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How to: JobControl X – Seal
Process
JobControl X – Seal Process
General
Suitable laser machines:
Speedy 100, Speedy 300, Speedy 400, Speedy 500
Trotec laser used:
Speedy 300, 80 Watt
Trotec laser Software:
JobControl X (from version 10.3 onwards)
Recommended laser parameters:
Engraving: P = 60%, V = 20%, dpi/PPI = 500
Cutting: P = 50%, V = 1%, Hz = 1000
Trodat Seal Press:
Model "M1PS Black Ideal", circular seal with a diameter of 41 mm
Die plate material:
Trodat Ideal Delrin, 1.6 mm
Paper quality used:
80 g/m² (standard office paper)
If you would like to emboss thicker paper, we suggest you reduce
the laser speed by around 10%.
Every seal press consists of two die plates - the positive (female) and the negative (male).
The positive die plate is displayed as black text/graphics on a white background in the graphics program. The
black elements are engraved into the Delrin material.
The negative die plate is displayed as white text/graphics on a black background in the graphics program. The
entire black surface is ablated by the laser. Consequently, the text or graphic appears raised on the die plate. The
two die plates need to fit exactly into each other to achieve perfect relief print quality. To achieve this, the
text/graphic elements must be produced slightly enlarged on the positive (female) plate. There is no need to adapt
the size of the female plate manually. JobControl X (from version 10.3 onwards) automatically creates the positive
(female) and the negative (male) die plate with one click when choosing the process type "Seal" in the Trotec print
driver.
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Creating the graphics
In this example the graphics are created in CorelDRAW. However, any other graphics program, such as Adobe
Illustrator, Freehand, etc. may also be used. Please note that you don't have to draw the outer cutting line and the
positioning nose (triangle recess), JobControl X will do this for you. So you can focus on the
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elements inside the cutting line - your layout. JobControl X also automatically enlarges the elements according to
the selected paper thickness for the positive (female) die plate. Together with the JobControl X software we
provide predefined and standardized seal templates according to current seal sizes available on the market.
Figure 1: Seal Layout in CorelDraw
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Send graphics to the Trotec laser
Send your graphic design to the laser by using the Trotec print driver.
Choose the size
of your Seal
Choose your material; make
sure to activate engraving
and cutting
process
Select the process
"Seal"
mode
and
choose the correct paper quality
Start the laser
engraving
Figure 2: Trotec Print Driver
ma-
chine by clicking
on the button JC
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Produce your die plates with the Trotec Laser
Seal job appears in your job
queue; double click to position
the job on the plate at 0/0
Job preview of the negative
(male) and positive (female)
die plate
Figure 3: JobControl X Job Queue
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Figure 4: WYSIWYG preview
Connect to your laser
machine and start the
laser process
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Machining and assembly
After the laser processing, you just need to clean the die plates, and place them into the seal press. Then you are
ready to emboss the paper.
Simply wash the finished Delrin die plates with water and a little liquid dish soap, and wipe off any residual dust
with a brush (clean using compressed air if necessary).
The die plates can be quickly affixed into the seal press using the supplied doubled-sided adhesive circles. The
recessed die plate is pasted onto the top, and the die plate with the raised text is adhered onto the bottom (align
at the holes punched into the seal press itself).
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first fix the thicker of the two supplied double-sided adhesive circles onto the back of the recessed die plate (female) → then paste this die plate, with the "nose" pointing to the front, onto
the top part of the seal press
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now paste the thinner adhesive circle onto the back of the die plate with the raised text (male)
→ pull off the carrier material on the back → now fix the die plate with the raised text into the
recess of the already installed die plate, so that the two die plates snap together → Tip: the
two noses on the die plates should be directly aligned on top of each other → now press down
firmly on the seal press, so that the second plate is fixed into the press → you can now place a
piece of paper into the fully assembled seal press → press down → result: relief embossed paper