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The Universal Control Panel (UCP)

When a graphic has been printed through the printer driver a laser job is created and passed to the queue in a

piece of software called the Universal Control Panel (UCP). The UCP software provides a convenient interface for

interacting with and controlling your laser system. Once you have installed the UCP, a red diamond-shaped icon

will appear in the lower right corner of your Windows taskbar. If for any reason the UCP is

deactivated, you can reactivate it by using the ULS Engraver shortcut found on your computer’s

desktop. The UCP is organized into three convenient tabs: Viewer, System and Diagnostics. The

following describes the features of each tab of the UCP.

Viewer Tab

You send jobs to your laser system by

printing to it. Anytime you print to the

laser system, a job is created and

inserted into the laser systems job queue.

Selecting the viewer tab allows you to

navigate through and manage the jobs in

the laser system job queue. The viewer

tab also allows you to operate your laser

system right from your computer. The

viewer tab has the following functions:

Laser System Controls

• The same controls found on the

control panel on your laser

system are duplicated here.

• The green START button begins

processing the selected job.

• The PAUSE button stops the

engraving process. Pressing the

PAUSE button again resumes the engraving process where it was last stopped.

• The four navigation buttons move the focus carriage manually in X and Y.

• The two up and down buttons move the Z-Axis table up or down.

• The Home XY button re-homes the focus carriage to the upper right hand corner of the field.

• The Home Z button re-homes the Z-Axis table to the bottom of the laser system.

View Tab Modes

A drop down list allows you to select from various modes of operation for the preview screen.

Basic View (default mode in the drop down list)

 The Basic View shows a preview window of the job currently selected.

 The cursor becomes a magnifying glass (Zoom Tool) if you pass it over the preview window. Left-

clicking the mouse zooms in and right-clicking zooms out.

 Selecting the Settings button takes you back to the printer driver interface to allow you to change

most of the settings for the job selected. Keep in mind that some settings cannot be changed

after printing from your graphics program such as print density and vector quality. If a setting is

not adjustable after printing from your graphics program, it will be grayed out or not appear at all

when you press the settings button in the UCP.

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