Mira felt a chill. For months, she’d been blaming the machine’s speed. She’d considered buying a second laser. She’d lost sleep over wasted material. All because of digital ghosts.
But the real story wasn’t the speed. It was the why . xtool deduplication feature
Mira’s workshop smelled of burnt maple and ambition. For two years, she’d run CoasterCrafter , a one-woman print-on-demand empire. Her weapon of choice: an xTool P2 laser cutter. Her nemesis: time. Mira felt a chill
She ran a test. The P2 now moved like a cheetah: one clean pass for the border, one for the stars, one for the lines. No stuttering, no re-burns, no scorch marks from repeated passes. She’d lost sleep over wasted material
The post described a feature she’d always ignored. In the xTool Creative Space (XCS) software, under the “Edit” menu, there was a small icon that looked like two overlapping squares with a slash through them.