They cost too much for a casual user, but the software curve is the real
obstacle. Plan to spend a few years mastering that one

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Offered in the spirit of friendship and respect

But - you don't have to BUY one. Laser engraving services are popping
up all over the place - similar to Copy Centers of 20 years ago. And
the price of laser engravings keeps coming down.

Yes, you have to learn a few basics of CorelDraw, which is Epilog's
preferred user interface for their laser printer driver, and learning to
use their printer driver takes some trial and error experimenting, but
in a couple of hours you can find what works best for what you want to
do.

(see my previous post in this thread for a link to the Laser Engraving
Primer)

Questions. comments and suggestions regarding the Primer welcomed.