# Laser etching font issues - what's happened?

**URL:** https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/laser-etching-font-issues-whats-happened/33086
**Category:** Snapmaker 2.0 (3-in-1)
**Tags:** Laser
**Created:** [October 1, 2023, 8:34am UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/laser-etching-font-issues-whats-happened/33086 "2023-10-01T08:34:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author: ![Amwatts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Amwatts](https://forum.snapmaker.com/u/Amwatts)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2023, 8:34am UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/laser-etching-font-issues-whats-happened/33086/1 "2023-10-01T08:34:43Z")

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Hi Folks, I’ve been using my A350 with it’s 10w laser for a while now , I etch “faceplates/control panels” for the guitar amplifiers I build … everything has been fine up until now  
The machine did an autoupdate, and now the etching is not working properly , here is an example of before

![IMG_6550](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/snapmaker/original/3X/9/b/9be0f96ba938087ed7e07c10c3618468d6b7f5ed.jpeg)

now it’s filling in all the spaces and adding centre lines on the square shapes …

settings are the same as before , what am I missing , I’ve ruined a few blanks now … It’s got me stumped

any help or ideas of what’s going on

regards  
Mark  
Amwatts Amps

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### Author: ![Amwatts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Amwatts](https://forum.snapmaker.com/u/Amwatts)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2023, 8:35am UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/laser-etching-font-issues-whats-happened/33086/2 "2023-10-01T08:35:09Z")

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![IMG_6551](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/snapmaker/original/3X/b/0/b0a2f587749bb101e8de49f57e201ab645c22bc1.jpeg)

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### Author: ![Amwatts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Amwatts](https://forum.snapmaker.com/u/Amwatts)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2023, 8:35am UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/laser-etching-font-issues-whats-happened/33086/3 "2023-10-01T08:35:36Z")

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![IMG_6552](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/snapmaker/original/3X/d/e/deb71bf80d5cfbe5634a769bf1ad08a791e22136.jpeg)

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### Author: ![Amwatts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Amwatts](https://forum.snapmaker.com/u/Amwatts)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2023, 8:48am UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/laser-etching-font-issues-whats-happened/33086/4 "2023-10-01T08:48:15Z")

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The machine is currently running 4.9.1 updates , looking around other posts here there seems to be a problem … I’m new to this so don’t know how to fix it

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### Author: ![nweolu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.snapmaker.com/nweolu/32/23079_2.png) [@nweolu](https://forum.snapmaker.com/u/nweolu)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2023, 10:46am UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/laser-etching-font-issues-whats-happened/33086/5 "2023-10-01T10:46:15Z")

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Did you update the firmware?

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### Author: ![xchrisd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.snapmaker.com/xchrisd/32/1503_2.png) [@xchrisd](https://forum.snapmaker.com/u/xchrisd)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/laser-etching-font-issues-whats-happened/33086/6 "2023-10-01T14:57:31Z")

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As nweolu wrote, there was a firmware update where the laser control gots inverted in some cases.  
Be sure to update luban AND your machine or stay with older firmware AND below Luban 4.9 (4.8.x).

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### Author: ![Amwatts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Amwatts](https://forum.snapmaker.com/u/Amwatts)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2023, 3:15am UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/laser-etching-font-issues-whats-happened/33086/7 "2023-10-02T03:15:59Z")

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Firmware updated this morning , I thought it was done but it wasn’t, now it’s doing what it’s supposed to do,  
Thanks so much for your help

🙏

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### Author: ![nweolu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.snapmaker.com/nweolu/32/23079_2.png) [@nweolu](https://forum.snapmaker.com/u/nweolu)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2023, 10:17am UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/laser-etching-font-issues-whats-happened/33086/8 "2023-10-02T10:17:03Z")

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Awesome!  
Could you mark this topic SOLVED, so next person can use it as solution?