Lightburn will not recognise my Bedsize correctly

[RichardB (Richard david Bishop)]

I have an issue with Light burn not knowing the correct dimensions of my bed size and where the g0y0 location bottom left corner.
So when I cut an image it cuts over to the Right and burns the letters and number backwards. I have set the bed size correctly.
I have a CNCN 3018 Pro 5.5 laser

[LightBurn (Oz)]

Does your machine have limit switches, and homing enabled? If not, the machine has no idea where it is, so you’ll have to jog it to the front left corner, then power it off & on so it treats that as the origin.

If things are flipped, you likely haven’t set the origin corner properly. You’d do that in Edit > Device Settings. Change the origin to this:

You should also read through this:

Configuring a 3018 CNC (or other CNC-based laser) for use with LightBurn

The summary: Turn on Laser Mode to get rid of the travel lines You’re trying to move too fast, which is why you don’t get enough power You need to zero the machine 3018’s are pre-configured for use as CNC machines, not lasers, so their settings and speeds will likely need to be changed to give you acceptable results with LightBurn. To see the existing settings, you can type $$ into the console in LightBurn and press enter, or go to Edit > Machine Settings. Both are showing the same values, b…