

Photo work with Stucki dither. Compress tonal range before export.

LP4mark100%15 mm/s1×1000
Black anodised aluminium1.5mm · Fiber

Fiber on anodising: much faster than diode and whiter. Low power.

LP3mark45%800 mm/s1×

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