Rotary Center-Center Engraving: When using the Center-Center feature with the Rotary Attachment, raster engraving would be offset in the Y-axis from the intended location.

Rotary Auto Focus Position: When using Auto Focus with the Rotary Attachment the table could stall at the very bottom of its stroke.

• Adds center-to-center, center-to-top, and center-to-left engraving to the system.
• Enhancements to the USB connection make the connection much more robust and easy to set up.
• Adds Relocateable X-Axis home position for the Rotary Attachment.
• Laser Tickle: Enhancements have been made to the way CO2 laser tubes pre-ionize. This change can be set by the user and will ensure that the laser tube fires immediately, even after having set idle for long periods of time.
  • To access Mode on the Mini and Helix, press the RESET + UP keys simultaneously.
  • To access Intensity, press the RESET + Down keys simultaneously.

• In X/Y Off mode the coordinates for the X axis and the Y axis are displayed on the LCD when you move the carriage by hand.
• The X and Y coordinates can be displayed in inches or mm.
  • To change the unit of measure on the Mini/Helix, press the Reset key and X/Y Off key simultaneously. Use the Up or Down Cursor keys to toggle between inches and mm.

• Manual focusing has been enabled when the X/Y axes have been disabled. Press the X/Y Off key, then the Go key. You can then focus the table by pressing the Up or Down cursor keys. Finally, press the Reset key to send the carriage back to the original Home. The ability to focus anywhere also works with the Rotary Attachment.
• Restore Home can now be accomplished without powering down the machine. Create a new home position by pressing the X/Y Off key, then the Go key. Focus if necessary, then press the Set Home key, then Reset. Your new home position is now set. To restore the original home in the upper left corner, press the Reset and Set Home keys simultaneously, then press the Go key.
• How the system handles the Frequency setting has been modified so that a new Frequency setting sent to the laser will not override the settings in jobs already residing on the laser.

• In rotary mode, the travel speed through white space in the artwork has been changed to match the raster/vector speed, reducing slippage.
• Fixed Bug: Incorrect laser power would be displayed for some vector jobs.
• Fixed bug: A fault would appear in color mapping mode when colors in artwork would overlap.
• Fixed bug: The power/speed settings fo some saved flash jobs would be defaulted to 100% if the file size was very large.

• Fixed bug when using Auto Focus with the Rotary Attachment the table could stall at the very bottom of its stroke.
  
• Under the Maintenance key is a new Auto Calib. X Encoder setting. This new feature is used by the factory to automatically calibrate raster engraving and vector cutting positions so they are precisely aligned to one another.
  
• Fixed bug when using the Center-Center feature with the Rotary Attachment, raster engraving would be offset in the Y-axis from the intended location.

• Adds center-to-center, center-to-top, and center-to-left engraving to the system.
• Improves the location of vector cutting relative to raster engraving when operating in combined mode.
• Enhancements to the USB connection make the connection much more robust and easy to set up.
• Adds Relocateable X-Axis home position for the Rotary Attachment.
• Laser Tickle: Enhancements have been made to the way CO2 laser tubes pre-ionize. This change can be set by the user and will ensure that the laser tube fires immediately, even after having set idle for long periods of time.
  • To access Mode and Intensity on the EXT, use the Calibration menu and scroll to Laser T.M. for Mode and Laser T.I. for Intensity. Settings of 1 and 1 typically control any cold start issues.

• In the X/Y Off mode, the coordinates for the X axis and Y axis are displayed on the LCD when you move the carriage by hand.
• The X and Y coordinates can be displayed in inches or mm. To change the unit of measure on the EXT, press the Config Key and scroll to Sys Unit.  Use the Left or Right cursor keys to change between inches and mm.  Press the Go key to finalize.
• An “Auto Delete” feature has been added to the EXT.  When Auto-Delete is in the Yes mode, any job that runs will automatically be deleted when it finishes running or if the Reset key is pressed.  To set the Auto-Delete feature to Yes, press the Config key and scroll to Auto-Delete.  Use the Left or Right cursor keys to change between Yes and No.  Press the Go key to finalize.

• Manual focusing has been enabled when the X/Y axes have been disabled. Press the X/Y Off key, then the Go key. You can then focus the table by pressing the Up or Down cursor keys. Finally, press the Reset key to send the carriage back to the original Home. The ability to focus anywhere also works with the Rotary Attachment.
• Restore Home can now be accomplished without powering down the machine. Create a new home position by pressing the X/Y Off key, then the Go key. Focus if necessary, then press the Set Home key, then Reset. Your new home position is now set. To restore the original home in the upper left corner, press the Maint key. Restore Home Pos is the first selection. Press the Go key to restore home.
• How the system handles the Frequency setting has been modified so that a new Frequency setting sent to the laser will not override the settings in jobs already residing on the laser.
• The Internal Focus Switch on the EXT has been modified to allow the table to move in small increments.

