Roland EGX-30A Desktop Engraver

Product Description

Roland EGX-30A
Powerful, easy to use solution at a remarkably low price

Roland is pleased to announce the NEW Roland EGX-30A Desktop Engraver. The Roland EGX-30A engraving machine is today's most cost-effective, computerized engraving solution. Engineered for businesses, schools and other organizations wishing to avoid the time and cost of outsourcing, or start-up engraving shops working on a limited budget, the fast and quiet EGX-30A engraver features automatic surface detection at the push of a button, USB connectivity, and a large 12" x 8" work area. Dr. Engrave software and a Windows® driver are included (Windows 2000/XP/Vista).



The EGX-30A desktop engraver is geared toward signs, badges, awards, personalized gift items and rhinestone decorated apparel. The compatibility with Roland R-WearStudio, TriPoint, EngraveLab, and FlexiEngrave software allows you to expand your engraving capabilities. The Roland EGX-30A engraving machine is the 3rd revision of our proven entry level desktop engravers and is a direct replacement for the Roland EGX-30.

Innovation and Performance

The NEW Roland EGX-30A engraving machine includes features that allow customers with no previous engraving experience to be able to setup and run in no time at all.

• USB Port
o Allows for quick and easy setup via plug and play connectivity

• Dr. Engrave Software
o Supports industry standard True Type fonts
o Features Single Stroke Font Editor (SFEdit)
o Imports Excel/Word/Notepad files and databases in TXT or CSV format for variable data applications such as badges
o Automatic vectorization of BMP formatted images
o Serialization function

• Faster Throughput
o Approximately 30% faster than the previous model

• External Power Supply Assembly
o External power supply with auto switching voltage

• Upgradable firmware
o Upgradable firmware via the USB port and PC.

East To Use

EGX-30A is an easy to use engraving machine. Manual adjustment knobs on the unit help to fine tune spindle and feed speeds. No need to have detailed hardware knowledge. Tools are easy to install and set for engraving and/or scribing.


Supported Materials

The following materials are supported with the EGX-30A for engraving/scribing:

o Engravers' Plastic
o ABS
o Acrylic
o Brass (scribing)
o Aluminum (scribing)
o Stainless Steel (scribing)
o Pewter (scribing)

Faster Throughput

The Roland EGX-30A engraving machine is approximately 30% faster than the previous model so producing badges, tags, awards, and rhinestone motif templates is much quicker. The R-WearStudio output took approximately 18 minutes to produce on the EGX-30A (25 minutes on previous model). The Dr. Engrave output took approximately 7 minutes to produce on the EGX-30A (10 minutes on the previous model).


USB Connectivity

USB connectivity allows for quick and easy connection to the PC. The EGX-30A desktop engraver supports Windows 2000/XP and VISTA (32 bit edition). The Roland EGX-30A also includes a Serial port for connectivity to older software/systems.

Dr. Engrave Software

Dr. Engrave is easy to use engraving software that produces professional results. Dr. Engrave is capable of inputting various types of text and bitmap images and supports industry standard True Type fonts. The software also comes with a built in single stroke font editor (SFEdit). SFEdit can convert any Windows True Type font into a stroke font which improves engraving speeds and allows the user to engrave smaller text without any type of overlap or bleed.

Compatibility

The EGX-30A is compatible with the following applications:

o SAi FlexiEngrave v8.51 or later
o TriPoint 9.6
o CADLink EngraveLab 7.1 or later
o Applications using the EGX-30A Windows Driver
• Dr. Engrave
• CorelDraw
• Illustrator
o R-WearStudio (Release late January 2009)
o Command list is located in the Users Manual