Double Engraving Text Lines

[Fran (Francesca)]

Hi, I’m new to LightBurn. My machine originally came with its own software but wanted to try LightBurn as it seemed so much easier! Problem is that when I engrave any text, it comes out as double lines! I tried adjusting scanning offset as I read on this forum & it worked a couple of times (although I had to adjust for each project) but tried again last night & it made no difference. I know it’s not the machine itself as it works with the other program but is anyone able to help please? Surely it can’t be this much mucking around each time I do a project…
I’d much rather use LightBurn than my other software so would love to sort this.

Thanks!

[Bonjour (Bo)]

Is screen-capture a lost art?

If you’ve played with settings from stock, that’s more than likely the culprit

[LightBurn (Oz)]

With the scanning offset table, you need at least two entries, and then the software can extrapolate for others. For example, if you measured a shift of 1mm at 100mm/sec, and a shift of 2mm at 200mm/sec, the software would assume you’d get 3mm at 300, and so on.

If you only have one value in the table, that value will be applied as-is to everything, which is generally not what you want.

For taking screen shots, I use Greenshot (free), but Snagit also works very well. They’re much easier to read as they don’t have the moire effects that a photo of the screen produces.