• A Y-axis scaling adjustment has been added under the CAL key on the front keyboard, called the "Encoder Match Y". This setting takes care of mechanical tolerances on very large engraved and cut items.
• When cutting very low angled arcs, the X-cbeam had the potential to pause and start drifting back towards home position while the laser was still firing. This problem has been corrected.
• When raster engraving two lines of text with a specific amount of space between the lines, the laser would begin firing in the x-axis before the y-axis was finished moving.
• The Auto-focus positioning has been adjusted so that it more accurately focuses at the first point of engraving.

• A Vector Optimize option has been added to the Vector settings in the General tab.
• Improved AutoCAD and Illustrator compatibility.
• The need for the Vector Only driver has been eliminated.
• A Page-Center option has been added to the centering options.
• Improved AutoCAD and Illustrator compatibility.
• There has been a fix for a Center-Center engraving bug.

• New Laser Dashboard layout
• Adds a configuration area to the Advanced tab

• Additional dithering patterns
  
• A new layout that now includes three tabs: General – Advanced – Color Mapping (click on each to see the new tab layout.)

• Adds center-to-center, center-to-top, and center-to-left engraving to the system.
• The Epilog Mini and Helix systems require firmware version 1.0.2.1 to work with the new driver.

• Adds additional controls for the Color Mapping feature in the driver. Control raster, vector, air assist, speed, power and frequency for each mapped color.
• Six default colors are provided, but you can map up to 16 different colors.
• You can set your own default settings for each color setting by changing the properties in your computer's control panel.
• The Legend 36EXT requires firmware version 1.0.1.2 to work with the new driver. The Mini and Helix require firmware version 1.0.1.9 to work with the new driver.

• Changes the units of measurement for international users from cm to mm.
• Fixes a grayscale background banding problem seen with some MS Office applications. 
• Driver version 7.03 is compatible with all saved Configuration .dat files (you will not lose saved .dat files if you upgrade to this driver from 7.02).

Adds a slight modification to the Color Mapping function in the driver.

This new driver changes the way colors are interpreted when using Color Mapping. Version 7.01 interpreted color mapped colors as shades of gray instead of black, producing a different dithered pattern to each color mapped color in a single job.  Version 7.02 interprets all colors as black, making it possible to create a single job with columns of different colors that will all be engraved with the same fill pattern (black), at the same speed and power, thus achieving the same look as well as the same depth of engraving for each column.

• Users upgrading from driver versions 6.xx will lose their Configuration Settings when upgrading to this driver. 
• Users upgrading from driver versions 7.00 and 7.01 will not lose their Configuration Settings when upgrading to this driver. 

Important! This new driver requires a firmware update to your machine to work properly.  The laser requires firmware version 1.0.0.8 (EXT) or 1.0.1.5 (Mini/Helix) to work with the new driver. 

First Version of Zing Laser firmware.

• A Vector Optimize option has been added to the Vector settings in the General tab.
• Improved AutoCAD and Illustrator compatibility.
• The need for the Vector Only driver has been eliminated.
• A Page-Center option has been added to the centering options.
• Improved AutoCAD and Illustrator compatibility.
• There has been a fix for a Center-Center engraving bug.

First Version of Zing Laser drivers.

• Rotary Center-Center Engraving: When using the Center-Center feature with the Rotary Attachment, raster engraving would be offset in the Y-axis from the intended location. This has been resolved for all Epilog laser systems.
• Rotary Auto Focus Position: When using Auto Focus with the Rotary Attachment the table could stall at the very bottom of its stroke. This was seen almost exclusively on the Mini 18, but the issue has been resolved on all Mini, Helix and EXT systems.
• The Auto Focus adjustment range has been changed from 0.050” (1.27 mm) to 0.500” (12.7 mm). This change requires both a firmware and driver update.

• Adds center-to-center, center-to-top, and center-to-left engraving to the system.
• Enhancements to the USB connection make the connection much more robust and easy to set up.
• Adds Relocateable X-Axis home position for the Rotary Attachment.
• We have implemented a change in the firmware to resolve a problem where the table focus would progressively change position each time a job was repeated.

• A Vector Optimize option has been added to the Vector settings in the General tab.
• Improved AutoCAD and Illustrator compatibility.
• The need for the Vector Only driver has been eliminated.
• A Page-Center option has been added to the centering options.
• Improved AutoCAD and Illustrator compatibility.
• There has been a fix for a Center-Center engraving bug.

• New Laser Dashboard layout
• Adds a configuration area to the Advanced ta

The Auto Focus adjustment range has been changed from 0.050” (1.27 mm) to 0.500” (12.7 mm). This change requires both a firmware and driver update.

• Adds center-to-center, center-to-top, and center-to-left engraving to the system.
• The Epilog FiberMark require firmware version 1.0.0.8 to work with the new driver.